The Philippines is looking to seal a pact with China within a few months to jointly explore for oil and gas in a part of the busy South China Sea waterway claimed by both countries, a Philippine official said on the 9th April. In…
Melbana Energy has completed a tender for the supply of a drilling rig for Block 9 onshore Cuba in late 2018. Bids are currently being evaluated, including options that provide for a ‘turn key’ type arrangement submitted by an established operating entity in Cuba….
Sapura Energy announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sapura Exploration and Production (Sarawak) Inc and its partners, Petronas Carigali and Sarawak Shell, have taken the Final Investment Decision (‘FID’) to develop the Gorek, Larak and Bakong fields as phase 1 in the SK408 Production Sharing Contract….
The largest political risks facing the oil and gas sector this year remain centred around Iran and Venezuela. That is the view of oil and gas analysts at BMI Research, who highlighted that uncertainty surrounding the future of sanctions on Iran, and Venezuela’s ability…
State-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation has spudded the first of 34 subsea wells planned in its US$5-billion KG-DWN-98/2 deep water oil and gas development. The Vantage Drilling International Platinum Explorer drillship is drilling the KDG-A well to a target depth of 2,346 metres…
Rex International Holding has issued an update on the exploration programme of its subsidiary Masirah Oil in block 50 offshore Oman. Last year Masirah completed drilling of the Karamah#1 well, with a five-metre (16-foot) oil-bearing interval identified on wireline logs and hydrocarbon shows detected…
Dozens of angry villagers from Pieterzijl in Groningen have taken part in a protest at government plans to allow gas company NAM to use fracking technology to extract gas from a small field close to their homes. They carried a coffin and banners with…
AWE has entered into a farm-out agreement for New Zealand exploration permit PEP 55768 (AWE 51%, operator), onshore Taranaki basin, which includes the planned Kohatukai-1 well. PEP55768 is located southeast of New Plymouth in a prolific gas producing region and contains a number of…
Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary Lundin Norway has started drilling well 7220/11-5 on the Alta discovery in PL609 in the southern Barents Sea. Following drilling, the well will be used for extended well testing. Lundin got a drilling permit from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for the…
A cyberattack which US natural gas pipeline owners were not required to report has lawmakers taking a closer look at how the industry is handling such threats, raising the prospect of tighter regulation. In website notices to customers last week, at least seven pipeline…
