Victoria government to place permanent ban on fracing

Victorian Labor Premier Daniel Andrews has announced that his government will introduce a permanent ban on hydraulic fracturing and all exploration and development of unconventional gas throughout the state. Source: News


Statoil starts production from Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen in North Sea

Statoil ASA has started production from its Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen natural gas and condensate development in the North Sea. The project, southwest of the Gullfaks A platform, had been slated to start up on Dec. 24. Source: News


Shell tests Ormen Lange subsea gas compression, power pilot

Norske Shell successfully finished a multiyear test of a subsea natural gas compression system with a full subsea power supply, transmission, and distribution system supplied by GE Oil & Gas for a pilot on Ormen Lange field offshore Norway. Source: News


Matador Resources commissions Delaware basin gas plant

Matador Resources Co., Dallas, has commissioned its Black River cryogenic natural gas processing plant at the Rustler Breaks prospect area of the Delaware basin in Eddy County, NM. Source: News