ADNOC launches its first licensing round

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has launched its first competitive oil and gas licensing round, offering four onshore and two offshore blocks that cover nearly 30,000 sq km. The company has opened a web site dedicated to the round where interested bidders can register and begin what ADNOC describes as “a strict prequalification process.”  […]


AWE farms out New Zealand permit in North Island gas region

AWE Ltd., Sydney, has farmed out its New Zealand onshore Taranaki basin permit PEP 55768, which includes the forthcoming Kohatukai-1 wildcat. The permit is southeast of New Plymouth in a prolific gas-producing region. Source: News


Brazos Midstream sells Delaware basin units for $1.75 billion

Brazos Midstream Holdings and its financial sponsor Old Ironsides Energy have entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Delaware basin subsidiary companies to North Haven Infrastructure Partners II, an investment fund managed by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure and related funds for $1.75 billion in cash.  Source: News


New York, other Democrat attorneys general allege EPA methane inaction

New York Atty. Gen. Eric T. Schneiderman and other Democrat attorneys general from 13 more states, as well as the District of Columbia’s independent AG and the City of Chicago’s corporation council, sued US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator E. Scott Pruitt for allegedly refusing to control methane emissions from existing oil and gas operations under […]