Petronas News

Santos starts GLNG production

Sep 24, 2015

The Santos-led GLNG project has started producing its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) on Curtis Island, Queensland, on schedule and within budget, the company said. Train 1, which welcomed its first gas in August, is producing the gas…

Airborne inks Petronas TCP first

Aug 17, 2015

Following the successful completion of a three-year qualification program of subsea flowline for hydrocarbon service, PETRONAS has requested Airborne Oil & Gas to supply a TCP (thermoplastic composite pipe) Flowline for a pilot project, intended to be installed later this year…

OE15: News in brief

Sep 08, 2015

GE, Statoil agreement GE Oil & Gas has signed a framework agreement with Statoil to provide subsea operations services on the Tordis, Vigdis, Snorre and Troll fields, offshore Norway.  GE Oil & Gas will run the services from their Dusavik site…

OE15: FLNG fundamentals remain strong

Sep 09, 2015

For decades, the number of large offshore resource discoveries has outstripped the onshore sector, and the significance of floating production and storage remains a distinct growth opportunity, despite oil price volatility, says Class NK…

Rising to TCP demands

Sep 01, 2015

Airborne Oil & Gas is taking a staircase approach to introducing new thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology to the oil and gas industry, with TCP risers in its sights. Elaine Maslin reports. A 6in TCP flowline…

Where does Mexico go from here?

Sep 01, 2015

After Mexico’s historic energy reform, many have high hopes for the country’s oil and gas sector. But, the first offshore bid round was a disappointment with only two of 14 areas being awarded. Audrey Leon examines what the country has learned…

Petronas Irish probe tanks

Aug 14, 2015

Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads' Midleton well offshore Ireland has failed to discover commercial quantities of gas, according to partner Landsdowne Oil & Gas.  PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy reached target depth in the well…

Petronas spuds Irish prospect

Jul 30, 2015

Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads has started drilling on the Midleton prospect offshore Ireland, according to partner Landsdowne Oil & Gas.  PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy is using Diamond Offshore Drilling's…

Technip wins PFLNG1 tieback work

Jul 28, 2015

Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning contract by PETRONAS Carigali for the tie-in of PETRONAS first floating liquefied natural gas (PFLNG1) facility to KAKG-A platform. The platform…

Southeast Asia in focus

Aug 01, 2015

Despite the downturn, plenty of development is underway in Southeast Asia. Audrey Raj sets out the detail. Bach Ho oil field in Cuu Long basin. Photo from PetroVietnam. Despite the fall in oil prices…

Plexus inks Petronas license

Jul 14, 2015

Engineering firm Plexus' Asian joint venture with Integrated Petroleum Services, Plexus Products, has secured a PETRONAS license to manufacture and supply Plexus’ POS-GRIP wellhead equipment in Malaysia.   Plexus believes that with the PETRONAS license secured…

Mexico's bleak Round One ends

Jul 15, 2015

Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) opened the first public tender process early this morning (15 July) in the country's historic and disappointing Round One that offered Mexico's upstream opportunities to international companies for the first time in decades…

Offshore oil and gas M&A activity falls

Jul 21, 2015

While at first the oil price seemed to spur a rash of big M&A deals in 2014 and early 2015, analysts at GlobalData and IHS say the market could slow if the oil price doesn’t increase. Jeannie Stell reports. Image from Baker Hughes…

Petronas inks rig for Irish drilling

Jun 22, 2015

Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads has agreed a contract to drill on the Midleton prospect offshore Ireland starting in August, according to partner Lansdowne Oil & Gas. PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy will…

Staatsolie, Apache sign PSC agreement

Jun 25, 2015

Staatsolie and Apache Corp. have signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for exploration, development and production of offshore Block 58 offshore Suriname. The agreement, with a 30-year validity, is divided into exploration, development and  production phases…

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