Libya Resumes Exports After Two Years. As anticipated, Libyan oil exports began Tuesday night with 740,000 barrels departing for Italy. We can't rely on supply disruptions to support the price of oil. We can rely upon being the best around (see today's video below for more information about being the best).
Valero Port Arthur refinery shuts large CDU, coker. Anything that reduces gasoline and diesel production is good for the industry. Thanks Valero. Side note: shut downs are typical this time of year.
Aruba Refinery Revival? - Citgo asks PDVSA for $100 million to revive Aruba refinery. This would be humorous considering the state of Venezuela today but don't forget Venezuela may, and I emphasize "may", have the large oil reserves in the world.
Engie to hang on to LNG but ditch coal, oil. The demise of coal continues. The French company also ditches oil but due to prices and not because of the awesomeness that is oil. LNG is still considered a darling and will remain in Isabelle Kocher's (CEO) portfolio.
Nigeria sues over $12b in 'illegal' oil exports. Nigeria is suing several leading oil companies for $12.7 billion of crude oil that allegedly was exported illegally to the United States between 2011 and 2014, officials said on Tuesday.
Russia, Iran Skipping Oil for Goods. With sanctions lifted the deal making is kicking into high gear in the Caspian region. The Iranians and Russians grow closer together in the petroleum business. This comes as no surprise as the two countries bounded further in an effort to keep Bashar al-Assad in power.
Union Increases Pressures in North Sea. Industri Energi (union) increases pressure with 300 new workers striking. We posted a question looking for your opinion on unions in the oilfield. Weigh in.
Oil Prices Today. We are all tired of oil price updates but it has to be done. Today traders apply upward pressure mostly because of an API call for a 7.5 million crude drawdown in the US.
Shell Comes Up Dry. The Stena IceMAX determines Nova Scotia work is non-commercial. The ultra-deepwater prospect reminds that ultra-deepwater is still a frontier and we are not always 100% assured of exploratory success. This business is not for the faint of heart.
Need Office Space in Houston? Shell moves out of downtown to custom complex. Looking to cut costs? Run a business in Houston? There have got to be some good deals. In a lease, re-cut your deal.
Zorlu Holding, the Turkish conglomerate, is planning to increase its investments in energy business as well as planning joint ventures in Israel, CEO Omer Yungul said, according to a report in Dunyanewspaper.
"We have strong connections in Israel. The shipping of Israeli gas to Turkey is 'big business'. As our partners call us to invest in Israel more, we may be in the possible consortium to ship natural gas to Turkey, in the near future," Yungul was quoted. He also said that the business volume will be over $8bn for the project.
Currently, Zorlu has three natural gas power plants in Israel, producing 8% of Israel's electricity needs, Yungul said.
He also said that the holding is considering to sell Bursa and Luleburgaz natural gas power plants, according to the report. The company is seeking to channel investments from gas powered plants to renewable energy plants, Yungul said.
The company has already closed down two natural gas powered plants – Ankara and Kayseri – and has potential buyers for its natural gas powered businesses in Luleburgaz and Bursa. The company is holding talks with these investors and may sell both this year, Yungul added.
Also, the company has plans to invest in renewable energy, espacially geothermal and wind power plants, he said.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabian Oil Co. will complete the expansion of its Shaybah oil field by the end of May, allowing the biggest crude exporter in the world to maintain the level of its total production capacity, according to two people with knowledge of the plan.
Shaybah’s production capacity will rise to 1 MMbpd from 750,000 bpd, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The field, in the Empty Quarter desert near the border with the United Arab Emirates, produces extra light grade crude with API gravity of 42 degrees, they said.
Shaybah’s expansion will help Saudi Aramco, as the state producer is known, to keep the company’s output capacity at 12 MMbpd, they said.
Saudi Arabia is maintaining investments in oil production as the kingdom pursues a strategy to defend market share amid a global glut. Saudi Aramco will keep investing in its crude oil production capacity, CEO Amin Nasser said last month. The company also plans to complete the expansion of Khurais oil field to 1.5 MMbpd in 2018, he said.
