Hess Corp. said it has shut in production at three of its Gulf of Mexico platforms after a Nov. 8 fire at Shell Oil Co.’s Enchilada platform. The fire was associated with a 30-in. export pipeline.  Source: News

Tellurian Inc. and Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals Inc. signed four fixed-price, lump-sum turnkey agreements totaling $15.2 billion for the engineering, procurement, and construction of Driftwood LNG, an LNG export plant proposed in Carlyss, La., on the west bank of the Calcasieu River. Source: News

Tethys Oil AB has acquired the 15,449-sq-km Block 49 onshore Oman. The company said it has access to 11,000 km of 2D seismic collected by previous operators and cores from nine historical wells, including Dauka-1, which was the first well drilled in Oman in 1955. Several of the cores show traces of oil, the company […]

Light, sweet crude oil prices on the New York market fell Nov. 10 to settle below $57/bbl while Brent crude oil prices fell modestly in London but still settled above $63/bbl. Source: News

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals currently is reviewing the fate of a landmark constitutional climate-change lawsuit brought against the US federal government by 21 youth plaintiffs-ages 9-21-from across the country seeking to secure their legal right to a stable climate and healthy atmosphere. Source: News

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has begun to repair the damage his agency did to science before he arrived. Late last month he said current recipients of EPA grants won’t be allowed to serve as scientific advisors. Source: News

Sydney and Port Moresby-based Oil Search Ltd. has spread beyond Papua New Guinea to buy into oil permits in Alaska west of the Prudhoe Bay oil fields. Source: News