On the 1st March Exxon Mobil reported that it will construct a new polypropylene (PP) production unit in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, increasing its US Gulf Coast PP production capacity by 450,000 tons per year. “Growth in feedstock supply along with the increase in global…
BP has let a contract to TechnipFMC for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation, and commissioning of a floating production, storage, and offloading unit to be deployed offshore on the maritime border of Mauritania and Senegal, moving forward Phase 1 of the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural…
The Queensland government gas given the thumbs up for Arrow Energy’s proposed A$10-billion Surat gas project which 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…
BP Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) has announced first gas production from its Angelin development, located offshore Trinidad. The development includes a new platform with a production capacity of 600 million cubic feet per day. Gas flows from the platform to the existing Serrette hub…
Apache Corporation expects to drill its first exploration well on block 58 offshore Suriname around mid-year, using an already contracted drillship. The company’s geological and geophysical evaluation has identified numerous, large prospects across multiple different play concepts. In the UK North Sea, the…
Dutch Public Prosecutor’s Office is preparing to bring criminal charges against Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell over the company’s involvement in oil block OPL 245 located offshore Nigeria. The case is related to Shell and Eni’s acquisition of an offshore block in Nigeria in 2011. …
Fluor Corporation said SABIC awarded the company a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management services for the recommissioning of its polyphenylene ether (PPE) resin plant in the Netherlands. “We are pleased to support SABIC with this important recommissioning project at the Bergen op…
ExxonMobil has announced a natural gas discovery offshore Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean on Block 10. The Glaucus-1 well cut 436 feet of reservoir rock. Evaluation of the potential of Block 10 continues. The well was drilled to 13,780 feet in 6,769 feet of…
In support of its continued focus on promoting the key role of energy efficiency, the IEA has launched a new web resource dedicated entirely to energy service companies (ESCOs). ESCOs are in the business of delivering energy efficiency projects which are financed based on…
On the 27th February, the KRG Regional Council for Oil and Gas Affairs has published new verified data on the Kurdistan Region’s oil exports, consumption and revenues, covering the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 September 2018, after a review of the sector by…
