Drilling & production

US President Obama offers no leadership on oil and gas in State of the Union, states GlobalData consultant.

Cloud Peak Energy has signed an agreement with SSA Marine that provides it with an option to export up to 16 million tpa through the proposed Gateway Pacific on the US West Coast.

According to a poll, 605 of Americans support Presidential action to fight climate change.

According to news reports, the Sena railway in Mozambique has been closed due to heavy rains.

The Kenyan government has announced its decision to release 9 new oil and gas blocks for the country’s next licensing round.

BWA will present its organic corrosion inhibitors, non-oxidising biocides and biodegradable antiscalants at Corrosion 2013.

Mineral processing leads the way, as Danish engineering company FLSmidth announces its 2012 results, but its Material Handling Division suffers from “project execution challenges”.

Glencore has released its production report for 2012, including proforma results for the merged Glencore Xstrata.

Swiss mining giant, Xstrata, has released its 2012 production figures, showing a 7% rise in coal production.

Minas Moatize Limitada has entered into an Interim Rail Access Agreement with Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Mocambique that grants the company a capacity allocation of 0.5 million tpa on the Sena railway line.

Tony Burke, the Australian environment minister, has conditionally approved the Maules Creek and Boggabri coal mine projects, and the Gloucester CBM project.

Hodges Resources has announced that its Moropule South project is financially viable, following the complete of mine scoping and power integration studies.

AGL Energy has suspended its application for the Camden North coalbed methane project in New South Wales.

Australia’s top five mining companies ended 2012 strongly on the back of increased demand for iron ore from China. But metallurgical coal prices suffered as demand was soft.

The flaring of unwanted associated gas from US shale wells is visible from space.