The Oman Ministry of Oil and Gas is providing an online platform for advanced evaluation of four blocks offered in its Oct. 23 bid round. Blocks 30, 31, 49, and 52 are visible in the ministry’s online interface where interested parties can search visualizations and analysis of available blocks and view high-quality raw data for […]

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has started oil production from the Malikai tension-leg platform (TLP), 100 km offshore the Malaysian state of Sabah. Peak production is expected to reach 60,000 b/d. Source: News

President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Dec. 13 that he will nominate ExxonMobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex W. Tillerson as his cabinet’s Secretary of State. “His tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice,” Trump said. Source: News

Callon Petroleum Operating Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Callon Petroleum Co., Natchez, Miss., has agreed to acquire 27,552 gross (16,098 net) surface acres in Ward, Pecos, and Reeves counties in Texas, part of the southern Delaware basin, from Austin-based American Resource Development LLC, American Resource Development Upstream LLC, and American Resource Development Midstream LLC […]

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has relinquished its two frontier exploration permits in the Pegasus basin offshore the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. Source: News

US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, declined 2.6 million bbl during the week ended Dec. 9 compared with the previous week’s total, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s Petroleum Status Report. Source: News

Continental Resources Inc. flowed 4,6642 boe/d (45% oil) in its 24-hr test of the Angus Trust 1-4-33XH well, which is immediately north of the Boden 1-15-10XH well in south-central Blaine County, Okla.   Source: News