来自/Your Oil and Gas News 8月8日消息 编译/张弘引石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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President Energy (AIM: PPC), the oil and gas exploration and production company provides the following update on its Argentine and Louisianan operations.
Further to the announcement on 28 June 2016, President has now accepted the Drilling Rig and accordingly the Company is pleased to announce the commencement of drilling of the DP1002 S/T development well at its Dos Puntitas Field, Puesto Guardian Concession, Salta, Argentina. Whilst it is not possible to be precise on timing due to the fact that this is the first horizontal well to be drilled in the Concession, estimated drilling time, excluding completion, is considered to be approximately one month.
The well is the first of the three horizontal well programme. The drilling campaign has been undertaken with the objective of increasing sustainable production from the Concession to over 1,000 bopd.
The Company also announces that drilling of the A55 S/T well at the non-core, non-operated East White Lake field has successfully taken place. Results of the logs and side well cores show good quality sand with aggregate net oil pay in excess of 40 feet. The well is now being completed as a producer and is expected to be online in September 2016. The well will make a positive contribution to President’s Louisiana net production. The Company expects initial production to be in line with similar wells which have had initial gross flow rates of at least 250 bopd.
Concho Resources Inc. (NYSE: CXO) today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire approximately 40,000 net acres in the core of the Midland Basin from Reliance Energy, a privately held, Midland-based energy company, for $1.625 billion. The privately negotiated acquisition is consistent with Concho's opportunistic and disciplined portfolio management strategy as it expands its core Midland Basin position to more than 150,000 net acres and production of 30 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBoepd).
Tim Leach, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, commented, 'This transaction demonstrates Concho's commitment to the Midland Basin as a core operating area and highlights our continued efforts to consolidate complementary leasehold. In line with the objectives of our southern Delaware Basin acquisition in the first quarter of 2016, these assets not only build scale, but more importantly high-grade our inventory with additional long-lateral locations that compete with the best projects in the Permian Basin. As we continue to enhance our ability to efficiently allocate capital across our four key assets in the Permian Basin, we are uniquely positioned to deliver attractive returns today and build shareholder value over the long term.'
本周早些时候，Tullow位于加纳海上的TEN (Tweneboa、Enyenra and Ntomme) 油田投产，第一批石油的产出使用浮式生产储油轮（FPSO）Prof. John Evans Atta Mills。公司希望能不断增产，在2017年之前实现日产8万桶，达到该浮式生产储油轮的日加工量。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 8月19日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Independent oil exploration and production company Tullow Oil has decided to sell its exploration and development licenses in Norway and exit the country due to a challenging market. This means that the company will shut down its Norwegian office and lay off around 50 employees.
The company’s spokesperson said that Tullow has already submitted notifications to the relevant authorities and has started a consultation process with its staff. “This difficult decision has been made in response to the ongoing challenges presented by a low oil price and the need to prioritize our investment in our core portfolio in Africa and South America.” The oil company has 34 licenses in Norway and planned to drill four exploration wells in the country in 2016. The spokesperson further added: “We will, of course, fulfill all our commitments on our existing licenses and honor all our obligations to staff.”
Earlier this week, Tullow produced first oil from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields, located offshore Ghana, to the FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills. The company expects oil production to ramp-up gradually towards the FPSO capacity of 80,000 bopd through the remainder of 2016.
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阿布扎比国家石油公司(Adnoc)加强自身运作管理、施行全面战略评估并改进即将进行的主要油气项目来保持在目前油价状况下的企业竞争力。Adnoc最近宣布将整合两家海上开采公司以及三家油服公司。随着酋长国填补内需，Sources表示Adnoc将在短-中期阶段内优先发展天然气项目。
随着勘探复杂地质条件地区以及高成本油藏的进行，Adnoc将着眼于开发海上含硫气田，例如Hail和Ghasha。在对阿布扎比西北海岸未开发含硫气田区块以及Hail和Ghasha地区进行技术评估之后，Adnoc将与美国西方石油公司和奥地利石油公司共同合作进行天然气开发。
来自/Upstream 11月4日消息 编译/尉晶
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ABU Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is consolidating its operations, carrying out a thorough strategic review and re-working its upcoming key oil and gas projects in an effort to stay competitive amid the challenging oil price environment. Adnoc recently said it will integrate the operations of its two major offshore operating companies and is doing the same with three of its shipping and service companies. Sources suggest that Adnoc is expected to prioritise big ticket gas projects in the short to medium-term, as the Emirate tries to plug a gap in domestic supplies.
