Douglas E. Brooks has been named chief executive officer and president of Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc., Houston. Source: News

An oil and gas production well operated by BP Exploration Alaska Inc. in Prudhoe Bay has been killed and is no longer leaking natural gas, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation said in an Apr. 17 statement. Crews are now working to install a mechanical plug to permanently secure the well. Source: News

Spain’s Repsol Exploracion SA has agreed to acquire the 5% interest in Vietnamese Block 07/03 owned by Pan Pacific Petroleum NL, Sydney, for $5 million. Source: News

Pak-Arab Refinery Ltd. (Parco), Karachi, has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC and Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS), both divisions of Honeywell International Inc., to provide process technologies and advanced automated controls for a project designed to increase output of cleaner transportation fuels from its 4.5 million-tonne/year Mid-Country refinery at Mahmood Kot, 65 km north […]

Crude oil prices on the New York and London markets declined on Apr. 17 following release of a US government report projecting further oil production gains. The US Energy Information Administration’s latest Drilling Productivity Report forecasts crude output from the seven major US onshore producing regions to increase 124,000 b/d month-over-month in May to average […]

The seven major onshore producing regions in the US are expected to collectively increase oil output by 124,000 b/d during May to average 5.193 million b/d, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s latest Drilling Productivity Report. Source: News