Refineries, pipelines move toward restart after Harvey

As OGJ went to press last week, US Gulf Coast refiners and shippers were continuing to restore operations amid possible damages and logistical constraints caused by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey, which barreled through Houston and surrounding areas in southeast Texas and Louisiana. Source: News


Oman opens 2017 licensing round

Oman’s Ministry of Oil & Gas has opened 10 blocks to be tendered over the next several years. Bidding starts Sept. 20 for Blocks 43B, 47, 51, and 65. The ministry deployed a living data room in 2016, making high-quality raw data available via its web interface. Source: News


Kuwait okays oil field work with Iraq

The government of Kuwait has moved toward development of four border oil fields in cooperation with the government of Iraq. Source: News


BP expects fourth-quarter IPO for midstream unit

BP Midstream Partners, a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of BP PLC, has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission related to its proposed initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests. Source: News


Lebanon extends offshore bid round deadline

At the request of the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA), Energy and Water Minister Cesar Abi Khalil has extended to Oct. 12 the deadline for the country’s first oil and gas bidding round from the original Sept. 15 deadline. Source: News


White House plans to nominate Elliott for PHMSA administrator

The White House intends to nominate Howard R. Elliott, who presently leads public safety, health, environment, and security operations for CSX Transportation in Jacksonville, Fla., to serve as the new administrator of the US Pipeline & Hazardous Material Safety Administration, it announced on Sept. 8. Source: News


Constitutional strain

Energy and immigration share a pivotal but too easily overlooked concern for the US. Both issues, moralized sickeningly by advocates of governmental solutions for every problem, invoke principles of constitutional governance. Source: News


Signs of recovery

Amid the devastation of Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey hammered Houston, Texas’ Gulf Coast, and surrounding areas, a sign of some relief was seen with slightly lower gasoline pump prices following the Labor Day weekend, a week after the storm made landfall, showing signs that the oil and gas industry was slowly returning to full […]


Eni, partners contract drillship for deepwater Morocco permit

Eni SPA has signed a contract for the deepwater drillship Saipem 12000 to drill the exploratory RD-1 well in Morocco’s Rabat Deep offshore permit, announced partner Chariot Oil & Gas Ltd. The well will target the Jurassic carbonate JP-1 prospect. Source: News