Gorgon LNG project starts production off Western Australia

Chevron Corp. has started LNG and condensate production at the Gorgon project on Barrow Island off the northwest coast of Western Australia. The first LNG cargo is expected to be shipped next week. Source: News


Total opens new plant at Bayport operations

Total SA has commissioned a $100-million hydro de-aromatization (HDA) plant at its petrochemical manufacturing site in Bayport, Tex., that will produce a range of 40 different high-purity special fluids for use in a variety of industrial applications for US and international customers. Source: News


Pakistani exploration well flows 16 MMcfd of gas

Petroleum Exploration (Pvt.) Ltd. (PEL), a privately owned Pakistani company, has identified a hydrocarbon-bearing zone in the Lower Guru formation with its Aminah-1 exploration well drilled on Badin South block in the Sajjawal (Sindh) district. Source: News