周二，挪威政府向29家公司发放了56份许可证，其中36份位于北海地区，17份位于挪威海，3份位于巴伦支海。本次共有33家公司参与2016年成熟区域招标（APA），最后29家不同的石油公司分别获得了一份或多份许可证，其中17家公司为许可证运营商。APA许可证招标包含挪威大陆架上大部分已探明区域，此类区域运营的最大挑战是储油规模变小，小规模油田无法单独开发，但可利用已有的生产运输设备或与其他油田共同开发，因此及时的发现并勘探小规模油田十分重要。具体获得许可证公司名单及所获许可证数量如下：Aker BP （21）；Capricorn（7）；Centrica（4）；Concedo（5）；ConocoPhillips（6）；DEA（2）；Edison（1）；ENGIE（2）；Eni（3）；Faroe（4）；Fortis（4）；Idemitsu（1）；LOTOS（5）；Lundin（4）；M Vest（1）；MOL（4）；OMV（3）；Petrolia（2）；PGNiG（2）；Point（5）；Repsol（2）；Shell（7）；Skagen 44（1）；Statoil（29）；Suncor（2）；Total（2）；VNG（4）；Wellesley（8）；Wintershall（5）。
Odfjell Drilling代表Golden Close Maritime Corp与Nido Petroleum的全资子公司Galoc Production Company签署了超深水钻井船Deepsea Metro I的单井合同。运营地区在菲律宾近海。Deepsea Metro I将为一口坚固油井和一个可选侧钻持续服务约3周时间。合同期约为4-5周，开始时间为2017年3月1日至31日。Deepsea Metro I由Deep Sea Metro旗下的Golden Close Maritime Corp拥有，Deep Sea Metro是Metro Exploration（60％股权）和Odfjell Drilling（40％股权）的合资企业。Odfjell Drilling是该船舶的管理方。
英国石油公司（BP）与其合作商俄罗斯石油公司（Rosneft）创建的合资公司获得了两个区块的开采权，这个公司目前也已组建完成。由BP和Rosneft在六月份共同创建的Yermak Neftegaz公司获得了Krasnoyarsk地区两个区块的开采权，并在周五登陆区块。这两个区块分别是Verknekubinskiy和Posoyskiy，位于Yenisey-Khatanga地区。Rosneft将致力于盆地开采执照和运营方面的工作，最开始的钻井工作则由Rosneft旗下子公司来完成。
来自/Upstream 11月1日消息 编译/尉晶
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BP and partner Rosneft have won two more blocks for a joint venture company set up earlier this year, which has now completed creation. Yermak Neftegaz, which the UK super major and Russian state-backed giant Rosneft set up in June, bid for two blocks in the Krasnoyarsk region, finally landing them on Friday. The blocks are Verknekubinskiy and Posoyskiy, located within the Yenisey-Khatanga areas of mutual interest for the partners. For its parts Rosneft will contribute licenses and operational experience in the basins, with initial drilling to be performed by Rosneft subsidiaries.
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来自/Natural Gas Europe 8月31日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Statoil aims to conduct a major exploration campaign in parts of the Barents Sea in 2017 and is looking to bolster its position there by acquiring interests from other companies, it said August 30.“We want to explore the Blamann prospect in the Goliat area, Koigen Central in PL718 on Stappen High and the Korpfjell prospect in PL859 that was awarded in the 23rd licensing round,” said Jez Averty, Statoil’s head of exploration on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).
During recent months Statoil has entered or increased its share in five licences in the Norwegian part of the Barents Sea by a number of agreements with Norwegian independent Point Resources, Germany-based DEA, Austria's OMV and ConocoPhillips.Statoil did not say how much of its new exploration campaign would be gas-directed; however in early August it said that it will shortly drill its first production well on the Snohvit gas field since 2007, in order to maintain feed gas supplies to its nearby onshore liquefaction complex.
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近期，数百人聚集在洛杉矶，他们抗议气候变化和反对北达科他州石油管道建设。在800多人的抗议人群中包括好莱坞明星Mark Ruffalo和Susan Sarandon。抗议人群手举口号“Shut it all down now”和“water is life”。在北达科他州，80多名抗议者被逮捕。（路透社，Rigzone，10月24日消息）
来自/Natural Gas World 9月12日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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The European Commission (EC) said September 12 it has awarded €9.2mn from the EU’s European Regional Development Fund to improve gas transport links between Poland and Germany.The project co-funded involves the construction of two gas transfer pipelines in the Polish districts of Dolnoslaskie, Lasow-Jeleniów and Galow-Kielczow. The expansion of the PGNiG-owned 1.2bn m³ Wierzchowice underground gas storage (UGS) facility, Poland’s largest, is also being financed. The project will increase the capacity of pipelines importing gas from Germany through Lasow. Ontras, a subsidiary of VNG, is the gas grid operator on the eastern German side, while state-owned Gaz System is the operator on the Polish side. The 59 km of newly-built pipelines will help optimise gas flows into Poland and cover the demand for gas in an area of 3mn inhabitants, especially during winter, said the EC.
