Drilling & production - 16 October 2013

Russia is to remove restrictions on LNG exports in plans to export to Asia-Pacific markets.

Dominic Simpson, Rigzone, UK, concludes his review of the developments in the UK oil and gas industry and the challenges ahead for the industry.

Tokyo Gas Co., to invest in LNG projects in Southeast Asia or Africa in order to reduce import costs.

Japan is expected to commence operations at 14 new gas and coal-fired plants by the end of 2014.

Magnolia LNG, subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, has applied to the US DOE to export LNG to countries without FTAs.

New American Petroleum Institute poll finds voters in Virginia are in support of offshore drilling for domestic oil and natural gas resources.

The award was granted for the company’s work on blow-out preventer (BOP) risk modelling, leading to safer and better performing deepwater drilling.

The energy tradeshow Offshore Technology Conference 2012 (OTC) was recently named “The Greatest Show on Earth.”