Upstream news
Quanta appoints Regional Manager
The company provides EPC services to the oil, gas and energy industries including engineering and maintenance of North Sea platforms from concept through to decommissioning.
Pieridae Energy closes acquisition of Shell's Foothills assets
The acquisition includes the the Jumping Pound, Caroline and Waterton gas plants, 29 000 boe/d of production, a partial ownership of the Shantz sulfur plant and 1700 km of pipelines.
Study finds atmospheric pressure controls greenhouse gas emissions from leaky oil and gas wells
The scientists involved in the study say their findings show that regulators around the world must take other environmental factors, especially atmospheric pressure changes, into consideration when assessing potential greenhouse gas leakage from onshore oil and gas wells.
Drilling activity in Norway nearing all-time high, says Rystad Energy
Rystad Energy says it is anticipating around 30 to 50 exploration wells will be drilled per year towards 2023.
TMK announces 3Q19 operational results
TMK provides tubular products for the oil and gas industry.
ONGC Videsh makes discoveries in Brazil and Colombia
ONGC's overseas explorer has recorded a gas discovery in Brazil's Sergipe Alagoas Basin and an oil discovery in Colombia's Llanos Basin.
LLOG Exploration orders subsea trees from TechnipFMC for deepwater Shenandoah Project
The order is the first material equipment order for the Shenandoah project and the first of its kind for subsea trees designed for pressures up to 20 000 psi.
IMI and GustoMSC sign jack-up design license agreement
The agreement entails a new GustoMSC drilling jack-up design which will utilise the modern manufacturing capabilities currently planned for at IMI.
17 companies now qualified to participate in Brazil's 6th Production Sharing Round
The total number of registrants is a record for bids in the production sharing regime, surpassing the 16 qualified for the 4th Production Sharing Round, held last year.
Lukoil enters Ghasha project in UAE
Ghasha is aiming to develop previously undeveloped deposits of gas, oil and gas condensate as part of nine shallow fields in the Arabian Gulf west of Abu Dhabi.