| Fire in Hassi-Messaoud well: the Fire Completely Contained | |
| The fire declared at the MD244 oil well in the Hassi Messaoud region has been completely contained, said a press release from the SONATRACH group on Friday, reassuring that no human damage had been r... | |
 3/27/2020 - Security and Safety Equipment - Algeria | |
| Valaris Provides Update on Operations, Contracts and Guidance | |
| Valaris plc continues actively working to recover or replace the blowout preventer (BOP) stack on VALARIS DS-8 following a non-drilling incident earlier this month. On March 19, 2020, the Company rece... | |
| 3/26/2020 - Rigs - Mexico | |
| Tullow Terminates Maersk Venturer Drilling Contract Offshore Ghana | |
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Maersk Drilling has received a notification from Tullow Ghana Ltd. of early termination for convenience of the drilling contract for the drillship Maersk Venturer. Since February 2018, Maersk Venturer... |
| 3/24/2020 - Rigs - Ghana | |
| Aker Solutions Wins 20-Year Umbilicals Master Order with Chevron | |
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Aker Solutions has entered a master agreement to provide umbilicals for Chevron-operated oil and gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico. The company also secured the first work order under the new master... |
| 3/23/2020 - Umbilical Lines - United States | |
| Shell Acts to Reinforce Business Resilience & Financial Strength | |
| As the COVID-19 virus spreads across the world - seriously impacting people’s health, our way of life and global markets - Shell is putting the safety and health of our people and customers first, alo... | |
| 3/23/2020 - Chemicals - Netherlands/Holland | |
| Total Expands in Wind Power with the acquisition of Global Wind Power France | |
| Total continues its growth in renewable energy in France with a substantial investment in wind power. ... |
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| 3/20/2020 - Chemicals - France | |
| Drilling Contract and Sale of Economic Interest in Block 13/23c | |
| i3 Energy plc, an independent oil and gas company with assets and operations in the UK, is pleased to announce the following update. ... | |
| 3/19/2020 - Rigs - United Kingdom | |
| Zion Oil & Gas Purchases Drilling Rig for Israel Operations | |
| Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZN) announces they (i) entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement on March 12, 2020, for a drilling rig, drill pipe, and related equipment for $5.6 million in cash, and (... | |
| 3/18/2020 - Rigs, Coring & Exploration - Israel | |
| Libya's state oil firm says jet fuel illegally shipped to east | |
| A shipment of jet fuel has been imported into eastern Libya from the United Arab Emirates in breach of an arms embargo and other international agreements, Libya’s NOC state oil company said. ... | |
| 3/16/2020 - Jet fuel - Libya | |
| Five Dead in Fire at Petronas-Aramco Refining Complex in Malaysia | |
| A fire killed five people at an oil refining complex in southern Malaysia owned by Petronas and Saudi Aramco commercial operations this year. ... | |
| 3/16/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - Malaysia | |
| Libya Fuel Shortages | |
| NOC is concerned about a likely fuel shortage in the near future after the forced reduction of local production, the Zawiya refinery shut down and the lack of government funding to import sufficient f... | |
| 3/16/2020 - Natural Gas - Libya | |
| Abadan Oil Refinery Expansion Work to Be Halted Until Mid-April | |
| Iran has decided to halt work on the expansion of its Abadan oil refinery until mid-April as part of measures to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. Iran contracted China’s Sinopec in 2017 to carry ... | |
| 3/14/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - Iran | |
| Update on Implementation of the Company’s Omsk Catalyst Project | |
| The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has been updated on progress on the construction of Russia’s first modern oil-refining catalyst-production facility. ... | |
| 3/12/2020 - Petrochemicals - Russia | |
| Total to Build the Largest Battery-based Energy Storage Project in France | |
| The development of renewable energy that is intermittent and decentralized requires the security of the electricity grid through flexible electricity storage capacities, especially in the form of batt... | |
| 3/12/2020 - Electricity - France | |
