Bangladesh Petroleum lets contract for refinery expansion

Bangladesh Petroleum Corp. (BPC) has let a contract to Engineers India Ltd. (EIL) for work related to a project designed to triple crude oil processing capacity at subsidiary Eastern Refinery Ltd.’s (ERL) 1.5 million-tonne/year refinery at Chittagong, Bangladesh. Source: News


Statoil’s first-quarter earnings down 71%

Reflecting lower prices for liquids and natural gas, Statoil ASA reported first-quarter earnings of $857 million, a decline of 71% compared with $2.945 billion in the same period in 2015. Source: News


EIA: US crude inventories rise 2 million bbl

US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased 2 million bbl during the week ended Apr. 22 compared with the previous week’s average, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration’s Petroleum Status Report. Source: News


Oil, gas issues minimal but polarized in 2016 elections, forum told

Depressed prices have made oil and gas a very minor issue in the 2016 US election campaigns, but candidates’ few references to the industry are so polarized that they reveal unusual and discouraging ignorance, speakers agreed during an Apr. 26 discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Source: News


Spraberry-Wolfcamp results boost PNR’s 2016 output growth target

Pioneer Natural Resources Co. says it expects 2016 production growth of more than 12% compared with the company’s previous target of 10%, reflecting improving Spraberry-Wolfcamp well productivity. Second-quarter production is forecast to average 224,000-229,000 boe/d. Source: News


ADNOC opens Shah sour gas plant

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) subsidiary Abu Dhabi Gas Development Co. (Al Hosn Gas) and joint-venture partner Occidental Petroleum Corp. have formally commissioned the Al Hosn Sour Gas Development Project (SGDP) at Shah sour gas-condensate onshore field, southwest of Abu Dhabi City, UAE. Source: News