US Oil Reserves Surpass Those Of Saudi Arabia & Russia. For the first time in history, the United States now holds more recoverable oil reserves than both Saudi Arabia and Russia, according to a new study conducted by Rystad Energy. [Oilpro]
Halliburton Reappoints Chief Financial Officer. Halliburton Co. says Mark McCollum will resume his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. McCollum will continue reporting to Dave Lesar, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton. [Oilpro]
Oil Falls To $49 On Economic Concerns, Ample Supply. Oil fell below $50 a barrel on Tuesday on concerns that a potential slowdown in economic growth could sap demand and persistent signs of abundant supply despite another militant attack on Nigeria's oil industry. [Reuters]
Chevron Approves Tengiz Expansion Project. Chevron Corp. says its 50% owned affiliate, Tengizchevroil (TCO), will proceed with the development of its Future Growth and Wellhead Pressure Management Project (FGP-WPMP), which will increase crude oil production at the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan by about 260,000 b/d. [Oilpro]
Noble Sells Part Of Its Stake In Israeli Offshore Gas Field. Noble Energy has sold a 3% working interest in the Tamar field, offshore Israel, to the Harel Group pension fund and Israel Infrastructure Fund (IIF), Israel's largest private equity fund for infrastructure. [Oilpro, Splash 247]
ExxonMobil To Expand Balder Field. The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority has granted ExxonMobil consent to use another subsea well, E-29-AH, tied back to the Balder floating production unit (FPU). The well is around 3,500 m from the FPU. [Oilpro]
By 2035, Global LNG Demand Will Grow By 1.6%. According to a Cedigaz Outlook, despite the high increase in renewable energy, developing countries will still drag fossil fuels consumption, although oil and coal will see a decline By 2035 global demand for Liquified Natural gas (LNG) will grow by 1.6%. [Oilpro, abo.net]
EMGS Terminates Vessel Agreement. Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) Vessel says it has agreed with the owner of the EM Leader, Euro Trans Skips AS, to terminate the vessel’s charter agreement as of June 1, 2016. [Oilpro]
EMAS Sells PV Keez FPSO Shares. EMAS Offshore Production Service (EOPS and Ezra Holdings Ltd ("Ezra"), the holding company of EMAS, have on 1 July 2016 have entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) for the sale of a combined equity share of 80 % in PV Keez to PetroFirst Infrastructure 2 Ltd. [Oilpro]
Kiliwani North Well Hits 30 MMcf/d. Aminex PLC says gas production from the Kiliwani North-1 well in Tanzania reached 30 MMcf/d with stable pressure recordings at that rate. The company expects the commissioning process to concluded with the testing of the well to determine optimal rates. [Oilpro]
Worldwide job losses in the oil and gas industry have just topped 350,000. As of May 6, announcements of reductions in force reached 351,410 globally, according to Graves & Co. The impact of layoffs has been most severe in the oilfield service sector of the industry, with 152,015 layoffs, or over 43% of the total worldwide.
Layoffs in the upstream exploration and production (E&P) sector of the oil and gas industry began slowly, and for many months were much lower than the service, drilling and supply sectors. In recent months, job cuts in the E&P sector have surpassed those in the drilling contracting and supply sectors, reaching 80,265, or just under 23% of total layoffs, while drilling and supply now represent 15% and 14.5%, respectively.
“For a long time, job cuts in the E&P sector lagged behind the oilfield service, drilling and supply sectors as oil and gas producers attempted to hold on to important talent,” said John Graves, president of Graves & Co. “As the downturn has persisted beyond the expectations of many in the industry, the impetus to cut costs has significantly affected those responsible for finding, developing and producing oil and gas.”
The Graves & Co. job cuts count is based upon public announcements, WARN Act notices, and extrapolations from the Baker Hughes rig count. Begun in January 2015, the count includes announcements beginning in June 2014, the month that crude oil prices began a downward slide.
Graves & Co. provides transaction service and support to the oil and gas industry in the form of due diligence, asset evaluations, and advisory services.
General Electric Co (GE.N) is nearing an about $30 billion deal to merge its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes Inc (BHI.N). The combined entity will be controlled by GE and would have publicly traded shares.
GE said in a statement last week that it was in talks with the oilfield services provider on potential partnerships but none of those options included an outright purchase.A partnership with Baker Hughes could help GE to transform its oil and gas division and emerge a larger player in the sector to better compete with oilfield services leader Schlumberger (SLB.N) .
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On 17 June 2016, as part of the 20th International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, PAO Sovcomflot (“SCF Group”) and VTB Bank signed a USD 260 million 13-year loan agreement. The signatories were Sergey Frank, President and CEO of PAO Sovcomflot, and Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank.
PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group of companies) is one of the world's leading shipping companies, specialising in the transportation of crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied gas. The Group offers a wide range of vessels in the market segments most demanded by major Russian oil and gas companies.
The agreement provides for the financing of construction of an Arctic LNG tanker for the Yamal LNG project. The new tanker will be able to carry up to 172,600 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and has an Arc7 enhanced ice class, enabling independent navigation in ice fields of up to 2.1 metres thick. The vessel will have a 45 MW propulsion system, which is comparable to that of the nuclear ice breakers. The vessel is due to be delivered in the first quarter of 2017.
