Oil & gas news

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.

Girish Shirodkar, Strategic Decisions Group, India, provides an overview of the ASEAN members, centring on the strategic apparatuses in place to fuel future growth in South East Asia.

Weir Group expands US shale activities The Weir Group PLC has agreed to acquire Seaboard Holdings Inc, an independent wellhead solutions provider focused on the growing North American unconventional oil and gas drilling and production markets for US$ 675 million (£431 million).