Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas has reported that its first floating LNG (FLNG) facility, PFLNG Satu, has sailed from South Korea for its location on the Kanowit gas field offshore Sarawak. Source: News

BP Australia’s plans for an exploration drilling program in the Great Australian Bight offshore South Australia have fallen short of the regulator’s environmental requirements for a second time. Source: News

Constitution Pipeline LLC has sued two federal courts to overturn the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) denial of a water-quality certificate required for the proposed natural gas pipeline’s construction. Source: News

Heavy crude oil from western Canada available for export to the US in 2035 could be as high as 3.9 million b/d or as low as 2.5 million b/d, depending on pipeline developments, says the Canadian Energy Research Institute. Source: News

Ineos Oligomers, a division of Ineos AG, Rolle, Switzerland, is adding a new linear alpha olefin (LAO) unit at Ineos Olefins & Polymers USA’s Chocolate Bayou petrochemical complex in Alvin, Tex. Source: News

Shell Exploration & Production Co. and the US Coast Guard agreed to conclude skimming operations in their joint response to an estimated oil discharge of 2,100 bbl from a subsea flow line at Glider field in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, Shell E&P said May 16. Source: News

Light, sweet crude prices rose on the New York market May 16, approaching nearly $48/bbl for the day’s high before settling at $47.72/bbl, up $1.15. The Brent crude front-month oil contract on the London market approached a 7-month high May 16 but dropped again in May 17 trading. Source: News