Oil & gas news
Construction of ice-resistant platform for Gazprom gas field begins
The platform is being constructed in the Kamennomysskoye-Sea gas field, located in the Ob Bay of the Kara Sea.
Uganda committed to second licensing round
As Total and CNOOC develop billions of barrels of proven oil reserves near Lake Albert, the Ugandan government is committed to attracting more investment into the development of its hydrocarbons potential through the Second Licensing Round.
Oil rises as market ignores new Covid-19 cases and corrects earlier losses
Oil prices gained this morning, as traders ignored new Covid-19 spikes, partly correcting losses of previous sessions.
Equatorial Guinea adopts new petroleum regulation
The regulation covers matters such as the extension of the productive life of mature fields and the exploration of marginal and onshore fields along with investments in deep and ultra deepwater acreages.
Miclyn Express Offshore awarded Brunei contract extension
The company will continue to support the offshore operations of an international oil and gas company in Brunei.
Trump administration opens Arctic Alaskan areas to oil development
The plan released by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management revokes an Obama-era management system for a huge swathe of federal land on the western North Slope, the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Occidental to write down value of upstream assets by US$9 billion
This will be the third consecutive quarter in which Occidental takes a writedown, bringing the total to as much as US$12 billion in the last nine months, more than half of its market capitalisation.
Petrobras begins production in Atapu field
The FPSO operating the well has the capacity to process up to 150 000 bpd and treat up to 6 million m3 of natural gas.
Danos to provide production workforce across Shell GoM assets
The three-year contract began on 1 May and will employ 144 Danos personnel in a variety of positions.
Zenith Energy completes handover of Azerbaijan assets to SOCAR
Zenith has ceased all oil production operations in Azerbaijan and all field production personnel, approximately 170 employees, have been transferred to a division of SOCAR.