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Chevron Suspends Gorgon Production. Chevron Corp. suspended production at its$54 billion Gorgon liquefied natural gas development after a gas leak was detected. The operator evacuated workers from the Barrow Island plant off Australia’s northwest coast. Repairs are underway to the low-pressure flare system and acid-gas removal unit and the company expects to re-start production by the end of the week. [Oilpro]
Oil Prices Continue Falling On Concerns Over Global Growth Prospects. Crude oil prices extended losses Wednesday, having fallen sharply in the previous session, as commodities continue to get hammered by risk-off sentiment after last month’s Brexit vote fueled uncertainty about global growth prospects. [Wall Street Journal]
BP Awards Bibby Diving Support Contract. Bibby Offshore has secured an important contract with BP, the company says. The 15 day project, due to commence in August 2016, will see diving support vessel Bibby Topaz, working on four BP operations across three of its North Sea assets. [Oilpro]
World's Top Oil Trader Says Prices Won't Rise Much Further. Oil prices won't rise much further over the next year and a half as demand growth slows and refiners comfortably meet gasoline consumption, according to the world's largest independent oil-trading house. [Oilpro, Bloomberg]
First Subsea Scores Appomattox Mooring Connectors Contract. Shell Offshore has awarded First Subsea Ltd a contract to supply Ballgrab subsea mooring line connectorsfor the Appomattox development. [Oilpro]
DeepWell Secures Statoil Contract. DeepWell has secured a long-term contract for provision of mechanical wireline services to Statoil. The contract value for the firm period, including options for add-on services, is estimated to exceed NOK 1 billion over a four-year period, or more than NOK 2 billion if optional periods are included. [Oilpro]
Boosting Recovery. Former BP and Shell geologist Mike Shepherd says the North Sea demonstrates top in class oil recovery factors compared to the rest of the world, but could do better. [Oilpro, oedigital.com]
Petrobras Selling Nine Fields. Petrobras announced that it is putting nine small, shallow-water oil fields up for sale, The Wall Street Journal reports. Petrobras said the nine fields -- Caioba, Camorim, Dourado, Guaricema e Tatuí in Sergipe and Curimã, Espada, Atum e Xaréu in Ceará -- produced an average of 13,000 bbl last year. [Oilpro, WSJ]
GSP Awarded Tunisia Contract. Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) has been awarded anoffshore drilling contract in Tunisia. Drilling operations will be carried out with GSP Jupiter, a cantilever type mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU). [Oilpro]
Brazil 2017 Subsalt Oil Rights Sale To Unlock Stalled Fields. Brazil on Tuesday said it will sell four areas in its prolific subsalt region by mid-2017 to speed up development of offshore oil and gas discoveries blocked by nationalist energy policies and state-run Petrobras' debt and financial woes. [Reuters]
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2. IEA认为未来5年国际天然气贸易将发生巨变
周三，国际能源署（IEA）在《2016年中期天然气市场报告》中表示：虽然天然气需求疲软、价格较低，但是未来LNG供应量依然会大幅上升。接下来的5年中，国际天然气贸易将发生巨变。
3. 沙特计划大幅提升非石油收入
6月6日，沙特官员表示：在接下来的5年中，沙特计划将非石油收入增加3倍，提升至1410亿美元，并削减公职人员薪资。
4. IOG计划在7月份开始钻井作业
2016年7月份，Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG)公司计划在Northern North Sea海域P1609许可证地区Block 9/21区块开始一口评价井的钻井作业。
5. Seventy-Seven Energy申请破产保护
受低油价影响，油服公司Seventy Seven Energy在周二申请破产保护。根据破产法第11章规定，Seventy Seven Energy在重组过程中可以将11亿美元的债务转换为公司股权。
6. 挪威罢工危机加深
挪威油服公司与石油工人的第四轮也是最后一轮工资谈判停滞不前，导致挪威罢工危机加深。
7. Engie获得36/7-4号井钻井许可
挪威石油董事会向Engie E&P Norge AS公司授予36/7-4号井的钻井许可。届时，Engie将启用Transocean Arctic号钻井平台进行36/7-4号井的钻井作业。
8. Dolphin Drilling为Blackford Dolphin安装Blast Curtain System
Dolphin Drilling公司在Blackford Dolphin号半潜式钻井平台上安装了首套Blast Curtain System，目前，Blackford Dolphin号半潜式钻井平台正在为Chevron提供服务。
9. 中国计划在10,000英尺深水中建造巨型载人平台
中国正加紧设计制造深水载人平台，以协助中国在南海地区勘探矿产资源。外媒猜测，这一深水平台也有可能具有军事用途。
10. East Sunrise和中国船舶重工集团交易告吹
应香港East Sunrise集团要求，青岛海事法院责令中国船舶重工集团子公司 ---青岛海西重机有限责任公司停止制造两座自升式钻井平台。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Oil Pro 6月8日消息 编译/赵宁
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WTI Closed At Highest Level Since July 21, 2015. WTI settled up $0.67 (1.4%) to $50.36/bbl on Tuesday, its highest close since July 21. Brent saw its highest close since October 9, settling up $0.89 (1.8%) to $51.44/bbl. Early Wednesday, WTI climbed 69 cents to $51.05 a barrel by 7:55 a.m. ET, having earlier hit $51.12. [Oilpro, CNBC]
IEA Sees Massive Shifts In Global Gas Trade Over Next 5 Years. Massive growth in LNG supplies despite weak gas demand and low prices The next five years will bring areshaping of the global gas trade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday in its 2016 Medium-Term Gas Market Report. [Oilpro, IEA]
Saudi Arabia To Boost Non-Oil Revenue Up To $141 Billion. Saudi Arabia plans to more than triple the government's non-oil revenues and clamp down on public-sector salaries over the next five years, ministers said on June 6. [armenpress.am, Oilpro]
IOG To Drill Skipper Appraisal Well In July. Independent Oil and Gas plc (IOG) is set to drill an appraisal well on the Skipper oil discovery in Block 9/21a in license P1609 in the Northern North Sea in July 2016. [Oilpro]
