Apache Corporation expects to drill its first exploration well on block 58 offshore Suriname around mid-year, using an already contracted drillship. The company’s geological and geophysical evaluation has identified numerous, large prospects across multiple different play concepts. In the UK North Sea, the…
Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office is preparing to bring criminal charges against Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell over the company’s involvement in oil block OPL 245 located offshore Nigeria. The case is related to Shell and Eni’s acquisition of an offshore block in Nigeria in 2011. …
Fluor Corporation said SABIC awarded the company a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management services for the recommissioning of its polyphenylene ether (PPE) resin plant in the Netherlands. “We are pleased to support SABIC with this important recommissioning project at the Bergen op…
ExxonMobil has announced a natural gas discovery offshore Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean on Block 10. The Glaucus-1 well cut 436 feet of reservoir rock. Evaluation of the potential of Block 10 continues. The well was drilled to 13,780 feet in 6,769 feet of…
In support of its continued focus on promoting the key role of energy efficiency, the IEA has launched a new web resource dedicated entirely to energy service companies (ESCOs). ESCOs are in the business of delivering energy efficiency projects which are financed based on…
On the 27th February, the KRG Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs has published new verified data on the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports, consumption and revenues, covering the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 September 2018, after a review of the sector by…
The first 6,000-tonne caisson started its journey from Cromarty Firth this week to Aberdeen’s South Harbour, a marine support centre for the oil and gas industry, marking what has been described as another landmark stage with Aberdeen Harbour’s £350-million expansion project. The first caisson…
Searcher Seismic, in cooperation with BGP, has completed the Triok broadband non-exclusive 2D seismic survey in the northern basins of Papua New Guinea. Following the acquisition of the Solomon Sea non-exclusive 2D in the northern basins of Papua New Guinea, the Triok broadband non-exclusive…
US Gulf refiners are bidding up prices for Colombian crude amid sanctions on Venezuelan imports, historically one of America’s top oil suppliers. Colombian crude has strengthened on the back of harsher restrictions against state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA, a self-imposed curtailment in…
The United Kingdom Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the United States Homeland Security have issued alerts for operators using Global Positioning System (GPS) for both position and Universal Coordinated Time (UTC). Both advise that the GPS week number will be rolling over for a second…
