Petronas, through a contractor, has let a contract to ABB Ltd., Zurich, to modify existing and install new electrical systems and an electrical network monitoring and control system at Petronas’ two-trained 270,000-b/d refinery complex in Sungai Udang, Melaka state, Malaysia, in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula. Source: News
Alberta refinery ramping up for bitumen feed
North West Redwater Partnership (NWRP) is completing commissioning activities at the first 80,000-b/d phase of its proposed three-phased greenfield bitumen refinery in Sturgeon County, about 45 km northeast of Edmonton, Alta. Source: News
Enterprise to add tenth NGL fractionator at Mont Belvieu
Enterprise Products Partners LP has started construction of an NGL fractionator adjacent to its existing complex in Mont Belvieu, Tex. The new unit—which will become EPP’s tenth fractionator in the Mont Belvieu area—will have a nameplate capacity of 150,000 b/d, raising EPP’s overall fractionation capability at Mont Belvieu to 905,000 b/d, the operator said. […]
Equinor fast tracks Visund Nord IOR
Equinor started production from an improved oil recovery project in Visund Nord field in the Norwegian North Sea, adding an anticipated 13.3 million bbl at a development cost of 1.3 billion kroner. The additional production is 6% more than originally estimated. Source: News
Talos Energy acquires Whistler Energy II
Talos Energy Inc., Houston, has entered into and completed a transaction to acquire Whistler Energy II LLC. The bolt-on acquisition includes production facilities with unused capacity and new seismic data to be used in a field study to potentially identify additional drilling locations on the producing asset. Source: News
Hanna to serve as interim president, CEO of Rosehill Resources
Gary C. Hanna, chairman of Rosehill Resources Inc., Houston, also will serve as interim president and chief executive officer of the company and its sole subsidiary, Rosehill Operating Co. LLC, until the search for another president and chief executive officer is complete. Source: News
NextDecade, McDermott extend Rio Grande LNG EPC bid process
Privately held NextDecade Corp. and McDermott International Inc. have agreed not to execute an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for NextDecade’s 27 million-tonne/year Rio Grande LNG plant at the Port of Brownsville in South Texas. Source: News
Sulser named Whiting development, strategy chief
Tim Sulser has been named chief corporate development and strategy officer of Whiting Petroleum Corp., Denver, responsible for corporate planning, business development, acquisitions and divestitures, and exploration. Source: News
Bryska to lead refocused Crescent Point
Craig Bryska has been named president and chief executive officer of Crescent Point Energy Corp., Calgary, as the company focuses on key assets and cuts costs. Robert Heinemann has been named board chairman, succeeding Peter Bannister. Bryska has been interim president and CEO since earlier this year, when he succeeded Scott Saxberg, a company founder. […]
ETP, partners to build PGC pipeline for Permian oil takeaway
Energy Transfer Partners LP, Magellan Midstream Partners LP, MPLX LP, and Delek US Holdings Inc. have received sufficient commitments to proceed with plans to construct a 30-in. common-carrier pipeline to transport crude oil from the Permian basin to the Texas Gulf Coast region. Source: News