Palacios Hernandez named Pemex corporate director

David Armando Palacios Hernandez will succeed Jose Manuel Carrera as corporate director of joint ventures and new business for Petroleos Mexicanos SA. The move is effective July 16. Source: News

Buru restarts Ungani oil field production

Buru Energy Ltd., Perth, has restarted oil production from Ungani field in the onshore Canning basin of Western Australia. Oil was delivered this week to the storage tank at the northern Australian port of Wyndham. Source: News

Quarterly lease sales attract over $8 million in bids, BLM reports

Quarterly oil and gas lease sales in eight regions netted $8,157,900 in bonus bids for 175 parcels covering 128,483 acres, the US Bureau of Land Management reported. The agency’s New Mexico office had the largest single total with nearly $3.5 million for parcels in Texas and Oklahoma, it said. Source: News

Eni lets subsea contract for Coral South FLNG off Mozambique

Eni East Africa SPA has let a contract to GE Oil & Gas for the supply of subsea production systems, ancillary equipment, and services for the Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) project in Area 4 offshore Mozambique. The agreement also covers future potential upstream projects on Area 4. Source: News

EIA conference panel examines produced water, induced seismicity

Alternatives to reinjecting produced water will be essential not only to avoid induced seismicity but also to provide an additional source of water for energy operations, a speaker suggested during a breakout session at the US Energy Information Administration’s 2017 conference. Source: News