Alberta approves 95,000 b/d in oil sands projects

The Alberta government has approved three oil sands projects representing 95,000 b/d of oil production and $4 billion (Can.) of potential investment. Source: News

PHMSA orders Colonial to shut Line No. 1 down, prepare restart plan

The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration ordered Colonial Pipeline Co., Alpharetta, Ga., to shut down a segment of its Line No. 1 near Helena, Ala., a week after a gasoline leak was detected there. The US Department of Transportation agency’s Sept. 16 corrective action order also required the petroleum products pipeline company to […]

Saudi KAD gets big Saudi gas line project

Saudi Aramco has named Saudi KAD, Dammam, the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning contractor for pipelines associated with its Master Gas Program Phase II expansion and Fadhili Gas Program. Source: News

Eni’s Laarich East-1 well in Tunisia flows 2,000 b/d

Eni SPA reported that the Laarich East-1 well in Tunisia’s Makhrouga-Laarich-Debbech (MLD) license encountered hydrocarbons in sandstone layers of Silurian and Ordovician age after reaching a final depth of 4,111 m. Source: News

ENOC lets contract for Dubai refinery expansion

State-owned Emirates National Oil Co. (ENOC) of Dubai has let a contract to a division of Technip SA for the design and construction of new processing and ancillary units as part of the main package of subsidiary ENOC Processing Co. LLC’s Jebel Ali condensate refinery expansion project. Source: News