| Opec+ Is Capable of Unleashing 2.5M Extra Bpd on the Market | |
| Oil prices could fall into the low $20s for the global market to rebalance, as Rystad Energy expects an increase in global supplies in the next three months. OPEC+ countries are locked and loaded to a... | |
| 3/11/2020 - Oil - Saudi Arabia | |
| Fujairah Light Distillate Slump Leads Weekly Drop in Product Stocks | |
| Refined oil product stockpiles at the Middle East hub of Fujairah fell 6.8 percent in the week to 9th March, led by a drop in light distillates amid signs that Middle East supplies of naphtha and gaso... | |
| 3/11/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - United Arab Emirates | |
| McDermott, Chiyoda and Zachry Group Introduce Feed Gas to Train 3 | |
| McDermott International, Inc., with its joint venture partners, Chiyoda International Corporation and Zachry Group, announced that Train 3 of the Freeport LNG Liquefaction project on Quintana Island i... | |
| 3/10/2020 - LNG Processing - United States | |
| Sonatrach & ENI Sign a Dry Gas Marketing Agreement Until 2042 | |
| The national hydrocarbon company SONATRACH and the Enterprise ENI Algeria Production BV signed a gas agreement on Monday relating to the association contract relating to the marketing of dry gas from ... | |
| 3/9/2020 - Natural Gas - Algeria | |
| Awilco Signs Contract for Rubie & Renee Field Abandonment | |
| With reference to our press release of 30 January 2020, Awilco Drilling PLC is pleased to confirm that a contract has been signed with Petrofac Facilities Management Limited (Petrofac) for the provisi... | |
| 3/9/2020 - Rigs - United Kingdom | |
| Shelf Drilling Secures Contract Extension in Egypt | |
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Shelf Drilling, Ltd. (SHLF) has secured a one-year contract extension for the Trident 16 jack-up rig in direct continuation of its current term with Belayim Petroleum Company (“Petrobel”) for operatio... |
| 3/9/2020 - Rigs - Egypt | |
| First Long Term Smart Contract Signed for Offshore Maintenance | |
| Aker BP and Framo have entered into a long-term contract for seawater lift pumps where compensation is directly linked to facility uptime. This is an important step in the modernization of the Norwegi... | |
| 3/5/2020 - Pumps: Centrifugal - Norway | |
| Multi Million Pound Scope to Supply Sand Face Completion for Aker BP | |
| Independent global completions service company Tendeka has received a Letter of Intent for a substantial multi-million-pound scope to supply sand-face completion equipment to Aker BP’s Norwegian asset... | |
| 3/5/2020 - Monitoring & Control - Norway | |
| OGUK Postpones Upcoming Events Due to Coronavirus | |
| OGUK has confirmed it has taken the decision to postpone a number of its events this year in light of the developing spread of coronavirus. ... | |
| 3/3/2020 - Security and Safety Equipment - United Kingdom | |
| Maersk Drilling Secures One-Well Contract Offshore Egypt | |
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Maersk Drilling has been awarded a one-well contract for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer offshore Egypt. The contract has an estimated duration of 21 days and is expected to commence in Mar... |
| 3/3/2020 - Rigs, Coring & Exploration - Egypt | |
| Cameron LNG Train 2 Begins Commercial Operation | |
| McDermott International, Inc. announced the beginning of commercial operation of Train 2 at Cameron LNG, which is jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra LNG, Total, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. and Japan LNG Inv... | |
| 3/2/2020 - LNG Processing - United States | |
| CERAWeek 2020 Cancelled | |
| In light of developing circumstances, IHS Markit is cancelling CERAWeek 2020 scheduled to take place in Houston, March 9-13. We do this with deep disappointment. ... | |
| 3/1/2020 - Security and Safety Equipment - United States | |
| Eni Reaches Agreement Allowing Restart of the Damietta Liquefaction Plant in Egypt | |
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Eni signed a series of agreements with the Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE), the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and the Spanish company Natu... |
| 2/27/2020 - LNG Processing - Egypt | |
| Yamal LNG Reaches 30 million tons Milestone | |
| Yamal LNG has shipped its thirtieth million ton of LNG since the commencement of the project. The Arc7 ice-class tanker “Nikolay Yevgenov” loaded the 411th cargo as the project reached 30 million tons... | |