Adnoc is expected to resume its focus on developing huge sour gas offshore fields, such as Hail and Ghasha, as it aims to tackle complex and costly reservoirs. The company has teamed up with US independent Occidental Petroleum and Austria’s OMV this year in a partnership that may lead to the development of large scale sour gas fields under a technical evaluation agreement that includes undeveloped fields off Abu Dhabi’s north-west coast, with the Hail and Ghasha areas among them.
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来自/Subsea World 7月15日消息 编译/徐建鹏
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Fugro has been awarded a geotechnical site investigation contract by ONGC India for the KG-DWN-98/2 project on the East Coast of India.
The purpose of the work is to gather site specific geotechnical and geohazard data to aid in the design and later installation of wellheads, manifolds, platforms, FPSO anchors, umbilicals, pipelines and flow lines within the field.
Fugro will deploy its deep-water geotechnical vessel, Fugro Voyager, which will perform work in water depths ranging from 50 meters to 1,500 meters, starting before end of Q3 2016.
The fieldwork will be followed by laboratory testing, data analysis, interpretation and integration with previous Fugro acquired AUV Geophysical and Metocean data to provide site characterisation reports.
According to Fugro, the value of this contract is approximately USD 26 million.
来自/Offshore Energy Today 8月19日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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The government of Israel has approved the delineation of new offshore oil and gas exploration sites to be offered to international oil and gas community. According to Israel’s energy ministry, a recommendation to open Israel’s waters to exploration was reached after 4 years during which the sea was closed for drilling, and following the direction of the Minister of Energy to renew exploration activity within Israel’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
According to the recommendation of the petroleum council to the Ministry of Energy, the initial stage will include the marketing of 24 blocks in an international competitive process that calls oil and gas companies to take part in Israel’s first bid round and the renewed explorations of natural gas and oil in Israel’s economic zone.
The petroleum council chose 24 blocks as to which the seismic and geological data indicate a high potential for promising geological structures. The size of each block is no more than 400 sq.km, and some are adjacent to the substantial deep water gas discoveries in Israel’s EEZ, such as Leviathan and Tamar fields.
The council’s recommendation was based on an independent study recently carried out for the Ministry by an international consulting company that determined there is a potential equivalent to 6.6 billion oil barrels and about 2,137 cubic meters of natural gas yet to be found offshore Israel. Seismic data and drilling data will be available to companies interested in examining the potential of the licensing areas, the energy ministry said.
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PARIS -- Total has signed a binding Heads of Agreement with Chugoku Electric for the direct supply of LNG for a period of 17 years starting from 2019. Under the agreement, Total will supply Chugoku Electric with up to 0.4 million tons of LNG per year from the company’s global portfolio.
“This supply agreement with one of Japan’s major regional electric utilities is an important milestone for Total in the country where the Group has been a reliable partner in supplying LNG for almost 40 years,” Laurent Vivier, president of gas at Total, said. “Strengthening our presence in Japan, the world’s largest LNG importer, through long-term cooperation with leading LNG buyers, such as Chugoku Electric, is a key component of Total’s strategy.”
First Energy报告指出：“输送肯尼亚石油的管道运输关税可能在乌干达地区高于其他综合输油线路，然而我们相信，肯尼亚地区已探明的石油储量很大，石油产量会超出Tullow Oil和Africa Oil石油公司的预计，因此关税价格较为合理。”石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
目前，乌干达和肯尼亚的商业油气生产尚未开始，预计将在2018年开始生产。
来自/Rigzone 4月25日消息 编译/张弘引
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Uganda has confirmed at a summit in Kampala that it will build a pipeline from Uganda to Tanzania to export its oil, rather than Kenya.
The pipeline, which is expected to cost around $4 billion and create 15,000 jobs, will be around 800 miles long and will connect Uganda's western region near Hoima with Tanzania's port of Tanga, according to a report from the BBC.
The news follows the announcement March 2 that Uganda and Tanzania were planning to build a pipeline spanning across both countries, after the possibility of such a venture was raised last year. France's Total, one of the oil firms developing Uganda's fields, had warned of security concerns on the proposed Kenyan route, according to Reuters. Kenya's oil will be exported through a dedicated pipeline, according to a research note from First Energy.
Following the latest pipeline developments in Uganda and Kenya, First Energy suggested the news was “slightly negative” for companies such as Tullow Oil plc and Africa Oil Corp, which hold licenses across the latter country.
“The pipeline tariff to transport Kenya oil is likely to be higher than with a combined export route with Uganda,” said First Energy in a report sent to Rigzone.
“We however believe that the amount of oil resources discovered in Kenya supports a much larger plateau production than what Tullow and Africa Oil have indicated, likely to imply a reasonable tariff,” the report added.
Uganda and Kenya are yet to start commercial oil and gas production, but expect to do so by 2018.
