NIOC adds five to ‘prequalification’ list

National Iranian Oil Co. has designated five more international oil and gas companies “prequalified” to bid on upstream projects under a redesigned contract. Source: News


Rosneft cites oil discovery in eastern Arctic

Rosneft PJSC is citing a new oil field in the eastern Arctic after three core samples in an exploratory well in the Laptev Sea “showed high oil saturation.” Source: News


Pipeline politics-again

Opposition grows to the pipeline designed to carry oil away from Alberta. No, not THAT pipeline. It’s Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain expansion project that faces new trouble. Source: News


Differences worth splitting

Splitting differences provides a remorselessly unscientific perspective on a question important to oil and gas producers and comes with a possibly instructive or at least amusing analog in downstream-business history. Source: News


Watching Government: When a minor move matters

The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement extended the deadline for offshore oil and gas operators to coordinate their operations and retain their federal leases from 180 days a full year. The June 9 final rule extends the time allowed between production, drilling, or well-reworking operations on a lease, BSEE Director Scott A. Angelle […]