| 2/26/2020 - LNG Carriers - Russia | |
| Negotiations for Drilling Rig in the Congo | |
| Zenith Energy Ltd., the international oil & gas production company, is pleased to announce that it is in advanced negotiations to contract a drilling rig to perform planned drilling operations in the ... | |
| 2/26/2020 - Rigs - Congo | |
| Algeria’s Sidi Rezine Output Reaches 3.645 MM Tons | |
| Sidi Rezine has restarted its operations and increased its annual output to reach 3.645 million tons, up from 2.7 million tons, according to Reuters. ... | |
| 2/25/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - Algeria | |
| Inauguration of Gas Compression & Reinjection Station in Hassi Massaoud | |
| The Prime Minister, Abdelaziz Djerad, inaugurated in Hassi Massaoud, a new gas compression and reinjection station, with a production capacity of 24 million m3 per day. ... | |
| 2/24/2020 - Gas Processing - Algeria | |
| Algeria to Export Petrol from 2021 | |
| The refinery upgrading and modernization projects will allow Algeria to export petrol from 2021, said the general manager of the Algiers refinery, Hassen Boukhalfa. ... | |
| 2/24/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - Algeria | |
| Sonatrach Acquires Three LNG Carriers at the Port of Algiers | |
| Abdelaziz Djerad chaired the SONATRACH acquisition ceremony for three LNG carriers at the port of Algiers. ... | |
| 2/24/2020 - LNG Carriers - Algeria | |
| Gazprom Neft Is to Develop a Digital Procurement Solution | |
| Gazprom Neft and Gazprombank have agreed on a roadmap for creating a joint venture to develop Russia’s first integrated supply-chain management platform. The agreement was signed by Alexander Dyukov, ... | |
| 2/21/2020 - Petroleum Software - Russia | |
| Gazprom Looking to Strengthen Its Leadership Position in Europe & Asia | |
| The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the information about the Company's international marketing strategy. ... | |
| 2/20/2020 - Natural Gas - Russia | |
| Deep Down Receives Riser Isolation Valve System Order for Whale Development | |
| Deep Down, Inc., a specialist in complex deep-water oil and gas distribution equipment and services, announced that it has received an order from Shell Offshore Inc. for work related to its Whale deve... | |
| 2/20/2020 - Control Valves - United States | |
| INPEX Signs MoU on Gas Supply from Abadi LNG Project in Masela Block | |
| INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced that through its subsidiary INPEX Masela, Ltd., and on behalf of its joint venture partner Shell Upstream Overseas Ltd. (Shell), it has signed memorandums of unders... | |
| 2/20/2020 - Natural Gas - Indonesia | |
| Siemens to Modernize Full Drilling Drives Package & Cooling System | |
| Siemens was awarded a contract by Arabian Drilling Company to modernize a complete and integrated drilling-drives lineup, including auxiliaries and controls, that will be installed on an offshore jack... | |
| 2/19/2020 - Cables - Denmark | |
| Egyptian Natural Gas Exports to Jordan to Be Resumed Within 48 Hours | |
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The Egyptian-Jordanian Fajr for Natural Gas Transport and Supply Company said that the export of Egyptian natural gas "will be resumed to Jordan within 48 hours and in the same quantities agreed upon ... |
| 2/19/2020 - Natural Gas - Egypt | |
| Gazprom & OMV Discuss Cooperation-Related Issues | |
| A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Rainer Seele, Chairman of the Executive Board of OMV, took place today in Moscow. ... | |
| 2/19/2020 - Natural Gas - Russia | |
| ADNOC Signs Exclusive Seller Deal with Xiamen Sinolook Oil | |
| The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, has signed an Exclusive Seller Agreement with Xiamen Sinolook Oil Co. Ltd. This new agreement, which was signed at the 24th World Base Oils and Lubricants Co... | |
| 2/19/2020 - Lubricants, Oils & Greases - United Arab Emirates | |
| Predator Exercises Guercif Rig Option | |
| Predator Oil & Gas Holdings Plc (PRD) is pleased to provide an update on its drilling plans for the Guercif Permits I, II, III and IV (Guercif) onshore Morocco. Predator (75%) operates Guercif in join... | |
| 2/19/2020 - Rigs, Coring & Exploration - Morocco | |
| Cooper Provides Sole Gas Project Update | |
| Cooper Energy announces the Sole Gas Project has passed a critical milestone with the entry of gas from the Eastern Gas Pipeline into the Orbost Gas Processing Plant. ... | |
