The US Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration should reconsider several rules and procedures it adopted late in the Obama administration, officials from the American Petroleum Institute and Interstate Natural Gas Association of America told a subcommittee of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in separate written testimony on Apr. 26. Source: News

A two-well drilling program will target the Cretaceous Abu Roash-C reservoir in the fault block immediately south of the Al Jahraa SE-1X discovery in Abu Sennan concession in Egypt, according to partner Rockhopper Exploration PLC, Salisbury, UK. Source: News

A group led by Cairn Energy PLC working offshore Senegal will spud a wildcat in the deepwater Basin Fan play in the coming weeks. Source: News

US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, decreased 3.6 million bbl during the week ended Apr. 21 compared with the previous week’s total, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Source: News

The US Department of Energy has signed an order authorizing Golden Pass Products LLC to export domestically produced LNG to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with the US. Source: News

ConocoPhillips extended its contract for the Ensco 92 jack up in the UK North Sea for 4 years, providing work for the rig until December 2022, Ensco PLC said in an Apr. 24 fleet status report. Source: News