Continental Refining Co. is adding a crude unit and hydrotreater as part of the company’s strategy to expand operations and increase production of low-sulfur fuels at its 5,985-b/d refinery in Somerset, Ky. Source: News

The Island Constructor light well intervention (LWI) vessel is en route to Oyo field offshore Nigeria for service on the Oyo-8 well’s subsurface controlled subsurface safety valve (SCSSV), Erin Energy Corp. reported. Source: News

GAIL (India) Ltd. is drilling the first of eight exploratory wells in the Cambay basin in western India in the initial exploration phase of a production sharing contract. Source: News

DONG Energy and Bayerngas Norge have cancelled the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for development of Hejre oil and gas field offshore Denmark. Source: News

As offshore oil and gas development wanes, project awards for subsea trees plummet. Source: News

US production of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL)—a group of products that includes ethane, propane, butanes, and natural gasoline—is expected to increase from 3.86 million b/d in 2015 to 4.33 million b/d in 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Source: News

The US Geological Survey added induced seismicity to its seismic-risk maps, the agency said Mar. 28, citing a sharp rise in earthquakes associated with wastewater disposal wells, especially in Oklahoma. Source: News