China oil giant CNOOC has made a discovery in the Eastern South China Sea. The discovery well Lufeng 14-4-4 was drilled and completed at a depth and completed at a depth of 4,098 meters and encountered oil pay zones with a production level tested at 1,320 barrels per day.
CorEnergy is to acquire ownership of a multi-million dollar pipeline central to natural gas in St Louis. The MoGas pipeline, worth $125million, is 263 miles long and maintains key connections on three natural gas transmission pipelines.
A Senex Energy gas well is ready for first gas sales. The Hornet-1 gas well has been completed for production and is in pre-commissioning, ahead of first gas sales for the Australia-headquartered firm.
An Aberdeen-based offshore training provider has become the only Scottish company to receive an industry recognised accreditation. SUBC Engineering has been certified by the International Association of Drilling Contractors Drilling Industry Training (IADC), a body that authorises training providers in delivering courses, ensuring that the design and delivery meet industry standards.
Two Anglolan oil giants have today signed an agreement that could enhance the country's presence on the industry map. The chairman of Sonangol and Eni's chief executive have reached a deal to maximise activities and projects in offshore Angola.
Internationally based Sea Trucks has landed a contract for a development in Nigeria. The deal will see the offshore support firm provide subsea installation work in the Okwok Field.
Energy service firm Enermech will invest £3million in boosting its Norwegian workforce and equipment, the company has announced. The move comes after the company appointed Stian Urke as its sales manager to strengthen the firm's PPU division in Norway. Enermech will boost its employee numbers from 60 to 75 which will include senior positions in both the hydraulics and equipment rental divisions as it expands in both Bergen and Stavanger.
MOL Group has been offered four operator licenses on the UK Continental Shelf.
A UK-based solar energy company is to commission an Essex solar farm that could power nearly 3,000 homes. Lightsource Renwable Energy will commission and connect the solar farm south-west of Little Bardfield Village with Push Energy.
A total of 95 applications have been submitted in the UK's 14th landward licensing round, the Department of Energy and Climate Change confirmed today (DECC).
Today's US-China announcement on climate change is a potential game-changer for Paris next year, The Climate Group said today. President Obama and President Xi Jinpin in Beijing today pledged that China would cap its emissions for the first time and that the US would committed to deepen reductions by 2025. Changhua Wu, Greater China director of The Climate Group, said: “Today’s announcement that China’s emissions would peak by 2030 at the latest is an unprecedented recognition of China’s responsibilities on the world stage when it comes to climate change. It’s the first time that China – or any emerging economy – has committed to an emissions target.
Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company has begun gas production from its platform in offshore Malaysia. Production from the Kebabangan (KBB) platform is expected to reach 500 million standard cubic feet per day by April 2015.
A Valgo Gas project has been suspended after "mechanical difficulties" were found in one if its wells, delaying its completion. Drilling on the #3 well on the Vostochny Makarovskoye has halted after a drill pipe got stuck at a depth of 2,556 metres.
Amid the growing need for skilled workers in the engineering industry, Shell has confirmed its investment in a programme aimed to inspire the next generation. Tomorrow's Engineers, run by Engineering UK, aims to tackle the skills crisis by encouraging and inspiring more students to study, and pursue, a career in science, technology, engineering or maths.
The Middle East will be one of the key markets for oilfield services companies, it has been suggested. Corporate advisory firm Simmons & Company International believe that with countries in the area maximising recovery from maturing assets the region will be central to the industry for decades. The Aberdeen-headquartered company has claimed there is an increasing willingness amongst governments and the national oil companies to build relationships with foreign companies to sector bring know-how and technology into the region.
Leni Gas and Oil (LGO) has spudded the seventh well of its 30-well Goudron development in Trinidad.
A Super Puma helicopter has made an emergency landing on a North Sea platform.
Scotland needs to take ownership of its own renewables future, according to an industry figure.
National Trust will today launch it latest renewable project in Snowdonia, Wales.
A course to provide English language skills to oil and gas professionals is to start in Aberdeen.
Technip has been awarded a 'substantial' contract for the North Sea Kraken development.
Chinese investment in the UK energy sector could exceed £43billion in the next 10 years, research has claimed.
Aberdeen Harbour welcomed the largest vessel to have ever docked in the city last week.
CKD Galbraith has unveiled two consented renewable energy projects to help tackle subsidy deadlines.
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has named its recommendations to replace its existing board.
