NZRC formally unveils Te Mahi Hou expansion

New Zealand Refining Co. Ltd. (NZRC), the country’s sole refiner, has officially opened the long-awaited $365-million (NZ) Te Mahi Hou (TMH) expansion project at its 107,000-b/d Marsden Point refinery at Northland on the North Island’s east coast. Source: News

Det norske secures drilling permit for well off Norway

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap AS a drilling permit for well 16/1-26 S in production license 001 B offshore Norway. The well will be drilled by the Maersk Interceptor drilling facility. Source: News

Eni succeeds with first production test of Zohr field

Eni SPA has successfully performed the production test of the Zohr 2X well, the first appraisal well of the Zohr natural gas discovery on the Shorouk block offshore Egypt. The Zohr 2X well was drilled to 13,684 ft, encountering 1,614 ft of continuous hydrocarbon column in a carbonate sequence with 305 m of net pay. […]

SOCAR lets contract for Sumgait petrochemical plant revamp

State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) subsidiary Azerikimya Production Union (APU) has let a contract to a division of Technip SA, Paris, for work related to the ongoing modernization and reconstruction of APU’s ethylene and polyethylene (PE) production plant in Sumgait, north of Baku. Source: News

Oil and gas groups, states outline problems with BLM’s fracing rule

The US Bureau of Land Management issued a hydraulic fracturing regulation rule that lacks justification, cannot be administered technically, exceeds the agency’s regulatory authority, and violates federal law, the Independent Petroleum Association of America and Western Energy Alliance jointly said. Source: News