Archive for the ‘Production Operations’ Category
Cooper Energy signs gas sales agreements with AGL
June 5th, 2019 by Latest News
Cooper Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has signed natural gas supply agreements with Sydney distributor and retailer AGL Energy Ltd. for production from Cooper’s Sole field offshore Gippsland basin and its Casino Henry operations in the offshore Otway basin.
Canadian oil sands production growth is slowing, yet total production is expected to reach nearly 4 million b/d by 2030—nearly 1 million b/d more than current levels—according to a 10-year production forecast by IHS Markit. The business information pro…
Permian gas flaring, venting reaches record high
June 4th, 2019 by Latest News
Flaring and venting of natural gas in the Permian basin in Texas and New Mexico has reached an all-time record high in this year’s first quarter, averaging 661 MMcfd, according to research conducted by Rystad Energy. This widespread waste of a valuable…
New technology due in Aerfugl development
June 4th, 2019 by Latest News
Aker BP plans to use two new technologies in development of Aerfugl gas and condensate field in the Norwegian Sea, reports partner PGNiG Upstream Norway. The Polish Oil & Gas Co. subsidiary says the subsea wells will use the world’s first 7-in. ver…
CNRL cuts Alberta output amid wildfires
June 3rd, 2019 by Latest News
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. said on May 31 it had suspended about 65,000 b/d of crude oil production in response to wildfires in the Wabasca and Slave Lake areas of Alberta.
Sentinel Midstream subsidiary Texas GulfLink submitted a license application with the US Maritime Administration May 30 to construct and operate a deepwater crude oil export facility near Freeport, Tex. The completed facility will be capable of fu…
Contract let for B-80 field off Mumbai
June 3rd, 2019 by Latest News
Hindustan Oil Exploration Co. has let a contract to Expro for a production-handling facility and all topside processing equipment on a mobile offshore production unit on B-80 oil and gas field in the Mumbai basin. The 7-year contract covers constructio…
Qatar Petroleum has let the front-end engineering design contract for the North field expansion project’s offshore pipelines and topsides facilities to McDermott Middle East Inc.
TransGlobe Egyptian strike due on stream
May 29th, 2019 by Latest News
TransGlobe Energy Corp., Calgary, plans to bring its South Ghazalat (SGZ)-6X discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert on production at an initial rate of 1,000 b/d of 34° gravity crude oil in this year’s fourth quarter under a newly approved develop lease….
While there hasn’t been a dramatic change for the energy industry in Mexico since President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office in 2018, progressive collaboration between the industry and country regulators is needed to fulfill the country’s hydroc…