Drilling & production

Oil and gas exploration and development group Cairn Energy is set to start a year-long exploration drilling programme to search for oil along the Atlantic margin.

EU subsidies will help create Europe’s first LNG logistics chain.

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.”

DNV GL has launched a guide for LNG bunker suppliers and ship operators which provides guidance on safe and efficient bunkering.

Dominic Simpson, Rigzone, UK, reviews the developments in the UK oil and gas industry and the challenges ahead for the industry.

Wärtsilä’s duel fuel engines will equip two Chinese LNG carriers that will serve Asian waters.

Dominic Simpson, Rigzone, UK, reviews the developments in the UK oil and gas industry and the challenges ahead for the industry.

In a bid to encourage local businesses to partake in the expansion of the Dominion Cove Point LNG plant, the Calvert County Board has launched a new website.