A partnership of Eni SPA and state oil enterprise ETAP has begun construction of a 10-Mw photovoltaic plant in the Tataouine governate in southern Tunisia. The partnership won a public tender for the project. Source: News
Oil Search completes Muruk-2 appraisal well in PNG highlands
Oil Search Ltd., Port Moresby, has plugged its Muruk-2 appraisal well in petroleum development licence 9 (PDL9) in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea following an extended test program. Source: News
ExxonMobil outlines Baytown chemical plant expansion
ExxonMobil Corp. is planning a $2-billion investment to expand its Baytown, Tex., chemical plant. Scheduled for startup in 2022, the expansion will include a performance polymer unit that will produce about 400,000 tonnes/year of Vistamaxx polymers, ExxonMobil said. Source: News
MARKET WATCH: NYMEX oil prices fall on rising crude supplies
Light, sweet crude oil for June delivery dropped by nearly $1.80 to $61.81/bbl on the New York market May 2 while the Brent contract for July dropped by more than $1.40 to settle at $70.75/bbl in London. Crude on the New York market fell to the lowest settlement price since Apr. 1, having declined five […]
BSEE issues revised blowout preventer, new well control system rules
The US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement issued revised offshore blowout preventer (BOP) and well control regulations on May 2. The changes remove unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining safety and environmental protections, US Department of the Interior officials said. Source: News
Orphan-well load cited in firm’s failure
A small Calgary natural gas producer is ceasing operation, saying a January decision by the Canadian Supreme Court on responsibility for orphan wells aggravated its financial problems. Source: News
DOE issues approvals for Tellurian, Sempra LNG export projects
The US Department of Energy issued approvals on May 2 for Tellurian Inc.’s proposed Driftwood facility in Calcasieu Parish, La., and Sempra Energy’s planned installation at Port Arthur, Tex., to export LNG to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the US. Source: News
Tellurian launches open seasons for HGAP, DCPL gas lines
Tellurian has launched separate binding open seasons to secure shippers on two proposed pipelines that will connect areas of constrained shale production and debottleneck natural gas pipeline infrastructure, further enabling the rapidly growing industrial market in southwestern Louisiana. Source: News
Implement pipeline safety reforms sooner, House panel tells PHMSA
US House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders strongly criticized the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration for not implementing more congressional mandates in the 2011 and 2016 federal pipeline safety authorizations as a subcommittee held a hearing on May 1 to begin preparing a replacement. Source: News
PSAC again trims Canadian drilling outlook
The outlook for oil and gas drilling in Canada continues to darken. The Petroleum Services Association of Canada again has lowered its forecast for 2019 drilling—to 5,300 wells drilled from 6,600 in the original forecast published last November. Source: News