Equinor to link oil discovery to Visund field systems

Equinor together with partners Petoro, ConocoPhillips, and Repsol will consider linking a recent oil discovery made with the Telesto exploration well in the Tampen area in the northern North Sea to existing infrastructure in Visund field. Resources are estimated at 12-28 million bbl of recoverable oil. Source: News


PRL advances upgrade of Karachi refinery

Pakistan Refinery is moving forward with its previously announced plan to upgrade and expand its 55,000-b/d hydroskimming refinery along the coastal belt of Karachi, Pakistan. The proposed $1-billion project aims to upgrade the site into a deep conversion refinery as a means of achieving compliance with the government of Pakistan’s requirement for products that meet […]


India okays 23 bids in small-field round

India’s government has approved the award of 23 contract areas to 14 companies in its second round of discovered small field bidding. The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons received 145 bids for 24 of 25 contract areas on offer from as many as 40 companies bidding alone or in groups. One area is under judicial review. […]


US Senate, House bills try to ease FERC LNG project review logjam

US Sen. Energy and Natural Resources Committee member Bill Cassidy and two other Republicans on the committee introduced a bill on Mar. 1 aimed at reducing delays in decisions for LNG export terminals and other projects at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. S. 607 would address a shortage of qualified engineers, scientists, and mathematicians necessary to […]


Equinor gets approval to extend life of Gullfaks oil field

Equinor and its partners have gained approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to use the C platform in Gullfaks oil field in the North Sea until June 30, 2036, which is the entire period of the production license. In its application, Equinor said the facility can be operated at a profit up to 2032, with […]


Hibiscus confirms drilling plans for Anasuria side-track well

Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd. said its jointly controlled company, Anasuria Operating Co. Ltd., is on schedule to drill Guillemot A GUA-P1 side-track well on the Anasuria cluster in the UK North Sea. Drilling is to start by July. Source: News


IEA chief: Rising demand, climate change are main policy challenges

Meeting rising oil and gas demand while addressing global climate change more meaningfully will continue to be the world’s biggest energy policy challenges in 2019, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol predicted. Source: News


Queensland gives green light to Arrow’s Surat gas project

The Queensland government gas given the thumbs up for Arrow Energy’s proposed $10-billion (Aus.) Surat gas project that is expected to come on stream in 2020 to produce gas for LNG exports as well as sales gas for domestic markets. Arrow, a joint venture of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and China’s PetroChina, is expected to […]


Baker Hughes: US rig count down 9 units for the week

The US drilling rig count is down 9 units to 1,038 rigs working for the week ended Mar. 1, according to Baker Hughes data. The count is up 57 units from the 981 rigs working this time a year ago. Week-over-week, 11 fewer rigs were drilling on land, bringing that count 1,015. Three additional rigs […]


McKee appointed ExxonMobil Chemical president

Karen McKee has been appointed president of ExxonMobil Chemical Co. effective Apr. 1. McKee currently serves as senior vice-president for basic chemicals, integration, and growth. McKee joined Exxon Chemical Co. in the UK in 1990, where she held assignments in chemical manufacturing and refining. Source: News