EIA: Costs of US oil, gas wells have declined since 2012

Average well drilling and completion costs in five key onshore areas in the US evaluated in 2015 were between 25% and 30% below their level in 2012, when costs per well were at their highest point over the past decade, according to the US Energy Information Agency’s recent study, Trends in US Oil & Natural […]


Chariot Oil & Gas farms out offshore Moroccan acreage to Eni

Italy’s Eni SPA will enter an agreement to operate a 10,780-sq km area in Morocco’s Rabat Deep Offshore exploration permits I-VI. The company seeks to expand its Atlantic Margin presence in North Africa. Source: News


Chevron terminates contract for Maersk Deliverer

Cabinda Gulf Oil Co. Ltd. (Cabgoc), Chevron Corp.’s affiliate in Angola, has elected to cancel its contract with Maersk Drilling for the dynamically positioned semisubmersible Maersk Deliverer ultradeepwater drilling rig. Source: News


MOL reports another oil, gas discovery in Pakistan

MOL Group reported an 11th hydrocarbon discovery in Pakistan, which makes three discoveries made on Karak block in the country’s Punjab Province. Source: News


BP, Kuwait Petroleum sign framework agreement

BP PLC and state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC) signed a broad framework agreement for possible opportunities inside and outside Kuwait covering oil, gas, trading, and petrochemicals. Source: News


Kuwait, Saudi Arabia agree to restart jointly held Khafji field

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume production at offshore Khafji oil field although no restart date was immediately available, Kuwait News Agency (Kuna) reported, saying Anas al-Saleh, Kuwait’s acting oil minister, told Kuwait’s Parliament that maintenance was planned first at the field. Source: News


EIA: US crude inventories record 2.3 million-bbl rise

Data from the US Energy Information Administration’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report show that US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, gained 2.3 million bbl during the week ended Mar. 25 from the previous week’s total. Source: News


Ineos plans restart of mothballed ethylene unit at Grangemouth

Ineos AG, Rolle, Switzerland, has completed operational trials for the planned restart of a previously shuttered second manufacturing unit at its gas-cracking operations in Grangemouth, Scotland. Source: News