Meridian Energy inks deals for proposed North Dakota refinery

Meridian Energy Group Inc., Belfield, ND, entered into memoranda of understanding with local and regional petroleum product distribution firms that have agreed to purchase and distribute as much as 268 million gal/year of refined products from Meridian’s two-phased grassroots 55,000-b/sd high-conversion Davis refinery to be built in the heart of southwestern North Dakota’s Bakken shale […]


Antelope-7 sidetrack in Papua New Guinea fails to intersect reservoir

Total E&P PNG Ltd., operator of petroleum retention license 15 (PRL15) in Papua New Guinea, has reported that the Antelope-7 sidetrack appraisal well has reached 2,383 m measured depth below rotary table (MDRT) without evidence of intersecting the Antelope reservoir. Source: News


Otakikpo field in Nigeria starts oil flow

Continuous production has begun from Otakikpo Marginal oil field in a coastal swamp about 60 km southeast of Port Hartcourt, Nigeria, reports Lekoil Ltd. Source: News