Construction of Texas Brownsville LNG LLC’s proposed LNG project could result in adverse environmental consequences, the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in a Mar. 15 final environmental impact statement. Impacts would be less than significant if the project sponsor’s proposed impact avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures and the FERC staff’s additional recommendations are implemented, […]

Ukraine outlined terms for its second and third licensing rounds. Bidding will be done using an online auction for areas covering more than 2,260 sq km. Licensing rounds are being offered in stages. Source: News

Iran has commissioned four more phases of offshore South Pars natural gas field. Phases 13 and 22-24 have production capacities of 56 million cu m/day, 75,000 b/d of condensate, and 400 tonnes/day of sulfur each. Source: News

Inpex Corp. has received exploration rights to 6,116-sq km Block 4 in Abu Dhabi from Abu Dhabi National Oil Corp. With a 100% interest in the exploration phase, Inpex will invest as much as $176 million, including a participation fee, to explore the area between Abu Dhabi city and the boundary with Dubai and to assess […]

Cooper Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has completed the offshore construction phase of its wholly owned Sole gas field development in Bass Strait. The company said installation and testing of the 67-km control umbilical connecting the field’s two subsea production wells to the onshore processing plant near Orbost on the east Gippsland coast was finalized last week. […]

Lisa Glatch has been named chief operating officer of Sempra LNG, a unit of Sempra Energy. Justin Bird has been named president. Both will report to Carlos Ruiz Sacristan, chairman and chief executive officer of Sempra North American Infrastructure. Source: News

Light, sweet crude oil for April dropped modestly on the New York market Mar. 15 but still settled just above $58.50/bbl on Mar. 15 while Brent crude oil for May also dropped modestly in London but again settled above $67/bbl. Source: News

Memories of a “black decade” and comparisons with collapsing Venezuela flow inescapably from the political tumult in Algeria that has curtailed the 20-year presidency of octogenarian Abdelaziz Boutefika. Neither fate is inevitable.   Source: News

The US Bureau of Land Management issued records of decision amending greater sage grouse habitat management plans covering nearly 60 million acres of sagebrush steppe in seven Western states, several of which have oil and gas activity. “We’re pleased that the final plans are out now and moving forward into implementation,” Western Energy Alliance Pres. […]

Western Australia’s Environmental Protection Authority has withdrawn its revised guidelines on mitigation of greenhouse gases announced last week, promising instead a greater consultation process with companies potentially impacted. The move follows criticism from industry as well as a statement from Environment Minister Stephen Dawson saying that independent WAEPA guidance is not government policy, nor is it […]