EIA 2016 Report Released. Report forecasts $80 brent by 2020 and $136 by 2040. This 256-page annual report covers every aspect of U.S. energy put together by scores of government analysts.
Iran Hits Five Year High. Iran's August crude oil exports jumped 15 percent from July to more than two bpd, according to a source with knowledge of its tanker loading schedule, closing in on Tehran's pre-sanctions shipment levels of five years ago.
Freeport-McMoRan Has Office Space For Sale. A sign of the times in the Houston market: anyone looking for 355,000 square feet of office space? Anadarko might be the real winner with Freeport's demise.
French ENGIE Hits in North Sea. Oil and gas discovery near the existing Gjoa field in the Norwegian waters of the North Sea. Service companies rejoice.
W&T Offshore Buys Time. W&T works the financial angle to buy more time with a bond swap. S&P states cash may run dry in 12 months. Over 100 American O&G gas producers have gone bankrupt since 2015. [Bloomberg]
ExxonMobil Still Under Government Pressure. Accounting probe continues. "We don't do write-downs," CEO Rex Tillerson told trade publication Energy Intelligence last year. "We are not going to bail you out by writing it down. That is the message to our organization." [CNBC]
Petrofac Moves Further into Wind. With a big design contract win in the North Sea wind market, the trend toward finding revenue where one can continues. [Petrofac]
Cheniere: Substantial Completion of Train 2. Cheniere Energy Partners announced that Substantial Completion of Train 2 of the Sabine Pass liquefaction project was achieved yesterday. [WDRB] Throwback: nine months ago Oilpro Staff did a flyover of the Sabine Pass Facility. Check out the photo sideshow.
Adnoc pushes to the right. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) has cancelled the tender process for key front-end engineering and design contracts related to a pair of offshore gas developments. [Upstream]
ENI Safety Shakeup. Eni is shaking up safety measures at the Goliat platform in Norway's Arctic in a bid to draw a line under a series of incidents that have hurt production at the world’s northernmost offshore oil field.
印度最大LNG进口商Petronet公开招标，欲购买两货船LNG。
路透社报道，这两货船LNG的运输时间为八月和九月。
二月初，Petronet发布消息称：Petronet和承购商签订的长期合同于2016年1月份开始生效，合同中再气化LNG出售量增加到850吨/年。
12月份，Petronet LNG还修改了与卡塔尔RasGas公司所签订合同中的天然气价格，该合同规定Petronet LNG每年向RasGas公司供应750万吨LNG。
此外，Petronet LNG计划在今年完成Dahej LNG接收站的扩建工作，将Dahej LNG接收站的年加工量从1000万吨提升到1500万吨。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/LNG World News 4月28日消息 编译/赵宁
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India’s largest LNG importer Petronet has reportedly issued a tender seeking two cargoes of liquefied natural gas.
Reuters reports, citing trade sources, that the two cargoes are scheduled for delivery in August and September.
Earlier in February, the company informed that the offtake of regasified LNG under the long-term contract with off takers from January 2016 onward has increased to the contracted volume of 8.5 mtpa.
Petronet LNG in December also revised the price of the 7.5 mtpa supply contract with RasGas of Qatar.
Additionally, Petronet LNG expects the expansion of its Dahej LNG terminal from 10 mtpa to 15 mtpa to be completed by the end of this year.
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沙特阿美石油公司（Saudi Aramco）授予Saudi KAD重大合同。Saudi Aramco是一流的工程、采购和施工公司。公司战略性的管道合同和Master Gas 项目第二阶段及Fadhili Gas项目有关。该项目将于2018年完工。Master Gas系统产能将增加到125亿立方英尺/天。公司业务范围包括工程、采购、施工以及委托总共长度达1118千米的管道网络。这些重大管道将显著扩大Saudi Aramco通过沙特将天然气供应到发电厂及石化设施的能力。管道规模大小不一，最大规模将达56英寸，跨越距离超过1000千米。此外，Saudi KAD希望能够实现沙特化的目标，包括队伍建设及专注核心技能。
来自/TradeArabia 9月20日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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State oil giant Saudi Aramco has awarded a major contract to Saudi KAD, a leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, for its strategic pipeline projects related to the Master Gas Programme Phase II, and the Fadhili Gas Programme.When the project gets completed in 2018, the Master Gas System capacity will increase to 12.5 billion standard cu ft per day.The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a pipeline network totalling 1,118 km in length.These vital pipelines will significantly expand Saudi Aramco's capabilities for delivering sales gas to power plants and petrochemical facilities throughout the kingdom.The pipeline sizes will vary, with the biggest diameter reaching 56 inches and extending over a distance greater than 1,000 km.Moreover, Saudi KAD will aim to achieve ambitious Saudisation targets for its construction workforce, focusing on core skills.
