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Denovo Delivers First Gas to NGC from Iguana Field

Nov 25, 2018

Independent gas company DeNovo Energy, a subsidiary of the Proman Group, has made its first commercial supply of natural gas from the Iguana field in Block 1(a) off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.According to a release from the company, DeNovo…

Big Oil Digs North Sea's 'Final Frontier'

Nov 23, 2018

'Little hope of THIS rock ever producing oil,' BP geologist Bill Senior scribbled in 1977 on a note assessing a recent oil discovery in a distant corner of the North Sea.That same rock is today the heart of BP's prized Clair field in the West of Shetland region…

Kebabangan to Return to Full Capacity by August

Nov 23, 2018

Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas said on Friday production at Kebabangan gas field in the eastern state of Sabah is expected to return to full capacity by August 2019.A gas leak in January resulted in supply disruption at the gas field…

Total to Raise Output in 2019

Nov 23, 2018

Oil major Total's output will rise to 3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2019, Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanne said on Friday.The company has said its production rate stood at 2.8 million barrels of oil equivalent per day during the third quarter of this year…

Fieldwood Optimistic About Gulf of Mexico

Nov 23, 2018

Just a few short years ago, few had heard of Fieldwood Energy. In five short years, the privately-held company purchased properties and assets when Apache, SandRidge and Noble Energy exited the area.Now, Fieldwood says it is the largest leaseholder in the Gulf of Mexico…

BP: First Oil Production at Clair Ridge

Nov 22, 2018

Energy giant BP has taken its first oil from the Clair Ridge mega-project in the U.K. North Sea in a “major milestone” that is the culmination of many years of work.Clair Ridge, the second phase of the development of the Clair Field, 75 kilometers west of Shetland…

Equinor Energy Strikes Gas in Barents Sea

Nov 22, 2018

Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor Energy has made discovery containing up to 24billion cubic feet of gas in the Barents Sea. Two exploration targets were found, with the first containing between 10 and 20billion cubic feet, the other between one and four billion…

Chevron: First Oil From Big Foot

Nov 21, 2018

U.S. supermajor Chevron announced that its operated Big Foot deepwater project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico has started crude oil and natural gas production.The field is located approximately 225 miles (360 km) south of New Orleans, La., in a water depth of approximately 5…

BP Producing 588,000 BPD in Azerbaijan

Nov 21, 2018

Oil output at the BP-led Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli oilfields in Azerbaijan totalled 588,000 barrels per day in the January to September period, BP-Azerbaijan said on Wednesday.(Reporting by Nailia Bagirova; Writing by Margarita Antidze; Editing by Jan Harvey)

Johan Castberg Topside Construction Begins

Nov 21, 2018

Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy Kjell-Børge Freiberg cut the first sheet for the topside of the Johan Castberg floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) at Kværner's yard at Stord on Wednesday as part of a large scale  project triggering ripple effects throughout Norway…

McDermott Bags Petrobras Contract

Nov 20, 2018

McDermott International announced a large contract award by Petrobras for a natural gas pipeline project in support of the client’s Santos basin pre-salt field program.The contract covers the implementation of the ultra-shallow segment of the new Rota 3 gas export pipeline…

Atlantic Canada Oil Spill Caused by Weak Flowline Connection

Nov 20, 2018

A weak connector on an underwater oil flowline caused a spill during a fierce Atlantic storm last week off the coast of Canada's Newfoundland & Labrador, Husky Energy Inc said on Tuesday.The spill is the largest-ever off the coast of the Canadian province…

North Sea Crude: Forties Falls to Three-year Low

Nov 19, 2018

North Sea Forties crude differentials fell to a three-year low on Monday, pressured by ample prompt supplies and limited demand.Ekofisk DelaysSome Ekofisk cargoes for loading in November have been delayed by a few days because of unplanned maintenance…

Delek Drilling to Spin Off Tamar Stake

Nov 19, 2018

Israel's Delek Drilling is looking to spin off its remaining 22 percent stake in the offshore Tamar gas field in 2019, the company's chief executive said on Monday.Last year Delek spun off an initial 9.25 percent of Tamar into a new company in Tel Aviv called Tamar Petroleum…

Ineos to Buy ConocoPhillips North Sea Assets

Nov 18, 2018

Britain's richest man Jim Ratcliffe's oil and gas company Ineos Group Holdings is in exclusive talks with ConocoPhillips to buy North Sea oil and gas fields worth $3 billion from the U.S. energy company.Various news paper reports say that British…

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