Royal Dutch Shell PLC has let a contract to KBR Inc., Houston, to provide technology for a solvent deasphalting (SDA) unit at subsidiary Shell Nederland Raffinaderij BV’s 404,000-b/d Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Source: News

Pennsylvania’s government developed a four-point strategy to limit methane emissions from natural gas operations in the state. The plan would require the best available technology (BAT) on new unconventional well pads and more stringent leak detection and repair (LDAR) measures during exploration and development, processing, and transmission. Source: News

JSC Gazprom Neft-MNPZ, a subsidiary of Russia’s PJSC Gazprom Neft, St. Petersburg, has increased production of Euro 5-compliant fuels at its 12.15 million-tonne/year refinery in Moscow. Source: News

Lundin Malaysia BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Swedish independent Lundin Petroleum AB of Stockholm, has completed drilling the Bambazon exploration well on Block SB307/SB308 offshore eastern Malaysia. Source: News

John P. McGinnis, currently Seneca Resources Corp.’s chief operating officer, will succeed Matthew D. Cabell as president of the company effective May 1. Source: News