Seventy-Seven Energy Declares Bankruptcy. Oilfield services company Seventy Seven Energy became the next victim of the chronic oil price downturn on Tuesday, when it filed for a prepackaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy package that would allow the entity to convert $1.1 billion of debt into equity under a restructured corporation. [Yahoo Finance, Oilpro]
Norway Strike Threat Increases. The fourth, and final round of collective pay talks held this week between employers and workers employed in the oilfield services sector have hit a standstill. [Offshore Energy Today]
Engie Granted Drilling Permit Offshore Norway. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Engie E&P Norge AS a drilling permit for well 36/7-4. Engie will drill Well 36/7-4 from the Transocean Arctic drilling facility located northwest of the Gjøa field. [Oilpro]
Blackford Dolphin Hangs Blast Curtain System For Chevron In North Sea. Dolphin Drilling installed its first set of curtains on the Blackford Dolphin, becoming the 6th set installed in the North Sea. [Oilpro]
China Is Planning a Massive Sea Lab 10,000 Feet Underwater. China is speeding up efforts to design and build a manned deep-sea platform to help it hunt for minerals in the South China Sea, one that may also serve a military purpose in the disputed waters. [Bloomberg]
East Sunrise And CSIC Trade Blows In Jackup Rig Spat. Qingdao Maritime Court hasordered a freeze on two jackup rigs under construction at CSIC-affiliated Qingdao Haixi Heavy-duty Machinery, at the request of Hong Kong-based East Sunrise Group over a contract dispute. [Splash 247, Oilpro]
Meet Paul Koyich Of Edmonton, Canada, #HUMANSofOG. He writes, "Having spent the better part of my life in the oil and gas industry, onshore and offshore, I was fortunate to have worked in South East Asia and the Middle East. The sense of adventure of living in a foreign country was far more satisfying than I could ever imagine." [Oilpro]
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 6月17日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Iran could award around fifty billion U.S. dollars worth of contracts to offshore oilfield services providers by 2020, in a move to boost production to the pre-sanctions levels.
According to estimates by Rystad Energy, a Norwegian energy intelligence group, around $100 billion will be invested in the country’s upstream sector between 2016 and 2020. Around half of this, Rystad says, will be directed towards the offshore market, which is expected to be at $9 billion this year and grow to $11 billion in 2020. The majority of the market consists of engineering, procurement, construction and installation. Five new platforms will be commissioned in 2017 at South Pars phase 20 and 21, and more to follow at the $4 billion ENI project South Pars phase 11 as well as at Farzad B discovered by an Indian consortium, Rystad says.
Also, the energy intelligence group expects that the demand for drilling contractors as well as well service and commodities will pick up in the coming years since many of the offshore projects under development will go into pre-drilling. Roughly 25% of the investments are well-related costs; with 22 wells to be drilled over the next 30 months at South Pars phase 14 and additional infill drilling to start at the producing field, these services will rise in the next few years.
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据报道，由于对巴西Queiroz Galvao Oil & Gas (QGOG)公司的行政诉讼已结束，QGOG公司目前已被移出巴油黑名单，可重新参与巴油新一轮的招标。QGOG作为Queiroz Galvao集团的子公司，主营钻井平台和作业支持船业务。QGOG是被移出巴油黑名单的第二家企业，此前的TKK Enginering公司已于去年7月份被批准重新参与巴油新一轮招标。目前因涉腐被列入巴油黑名单的企业仍有31家，此外还有68家企业也在不同程度上被禁止和巴油签订新合约。
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A Petrobras informou ontem ter retirado a Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG) da lista de empresas que estão impedidas de arrematarem novos contratos ou participarem de novas licitações da estatal. De acordo com a petroleira, a retirada da fornecedora da relação de bloqueio cautelar se deve ao arquivamento de processo administrativo contra a QGOG por parte da Controladoria Geral da União."A Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás foi desbloqueada devido ao arquivamento de processo administrativo por parte da Controladoria Geral da União (CGU) e está, no momento, passando pelo processo de DDI - Due Diligence de Integridade da Petrobras", informou a Petrobras, em nota, ao Valor.A QGOG é o braço do grupo construtor Queiroz Galvão responsável pelo fornecimento de sondas e embarcações para o setor de petróleo e gás natural. A construtora, aliás, permanece na lista de empresas impedidas de serem contratadas pela estatal.Esse é o segundo caso de desbloqueio de fornecedor da Petrobras por arquivamento de processo administrativo pela CGU. A outra empresa desbloqueada pelo mesmo motivo foi a TKK Engenharia, em julho do ano passado.Com a exclusão da QGOG, a lista de empresas com bloqueio cautelar totaliza agora 31 companhias. Além delas, outras 68 empresas estão cumprindo suspensão aplicada pela Petrobras, que também as impede de serem contratadas.A lista de empresas em bloqueio cautelar temporário foi criada pela Petrobras em dezembro de 2014, incluindo 23 companhias ou grupos empresariais que haviam sido citados como integrantes de cartel na operação Lava Jato, da Polícia Federal.Em dezembro, o diretor de Governança, Risco e Conformidade da Petrobras, João Elek, disse que a companhia pretende realizar uma auditoria em praticamente todos os fornecedores, para apurar se as empresas estão atuando de acordo com as novas exigências de conformidade estabelecidas pela estatal.
