OGUK has launched a first-of-its-kind survey that will deliver a baseline for diversity and inclusion (D&I) demographic and sentiment within the sector, and act as an essential catalyst for progress and change. As the energy mix becomes increasingly integrated, differences of perspective and background…
The Philippines said oil exploration in the disputed South China Sea can proceed without China, in what could be a further sign of the Southeast Asian nation’s tougher stance against Beijing. Philippine Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi said PXP Energy Corporation can survey Reed Bank…
Turkey has begun drilling a second borehole on the Sakarya natural gas field in the Black Sea where it made its largest-ever discovery earlier this year with the Tuna-1 (Danube-1) well. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced last month that the Tuna-1 discovery holds…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has issued a progress report on its Core Project Phase 1 in the UK southern North Sea. HSM’s yard in Schiedam is fabricating the Phase 1 Southwark and Blythe gas platforms. These are on track for mechanical completion…
Sea and gas trials for a Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) featuring the technology group Wärtsilä’s pioneering liquefied petroleum gas Fuel Supply System are successfully completed. The ‘BW Gemini’, owned and operated by BW LPG a company registered at Oslo stock exchange, is the…
The state-run Wyoming Pipeline Corridor Initiative (WPCI) has received the US Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the federally managed portions of its proposed 1,914-mile CO2 pipeline system. The system would cross about 1,150 miles of BLM-managed land, transporting…
A criminal probe has been opened by Russian authorities after the remains of three sailors killed in an oil tanker explosion on the 24th October were found. The search for the bodies had been called off after an unsuccessful search and rescue operation following…
Maersk Drilling has secured a contract from Petrogas E&P Netherlands for the harsh environment jack-up rig Maersk Resilient to drill three wells at the B13 and A12 fields in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The contract is expected to commence in November…
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers revealed this week that its Texas Petro Index (TPI) – a cyclical measure of the health and vitality of the state’s oil and natural gas economy – shows that exploration and production activity fell for the 19th straight month…
Privately-owned exploration company Impact Oil & Gas has entered into an agreement with Shell for the farm-out of a 50 per cent working interest and operatorship in the Transkei & Algoa blocks, offshore South Africa. In a statement on the 4th November, Impact said…
