ONRR stays new oil, gas valuation rule in response to litigation

The US Office of Natural Resources Revenue has postponed the Jan. 1 effective date for its new final rule covering oil and gas as well as coal valuation on public and Indian tribal land after several petitioners legally challenged it in US District Court for Wyoming on Dec. 29, 2016, the agency announced. Source: […]


Gazprom Neft shows annual boost in net profits

PJSC Gazprom Neft earned 200.1 billion rubles in net profits in 2016—a 82.5% increase over 2015. Oil-equivalent production increased 8.2% to 86.2 million tonnes. Factors attributing to this boost in earnings include production increases at Novoportovskoye and Prirazlomnoye fields and the commissioning of the East Messoyakhskoye field in September 2016. Source: News


Rosneft reports decline in net income for 2016

Rosneft reported a decline net income in 2016 to 181 billion rubles compared with 355 billion rubles in 2015. Fourth-quarter net income of 52 billion rubles, however, doubled third-quarter net income of 26 billion. Source: News


Mobilize federal support for carbon dioxide pipelines, group urges

A multistate working group convened by two western governors urged the Trump administration and the 115th Congress to make carbon dioxide pipelines a priority within a more-ambitious US system agenda. The State CO2-EOR Deployment Work Group also released a report recommending that the federal government support development of CO2 pipeline networks to securely transport large […]


Associations form pipeline steel team in response to Trump memo

Four national oil and gas associations have formed a pipeline steel team in response to US President Donald J. Trump’s Jan. 24 Executive Memorandum specifying that US-manufactured materials will be used in all new construction as well as repairs, retrofits, and expansions to the maximum extent possible. Source: News


Shell, YPF to develop Vaca Muerta gas pilot project

Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Argentina’s YPF SA have signed preliminary terms and conditions of an agreement to develop a shale gas pilot project in the Vaca Muerta shale of Neuquen province. Source: News


LG Chem lets contract for Daesan ethylene expansion

LG Chem Ltd., Seoul, has let a contract to KBR Inc. to provide technology licensing and basic engineering design (LBED) services for a previously announced 3-year program to modernize and expand ethylene capacity at the Daesan petrochemical complex in Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Source: News