Oseberg油田开发上，Wood Group Kenny获得两条包输油管详细设计的合同，该输油管将连接无人井口平台与Oseberg油田中心。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
Wood Group Kenny还为Utgard油田提供前端工程设计支持，包括连接水下基盘到Sleipner T油田的管道系统，同时为Gullfaks油田内的管道系统提供延长使用期限研究。
Wood Group Kenny的总经理Bob MacDonald表示：“这四项合同涵盖的管道建设的全过程，从概念、前端设计、详细设计到维护保养，可以充分的展现出我们在这一领域的专业能力。”
来自/WorldOil 4月25日消息 编译/张弘引
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
ABERDEEN, Scotland -- Wood Group has recently won four subsea contracts with Statoil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The latest award is a study to deliver subsea field concept engineering for the Snorre expansion project.
This project will focus on cost efficient enhanced recovery from the Snorre reservoir, with tieback to the existing Snorre A tension leg platform and gas import from Gullfaks A. There are also options for front end engineering design (FEED), detailed design and fabrication on this contract award.
On the Oseberg field development, Wood Group Kenny has been awarded detailed design for two pipelines with corresponding spools and an umbilical, which will form part of the tieback from the future unmanned wellhead (UWP) platform to the Oseberg field center.。
Wood Group Kenny also provided FEED support on the Utgard field development to support engineering on the pipeline system that will tieback the planned subsea template to the Sleipner T platform and performed lifetime extension studies to the pipeline system in Gullfaks field.
“The four latest contracts awards cover the whole project lifecycle in pipeline engineering from concept, FEED, detailed design and life time extension, utilizing our broad expertise in this area,” Bob MacDonald, CEO of Wood Group Kenny, said.
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Russia eyes record-high oil output, but sticks to 'freeze' option. Energy Minister Alexander Novak says his country's main position of supporting an output freeze with OPEC members hasn't changed, but that's not stopping Russian officials from aiming for the highest levels of oil output in the next year.
Oil Holds Near $50 as Investors Weigh Production-Cut Agreement. Naturally, the news from Russia has some weighing the likelihood of a deal passing if Novak says "You all need to limit your output - us? Nah, we're cool." Oil held at $50 a barrel but how else might the market react?
Asia's oil markets are tightening as China cuts output, fuel stocks dwindle. Energy consultants and analysts say the Asian oil markets might be returning to balance as Chinese oil production and inventories fall.
Europe breaking Russia's energy grip on Finland. The 94-mile Baltic-connector pipeline might have big implications for Finland, which has sought to diversify its energy sector to meet its needs and rely far less on Russia.
Shell unloads Canadian acreage for $1 billion. ExxonMobil isn't the only one making big asset sells this week - Shell announced it will sell more than 200,000 acres, which produces about 24,850 barrels of oil equivalents per day, to Tourmaline Oil Corp.
Natural Gas Prices Fall On Growing Stockpiles. Warm weather is staying around along with lower natural gas prices, as stockpiles grew by 77 billion cubic feet last week.
World Bank boosts 2017 crude oil forecast to $55 per barrel. World Bank officials say they expect to see a solid rise in energy prices in the next year with oil at the front of the pack.
Study Confirms Natural Gas Economy Has Lower Methane, Global Warming Emissions. A new, scientific study reportedly says "methane emissions from fossil fuels have not increased, even with a substantial increase in natural gas production."
The UK’s Oil And Gas Ultimatum: Exploration Or Bust. Jobs are down, supplies are down and spending is down. What can the UK do to diversify and strengthen its energy, particularly after its exit from the EU?
PDVSA Default Would Spell Trouble for U.S. Refiners’ Oil Supply. The outlook is becoming clear - Petroleos de Venezuela SA going belly up would spell a lot of trouble for refiners stateside.
[/collapse]
来自/Offshore Energy Today 10月14日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Maersk Drilling’s fourth and final XL Enhanced ultra harsh environment jack-up was named Friday morning at a ceremony held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in South Korea. And the rig was named Maersk Invincible. The four jack-up rigs represent a total investment of $2.6bn. The first three jack-up rigs have been delivered from the Keppel FELS shipyard, while the Maersk Invincible will be delivered from DSME later in 2016. After delivery from the yard, Maersk Invincible will mobilize to the North Sea and start a five-year firm contract with BP Norge for plug and abandonment work on the Valhall field in the Norwegian North Sea.
