Oil & gas news

According to EIA research oil sands production will grow to around 300 000 bpd by the end of 2017.

Victrex and Smithers Rapra are to co-host an online workshop to evaluate the standard test methods for assessing high-performance polymers.

Sound Energy has reported the mobilisation of the National 110 UE (1500 HP) traditional rig for the upcoming first well at the Company's Tendrara licence area, onshore Morocco.

The NPD's estimate of total discovered and undiscovered petroleum resources on the Norwegian shelf has increased.

The programme provides management and monitoring of membrane systems, reducing risks of downtime due to insufficient quality or quantity of water being produced.

The contract, awarded by BP is for the development of the Giza Fayoum and Raven subsea fields offshore Alexandria, Egypt.

PJSC Lukoil has announced the commencement of the first stage of exploration activities at the Vostochno-Taimyrsky license block in the Krasnoyarsk region ahead of time.

Miquel Angel Alós, PhD, Inprocess, explains how operations teams in the oil and gas industry can create a dynamic simulation to make it possible to simulate a realistic understanding and behaviour of a plant.

The seventh annual OPITO Safety and Competence Conference, OSCC 2016, will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 16 November 2016.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has announced the restructuring of its North American business for the second time in four months as Chief of the North American business, Marvin Odum, steps down.