| 2/18/2020 - Gas Processing - Australia | |
| Petronas Signs a 12-year Time Charter Party for Two New LNG Vessels | |
| PETRONAS through its subsidiary, PETRONAS LNG Ltd. (PLL) recently signed a 12-year Time Charter Party (TCP), with an option to extend for another 12 years, with a renowned Japanese shipowner, Kawasaki... | |
| 2/17/2020 - LNG Carriers - Malaysia | |
| 29 Int’l Deals Inked in EGYPS 2020 | |
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A total of 29 international agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were signed during the Egypt Petroleum Show (EGYPS 2020), which concluded on Thursday. ... |
| 2/14/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - Egypt | |
| 19% Drop in Revenues in January 2020 from Previous Month in Libya | |
| National Oil Corporation (NOC) reported January 2020 revenues of approximately 1.77 billion USD ($1,768,879,320.49), a decrease of around 418 million USD (19% ) on December 2019 revenues and an increa... | |
| 2/13/2020 - Natural Gas - Libya | |
| Greater Tortue Ahmeyim SPA Signed with BP Gas Marketing | |
| Kosmos Energy and its partners have signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with BP Gas Marketing Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of BP plc. The SPA is for 2.45 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) o... | |
| 2/12/2020 - Natural Gas - Mauritania | |
| Egypt & Schlumberger Introduce the Egypt Upstream Gateway | |
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The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Schlumberger introduce the Egypt Upstream Gateway, a unique and innovative national project for digitizing subsurface information and delivering a digital subsur... |
| 2/11/2020 - Petroleum Software - Egypt | |
| Noble Corporation Awarded Drilling Services Contract | |
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Noble Corporation plc and ExxonMobil announced the execution of a unique commercial enabling agreement for drilling services in the Guyana-Suriname Basin. The agreement defines contract terms for the ... |
| 2/11/2020 - Rigs - Guyana | |
| Global Oil Demand Growth Evaporates Because of Coronavirus | |
| The coronavirus epidemic in China has triggered restrictions in the country’s public transport and air travel, both at a domestic and an international level, reducing demand for oil, which has lost ab... | |
| 2/11/2020 - Oil - China | |
| Exploring the Potential of Robotics in Oil & Gas Industry | |
| Aker BP and Cognite announced a strategic initiative to explore how robotics systems can be used to make offshore operations safer, more efficient and more sustainable. ... | |
| 2/11/2020 - Petroleum Software - Norway | |
| ADNOC L&S Signs Agreement to Utilize Al Khaznah LNG Vessel | |
| ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOC L&S), the marine and logistics subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced a charter agreement with Singapore’s Atlantic Gulf & Pacific (AG&P) ... | |
| 2/10/2020 - LNG Carriers - United Arab Emirates | |
| Zawiya Refinery Shut Down Causing Further Financial Losses | |
| National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirms that it was forced to shut down the Zawiya refinery on Saturday, February 8, 2020 as a result of a valve closure in the Hamada region, on the main pipeline betw... | |
| 2/10/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - Libya | |
| Qatargas Signs Long Term SPA to Supply LNG to Kuwait | |
| Qatargas announced the signing of a new, long term Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Shell to deliver 1 million tons per annum of LNG to the State of Kuwait, commencin... | |
| 2/10/2020 - Natural Gas - Qatar | |
| Iran Refineries to Yield 0.7mt/year of Petcoke | |
| Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said Bandar Abbas and Imam Khomeini refineries were to produce 700,000 tons per year of sponge and needle cokes in Iran. ... | |
| 2/10/2020 - Petrochemicals - Iran | |
| First Iran Heavy Polyethylene Unit to Be Built | |
| A contract was signed between Petrochemical Research and Technology Company (PRTC) and Tabriz Petrochemical Company for building Iran’s first heavy polyethylene plant. ... | |
| 2/10/2020 - Polyethylene - Iran | |
| New Casino Henry Gas Contract with O-I | |
| Cooper Energy (COE) announces it has signed a new gas supply agreement with O-I for the supply of 1 PJ per annum for two years commencing 1 January 2021. ... | |
| 2/10/2020 - Natural Gas - Australia | |