[/collapse]
该合同签订之前，Atkins已包揽了澳大利亚地区Ichthys LNG、offshore Western Australia等多个项目。Atkins近期洽谈成功的油气合作还包括与GDF Suez签订的全套顾问服务框架协议，以及与Centrica Energy签订的多领域前端工程设计（FEED）停产合同。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Offshore Energy Today 6月22日消息 编译/赵美园
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Atkins has been awarded a contract with Chevron Australia to provide engineering support services for the oil and gas major’s Western Australian-based assets.Atkins noted that the agreement includes provision of a range of onshore and offshore engineering services to support Chevron’s assets.
Nick Wells, operations director of Atkins’ oil and gas Asia Pacific business, said: “We are looking forward to delivering innovative work across the lifecycle of Chevron’s assets covered in this agreement. Our decade of experience in the Australian oil and gas sector puts us in an ideal position to support our clients in this region.”
The contract builds on Atkins’s portfolio of work in the Australia region including the Ichthys LNG project, offshore Western Australia, as well as other recent wins for Atkins’s global oil and gas business including a framework agreement with GDF Suez covering the full lifecycle of consultancy services, and a multi-disciplinary pre-FEED decommissioning contract with Centrica Energy.
[/collapse]
SUNGNAM, South Korea (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Heavy Industries Co., the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, said an order to build three floating LNG production facilities was canceled after the energy development project was scrapped amid a plunge in oil prices.
The contract, valued at 5.27 trillion won ($4.6 billion), from Royal Dutch Shell was voided because of the current difficult market conditions, the Sungnam, South Korea-based company said in a regulatory filing Thursday. The shipbuilder won the deal in June on the condition that the project will start only after the client is ready to proceed.
Oil prices that have more than halved in the last two years have forced energy companies and rig owners to cancel offshore projects and delay deliveries. As a result, shipyards in Asia, such as Samsung Heavy and Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Ltd., reported losses or smaller profits last year.
Woodside Petroleum scrapped plans in March to develop the Browse LNG project in Australia with partners, including Shell and BP Plc, saying it won’t go ahead with the floating LNG development after completing detailed engineering and design work. The Browse partners will prepare a new plan and budget for developing the gas resources, it said.
Samsung Heavy is currently building two other floating LNG facilities for Shell and Petroliam Nasional Bhd. of Malaysia. The first project is expected to complete work at the shipyard in the second half of this year, the company said.
来自/Offshore Energy Today 7月29日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Asia Offshore Drilling (AOD) has received three-year contract extensions for two jack-up rigs from Saudi Aramco. These units have been working for Saudi Aramco since 2013 on a three-year contract that contained one extension option. Both jack-up rigs were built in 2013 by Keppel FELS Shipyard and both have maximum drilling depth of 400 feet.
AOD is an associate company of Mermaid Maritime and Mermaid has 33.76 percent equity stake in AOD while the other 66.24 percent equity is owned by Seadrill. The extension is for two jack-up drilling rigs, AOD I and AOD II, which are now expiring in June 201 and July 2019, respectively. The extensions are in direct continuation of the current contracts and will add approximately $225 million in contract backlog.
AOD has another jack-up rig under a three-year contract with Saudi Aramco which is due to expire in October 2016. Mermaid said on Friday that negotiations with Saudi Aramco for contract extension for the AOD III jack-up are still ongoing.
[/collapse]
PARIS -- Technip has signed a four-year extension of its five-year initial contract, signed in January 2011 with Petrobras S.A. for its Flexible Pipes Logistic Base (BAVIT), located in Vitória, Brazil.
The scope covers storage, handling, inspection, testing, load-out (two simultaneous vessel load-out points), internal cleaning and maintenance of flexible pipes. The base has a 300t handling capacity, storage capacity for 220 reels and serves as the main load-out point for all pre-salt flexible pipes.
Adriano Novitsky, president of Technip in Brazil, commented: “Technip is very proud of this contract. In 2016, the logistic base has reached the significant milestone of eight years of operation without lost time injury. This achievement demonstrates that the culture of HSE has become sustainable and the renewal of this contract is a demonstration that we have been performing as expected by our client, ensuring high standards of quality and safety in the operations."
This award recognizes Technip’s position in Brazil, leveraging its full integration, which covers engineering, fabrication, logistic and installation.
