Lundin completes Gohta appraisal well in Barents Sea

Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned unit of Lundin Petroleum AB, Stockholm, has completed drilling its Gohta appraisal well 7120/1-5 in PL492 in the southern Barents Sea. Source: News

Jordan refiner lets contract for facility upgrade

Jordan Petroleum Refinery Co. Ltd. (JPRC), the sole refining company of Jordan, has let a contract to Honeywell UOP to facilitate a $1.6-billion expansion of its refinery at Zarqa, 35 km east of Amman. Source: News

Repealing BLM's methane rule leads action list, WEA says

Western Energy Alliance Pres. Kathleen Sgamma called on the US Senate to repeal the US Bureau of Land Management’s methane emissions limits before time runs out under the Congressional Review Act. Source: News

Watching Government: What WEA found in its call-up

Western Energy Alliance Pres. Kathleen Sgamma quickly agreed that WEA’s members were more warmly received than previously in some offices during their 2017 Washington call-up. But the situation began to improve before the Trump administration arrived, she quickly added. Source: News

Government has legitimate role in oil, gas R&D, House panel told

A continued government role in oil and gas research and development drew bipartisan support at a May 3 hearing of the US House Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee. But Democrats and Republicans disagreed about the scope and direction of US Department of Energy programs that they were defending. Source: News

Jonah Energy to buy Linn's Jonah, Pinedale field interests

Jonah Energy LLC, Denver, has agreed to acquire Houston-based Linn Energy Inc.’s interests in western Wyoming for $581.5 million. The move for Linn comes as part of its operational transformation after emerging from bankruptcy earlier this year. Source: News