Saudi Arabia’s oil minister Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi has no concerns about current and future demand, he told delegates at IHS CERAWeek on Tuesday. “The bottom line is that the world demands 90 MMbo/d and long-term this will increase…
Three of Latin America’s top oil and gas companies, Pemex, Ecopetrol, and Petrobras, gathered to speak in Houston this morning at IHS CERAWeek with a mirrored message that echoes in the industry across the world: the main challenges that…
Were the North Sea’s oil and gas industry not already depressed enough, the latest results from an annual survey of the sector, revealed in Aberdeen this morning, will surely ensure it’s descent into sclerosis. Attendees at the launch…
Russia's Rosneft and Venezuela's national oil and gas company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), agreed to establish a 50-50 joint venture to develop the offshore natural gas fields Patao, Mejillones and potentially Rio Caribe in Venezuela. Rosneft will serve as project operator…
ExxonMobil added 1 billion boe of proved oil and gas reserves in 2015 for a total of 24.8 billion boe that was a result of new developments, and a significant discovery offshore Guyana. Image from ExxonMobil…
Oil production in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) will reach record high levels in 2017, due to some 14 projects starting up during 2015-17, despite low oil prices. Anadarko's Heidelberg. Image from Anadarko…
Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has started production from the Cidade de Maricá floating production storage offloading unit (FPSO), in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, in addition to the expansion of the country’s longest subsea natural gas pipeline…
NUTECH has partnered with WellDatabase to launch NuQuest, the industry’s first comprehensive and intuitive digital platform providing standard well data coupled with corresponding reservoir characterization, and engineering expertise. The…
During the period of 5-7 January 2016, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway conducted an audit on ENI Norge's facility Goliat FPSO. The audit was conducted as a follow-up to an audit carried out in June 2015 linked to logistics on Goliat…
Spanish oil and gas explorer Repsol is planning to shut down its Varg field operations offshore Norway, due to the low oil prices, according to news reports. The Petrojarl Varg. Image from Teekay…
Halliburton has released the Dash 3in subsea safety system, a solution for electrohydraulic control of Halliburton’s subsea safety tree. Previously, control was provided through direct hydraulic pressure from the surface. This latest edition…
Total may have taken an 18% hit in its net income compared to 2014, but the French company said it was “the best performance among the majors.” Image of Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne. From Total Twitter…
Tullow Oil’s TEN project is more than 85% complete and is set for production start-up between July and August 2016, which will help the company drive further reductions in operating costs and capital expenditure. Image from Tullow…
In the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) oil market report for February 2016, signs of a demand slowdown surface, with higher OPEC output only partly offsetting non-OPEC decline. Having peaked, at a five-year high of 1.6 MMb/d in 2015…
Level and flow instrumentation manufacturer Magnetrol International launched the Pulsar Model R96 non-contact radar transmitter for level control in process applications. The two-wire, loop-powered, 6 GHz radar transmitter measures a variety…
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