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巴油提出Sete Brasil重组新方案
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A Petrobras voltou à mesa de negociação e apresentou uma proposta para os sócios da Sete Brasil, empresa de sondas criada para construir e alugar os equipamentos de exploração no pré-sal.A Folha apurou que a estatal propõe alugar dez sondas por cinco anos, renováveis por mais cinco. Originalmente, a Sete alugaria 28 sondas por um prazo máximo de 15 anos.Mas, com a recessão e a crise em que as duas empresas mergulharam, especialmente após o envolvimento delas na Lava Jato, foram obrigadas a rever seus planos.Outro fator decisivo foi a queda do petróleo, de US$ 100, quando a Sete Brasil foi idealizada, para cerca de US$ 30, agora. Também pesou a desvalorização do real.Por esses motivos, a Petrobras não queria mais alugar as sondas. No mercado internacional, o aluguel de uma sonda sairia por US$ 300 mil. As da Sete custariam US$ 424 mil por dia à estatal.A Folha apurou que os sócios da Sete começaram a avaliar os cenários depois de receber a nova proposta. As discussões devem começar nesta semana. O preço do aluguel diário das sondas será o tema principal. A Petrobras só aceita negociar a um preço menor que o inicialmente previsto.A estatal nem sentou à mesa e já impôs condições: quer que o banco Rotschild –que já atende a estatal– seja o responsável pela condução desse processo por ambas as partes.A Sete já havia contratado o escritório Alvarez & Marsal para cuidar de seu caso. A Petrobras é sócia minoritária da Sete, que já havia contratado um escritório especializado em reestruturação para cuidar de seu caso.
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Noble钻井公司将暂时撤离巴西市场
据悉，美国钻井公司Noble Corporation正准备于今年第二季度将其Noble Dave Beard半潜式钻井平台驶离巴西。Noble Dave Beard半潜式钻井平台和巴油的租约将于今年四月下旬终止，且并未获得巴油的续约。随着该平台驶离巴西，Noble钻井公司在南美洲将仅剩一艘Noble Houston Colbert自升式钻井平台。目前该自升式钻井平台正在阿根廷为道达尔公司作业。
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US drilling contractor Noble Corporation is preparing to temporarily exit Brazil in the second quarter with the de¬mobilisation of the semi-submersible rig Noble Dave Beard.The rig is due to roll off contract with Petrobras in late April and will not be renewed by the state-controlled company.“Costs are expected to increase slightly in the second quarter due primarily to an anticipated demobilisation expense associated with the Noble Dave Beard’s transit out of Brazil,” said Noble chief financial officer James MacLennan.After the Noble Dave Beard departs from Brazil, the company will be left with a single rig in South America, the jack-up Noble Houston Colbert, which is chartered to Total in Argentina until early June.Noble senior vice president of marketing and contracts Simon Johnson said the company is “cautiously optimistic” regarding future work programmes for the Noble Houston Colbert and five other rigs with charters expiring soon.
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Paragon Offshore申请破产保护
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SÃO PAULO - A Paragon Offshore, fornecedora americana de sondas para a Petrobras, informou nesta segunda-feira que iniciou seu processo de recuperação judicial no Tribunal de Falências do Distrito de Delaware, nos Estados Unidos, para tentar reestruturar sua dívida.Como anunciado anteriormente, no dia 12 de fevereiro, a Paragon entrou em um acordo com 77% dos integrantes de dois grupos de detentores de títulos e 89% de credores. Cada um desses grupos receberá um pagamento em dinheiro em troca da redução do principal da dívida ou da modificação dos termos dos empréstimos.A empresa também informou que pediu ao tribunal permissão para pagar certos credores e continuar operando durante a recuperação judicial, mecanismo chamado de “first-day motion”. Esse movimento garantirá que os fornecedores da Paragon, assim como seus funcionários, continuem sendo pagos por seus serviços. A companhia espera manter liquidez suficiente durante o processo de reestruturação para seguir operando.A Paragon e seus pares têm sido prejudicadas pela queda nos preços do petróleo ao longo de 2015, situação que tem se gravado nos dois primeiros meses deste ano. Os baixos preços têm forçados produtores de petróleo, que contratam equipamentos de perfuração, a cortar despesas, cancelando seus contratos com fornecedoras desses serviços. As operadoras de sondas Hercules Offshore e Vantage Drilling também entraram em recuperação judicial no ano passado.
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SapuraKencana向巴油交付第四艘PLSV
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A fourth pipelaying support vessel built and operated by a joint venture between Malaysia's SapuraKencana and Bermuda-based Seadrill has started work for Brazilian giant Petrobras.SapuraKencana revealed Friday the Sapura Jade PLSV had started work on schedule supporting Petrobras' operations off Brazil.SapuraKencana's 50:50 joint venture in Brazil with Seadrill, known as Sapura Navegacao Maritima, was awarded long-term contracts in November 2011 and in June 2013 worth a combined $4.1 billion to build and operate six PLSVs for offshore deep-water flexible pipelay work.The Sapura Jade is the fourth of those vessels to start work in Brazil and follows on from the Sapura Diamante, Sapura Topazio, and Sapura Onix.The final two PLSVs, the Sapura Esmeralda and the Sapura Rubi are set to be delivered later this year.The Sapura Jade is equipped with a 550-tonne vertical lay system for the deployment of a range of flexible products in up to 3000 metres of water and is also fitted with remotely operated vehicles developed and built by SapuraKencana’s Australian subsidiary, Total Marine Technology.