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来自/Natural Gas Europe 8月10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 August 10 it has now allocated €187.5mn for the construction of Balticconnector, the first Estonia-Finland subsea gas pipeline, and has allocated €29.9mn to build a 140-km electricity line between Dobrudja and Burgas in Bulgaria. The two grants were already announced as having been approved by the EC on July 15.Balticconnector’s project director Matti Sainio told Natural Gas Europe July 15 that the final investment decision was expected this autumn.The EU grants correspond to 75% of Balticconnector’s cost and 50% of those of the Bulgarian line.
EU energy and climate change commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said that Balticconnector would be “part of a chain of projects that will end the gas isolation of northeastern Europe and develop the Baltic regional energy market," while the Bulgaria line would “reinforce security of electricity supply and integrate renewable energy into the electricity market.”
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Ascent is pleased to report that, further to its announcement of 5 July 2016, the Company, together with its partners in Slovenia, have signed the conditional agreements necessary to allow commercial gas production to commence as early as January 2017.
The new route to market uses an existing production pipeline from the Petisovci field in Slovenia to the Croatian border where the raw gas will be sold.
This route is independent of the IPPC Permit. No further regulatory approvals are required for gas production to commence using this route to market. Additionally, the funding required to commence production is materially lower than would be the case if we were required to construct a new treatment facility in Slovenia.
Furthermore, the Company has entered an agreement to acquire a Company which owns access to a key section of pipeline in Slovenia in return for the issue of up to 75 million new Ascent shares plus options over a further up to 7.5 million shares at a price of 2 pence per share. As such an allotment is beyond the current authority of the Board and a General Meeting has been convened for 22 August 2016 to consider and if thought fit approve the necessary authorities to allow the agreements to become unconditional.
Flotek董事长兼CEO John Chisholm表示：“IPI团队在过去12年努力打造富有弹性的业务体系，致力于为能源和纺织行业提供一流的聚合物。Donald Bramblett是世界顶级的天然聚合物和瓜胶专家，为Flotek油田化学研究团队提供了强劲动力。此外聚合物化学的加入增强了了Flotek的化学管理能力，持续为客户提供整体化学解决方案。”
HOUSTON -- Flotek Industries is to acquire International Polymerics, Inc. (IPI), and affiliates, for a consideration consisting of cash and Flotek common stock.
Founded in 2004, IPI is based in Dalton, Ga., with a distribution center in Monahans, Texas, and is one of the largest domestic suppliers of natural polymers, including guar, to the oil and gas industry. The company was founded by Donald Bramblett, a leading expert on natural polymers and the development of guar applications in the energy and textile trades. IPI's proprietary guar processing systems have provided high-quality guar powder and slurry to oil and gas clients for nearly a decade in nearly every producing basin in the U.S.
"The IPI team has worked hard over the past twelve years to build a resilient business focused on providing best-in-class polymers to the energy and textile industries," said John Chisholm, Flotek’s president, chairman and CEO. "Donald Bramblett is widely regarded as one of the world's top experts on natural polymers and guar, adding more firepower to Flotek's leading oilfield chemistry research team. And, the addition of polymer chemistry and delivery systems to Flotek's stable of oilfield chemistry allows us to further accelerate our Prescriptive Chemistry Management efforts, focused on providing total chemistry solutions for our clients' wells."
Chisholm added, "IPI has high strategic value for Flotek in both the application of polymer chemistry to new, value-added oilfield chemistries as well for its core guar powder and slurries which serve as key delivery media for Flotek's proprietary chemistries, such as PrF and CnF completion chemistries. This acquisition should allow us to accelerate our fluid systems development while adding-value and increasing margins in IPI's core guar business using our direct distribution network."
Bramblett will remain the president of IPI and will report to Josh Snively, executive V.P. of Flotek, who oversees the company's chemistry manufacturing efforts.
Houston-based oil industry service provider McDermott International has landed a $454m contract from Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex to work on a platform project in the Gulf of Mexico.
NYSE-listed McDermott will provide engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services on the Abkatun-A2 platform to be located in the Bay of Campeche and it will be the company’s largest project yet for Pemex.
Abkatun-A2 is needed to replace a platform that was destroyed in a catastrophic fatal fire last April. The blaze on the Abkatun-A Permanente platform killed seven workers (although the bodies of three of them were never recovered).This is the latest in a series of commissions McDermott has won from Pemex.
The platform is scheduled to be completed and handed over to Pemex by the fourth quarter of 2018.
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