Article by Sarah Dicharry and Meghan Smith, Jones Walker LLP The Biden administration is making a significant push for the development of offshore wind energy, an effort that in many ways bolsters and complements what has been happening at the state level, particularly in the…
Ivory Coast is in talks to build a 200-megawatt power plant fuelled by LNG as it seeks to avoid outages which rocked the country earlier this year, Mines and Energy Minister Thomas Camara said on the 3rd August. A prolonged dry season reduced water…
Saturn Oil & Gas Inc, Calgary, has begun a three-well development drilling programme in West Central Saskatchewan. Saturn will drill three extended reach horizontal (ERH) wells targeting light oil in the Viking formation. Each well will be 100% working interest to Saturn with the…
Shell Trinidad and Tobago (through BG International, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell Plc) has announced that production has started on Block 5C in the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) in Trinidad and Tobago. This marks a significant milestone in the delivery of gas…
Whilst unconfirmed, the attack on the MT Mercer Street oil tanker emulates that of the ongoing Israel/Iran shadow war which has seen a tit for tat exchange of attacks on vessels. That’s what Dryad Global’s latest Maritime Security Threat Assessment, which was updated on…
Neptune Energy has completed the installation and testing of the electrically trace-heated (ETH) subsea production pipeline at its Fenja field in the Norwegian sea. Said to be the world’s longest, the 37-kilometre ETH will transport oil from the Fenja field to the Njord A…
Santos and Oil Search have agreed on conditional terms for a full merger. If approved by the respective shareholders, this would create – according to Santos – a regional champion possessing a diversified portfolio of long-life, low-cost assets across Australia, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea,…
MSA Safety, the global leader in the development, manufacture and supply of advanced safety solutions which protect people and facility infrastructures, has announced it has been named a preferred supplier of portable gas detection equipment for Royal Dutch Shell. This preferred supplier status is…
The Whistler Pipeline began full commercial service on the 1st July, providing approximately 2.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of incremental natural gas transport capacity to the Texas Gulf Coast markets from the Permian basin, which will help ensure sufficient reliable gas takeaway and…
CNOOC Ltd has started production of Liuhua 21-2 oil field in the eastern South China Sea in water depth of 437 metres. Along with utilising existing infrastructure, the project included construction of an underwater production system with eight development wells planned in total. …
