Tap Oil Ltd, Perth, has reported that a two-well infill drilling programme has begun in Manora oil field in the northern Gulf of Thailand concession G1/48. Tap Oil has a 30% interest in the field. Operator Mubadala Petroleum has brought in the Atwood Orca…
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is one step closer to oil and gas drilling. A budget measure approved by the Republican-controlled Senate late the 20th October allows Congress to pursue legislation allowing oil and gas exploration in the remote refuge on a majority vote….
The BW Catcher Floating Production Storage and Offloading (“FPSO”) vessel arrived at the Catcher field at 23:00 on Wednesday, the 18th October. The hook-up of the Submerged Turret Production (“STP”) buoy mooring system was completed on the 19th October with the vessel successfully completing…
Statoil has informed that a naphta leakage was reported at 07.14 on Tuesday, the 24th October at Mongstad refinery. Employees who are not part of the emergency organisation at the plant were evacuated, and parts of the plant are being shut down, Statoil said….
Noble Energy Partners has entered into an agreement with PLS Advisory Services to evaluate and negotiate mid-stream oil and natural gas pipeline assets in the United Kingdom. Noble Energy Partners will evaluate pipeline and storage facility assets which are valued between £1,000,000 and £10,000,000….
LOC, a global marine and engineering consultancy for the shipping and offshore energy industry, has opened its Malaysia office in Kuala Lumpur – its 12th office in the Asia Pacific region; and its 35th globally. The new office opened its doors, in the shadow…
Iraq has started using a new offshore crude-exporting facility to help boost shipments by sea and make up for a suspension of pipeline exports from the country’s north due to the conflict with the self-governed Kurdish region. The supertanker Chloe, which can transport about…
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has been awarded a procurement and construction contract for the Noble Energy’s Leviathan vent boom under the Heerema Marine Contractors’ transport and installation contract. Heerema Marine Contractors had been awarded a contract in April for transportation and installation services associated…
Venezuela’s state-run oil firm, PDVSA, is increasingly delivering poor quality crude oil to major refiners in the United States, India and China, causing repeated complaints, cancelled orders and demands for discounts, according to internal PDVSA documents and interviews with a dozen oil executives, workers, traders…
Chevron North Sea has decided to proceed with the first phase of its Captain enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project in the outer Moray Firth offshore north-east Scotland. The programme is designed to increase the field’s overall recovery rate through the application of polymer technology….
