Lukoil NizhegorodNefteorgSyntez has let an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to McDermott International Inc. for a delayed coking unit at the 17 million-tonne/year refinery at Kstovo in Central Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region. The 2.1 million-tpy coker will be part of a deep-conversion complex under construction at the refinery. Source: News
Tallgrass, Silver Creek expand combine to transport PRB production
Tallgrass Energy LP, Leawood, Kan., and Silver Creek Midstream LLC, Irving, Tex., will expand their Powder River basin joint venture to own the Iron Horse Pipeline, the Powder River Express Pipeline (PREP), and crude oil terminal facilities in Guernsey, Wyo. Tallgrass will operate Powder River Gateway LLC with 51%. Silver Creek will own 49%. […]
DrillCo plans fall through for Jones Energy
Jones Energy Inc., Austin, has scrapped plans to form a drilling joint venture in the Merge and Western Anadarko basins after a potential financing deal fell through. Source: News
Shell Australia, QGC to drill 250 gas wells in Queensland
A group led by Royal Dutch Shell PLC that includes Queensland Gas Co. (QGC) plans to drill 250 coal seam gas wells during 2019-20 as part of its program in the Western Downs region of Queensland. The wells will be connected to the existing QGC gas processing plants and produce about 930 petajoules of gas […]
Chances rise for Goddard gas development
Chances for development of the Goddard natural gas discovery in the UK North Sea have risen to 75% after third-party confirmation of the resource estimate, reports Independent Oil & Gas. ERC Equipoise estimated gross midpoint contingent resources at 108 bcf for the main Goddard structure and at 73 bcf for two adjacent structures directly east […]
Po Valley keeps Italian oil fields after aborted sale
Po Valley Energy Ltd., Perth, has kept full ownership of its two onshore oil fields in northern Italy northeast of Modena following the blockage of their sale to private UK company Delta Energy Ltd. by a major Delta shareholder. Source: News
Devon restores full-scale operations at Jackfish 1 complex
Devon Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, completed additional facilities work at its Jackfish 1 heavy oil project in the southern Athabasca oil sands region of Alberta, and full-scale operations have been restored. The work was related to minor facility repairs identified during turnaround startup activities. Source: News
MARKET WATCH: Oil benchmark prices supported by ongoing US-Saudi tensions
Crude oil benchmark prices rose moderately on New York and London markets Oct. 15 amid rising US-Saudi tensions after the disappearance and suspected killing of a dissent Saudi journalist. US President Donald Trump has suggested some punishment if the Saudi government is found to have been involved in the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who […]
Watching Government: Improving pipeline cybersecurity
The US Departments of Energy and Homeland Security jointly announced a new Pipeline Security Initiative on Oct. 3 as their Oil and Natural Gas Subsector Coordinating Council (ONG SCC) held its final 2018 meeting at DOE. Source: News
API: US petroleum net imports rose strongly on falling exports
The US has reached a new record for crude oil production of 10.8 million b/d over the past 2 months, but petroleum exports decreased by 1.3 million b/d since June, according to a recent industry outlook for the third quarter from the American Petroleum Institute. Source: News