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巴油提前终止Dryships公司PSV租约
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Petrobras has quashed a charter deal for a platform supply vessel belonging to Greek owner DryShips, which is now seeking to restructure its debts.The Brazilian state giant has given notice of termination of the contract for the Vega Crusader from 6 March, 10 months ahead of schedule.
The termination represents a loss in contracted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation to DryShips of around $2.2 million for the remainder of 2016.The Greek shipping company, of which the principal shareholder, George Economou, is also behind rig owner Ocean Rig, has started discussing debt restructuring with its lenders, given the extended downturn in the drybulk shipping market. An expected sale of three capsize bulkers to entities controlled by Economou has also fallen through.Ocean Rig had itself on Monday revealed that Total has quashed the long-term charter of a drillship Ocean Rig Apollo off Congo Brazzaville, while also confirming that Premier Oil has axed its charter of the semi-submersible Eirik Raude off the Falkland Islands.
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Energy CEOs Back UK To “Remain” In Europe. Chief executives at three of the top four UK oil and gas producers have publicly backed the campaign to keep the UK within the European Union. [Oilpro]
Oil Rises As Investors Focus On Britain's EU Referendum. Oil prices rose by up to 2 percent on Thursday, shrugging off a smaller than expected draw on U.S. crude stocks as money and equity markets firmed after the last sweep of Brexit opinion polls raised optimism over Britain remaining in the EU. [Reuters]
More Deals For Devon. Devon Energy has announced a further US$858 million worth of asset sales last week, alongside plans to step up capital spending in its core areas. Pioneer Natural Resources is buying some of these assets as it moves to consolidate its Permian Basin holdings and also step up drilling. [Oilpro]
EIA Reports Modest Draw In U.S. Oil Inventories. The EIA's weekly oil inventory report showed a less-than-expected draw in oil stockpiles of 900,000 barrels. Read this insightful analysis of the report by Andy Douglas. [Oilpro]
"Oversupply Has Disappeared," New Saudi Oil Minister Tells Houston Chronicle. Speaking to the Houston Chronicle, Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih said the oil supply glut that has depressed oil prices since mid-2014 has "disappeared." He spoke to the paper while visiting Saudi Aramco operations in Houston. [Oilpro]
World’s 2nd-Biggest Sovereign Fund Sees Oil Glut Until Mid-2017. The global oil glut will probably persist until at least next summer as markets take time to absorb excess crude in storage, according to the head of research at the world’s second-largest sovereign wealth fund. [Bloomberg]
Proserv Secures Two GOM Contracts. Proserv has won two significant contracts in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments. [Oilpro]
Russia Expedites Domestic LNG Industry. Russia's two largest gas producers, Gazprom and Novatek, are looking to develop a home-grown LNG industry, with the help of foreign investors. [Oilpro, naturalgaseurope.com]
Wentworth Updates Mozambique Activities. Wentworth says Mozambique’s minister of minerals and energy has approved its operatorship and appraisal plan for the gas discovery made at the Tembo-1 well in December 2014. [Oilpro]
Hess Denmark Renews Integrity Inspection Contract With DNV GL. Hess Denmark ApS has awarded a contract to DNV GL to provide asset integrity inspection management of its South Arne field including Risked Based Inspection (RBI) services and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) inspection services. [Oilpro]
Subsea 7 向K&S Baltic Offshore提出，有意收购Seaway Heavy Lifting剩余50%股权。报价有效期截止到2017年7月1日。在此期间，Seaway Heavy Lifting工人委员会将依据荷兰法律接受问询。Subsea 7首席执行官Jean Cahuzac表示：可再生能源、吊装作业和油气田退役是Seaway Heavy Lifting的专业领域，这笔收购交易将加强 Subsea 7的市场地位。Seaway Heavy Lifting是一家合资企业， Subsea 7持有其50%股权。若K&S Baltic Offshore接受报价，Seaway Heavy Lifting将成为Subsea 7的全资子公司。
Oil Rallies Over Brexit Debate. Oil rallied on Monday, lifted by a wave of investor confidence and a weaker dollar after polls showed a diminishing chance that Britain may vote to leave the European Union later this week. [CNBC]
Exxon's Argentine Plans. ExxonMobil may invest more than US$10 billion on developing the giant Vaca Muerta shale play. The new conservative government’s efforts to convince investors of Argentina’s appeal could be about to pay off, with ExxonMobil considering a major new oil and gas development. [Oilpro]
With Oil Near $50, Resilient U.S. Shale Producers Eye New Chapter. Two years into the worst oil price rout in a generation, large and mid-sized U.S. independent producers are surviving and eyeing growth again as oil nears $50 a barrel, confounding OPEC and Saudi Arabia with their resiliency. [Reuters]
Oil Bust Leaves States With Massive Well Cleanup. The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites at a time when they have little money to plug wells and seal off environmental hazards. [Oilpro, ABC News]
Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Multibillion Dollar Tax Refund To Drillers. Texans could have been faced with billions of dollars in new taxes or lost services, had the Texas Supreme Court ruled differently Friday. The case turned on whether oil and gas companies can claim state sales tax exemptions for drilling equipment. [Dallas Morning News]