| Oil Slides Lower as Traders Evaluate China's Demand, Await OPEC+ Cuts | |
| Oil prices slipped lower on Monday as traders assessed China’s oil demand following the coronavirus outbreak and waited to see if major producers will cut output further to balance markets. ... | |
| 2/9/2020 - Oil - China | |
| Condensate Treatment Capacity Expanded at the Samburgskiy License Area | |
| PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK”) announced that Arcticgas, a joint venture between NOVATEK and PAO Gazprom Neft, expanded the gas condensate treatment facility’s capacity at the Samburgskiy license area to acc... | |
| 2/7/2020 - Gas Treating - Russia | |
| Rosneft Signs Contract with Indian Oil for Oil Supply | |
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Rosneft Oil Company and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed a contract to supply up to 2 million tonnes of oil to India via the port of Novorossiysk by the end of 2020. ... |
| 2/5/2020 - Oil - India | |
| McDermott Won Large Contract for the Ruby Project | |
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McDermott International, Inc., announced it has been awarded a large contract by BHP to provide subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF), transportation and installation (T&I), pre-commissioning... |
| 2/5/2020 - Umbilical Lines - Trinidad and Tobago | |
| Victoria Oil & New Age Signed LOI for Long Term Gas Supply | |
| Victoria Oil & Gas is pleased to report that it has entered into a non-binding LOI with New Age for the supply of gas from Etinde, which contains natural gas and condensate discoveries. ... | |
| 2/5/2020 - Natural Gas - Cameroon | |
| Omsk Refinery Will Increase Production of Winter Diesel Fuel | |
| The Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery has completed installation of major equipment at its new diesel-fuel hydrotreatment and dewaxing unit construction site. This column equipment produced by Uralkhimmash a... | |
| 2/5/2020 - Diesel Fuel - Russia | |
| Reconafrica Acquires Rig to Execute Kavango Basin Drilling Program | |
| Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (ReconAfrica) (RECO) is pleased to announce it has entered into a binding Asset Purchase Agreement with Henderson Rigs (Houston) for the acquisition of a Crown 750 dr... | |
| 2/4/2020 - Rigs - Namibia | |
| Eni Signs MOU to Strengthen Collaboration in Bahrain’s Energy Sector | |
| His Excellency Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Minister for Oil of the Kingdom of Bahrain and Chairman of Tatweer Petroleum, and Eni’s Chief Executive Officer, Claudio Descalzi, signe... | |
| 2/4/2020 - Natural Gas - Bahrain | |
| Baker Hughes & C3.ai Release BHC3 Production Optimization | |
| Baker Hughes (BKR) and C3.ai announced the launch of BHC3 Production OptimizationTM, an AI-based application that allows well operators to view real-time production data, better project future product... | |
| 2/3/2020 - Petroleum Software - United States | |
| Gazprom Neft Cooperates with Russian Suppliers for Omsk Refinery | |
| Installation of integrated large-scale equipment for a new catalytic reforming unit is now complete at Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery. Modernising this facility is expected to lead to a 1.5-fold increas... | |
| 1/31/2020 - Oil Treating & Refining - Russia | |
| Addition of New Customer to Accugas | |
| Savannah Petroleum PLC, the British independent oil & gas company focused around activities in Niger and Nigeria, is pleased to announce that Accugas has entered into a new interruptible gas sales agr... | |
| 1/31/2020 - Natural Gas - Nigeria | |
| Launch of Pilot Plant to Manufacture European Batteries for Electric Vehicles | |
| During French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Saft Nersac plant near Angouleme, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, Total, through its affiliate Saft, and PSA with Opel, are announcing their pl... | |
| 1/30/2020 - Batteries - France | |
| Completion of First Toroidal Field Coil for ITER | |
| The Fusion Energy Directorate of the National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), have completed manufacture of the first ... | |
| 1/30/2020 - Stainless Steel, Coils, General - Japan | |
| Santos & Beach Energy in New Six-Year Ethane Gas Contract | |
| Cooper Basin joint venture (SACB) partners Santos and Beach Energy announced the extension of ethane gas supply to Qenos, Australia's sole manufacturer of polyethylene and leading supplier of world-cl... | |
