Petronas News

Pemex signs MoUs with Petronas, YPF

Sep 30, 2014

Mexico’s Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has signed agreements with Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) and with Argentina’s YPF, to take advantage of new opportunities opening through Mexican energy reform. Heads of the three national oil companies met last week in Cancún…

Kongsberg wins Petronas software contract

Oct 17, 2014

Malaysia’s Petronas Carigali awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS a US$2.2 million contract for drilling operations software and services. The software, SiteCom, is a real-time drilling operations software. The four-year contract has a one-year extension option…

Lundin begins Kitabu off Malaysia

Oct 27, 2014

Lundin Petroleum AB spudded the Kitabu-1 exploration well in Block SB307/308, offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The West Prospero. From Seadrill.   The Kitabu prospect is a stratigraphic trap…

Petronas extends Maersk jackup contract

Sep 23, 2014

Maersk Drilling’s Convincer jackup rig received an additional one-year extension from Petronas Carigali, E&P subsidiary of Malaysia’s national oil company. The US$56 million contract is expected to end mid-November 2015. “Together with Petronas Carigali…

OneSubsea gets Pemex Lakach contract

Oct 13, 2014

Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) awarded the Houston-based, Cameron-Schlumberger joint venture OneSubsea, a US$270 million subsea production systems contract for the Lakach deepwater project offshore Mexico. The Lakach project is the first deepwater subsea field to be developed by Pemex…

Pemex, Pacific Rubiales team up

Oct 17, 2014

Toronto-based, South American-focused explorer Pacific Rubiales Energy has entered into a three-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, the company announced on 17 October. Pacific Rubiales said the…

Petronas buys Statoil's Shah Deniz stake

Oct 13, 2014

Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas has bought Statoil’s stakes in the BP-operated Shah Deniz project from Norway’s Statoil for US$2.25 billion.  Statoil says the move, which sees it exit the Shah Deniz project, is part of its portfolio management…

Pemex, ExxonMobil ink agreement

Oct 02, 2014

Furthering its flurry of activity after Mexico’s landmark energy reform, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and ExxonMobil signed a preliminary deal to establish dialogue and jointly analyze both upstream and downstream business opportunities. Pemex…

Lundin acquires interest off Malaysia

Sep 25, 2014

Norway’s Lundin Petroleum will acquire operatorship and 50% interest from Petronas Carigali in PM328, offshore Malaysia. The agreement is effective on 31 August 2014. In the first 18 months of the three-year production sharing contract (PSC)…

Exxon announces Tapis EOR start up

Sep 15, 2014

ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Malaysia Inc. (EMEPMI) announced the startup of the Tapis enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project, off the coast of Terengganu, Malaysia, in the South China Sea. Operations began with water-alternating…

Shell starts work on Malikai

Sep 08, 2014

Shell has started work drilling production wells on Malaysia's third deepwater development, the Malikai field, offshore Malaysia.  The Malikai development involves 17 wells drilled from a 23,500 tonne tension leg platform production facility…

Inpex transfers Malaysian interest to Santos

Sep 02, 2014

Inpex Corp. reached an agreement to transfer a 25% participating interest in the deepwater Block S offshore East Malaysia to Australia-based Santos. Block S is located in the Sabah basin and covers 574sq km with a water depth ranging from 200m to 1500m…

Petronas, Qinterra sign multi-million dollar deal

Aug 21, 2014

Petronas Carigali Snd Bhd awarded Qinterra Technologies a contract worth approximately US$20miliion to support operations in Malaysia. The three-year agreement entails that Qinterra Technologies provide tractor services for all of Petronas…

Shell discovers gas off Malaysia

Aug 26, 2014

Shell made a gas discovery at the deepwater Majoram-1 well 180km off the Malaysia coast. The Marjoram-1 well is located in Block SK318, in 800m of water. Shell says the addition of new natural gas resources this year ensures the company is able to continue to provide cost-effective…

Petronas Bentara field sees first oil production

Jul 23, 2014

Petronas' Bentara field in the Balai cluster risk service contract (RSC) area located offshore Sarawak, Malaysia saw its first oil production on 25 May. BC Petroleum developed and operates the field, which is expected to produce around 1000b/d…

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