With seasonal slowing after the summer driving season, US petroleum demand was 20.1 million b/d in September, down 3.5% from August but up 2.4% compared with September 2017. This is according the latest monthly statistics report from the US American Petroleum Institute. Year-to-date through September, US petroleum demand remained at its strongest since 2007, averaging […]
Aker BP continues delineation of Gekko discovery in North Sea
Aker BP, operator of production license 203, and its partners are considering tie-back of its Gekko oil and gas discovery well (25/4-3) in the North Sea to the Alvheim floating production, storage, and offloading vessel after drilling two appraisal wells about 5 km east of Volund field and 200 km northwest of Stavanger. Source: News
US regulators approve more development in NPR-A
US government regulators approved ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc.’s plan for development of its Greater Mooses Tooth 2 (GMT2) project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The approval came less than 2 weeks after oil production started from Greater Mooses Tooth 1 (GMT1). Source: News
Interior reports $2.5 billion in regulatory relief from reforms
Reforms in response to US President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 13771 have resulted in $2.5 billion of regulatory relief for oil and gas producers during the fiscal year 2018, the Department of the Interior indicated on Oct. 17. “The Trump Administration is doing exactly what was promised and making smart decisions to reform and reduce […]
MARKET WATCH: Brent crude oil price settles under $80/bbl
Brent crude oil for December settled under $80/bbl on the London market Oct. 18 while light, sweet oil for November and December settled under $69/bbl in New York. The Oct. 18 Brent settlement was the lowest since Sept. 21. Earlier this month, Brent briefly reached above $85/bbl although it failed to settle at that level. […]
PGNiG to acquire Tommeliten interests from Equinor
PGNiG will acquire non-operated interests in the Tommeliten discovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf from Equinor for $220 million. Equinor will divest its 42.38% interest in the Tommeliten Unit (PL 044 TA) and 30% interest in PL 044. Both are operated by ConocoPhillips. Source: News
BP starts production from Thunder Horse Northwest expansion project
BP PLC has started production from the Thunder Horse Northwest expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, boosting production at the Thunder Horse facility by an estimated 30,000 boe/d at its peak and taking gross output from the oil field to more than 200,000 boe/d. Source: News
Talos, Hokchi to cross-assign interests in two blocks off Mexico
Talos Energy Inc., Houston, entered into a transaction with Hokchi Energy SA de CV, a subsidiary of Pan American Energy LLC, to cross-assign its participating interest (PI) in Block 2 and Hokchi’s PI in Block 31. Both blocks are in the Sureste basin offshore Mexico. Source: News
Another attempt by Samson to sell Foreman Butte project falls through
Samson Oil & Gas USA Inc. remains in discussions with Eagle Energy Partners I LLC, but also is seeking an alternate buyer for substantially all its Foreman Butte project after a $40-million agreement with Eagle Energy expired on Oct. 15. Source: News
JupiterMLP secures funding to advance Permian-to-GC oil line
JupiterMLP LLC has secured enough funding from Charon System Advisors to build the 1 million-b/d capacity Jupiter Pipeline from the Permian basin to the Port of Brownsville, Tex., and will hold an open season for remaining capacity in November. Source: News