OPEC Net Oil Export Revenue Fell 46% In 2015, EIA Says. OPEC earned about $404 billion in net oil export revenues in 2015, representing a 46% decline from 2014, the EIA said in a report. The fall in oil prices is the main reason for the decline. To a lesser extent, decreases in the level of OPEC net oil exports was a factor. [Oilpro]
Rosneft 'May Seek $11bn Stake Sale'. Russian state player Rosneft is reportedly considering a possible 700 billion rubles ($11 billion) sale of a large minority stake to China and India, prompting a spike in the company's shares. [Upstream]
16 Top Former Military Officials Urge Obama To Keep Arctic O&G Leases In Next 5-Year Plan. 16 high ranking former military officials sent a letter to the Obama administration requesting that Arctic O&G leases be kept as part of the next Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) five-year plan for national security reasons. [Oilpro]
Trump vs. Clinton: What Does It Mean For Canadian O&G? The proposed energy policies of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the presumptive nominees for the 2016 U.S. presidential race, are highly divergent and if adopted in their current forms would have significantly different impacts on the western Canadian oil and gas industry. [Oilpro, jwnenergy.com]
Statoil To Use C-Kore’s Subsea Monitoring Tools for North Sea Field. Statoil has awarded C-Kore Systems a contract to supply subsea electrical monitoring tools. Statoil will be using the tools to monitor the insulation resistance and continuity of a new control umbilical during its installation at a field outside Bergen in the northern part of the North Sea. [Oilpro]
ONGC公司计划投资约700，000万卢比在印度东、西海岸钻17口页岩气勘探井和页岩油勘探井。
印度环境与林业部专家评审委员会（EAC）最近召开会议，会议纪要显示：ONGC正在申请部门批准，准备勘探职权范围条款（Terms of Reference）。ONGC计划在Mehsana的Cambay地区、Ahmedabad和Gujarat邦的Bharuch地区投资366,000万卢比，在Tamil Nadu邦Nagapattinam地区的Cauvery地区投资45,000万卢比；并在Andhra Pradesh邦East Godavari 和West Godavari地区的KG盆地投资217,000万卢比进行页岩气和页岩油勘探。
ONGC一名高管称，这是ONGC首次在如此大的范围内进行页岩气勘探，同时这也是ONGC首次在Krishna-Godavari盆地内进行页岩气勘探。
页岩气和页岩油对于满足印度国内能源需求具有重要意义，并且目前印度急需加强对国内资源的勘探与评估，因此印度在2013年10月14日制定相关政策。根据政策规定，ONGC和OIL国家石油公司将会在已经确认的勘探区域内进行页岩气和页岩油勘探。
相关机构命令ONGC在该工程第一阶段内确定至少50个页岩油气勘探区域，并且于2017年之前，在每个区域内钻至少一口页岩油、气勘探井。
美国能源信息署（US Energy Information Agency）2013年发布的报告显示，印度页岩气储量达63万亿立方英尺。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Dnaindia 4月24日消息 编译/赵宁
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State-owned ONGC Limited is planning to explore as many as 17 shale gas and oil wells in both east and west coasts with an investment of around Rs 700 crore.
According to the minutes of a recent meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of Ministry of Environment and Forests, the PSU sought the ministry's nod to prepare Terms of Reference for exploring the wells.
A senior official of the PSU said this is the first time that the oil and gas company has taken up shale gas exploration in such a big scale. Also, it first time that it has taken up shale gas exploration in the Krishna-Godavari basin.
According to the minutes, ONGC sought permission for drilling 11 exploratory wells for shale oil/shale gas in Cambay basin at Mehsana, Ahmedabad and Bharuch districts of Gujarat, one well in Cauvery basin at Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu and five wells in KG Basin at East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Shale gas is the natural gas that is trapped within shale formations. Shales are fine-grained sedimentary rocks that can be rich resources of petroleum and natural gas.
"ONGC Ltd has proposed for exploratory drilling of 11 wells for shale oil/shale gas in Cambay basin at Mehsana, Ahmedabad, Bharuch in Gujarat. Total cost of project is Rs 366 crores," according to the minutes of the meeting.
The costs of the projects at KG-Basin and Cauvery are Rs 217 crore and Rs 45 crore, respectively, it added.
"ONGC was given a mandate to identify a minimum of 50 nomination blocks where it will take up shale gas and oil exploration in Phase-I.
"ONGC will have to drill at least one (two in blocks having area more than 200 sq km) well for assessment of shale gas and oil in each of these blocks by 2017," the official cited above.
Realising the importance of shale gas and oil for meeting the energy demands of the country and the need to expedite exploration and assessment of domestic reserves, the Centre had announced policy guidelines on October 14, 2013, whereby national oil companies ONGC and OIL were to take up shale gas and oil exploration activities in their nomination blocks.
According to a report released in 2013 by US Energy Information Agency, India has 63 trillion cubic feet of shale gas trapped under rocks.
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BEIJING, May 5 (Reuters) -- An engineering unit of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) won a $620-million contract to build an oil refinery in Cambodia, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.
Northeast Refining and Chemical Engineering Co.(CNPCNE) is scheduled to complete building the first phase of the project of 2 MMtpy, or about 40,000 bpd by 2018, Xinhua said.
This will be Cambodia's first oil refinery and will help cut its reliance on fuel imports, Xinhua said.
The refinery, located in Cambodia's southwestern Preah Sihanouk province, will be further expanded to 100,000 bpd at a total cost of $3 billion, Xinhua quoted Hann Khieng, the managing director of the Cambodian Petrochemical Co. (CPC), as saying.
The plant is jointly owned by CPC and the Chinese firm Sinomach China Perfect Machinery Industry Corp.
