ADNOC lets contracts to CNPC unit for deep seismic survey

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) has let contracts worth $1.6 billion for what it is calling the world’s largest continuous 3D onshore and offshore seismic survey, covering as much as 53,000 sq km. Survey results will pinpoint potential reservoirs at depths of up to 25,000 ft. Source: News


Fire hits Saudi Aramco’s Riyadh refinery

Saudi Aramco has extinguished a minor fire that broke out on July 18 at its 126,000-b/d refinery in Riyadh. Aramco fire protection crews and civil defense firefighters brought the fire under control shortly after it occurred, the operator said in a post to its official Twitter account. Source: News


Oil industry, ethanol witnesses cite different grievances with RFS

Witnesses from the American Petroleum Institute and the Renewable Fuels Association appeared equally dissatisfied with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s recently proposed 2019 biofuel quotas under the Renewable Fuel Standard at a public hearing in Ypsilanti, Mich. Source: News