Eni SPA has been awarded an exploration license for the Cape Three Points Block 4 in the Tano basin offshore Ghana. Source: News
Chevron Phillips Chemicals reaches FID on Cedar Bayou plant expansion
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (CPCC) has reached final investment decision to expand the low-viscosity polyalphaolefins (PAO) capacity at its Cedar Bayou petrochemical complex in Baytown, Tex. Source: News
Continental Refining plans capacity expansion at Kentucky refinery
Continental Refining Co. is adding a crude unit and hydrotreater as part of the company’s strategy to expand operations and increase production of low-sulfur fuels at its 5,985-b/d refinery in Somerset, Ky. Source: News
LWI vessel en route to Oyo field offshore Nigeria
The Island Constructor light well intervention (LWI) vessel is en route to Oyo field offshore Nigeria for service on the Oyo-8 well’s subsurface controlled subsurface safety valve (SCSSV), Erin Energy Corp. reported. Source: News
GAIL to drill first of eight exploratory wells in Cambay basin
GAIL (India) Ltd. is drilling the first of eight exploratory wells in the Cambay basin in western India in the initial exploration phase of a production sharing contract. Source: News
DONG, Bayerngas cancel Hejre EPC contract
DONG Energy and Bayerngas Norge have cancelled the engineering, procurement, and construction contract for development of Hejre oil and gas field offshore Denmark. Source: News
Cowen: Subsea tree awards to drop again
As offshore oil and gas development wanes, project awards for subsea trees plummet. Source: News
EIA: US HGL production to reach 4.33 million b/d by 2017
US production of hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGL)—a group of products that includes ethane, propane, butanes, and natural gasoline—is expected to increase from 3.86 million b/d in 2015 to 4.33 million b/d in 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Source: News
USGS revised seismic-risk maps to add induced earthquake potential
The US Geological Survey added induced seismicity to its seismic-risk maps, the agency said Mar. 28, citing a sharp rise in earthquakes associated with wastewater disposal wells, especially in Oklahoma. Source: News
BOEM issues final offshore oil and gas leasing rule
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a final offshore oil and gas leasing rule that it said would reorganize and reorder regulations for clarity, eliminate redundant or otherwise unnecessary text, and add new definitions and sections to standardize or clarify practices in all three BOEM US Outer Continental Shelf regional offices. Source: […]