(Reporting By Kathy Chen and Chen Aizhu; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
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一份新闻稿中透露道，卢克石油公司Lukoil、PanAtlantic石油有限公司和罗马尼亚国家天然气公司在罗马尼亚海域发现了一个大型深水天然气田。气田位于Trident断块（EX-30），是由最近刚完钻的Lira 1X探井所发现。卢克石油公司的海外分公司——Atash公司作为运营商，持有由罗马尼亚政府所授予的特许权。该项目中的股份比例是Romgaz占10％，卢克石油公司占72％，PanAtlantic则为18％。断块水下深度在300米到1200米之间，Lira-1X探井据海岸线170公里左右。Transocean Development Driller II 的半潜式钻井平台使其钻遇总深度达到2700米。该井暂时放弃了对其天然气量的进一步评估。地震数据表明，气田面积可达到39平方公里，预计天然气储量为30亿立方米。在2016年，可以根据所钻探井获得的数据以及重新整理出来的地震资料，确认已发现气田的规模和评估潜在的油气储量。
据路透社报道，油气部门负责人Head Olga Dergunova说，如果普京支持私有化计划，俄罗斯的国有资产管理局将出售该国几个主要公司的股份。该部门准备出售的是石油巨头——俄罗斯石油公司、俄水电公司、Alrosa钻石生产公司和Aeroflot航空公司的股份。她还补充道，政府最近建议该机构先考虑市场状况而加快大型资产的出售进程。
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Eni makes gas, condensate discovery offshore Congo
Eni discovered gas and condensate offshore Congo in the exploration prospect of Nkala Marine, the company said in a news release. The prospect is located in the presalt Marine XII Block, about 20 km (12 miles) from the coast and 3 km (1.9 miles) from the Nene Marine Field, already in production. The find is expected to have a potential of 250 MMboe to 350 MMboe in place. During the production test, the well provided more than 300,000 scu. m/d (10.5 MMscf/d) of gas and associated condensate. The well, drilled in a water depth of 38 m (125 ft), encountered a major gas and condensate buildup in the presalt clastic geological sequence of lower Cretaceous age, crossing a hydrocarbon column of 240 m (787 ft). Eni estimates the resources in place of oil and gas discoveries made in the Eni-operated Marine XII Block to be about 5.8 Bboe. The production of the block, started last December, stands at about 15,000 boe/d. Additionally, the company reported it will restart an aggressive exploration campaign once crude prices rise to $70 dollars a barrel, a Reuters report stated. The company, which recently discovered the super-giant Zohr Field offshore Egypt, had an estimated 6 Bboe of resources in about 600 undrilled prospects in its key African region.
Egypt’s president approves $2.2 billion in exploration contracts
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved six new oil and gas exploration contracts for investments worth at least $2.2 billion, the Oil Ministry said, according to a Reuters report. The agreements include the search for oil and gas in the Mediterranean, Nile Delta, Western Desert and the Gulf of Suez. The deals were initially mooted at an investment conference in Sharm El Sheikh earlier this year.
ASIA
Searcher gears up for seismic survey over Gulf of Papua
Searcher Seismic is working to acquire about 17,000 km (10,563 miles) of 2-D long-offset high-resolution broadband seismic data over the Gulf of Papua, the company said in a news release. BGP is a partner in the project, which is being conducted in cooperation with the Department of Petroleum and Energy. The BGP Explorer has now mobilized for the project. The Haere survey is a grid of modern high-quality data that will be fundamental in assisting the reinterpretation of the geology in the Gulf of Papua and the identification of prospective structural and stratigraphic trends that can be used for regional evaluations and future detailed seismic survey designs, said Rachel Masters, Searcher’s global sales manager. The new survey brings Searcher’s total data library in the Gulf of Papua to 58,000 km (36,039 miles). Fast-track data deliveries will commence in first-quarter 2016.
Lundin makes small gas find offshore Malaysia
Lundin Malaysia BV has made a small gas discovery with the Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307 offshore Malaysia, a news release stated. The well targeted hydrocarbons in Miocene-aged sands located 75 km (47 miles) northwest of the Bertam Field operated by Lundin Malaysia. Mengkuang-1 was drilled with the West Prospero jackup rig to a total depth of 1,259 m (4,131 ft) below mean sea level. The well encountered 9 m (30 ft) of gas pay in the I-35 group Miocene channel sands. The well was plugged and abandoned. Lundin Malaysia holds
AUSTRALIA
SBM Offshore wins contract for Browse FLNG turret FEED
Technip SA awarded SBM Offshore a FEED contract for three large-scale turret mooring systems associated with the proposed Browse Floating LNG (FLNG) development in Australia, SBM Offshore said in a news release. The three turrets are expected to be designs similar to and slightly larger in size than the Shell Prelude FLNG turret that SBM Offshore was awarded in 2011. Integration with the Prelude facility in Korea is currently ongoing. The proposed Browse project, operated by Woodside Energy Ltd., is located 425 km (264 miles) north of Broome in Western Australia. The project’s reference case is based on three FLNG facilities to develop the Brecknock, Calliance and Torosa fields in the Browse Basin and is subject to a final investment decision targeted for the end of the FEED in second-half 2016.
DNV GL wins contract for Ichthys LNG project
DNV GL has secured a contract to provide in-service verification and classification services to a range of facilities at the Ichthys LNG project in Australia, according to a news release. INPEX is preparing to transition from the project execution phase to the operational phase of the megaproject. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2017. The primary scope of work includes in-service verification of the Ichthys facilities, the central processing facility (CPF), FPSO, subsea production system, gas export pipeline, onshore combined cycle power plant and onshore LNG plant. DNV GL also will provide in-service classification of the CPF and the FPSO hulls. DNV GL has provided vendor inspection, verification and offshore classification support to the $34 billion venture since 2012. Located 220 km (137 miles) offshore Western Australia, the Ichthys Field sits on Block WA-285-P in the Browse Basin in the Timor Sea. This gas and condensate field lies at a water depth of 250 m (820 ft) and represents the largest discovery of hydrocarbon liquids in Australia in 40 years, according to the release.