周五，Oil Search公司发布消息称：运营商Repsol S.A.公司继续在巴布亚新几内亚(PNG)高原地区进行Strickland 2号勘探井的钻井活动，该井的许可证为Petroleum Retention License (PRL) 269。
Rig 103号钻机在5月8日钻了Strickland 2号井，这口井将在Darai灰岩储层中勘探油气资源。目前，井场建设工作正在进行中，预计在8月末完成。Oil Search持有PRL 269 10%的股份，Repsol公司、Barracuda公司和Diamond Gas Foreland公司各持有50%、30%和10%的股份。
Oil Search称：PRL 15合资企业同意于9月末在巴布亚新几内亚Gulf Province钻Antelope 7号评价井。Total E&P PNG公司为PRL 15经营方，持有PRL 15公司40.1%的股份，其他合伙企业为Oil Search公司，InterOil公司和其他少数股东，其中Oil Search持有22.8%的股份，InterOil持有36.5%的股份。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Rig Zone 6月3日消息 编译/赵宁
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
Oil Search Ltd. reported Friday that drilling continued at the onshore Strickland 2 exploration well in Petroleum Retention License (PRL) 269 in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Highlands, with operator Repsol S.A. running and setting the casing prior to testing for the presence of hydrocarbon.
The company said the Strickland 2 well, which was spud May 8 by Rig 103, will test for hydrocarbon presence in the Darai limestone reservoir within a 4-way dip closed anticlinal trap.
Oil Search has a 10 percent interest in PRL 269, while Repsol, Barracuda Ltd. and Diamond Gas Foreland 269 B.V. hold 50 percent, 30 percent and 10 percent, respectively.
Elsewhere in PNG, Oil Search revealed that the PRL 15 joint venture formally agreed to drill the Antelope 7 appraisal well in the Gulf Province at the end of September.
"Well pad construction is underway and expected to be completed by the end of August," the firm said in a press release, adding that the drilling is intended to test for reservoir presence and definition on the western flank of the field.
Total E&P PNG Ltd. is the operator of PRL 15, also known as the Papua LNG Project, with a 40.1 percent stake. Its partners are Oil Search, InterOil Corp. and minorities, each holding 22.8 percent, 36.5 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively.
[/collapse]
挪威油气行业服务供应商NorSea Group (NSG)已和油服公司Technip更新了一项合同，合同内容主要关于基地和港口服务的供应。
周三，NorSea表示：这项合同最初于2009年签订，已经延期至2018年年末，可再延期两年。合同涉及服务主要包括：与海洋作业、废物处理和技术工作相关的各种类型的基地和物流服务与支持。Technip旗下挪威子公司Technip Norge签订了这项合同。
NSG市场和业务发展总监Kenneth Bjørholm表示：Technip Norge的信任对于NSG而言意义重大，很骄傲能和Technip再次合作。
NSG表示：这项合同涉及领域广泛，挪威沿岸和英国的NSG旗下9家公司都会参与合同的相关工作，NorSea、Stordbase、Coast Center Base、Vestbase、Helgelandsbase、Polarbase、Maritime Waste Management、Maritime Logistic Services和NorSea Group UK将共同完成工作。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Offshore Energy Today 5月18日消息 编译/赵宁
[collapse title=英文原文请点击]
NorSea Group (NSG), a Norwegian service provider to the oil and gas industry, has signed a renewed framework agreement concerning the delivery of base and port services with oilfield services provider, Technip.
NorSea said on Wednesday that the framework agreement, originally entered into in 2009, has now been extended until the end of 2018, with an extension option of 2 x 1 years. The services covered by the agreement include various base and logistics services and support in connection with maritime operations, waste management and technical work. The agreement with Technip was signed through its Norwegian subsidiary Technip Norge.
“Renewed faith from Technip Norge means a lot to NSG and we are proud to have been chosen again,” says Kenneth Bjørholm, Director of Market and Business Development at NSG.
According to NSG, the agreement has an extensive scope and involves nine NSG companies along the Norwegian coast and in the United Kingdom. The work will be undertaken by NorSea, Stordbase, Coast Center Base, Vestbase, Helgelandsbase, Polarbase, Maritime Waste Management, Maritime Logistic Services and NorSea Group UK.
“It is crucial for us to win contracts like this one in what is a challenging time for the industry,” said Bjørholm. “We hope and believe that the new agreement will help contribute to safeguarding numerous jobs in the years ahead.”
It also added that the two companies had close ties for a number of years and that this is the second time the agreement has been extended.
The company further added that they have a joint interest in developments in the offshore wind market and are currently working together on Statoil’s Hywind Scotland Pilot Park project, which is being implemented at Stordbase.
[/collapse]
石油圈