来自/Offshore Energy Today 11月4日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Exploration & production company VNG Norge has decided on the preferred development solution for the Pil & Bue discoveries, located in license PL586 in the Norwegian Sea. VNG is the operator of the license with 30% interest, Spike Exploration Holding also has 30% while Faroe Petroleum Norge holds 25%, and Pure E&P Norway 15% stake.
Faroe Petroleum said on Friday that the partners in the Pil & Bue discoveries have decided that a subsea development solution tied back to the Njord platform in the Norwegian Sea is the preferred concept for development of the Pil & Bue discoveries. Three competing concepts were considered in the process leading to the final selection by the license partners. A subsea installation tied back to the Njord platform has emerged as the best option and with the full support of the Njord partners, Faroe said. Going forward, the development solution will be matured through the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) stage towards a formal field development plan.
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Sterling Resources Ltd. (TSX-V:SLG) announces that the Chief Financial Officer, David Blewden, will be departing the company at the end of August 2016. This change is part of a broader corporate reorganization detailed in the recent second quarter report. Mr. Blewden was instrumental in successfully completing the recent recapitalization process and we thank him for his significant contribution to Sterling over several very difficult years for Sterling.
The Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Christine Shinnie to the role of Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Shinnie has worked with the Company for 10 years and is currently Financial Controller of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd. and a Director of Sterling Resources (UK) Ltd. She is a CIMA (UK) qualified accountant with over 20 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas sector in a broad spectrum of financial management.
来自/Offshore Energy Today 7月15日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Occidental Petroleum, Houston-based oil and gas exploration and production company, has increased the company’s dividend and announced the appointment of a new member of the board of directors.
Occidental Petroleum said that the company has raised the company’s dividend to an annual rate of $3.04 per share from the previous $3.00 per share. President and CEO, Vicki Hollub, said that the dividend increase reflects the company’s confidence in its financial strength and future performance.Occidental has paid quarterly dividends continuously since 1975. The $0.76 per share quarterly dividend will be payable on October 14 to stockholders of record as of September 9.
The company also said on Thursday that Jack Moore, former Chairman of Cameron International Corporation, has been elected to Occidental’s board of directors. Moore served as Chairman of the Board for Cameron International Corporation from 2011 until it was acquired by Schlumberger in April 2016. He joined Cameron in 1999 and served as CEO from 2008 to 2015 and as President from 2008 to 2014. Before joining Cameron, he held various management positions at Baker Hughes, where he was employed for 23 years.
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Since a massive gas leak in Aliso Canyon forced thousands of Porter Ranch residents to temporarily leave their homes, Southern California Gas Co. has been on the hook for months of relocation fees. Obviously, that's not an ideal situation for the utility company. In its latest attempt to entice people back into their homes, SoCal Gas is offering cleaning services free of charge: move back in, and someone from the gas company will come over and help you tidy up.
Don't expect SoCal Gas to fold clothes or empty the dishwasher though. This is a very specific kind of cleaning. My News LA reports that the company will be scrubbing "carpets, counter tops, tables, flooring, furniture, windows and window sills" to remove any harmful chemicals that might have lingered after the leak. Though SoCal Gas says that air quality tests have shown that homes in Porter Ranch are safe, many residents remain unconvinced. The company is apparently hoping the cleaning service will change their minds. "We are pleased to offer this toxicologist-approved home cleaning service to address residents’ concerns and give them confidence that their homes are clean and ready for their return," said Gillian Wright, vice president of customer services for SoCal Gas.
In spite of understandable safety concerns from Porter Ranch residents after the Aliso Canyon leak was plugged in February, SoCal Gas has tried repeatedly to rush people back into their homes. Initially, the utility company gave residents only 48 hours to return to their houses, but that timeline has been pushed back considerably with the help of city and county officials. Recently, residents complained that the company was also behind on reimbursing relocation expenses.
Members of the Porter Ranch community might also be concerned about the possibility of future leaks. Earlier this month, monitors found slightly elevated levels of methane in the area, and last week another leak (from a well operated by a different company) spewed out 30 gallons of oil. Meanwhile, SoCal Gas is trying to speed up inspections of its aging Aliso Canyon wells in order to get the facility back into operation as soon as possible.
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LONDON -- Intertek has launched an onsite Coriolis flow meter calibration service, delivering technical expertise and cost and efficiency savings to its oil and gas clients.
Coriolis flow meters are one of the most reliable instruments with which to determine flow measurement and have become increasingly commonplace in oil and gas flow measurement systems. However, they must be calibrated periodically to ensure they are performing as accurately as possible.
As part of a new service, Intertek has invested in a highly specialized mobile Coriolis master meter skid unit to conduct Coriolis flow meter calibration. The unit performs to a greater level of precision than widely encountered in the market, with better than 0.1% accuracy. In an industry handling a high-value product, such as oil and gas, the accuracy of measurement equipment is crucial for correctness and profitability. Mismeasurement of oil and gas quantities can be extremely costly and affect an operators’ overall profit margin.