| 1/30/2020 - Petrochemicals - Australia | |
| Letter of Intent Signed for WilPhoenix | |
| Awilco Drilling PLC has signed a Letter of Intent with an undisclosed operator for the provision of WilPhoenix in support of a three well Plug & Abandonment program. The program has an estimated dura... | |
| 1/30/2020 - Rigs, Coring & Exploration - United Kingdom | |
| Neptune Energy Aims to Find Hydrocarbons with Digital Subsurface Technology | |
| Neptune Energy announced plans for a digital subsurface programme with the aim of discovering hydrocarbons 70 per cent faster, reduce exploration costs and bring discoveries into production up to thre... | |
| 1/28/2020 - Oil Software - United Kingdom | |
| Fugro Awarded Geotechnical Contract for Apsara Field in Cambodia | |
| The Apsara field lies over the Khmer Basin, an unproduced geological basin in Cambodian maritime waters in the Gulf of Thailand. ... | |
| 1/28/2020 - Downhole Survey - Cambodia | |
| First Billion Cubic Meters of Gas Supplied Via TurkStream | |
| Gazprom supplied its first billion cubic meters of gas via the TurkStream gas pipeline. Of that amount, about 54 per cent went to the Turkish gas market and some 46 per cent was delivered to the Turke... | |
| 1/27/2020 - Natural Gas - Russia | |
| Petroleum Ministry & Eni Open 1st Integrated Station in Port Said | |
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Petroleum Minister Tarek Al Mulla and Sports and Youth Minister Ashraf Sobhy opened an integrated station to fuel cars with natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas and charge them with electricity in ... |
| 1/27/2020 - Natural Gas - Egypt | |
| Lekoil Updates on Otakikpo Operations | |
| LEKOIL, the oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on Nigeria and West Africa, announces, on behalf of the Otakikpo Joint Venture ("Otakikpo JV") which is made up of Green Energy ... | |
| 1/27/2020 - Oil - Nigeria | |
| Eni Signs LNG Supply Agreement with Nigeria LNG | |
| Eni signed a new long term contract for the purchase of 1,5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas with Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), a joint venture between NNPC, Shell, Total and Eni (with Eni having... | |
| 1/27/2020 - LNG Processing - Nigeria | |
| Algeria Signed LNG Supply Renewing Contract with Turkey | |
| Algeria and Turkey signed in Algiers an agreement renewing the contract for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for the next five (05) years, said the APS the Minister of Energy, Mohamed Arkab. ... | |
| 1/26/2020 - Natural Gas - Algeria | |
| ARO Drilling Orders Two Jack-Up Rigs from International Maritime Industries | |
| Valaris has announced that ARO Drilling, its 50/50 joint venture with Saudi Aramco, has ordered two newbuild jackup rigs from International Maritime Industries. Upon delivery, each rig is expected to ... | |
| 1/21/2020 - Rigs - Saudi Arabia | |
| Caspian Sunrise to Buy the Caspian Explorer Drilling Vessel | |
| The Board of Caspian Sunrise is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of the Caspian Explorer, a drilling vessel capable drilling exploration wells to depths of up to 6,000 meters in extremely ... | |
| 1/21/2020 - Rigs, Coring & Exploration - Kazakhstan | |
| ICOFC Supplies 254 mcm/d of Gas to NIGC | |
| Iranian Central Oil Fields Company (ICOFC) has supplied 254 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) of natural gas to the National Iranian gas Company (NIGC) in the past two days in which the country’s g... | |
| 1/20/2020 - Natural Gas - Iran | |
| Maersk Awarded 2 Well Contract Extension for Low Emission Rig | |
| Maersk Drilling has secured a two-well contract extension from Aker BP for the ultra-harsh environment, low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Integrator. In direct continuation of the rig’s current workscop... | |
| 1/20/2020 - Rigs - Norway | |
| NOC Declares Force Majeure after LNA Blockades Oil Exports from Ports | |
| The LNA General Command and the Petroleum Facilities Guard of the Central and Eastern Regions have instructed the managements of Sirte Oil Company, Harouge Oil Operations, Waha Oil Company, Zueitina ... | |
| 1/18/2020 - Oil - Libya | |
| NOC Condemns Calls to Blockade Oil Facilities | |
| The board of directors of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) strongly condemns calls to blockade oil ports ahead of the Berlin Conference on Sunday. ... | |
| 1/17/2020 - Oil - Libya | |
| France Asks to Join Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum | |
