Oil & gas news

ExxonMobil employee charities program sets new record for contributions with more than US$ 2.8 million raised for Washington DC area organisations.

FMC Technologies, Inc is to manufacture and supply the subsea production systems to support the Wheatstone LNG Project. The contract has an approximate value of US$ 325 million.

Petrobras announces the discovery of good quality oil during drilling of well 4-BRSA-946C-SPS, informally known as Biguá.

The LNG terminal in Sendai, Japan will receive its first cargo since closing back in March.

InterOil Corporation and Pacific LNG Operations Ltd. have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Gunvor Singapore Pte. Ltd., for the supply of 1 million tpa of LNG from the Gulf LNG Project in Papua New Guinea.

Anadarko has made another significant gas discovery at its Barquentine-3 appraisal well, with this find the company should have enough gas reserve sin place to push on with its liquefaction plant development.

AMEC has been appointed by Centrica Energy Upstream to provide engineering, construction and project support services for their East Irish Sea onshore and offshore gas production assets.

Technip was awarded an engineering services contract by Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd at Statoil’s Valemon gas and condensate field located in the Norwegian North Sea, about 160 km west of Bergen.

Somali pirates operating out of the failed state have been posing a serious threat to shipping which passes through the region, taking many ships and their crew hostage, but what specific threat do these attacks pose to LNG carriers?

Petrobras has confirmed the presence of good quality oil in well 4-SPS-91 (4-BRSA-1002-SPS), in south Santos Basin, in an area known as Tiro and Sidon.