“Historically, calibrating Coriolis flow meters has proved challenging to operators. It usually involves the movement of large units between offshore and onshore sites, which requires downtime and can be costly. The mobile Coriolis master meter skid unit will now allow us to offer this service onsite, saving our clients time, money and the inconvenience and risk of moving their equipment,” Greg Dinkelman, business development manager, Calibrations and Metering, Intertek Exploration and Production, said.
The skid unit’s relatively compact size means it can be easily transported to offshore environments with restricted deck space, or to sites in very remote locations. An additional benefit is that calibration can be conducted under normal operating conditions, rather than within the artificial environment of a laboratory.
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随着油价猛跌，沙特经济和发展事务局决定停止价值2660亿美元的SR1未来项目。根据国有新闻机构SPA说法，沙特当局决定停止签订已规划好的工程，这些工程预期的经济与发展可行性相比成本较低且不能促进行业发展、改善人民生活质量。九月，沙特就初步考虑取消部分项目。但是当时仅有200亿美元的项目在考虑范围之内。沙特副王储兼第二副首相与国防部长Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz主席会议的时候宣布了年底前向相应私有部门支付费用的计划。
本周六，伊拉克石油部长Jabar Ali Al-Luaibi表示：伊拉克将同欧佩克一道积极推动油价上涨，并未宣布是否准备好支持可能减少产量的决定。石油部发言人Jabar Ali Al-Luaibi表示：石油部长在访问南部石油城市巴士拉期间认为伊拉克将积极推动油价上涨，并承担分内的义务 。伊拉克想要加强欧佩克在维持石油市场平衡方面的作用。
下月，欧佩克成员国将在阿尔及利亚举行非正式会谈，为国际能源论坛正式议程之外的安排。俄罗斯也将参与此次国际能源论坛。本周二，伊拉克首相International Energy Forum表示:伊拉克石油市场未饱和，因而不愿限制原油出口。
来自/TradeArabia 8月27日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Iraq is willing to play an active role within Opec to support oil prices, its Oil Minister Jabar Ali Al-Luaibi said on Saturday, without clarifying whether it was prepared to back a possible agreement to freeze output."Iraq is seeking to play an active role in order to support oil prices while preserving a share that is proportionate to its reserves," the minister said during a visit to the southern oil city of Basra, according to oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad.Iraq wants to "strengthen Opec's role in achieving a balance in the oil market," Luaibi added, according to the spokesman.
Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) are due to meet informally in Algeria next month on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum (IEF). Russia is also expected to attend the IEF.Iraq's Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi on Tuesday said the country has not yet reached its full oil market share, suggesting his government is not willing to restrain crude output.
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Hurricane Energy plc近期报道，该公司在英国大陆架205/21a-7井取得非常重大的油气发现，发现至少2034英尺井段含油气。该井基底储层DST测试结果为自喷油6600桶/天，采用电潜泵人工举升最大流量达11000桶油当量/天，油质较好，38API度，不含水。下步将钻水平井。该井是2016年7月6日开钻的。（Rigzone，9月9日消息）
来自/Natural Gas World 9月11日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Gazprom and Rosneft announced a plethora of new trade and technology cooperation agreements at a trade fair in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok in early September. The US Treasury Department had kicked the month off with a new list of Russian individuals and companies that were covered by its trade sanctions. The sanctions are a response to Russia’s continued occupation of Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine. Gazprom’s press department issued four statements on September 2 on new agreements with foreign firms. Two involve “potential cooperation”: one with Linde is on mid-scale LNG production， and the other with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics.
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Turkish maritime authorities have reopened Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait to transiting tankers after shutting it earlier on Saturday for several hours following what the government said was an attempted coup by a faction in the military.
The Bosphorus is one of world's most important choke points for the maritime transit of oil with over three percent of global supply - mainly from Russia and the Caspian Sea - passing through the 17-mile waterway that connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. It also ships vast amounts of grains from Russia and Kazakhstan to world markets.
Shipping agent GAC said traffic had reopened after being shut for several hours for security reasons and ships were now being able to travel again through the Bosphorus which divides Istanbul into European and Asian sides.
A spokesman for Russia's pipeline monopoly Transneft said the main Black Sea port of Novorossiisk was operating normally and had enough tankers near the port to continue loading operations uninterrupted until July 25 regardless of what happens in the Bosphorus.
Reuters ship tracking data showed that around 10 oil tankers were anchored off the coast of Istanbul on the southern side of the strait, still waiting for instructions to sail through the narrow passage.
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Aug 4 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil company, is selling some assets in Asia worth up to $5 billion.The company is set to start selling its offshore China assets this month, the Journal reported on Thursday.Chevron had disclosed in October last year plans to sell about $10 billion of assets by 2017.The oil giant is also looking for buyers for its geothermal assets in Indonesia, and is considering offers worth more than $2 billion.Natural gas field assets in Thailand are also part of the company's divestiture plans.
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