Quadrant, Carnarvon Petroleum JV plan Dorado wildcat

The Quadrant Energy Ltd.-led partnership with fellow Perth company Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd. has begun planning for the drilling of the Dorado-1 wildcat in the Bedout subbasin offshore Western Australia. Source: News

Reimaging project commences for US central Gulf of Mexico

TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. ASA and Schlumberger Ltd. are reimaging data covering 1,000 blocks in the central US Gulf of Mexico. Final results for the program are expected in early 2018, ahead of anticipated block turnover in the region. The study will reprocess 3D wide azimuth images covering 23,000 sq km previously acquired by both companies. […]

CPC official urges Senate to follow House, nullify BLM methane rule

The Colorado Petroleum Council’s executive director called on the US Senate to revoke the US Bureau of Land Management’s methane waste rule under the Congressional Review Act because it potentially would overlap regulations that exist already in many states and create more problems than it would solve. The US House has voted to nullify the […]

Woodside considers Pluto LNG expansion

Perth-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd. is considering a plan to expand production at its Pluto LNG plant on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia. Source: News

EIA: US crude inventories rise in seventh straight week, but barely

US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased 600,000 bbl during the week ended Feb. 17 from the previous week’s total, according to US Energy Information Administration data. Source: News