Oil-directed rigs lifted the overall US rig count slightly during the week ended Oct. 7, continuing a steady drilling rebound that began in June. Source: News

PJSC Lukoil has completed a project designed to expand production of Euro 5-quality diesel at subsidiary OOO Permnefteorgsintez’s 13.1 million-tpy Perm refinery in Russia’s North Urals region, on the north bank of the Kama River. Source: News

Karoon Gas Australia Ltd., Melbourne, has been awarded a large exploration permit offshore South Australia in the Ceduna subbasin of the Great Australian Bight to the southeast of the controversial deepwater permits held by BP PLC, Statoil AS, Murphy Oil Corp., Santos Ltd., and Chevron Corp. Source: News

The Baker Hughes Inc. worldwide tally of active drilling rigs was again bolstered in September by the continued drilling rebound in the US and Canada. Source: News

Tight shale oil and gas producers need to address public concerns more effectively as technological processes help them improve recovery rates and reduce surface disruptions, a speaker told the US Energy Association’s 2016 Energy Supply Forum on Oct. 6. Source: News

NuBlu Energy, Center, Tex., has started construction of a 90,000-gpd natural gas liquefaction plant along the Mississippi River in Port Allen, La., to support high-horsepower fueling applications in the region, including rail, marine, long-haul transportation, power generation, gas interruption, asphalt, and other energy markets. Source: News

Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) announced two partnership agreements, one finalized and one still pending, to replace flow and gas lines that will include 931 oil wells in Lake Maracaibo, Zulia state. Source: News