BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment Two systems continue to collect oil and gas flowing from the Deepwater Horizon’s failed blow-out preventer (BOP) and transport them to vessels on th
Total announces that its subsidiary, Total Exploration & Production Nigeria Ltd, in association with Conoil Producing Limited, has discovered hydrocarbons in the central portion of the Oil Mining Lease OML 136, offshore Western Nigeria. The Agge-3B.T1 well aimed at exploring an undrilled compartment
Statoil has sold a 10% interest in the Gro licence (PL 326) to PGNiG Norway. Statoil keeps a 30% interest in the licence. The Gro licence is located in the Vøring Basin in the Norwegian Sea. Natural gas was confirmed in the licence by an exploration well in June 2009.A new well is currently being [&
The National Wildlife Refuge Association (NWRA) today praised the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for… [mappress] Source: earthtimes, June 25, 2010;
Sand theft caused Selangor to lose in previous years an average of RM100mil a year. [mappress] Source: star, June 25, 2010;
Repsol-Stream, owned by Repsol and Gas Natural SDG SA, has together with YPF and U.S.-based Excelerate LLC successfully completed the world´s second commercial ship-to-ship transfer and regasification of LNG in the Argentinean port of Bahia Blanca. The transfer was made on June 17 between the Excels
The federal Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward with a plan to dredge several canals in Ocean City, but with no funding source for… [mappress] Source: mdcoastdispatch, June 25, 2010;
By completion of the designed projects in the North Pars region, recoverable capacity of natural gas from Ferdowsi and Golshan gas fields will rise to 60 trillion cubic feet, announced Pars Oil and Gas Company’ managing director, Ali Vakili on Monday. In an exclusive interview with Shana corresponde
THE State Government has granted conditional approval to QGC Pty Limited’s multi-billion-dollar Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas pro… [mappress] Source: Gladstone Observer, June 25, 2010;
President Mauricio Funes inaugurated the port of La Union on the Gulf of Fonseca, which El Salvador shares with Honduras and Nicaragua… [mappress] Source: laht, June 25, 2010;
Repsol has delivered its first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipment, onto the Barcelona Knutsen Tanker, from the Pampa plant Melchorita (Peru) which was officially inaugurated on June 10th. This shipment marks the start of Repsol’s exclusive-rights contract to market the entire output of the plant,
Planning permission for Hayle’s £220 million harbour redevelopment scheme could finally be granted within weeks – more than a year after… [mappress] Source: thisisplymouth, June 25, 2010;
Sand worth millions of ringgit is being illegally “floated” out of the country daily via Sungai Johor here. [mappress] Source: Star, June 25, 2010;
Dredging has begun at the mouth of the Myall River in a bid to deepen the silted-up navigation channel. [mappress] Source: nbntv, June 25, 2010;
