TE-6 exploration well spudded in northeastern Morocco

After nearly a decade, Moroccan national oil firm Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) commenced drilling on its Tenerara Lakbir permit targeting Triassic sandstones at a total depth of 2,640 m. The Tendrara permit lies in the Oriental region’s Figuig province in northeast Morocco, 120 km from Gazoduc Maghreb Europe (GME) pipeline that […]

More wells planned for CD5 drill site in NPR-A

ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. plans to drill additional wells and add associated on-pad infrastructure to boost production at its CD5 drill site in Alpine field in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). Source: News

Casillas buys Chesapeake SCOOP interests

A partnership of privately held Casillas Petroleum Corp., Tulsa, and Kayne Anderson Energy Funds, Los Angeles, has purchased producing interests in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province (SCOOP) play from Chesapeake Energy Corp. for $106 million. Source: News

IOC commissions unit at Paradip refinery

Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOC) has started up the 4.27 million-tonne/year INDMAX fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit at its recently commissioned 15 million-tpy, full-conversion refinery at Paradip in India’s state of Odisha on the country’s northeastern coast. Source: News