The American Petroleum Institute has issued its first safety and environmental protection standard covering lay-flat hoses, high-pressure equipment which upstream operators use to transport associated water from production operations. Compliance with Recommended Practice 15WT will assure operators and users that they are deploying the…
The Danish Energinet Gas-TSO has contracted Royal Boskalis Westminster to lay a new four-kilometre (2.5-mile), 36-inch subsea gas pipeline from Jutland in western Denmark to the island of Funen. Boskalis’ work scope includes pre-trenching, pipe-pull, cofferdam construction and post-lay rock installation to protect the…
The US has little leverage to prevent the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany from being completed, two administration officials said, acknowledging the failure of a years-long effort to head off what officials believe is a threat to European security. …
Australian offshore oil and gas safety body NOPSEMA has accepted Equinor’s environment plan for exploratory drilling in the Great Australian Bight. This still does not mean Equinor is allowed to begin operations. It needs two more approvals before the activity can begin. Equinor…
Innovative partnering between oil and gas, renewables, hydrogen and carbon capture can accelerate energy transition. Integrating the UK offshore energy sector, including closer links between oil and gas and renewables, can reduce carbon emissions from oil and gas production and longer term actively support…
A February 2018 blowout of a natural gas well in the US leaked more methane into the atmosphere in 20 days than many countries emit in a year. Scientists have said that 60 kilotons of methane was released – more than the oil and…
Woodside Petroleum Ltd, Perth, has moved to pre-Front-end Engineering and Design (pre-FEED) for its Shwe Yee Htun gas field offshore Myanmar. The field, in Block A-6 in 2,300 metres of water off Myanmar’s west coast, was discovered in 2015. Another Block A-6 discovery…
Independent energy producer WPX Energy revealed Monday that it will purchase Felix Energy for US$2.5 billion. The purchase price consists of US$900 million in cash, subject to closing adjustments, and US$1.6 billion in WPX stock issued to the seller. The company said it…
Dutch energy and dredging services provider Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has been awarded two offshore contracts with a combined value of approximately €85 million (US$94.8 million). Boskalis said on the 17th December that it had won a deal for a four-kilometre-long gas pipeline, which…
National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has contracted Petropars to perform the engineering, exploration and basic design for the Farzad B gas field development in the Persian Gulf. Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said NIOC had allocated US$75 million towards the programme with the…
