ExxonMobil chief executive officer Rex Tillerson spoke at the first-ever Greater Houston Partnership’s “State of Energy” event, giving his perspectives on the intrinsic ties between the energy industry and the city of Houston and highlighting North America’s…
A gas production platform in Alaska's Cook Inlet caught fire this morning, with a smoke plume visible for several miles, but the fire is now reported to be under control. The Baker platform near Nikiski is operated by privately held Hilcorp Energy Co…
BG Group is now sitting on more than 17Tcf of gas offshore Tanzania after its latest discoveries in the Kamba-1 well in Block 4, according to partner Ophir Energy. The well, drilled using the Deepsea Metro I drillship in 1379m water depth…
Dana Gas Egypt signed a gas production enhancement agreement (GPEA) with the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS) and the Egyptian General Petroleum Co. (EGPC). According to the agreement, announced 30 September, Dana Gas will begin a 7-year program in the next few months…
Norwegian exploration and production firm Noreco is facing uncertainty after its chairman resigned with immediate effect as the firm deals with significant write-downs on reserves at key production assets. Noreco says, according to updated reservoir modeling by operator Dong Energy…
The partnership behind the Leviathan field off Israel has submitted a US$6.5 billion initial development plan to the country’s Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, Reuters has reported. Located around 130km from Israel’s coast in around 1600m of water…
Australian oil and gas firm BHP Billiton has backed plans to develop what may be the world’s largest floating LNG project, saying it is “fully aligned” with partner ExxonMobil. But, the project is still facing difficulties, according to a statement from Exxon to news agency Bloomberg…
The Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water of the State of Israel's Petroleum Commissioner informed Modiin Energy that its Gabriella and Yam Hadera offshore licenses have expired due to the company's failure to achieve program milestones…
Russian oil exploration giant Rosneft has said it and partner ExxonMobil have made an oil discovery on the Universitetskaya-1 well in the Arctic, despite US and European Union sanctions. Rosneft said the well, in the East-Prinovozemelskiy-1 license in the Kara Sea…
The final two modules for the Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project arrived for the plant’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing units on Curtis Island, in Queensland, Australia. The modules were built at Batangas…
Eni scooped up three new exploration licenses in Egypt as a result of the 2013 Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. (EGPC) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co. (EGAS) international licensing bid rounds. Two of the three blocks are located…
Perupetro has contracted Spectrum for 2D seismic work prior to the country's international bid round on 12 December. Spectrum will reprocess approximately 13,000km of 2D multiclient regional seismic data covering the lease sale blocks for the Peruvian state-owned and regulatory body…
DOF Subsea UK has started work on two major construction projects off West Africa for Italy’s Saipem. DOF Subsea is supplying its 107.1m-long DSV Skandi Singapore and project crew, along with project management and technical support; specialist survey services…
Statoil's Kvitebjørn field in the North Sea will see production increase by 220MMboe, or from 55% to 70% recovery rate, thanks to a new compressor installed on the 10-year-old Kvitebjørn platform, the firm said today. The compressor, installed 17 September…
Chevron has agreed to sell its shares in Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands, including its interest in Chevron Transportation, to Petrogas International E&P Coӧperatief, a subsidiary of Oman-based Petrogas E&P. 'Our decision…
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