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TransCanada said Tuesday it had increased its offer and agreed to pay $915 million to acquire Columbia Pipeline Partners. TransCanada this year bought the Houston company’s parent, Columbia Pipeline Group, for more than $10 billion. Columbia Pipeline Partners is a master limited partnership, an entity that companies, particularly pipeline firms, use to attract more investors through generous payouts similar to dividends. TransCanada already has a master limited partnership called TC PipeLines, and said it would absorb Columbia Pipeline Partners.
When the deal is finalized by the end of March, TransCanada will absorb the partnership and operate with TC PipeLines as its only MLP.
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Cooper Basin focused oil & gas exploration company, Real Energy Corporation Limited (ASX:RLE), advises that the Company is witnessing a significant increase in gas flows and frac fluids rates from the Tamarama-1 well as additional fracture stimulated zones progressively come in.
It is estimated that as at 7.00 am EST on 17 August 2016, approximately 3,500 barrels (or over 40%) of frac fluid have been recovered so far from the well. The Company expects that it is likely to take another week of clean up flow before flow testing commences.
The flow test with measurement of gas rates will immediately commence at the conclusion of the flow back period. The Company will report the flow test results to the market as soon as they become available.
OAO NOVATEK and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Strategic Partnership at the Eastern Economic Forum.
The MOU confirms the parties' intentions to cooperate in the implementation of NOVATEK's LNG projects, including financing and investment.
'The signing the MOU with JBIC is an important step in developing our strategic partnership with Japanese companies. Our access to high quality resources allows us to implement competitive LNG projects, which are attractive to foreign investors and beneficial to our respective countries,' Leonid Mikhelson, NOVATEK Chairman of the Management Board, noted.
India May Lose Prize Iranian Gas Field To Saudi Arabia. India’s state-owned oil and gas giant ONGC risks losing a massive Persian Gulf gas field in a contracting hurdle, as it races against Saudi Arabia to extract gas reserves from two fields spanning the Iran-Saudi Arabia border.
India’s flagship explorer does not have the necessary contract to exploit the over 12 trillion cubic feet of recoverable reserves at the Farzad-B field in the Persian Gulf.
ONGC discovered the field in 2008, but hasn’t managed to strike a deal with Iran since, though Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s planned visit to Iran has since raised expectations of positive forward movement.
A portion of Farzad-B extends into territorial waters controlled by Iran’s regional arch-rival, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has already drilled wells and begun producing at the field within its territory, which it has named the Hasbah field.
Both the Farzad-B and Hasbah fields are connected, with the area falling in Iranian territory holding the larger share of 12.5 Tcf (trillion cubic feet) of recoverable reserves, while the Saudi territory has approximately 3 Tcf.
The catch is this: Since the two fields are connected, whoever moves first will extract more benefits.
Experts believe that the gas reserves in Farzad-B field in the Persian Gulf may be drawn out by neighbouring Saudi Arabia while ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL)–the overseas arm of ONGC—gets caught up in red tape. Saudi Arabia has already drilled wells on the area and aims to exploit its advantage.
Prime Minister Modi’s two-day Iran visit early this week (May 23-24) might offer some ray of hope. If the Iranian government hands over developmental rights for the Farzad B field to ONGC Videsh Ltd, then it may be able to extract the gas before the Saudis.
ONGC has already invested about US$100 million in the gas project.
A definitive contract for the development of the field is likely to be signed during Modi’s visit. OVL had earlier submitted a US$4.3 billion master development plan, but Iran has yet to agree to it. Moreover, Iran is yet to agree to the price at which OVL can take the gas produced from the field.
The Iranian Parliament is yet to approve the new Iran Petroleum Contract, under which the Farzad-B field is to be given to the OVL-led consortium.
Following the meeting between Iran’s and India’s petroleum ministers in April, the two countries agreed to discuss the financial terms and development plan of Farzad B in a time-bound manner so as to conclude the discussions by October 2016.
It is unclear which way this will go, but with Saudi Arabia for now appears to have the edge.
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