Oil & gas news

As hundreds of dead dolphins and thousands of dead seabirds wash up on Peru’s coastline, official investigations claim “natural causes” whilst independents and environmentalist groups target the offshore oil and gas industry’s seismic operations.

Nord Stream AG has been load testing Line 1 of it’s twin pipeline transportation system.

Natural gas production in Pennsylvania has quadrupled between 2009 and 2011 due to increased horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

Australia Pacific LNG as secured US8.5 billion in loans to underpin the development of its CSG to LNG project.

McDermott has won the EPC and commissioning contract for the Ayatsil-B platform from Pemex.

Ng Weng Hoong, LNG Industry Correspondent, discusses the disparity between the Henry Hub price and the Asian LNG price.

Aviva Corp. Ltd is pleased to announce that the Mmamantswe coal prospecting licenses in Botswana have been renewed for a further 2 years.

Laing O’Rourke & Kawasaki have won the EPC contract to deliver a network of four storage tanks at the Ichthys LNG site worth US$ 34 billion.

San Leon Energy has been awarded the Praszka exploration concession in the Southern Permian/SW Carboniferous Basin by the Polish Ministry of Environment.

Total has confirmed that the Elgin leak has been completely sealed and it can now resume operations to completely seal and abandon the well.