The US Department of the Interior has asked the appeals court for the Ninth US Judicial Circuit in San Francisco to review and overturn a lower court’s decision in October ordering the US Bureau of Land Management to make oil and gas producers comply with certain methane emissions requirements while the rules are being reviewed. […]

Alberta has pledged $1.4 billion over 7 years to help industries cut emissions of greenhouse gases. The oil sands industry is to be the largest recipient. The government is making $440 million available to it to increase production while reducing emissions as it adjusts to new rules for large emitters. Source: News

PAO Novatek has begun production at its Yamal LNG plant, bringing its 5.5 million-tonne/year first train online. The first cargo is scheduled to load Dec. 8 at Sabetta port onboard the first Arc7 ice-class LNG tanker, Christopher de Margerie, operated by Russian state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot.  Source: News

PAO Novatek, Moscow, has acquired holders of two exploration and production licenses in Russia from AR Oil & Gas BV, a joint venture of AO Neftegazholding and Repsol SA. Source: News

A potential disruption to the oil market eased on Dec. 5 when Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri rescinded the resignation he had announced Nov. 4 in Saudi Arabia. The announcement threatened to escalate already high tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which together produce 13.9 million b/d of crude oil—14% of global oil supply.  Source: […]

State-owned PT Pertamina (Persero) subsidiary PT Pertamina EP Cepu (PEPC) has let a lump-sum turnkey contract to a subsidiary of JGC Corp., Yokohama, Japan, to provide engineering, procurement, and construction for a grassroots gas processing plant in Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia. Source: News