Aurora LNG and its partners, Nexen Energy—a wholly owned subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corp. Ltd.—and INPEX Gas British Columbia, have ended the project’s feasibility study and will cease all activity on the project. Source: News

Duqm Refinery & Petrochemical Industries Co. LLC (DRPIC), Muscat, a joint venture of state-owned Oman Oil Co. and Kuwait Petroleum Corp. subsidiary Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd., has awarded the final two of three main contract packages for engineering, procurement, and construction of its long-planned 230,000-b/d refinery and petrochemical complex to be built in the Duqm […]

Hurricane Harvey has tremendously disrupted the US crude oil and product markets in recent weeks. At the peak of disruption, an estimated 3.9 million b/d of US Gulf Coast refining capacity was taken offline, and oil transportation capacity in the region was restricted. Source: News

Radicalization of Canadian energy policy glows ominously under light cast from TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.’s request to delay action on its applications for the important Energy East Pipeline and a smaller project. Source: News

Last week marked the return of OGJ staff to its Houston office after the building was knocked out of commission by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey. Most of the us were fortunate enough to have sustained only minor-if any-damage to our homes, which in turned served as our temporary offices for more than 2 weeks. […]

China Oilfield Services Ltd.’s COSL Seeker jack up rig was offloaded in Port Moresby harbor during the weekend and is now heading for Perth company Twinza Oil Ltd.’s Pasca A-4 appraisal drilling location in the Gulf of Papua. Source: News