EUROPE
CGG may cut 25% of staff in new restructuring
CGG SA released a new restructuring plan to begin next year that could see the French seismic survey group reduce its workforce by 25%, the CGT union said, according to Reuters. CGG declined to comment. CGG is already cutting 2,000 jobs over two years to reduce the workforce to 7,700 people by year-end 2015 in response to the sharp drop in the price of crude.
Deepwater gas field discovered offshore Romania
Lukoil, PanAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. and Romgaz discovered a large deepwater gas field offshore Romania, a press release stated. The field is in the Trident Block (EX-30). It was discovered after the exploratory Lira 1X well was recently drilled. Lukoil Overseas Atash BV is operator, and there is a concession agreement with the Romanian government that was finalized.
Romgaz’s share in the project is 10%, Lukoil’s is 72% and PanAtlantic Petroleum Ltd.’s is 18%. Water depth in the block ranges from 300 m to 1,200 m (984 ft to 3,978 ft). The Lira-1X well is about 170 km (106 miles) from the coast. It was drilled to a 2,700-m (8,860-ft) total depth by the Transocean Development Driller II semisubmersible rig. The well was temporarily abandoned for further evaluation of the Lira gas discovery. Seismic data indicated that the gas field’s area can reach up to 39 sq km (15 sq miles) with estimated natural gas reserves of 30 Bcm (1 Tcf). In 2016, an exploration well will be drilled at Lira and seismic data reprocessed to confirm the size of the discovery and assess potential hydrocarbon reserves.
Market conditions prompt more job cuts for Maersk Oil
Maersk Oil plans to shed between 10% and 12% of its global workforce in an effort to reduce operating costs by 20% by year-end 2016, the company said. The move, which also impacts employees in contractor roles and at the company’s headquarters, follows an extensive internal review of business activities and continued low oil prices. It brings the total number of positions taken out of the organization during 2015 to about 1,250.
RUSSIA
Russian state agency ready to sell off Rosneft stake
Russia’s state property management agency is ready to sell off stakes in several major firms as part of a privatization plan if President Vladimir Putin backs the idea, Agency Head Olga Dergunova said, according to a Reuters report. The agency is ready to sell stakes in oil giant Rosneft, hydropower company Rushydro, diamond producer Alrosa and airline Aeroflot, Dergunova said. The government has recently recommended the agency speed up large asset sales irrespective of market conditions, she added.
SOUTH AMERICA
Colombia will cut oil taxes to boost offshore exploration
Colombia will lower tax rates for oil companies drilling in some offshore Caribbean blocks, the Mines and Energy Minister said, in an effort to encourage exploration amid a global slump in crude prices, Reuters reported. Contracts for various offshore blocks will get a 25% discount on income taxes and will be exempt from value-added tax and customs charges. The move will help keep output near 1 MMbbl/d in the medium term. Colombia’s public finances have been battered by the fall in prices for crude oil, its biggest export and source of foreign exchange. The Andean country produced an average of 1 MMbbl/d of crude in September. State-run Ecopetrol produces more than half of Colombia’s oil, while the Canada-based Pacific Exploration and Production Corp. is the biggest private player. The government hopes to increase investment in the sector to about $15 billion per year from current levels of between $5 billion and $7 billion.
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HOUSTON -- Halliburton worked with Eclipse Resources Corporation to complete hydraulic fracturing of the extended reach lateral test well known as “Purple Hayes,” the company said Tuesday.
The Utica shale well had a lateral length of over 18,500 ft and was completed with 124 frac stages in 24 days. The total depth was 27,046 ft, including the lateral extension which Eclipse believes is the longest horizontal onshore lateral ever drilled in the U.S.
The fracturing operations performed by Halliburton utilized the company’s Q10 pumps equipped with dual fuel technology, which performed with zero down time. In addition, SandCastle PS-2500 units equipped with Halliburton Dust Control systems provided superior sand loading logistics while reducing the environmental footprint on site. The efficiencies achieved with this equipment allowed Eclipse to improve its daily completion rate by 20% over the original plan, lowering their ultimate cost per BOE.
Tony Angelle, area V.P. for Halliburton said, “The Halliburton and Eclipse team worked incredibly efficiently on this well, setting 124 of our Obsidian Frac plugs, averaging 5.3 frac stages per day and achieving a North America land record of 26,641 ft in plug set depth. We are proud this accomplishment was made using our complete Frac of the Future fleet, including dual fuel pumps that reduced fuel consumption by 40%.”
Thomas Liberatore, executive V.P. and COO for Eclipse said, “I am pleased to say that the drilling and completion of the well progressed almost exactly as designed, which, although expected by us, was truly remarkable and groundbreaking execution by our team.”
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 8月1日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Magseis, a Norwegian geophysical company, has together with its partner BGP Arabia officially started operations on Saudi Aramco’s project in the Red Sea.
Magseis was awarded Saudi Aramco’s S78 project for large-scale ocean bottom seismic acquisition in the Red Sea in February 2016. The company said on Monday that the project started following a period of preparation and testing. The survey will be recorded with Magseis’ proprietary MASS system and deployed in water depths ranging from 1 to 1000m. The project has an expected duration of 9 months and a 12-month extension option.
According to the seismic company, the survey features complicated surface and geological conditions with a combination of deep and shallow marine work. The company also said back in February that M/V Artemis Athene, Magseis’ OBS vessel, will be used for the survey.
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