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France has asked to join the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum, which aims to develop the region's gas market, Egypt's petroleum ministry said. ... |
| 1/16/2020 - Natural Gas - Egypt | |
| Gazprom Neft Joins Forces with Sberbank to Launch New Joint Rigs | |
| Gazprom Neft and Sberbank Leasing have entered into a series Cooperation Agreements as part of a joint project on providing drilling services. Pursuant to these agreements, Drillmec Drilling Technolog... | |
| 1/15/2020 - Rigs - Russia | |
| Iran Self-Sufficient in Hexane Production by 2021 | |
| The chairman of the HNT Holding Company announced inauguration of a 40,000-ton hexane, 10,000-ton pentane and 7,000-ton heptane petrochemical plants in Iran by relying on local capabilities by the nex... | |
| 1/15/2020 - Petrochemicals - Iran | |
| Iran Self-Sufficient in Production of Rubber Raw Materials | |
| The CEO of Takht Jamshid Petrochemical Plant said the company’s second phase would render Iran needless of importing the raw materials needed for production of various type of rubber. ... | |
| 1/15/2020 - Petrochemicals - Iran | |
| NOVATEK Reports Preliminary Operating Data for 2019 | |
| PAO NOVATEK (“NOVATEK”) reported preliminary operating data for the twelve months ended 31 December 2019. ... | |
| 1/15/2020 - LNG Processing - Russia | |
| Solutions to provide C-Nav5000 GNSS Receivers | |
| Oceaneering® C-Nav® Positioning Solutions has been selected by SEACOR Marine to supply C-Nav5000™ Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Receivers for a select number of the company’s oil and gas ... | |
| 1/15/2020 - Communication Equipment - United States | |
| Natural gas pumping from Israel to Egypt to start on Wednesday | |
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Natural gas pumping from Israel to Egypt will start on Wednesday, the Egyptian ministry of petroleum announced in a statement early on Wednesday. ... |
| 1/15/2020 - Natural Gas - Egypt | |
| Keppel Delivers First Rig of 2020 | |
| Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS), made its first rig delivery in 2020 safely, on time and within budget. Named Heimdal, ... | |
| 1/15/2020 - Rigs - Singapore | |
| Eni & the Area 4 Partners Launch the Hull of Coral Sul FLNG | |
| Eni and the Area 4 partners announced today in Geoje, South Korea, the launch of the hull of the Coral Sul Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) treatment and liquefaction facility. The FLNG is part o... | |
| 1/14/2020 - LNG Carriers - Mozambique | |
| Gazprom Neft Involves Domestic Equipment Manufacturers in Omsk | |
| Gazpromneft-Catalytic Systems is to acquire advanced large-scale equipment for its high-tech refining catalyst production plant, currently under construction, from NPP Mashprom, Ekaterinburg, with thi... | |
| 1/14/2020 - Process Equipment - Russia | |
| New Application for Continuous Corrosion Monitoring Data | |
| Emerson has introduced The Plantweb Insight Inline Corrosion application to provide the oil and gas industry real-time interpretation and analysis of critical data that helps prioritize maintenance an... | |
| 1/14/2020 - Corrosion Inhibiting - United States | |
| TAQA & AlMansoori Petroleum Sign Agreement to Penetrate Hydraulic Fracturing Market | |
| Saudi Arabia’s Industrialization and Energy Services Company (TAQA) has signed an agreement with AlMansoori Petroleum Services (AMPS). The announcement was made at the opening of this year’s Internati... | |
| 1/14/2020 - Fracturing Sand - Saudi Arabia | |
| Total Selected Maersk to Drill in Angola-Namibia Campaign | |
| Based on the Conditional Letter of Award previously announced in connection with Maersk Drilling’s Q3 2019 Trading Statement, Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts for a three-well exploration dr... | |
| 1/14/2020 - Rigs - Angola | |
| Major Rubber Plant Launched in Mahshahr | |
| Iran has launched Phase 2 of Takht Jamshid Petchem Plant in Mahshahr, southwestern Iran, which is a major supplier of high-value rubber grades. ... | |
| 1/14/2020 - Petrochemicals - Iran | |
| Shelf Drilling Announces $59M Contract for Recently Acquired Jack-up Rig | |
| Shelf Drilling has secured a contract for its recently acquired high-specification jack-up rig, Shelf Drilling Enterprise, with Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production for operations in the Gulf o... | |
| 1/14/2020 - Rigs - Thailand | |
