Unified command has been established in response to reports of a sheen near a platform in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. The command has been comprised of the United States Coast Guard (USCG), Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC), and oil company Hilcorp Alaska (Hilcorp). The sheen has be
Houston-based LNG player Cheniere said the commissioning of its third liquefaction train at the Sabine Pass LNG export plant in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, has been completed.
Lekoil, an oil company focused on Africa, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GE Oil & Gas for the development of a work programme for the Ogo field in OPL310, offshore Nigeria. Lekoil is currently in discussions with other potential partners for the financing of the OPL310 appraisal progr
By Mark Tay SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The world’s gas industry is descending on Tokyo this week with something other than cherry blossoms on its mind: a trio of Asian LNG buyers testing their collective muscle in a push for more flexible long-term contracts for the fuel. Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS), Japan’s
Italian oil major Eni and its partners have agreed to underwrite and license 1,800 square kilometers of new multi-client 3D seismic data over the Frontier Exploration License (FEL) 3/04 offshore Ireland. FEL 3/04 is situated in a water depth of 1,500 meters and is located some 200 kilometers off the
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