Angela Merkel’s government is seeking to build a liquefied natural gas industry in Germany basically from scratch to reduce the nation’s dependence on supplies arriving by pipeline from Russia and Norway. With gas reservoirs depleting from the UK to the Netherlands, Germany is becoming…
A battle for big data is brewing in the oil patch. The service companies which map underground pockets of oil, drill the wells and lift crude from miles below are generating vast new amounts of data they never before realised could be valuable. But…
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has begun production from the Weizhou 6-13 oil field offshore China. CNOOC said on the 20th March that production from the field began ahead of schedule. Weizhou 6-13 is an independent oil field in which the company…
The UK oil and gas sector is expected see between 12 and 16 oil and gas developments get the go-ahead this year – unlocking investment of around £5 billion, (almost US$7 billion). This is according to the Business Outlook released on the 20th March…
Perenco begins FLNG operations offshore Cameroon Perenco has begun production at Cameroon LNG via Golar LNG Ltd’s floating LNG (FLNG) production unit Hilli Episeyo. FLNG Hilli Episeyo arrived in Cameroon in late November 2017. A ship-to-ship transfer of cool down LNG with the Golar…
Polish Oil & Gas Co. (PGNiG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to form a strategic partnership with Mari Petroleum Company Ltd, Pakistan’s second-largest producer of natural gas. The MoU provides for cooperation in exploration and production in and outside Pakistan. Mari Petroleum…
Petsec Energy has completed the transaction with Oil Search to acquire all of the shares of its subsidiary Oil Search (ROY) Limited which holds a 40% working interest (34% participating interest) in the Al Barqa (Block 7) licence and operatorship, in the Republic of Yemen….
Total SA has signed two new 40-year concession agreements with the Supreme Petroleum Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). As part of the deals, Total has been granted a 20 percent interest in the Umm…
Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it has completed a major decommissioning project at the former Barsebäck nuclear power plant in Skåne, Sweden. Barsebäck Unit 2 ceased operation in 2005 and decommissioning work began in August 2016. Westinghouse’s scope of work included the underwater…
Siemens’ Dresser-Rand business recently commissioned an LNGo-HP (high-pressure) micro-scale natural gas liquefaction system for Altagas Ltd in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. The modular, expandable LNGo technology enables efficient installation, especially in a demanding environment like Dawson Creek. The Dawson Creek facility, with a capacity…
