Chevron Corp. has appointed Stephen W. Green as its new president of Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration and Production effective 1 April 2016. Green, 58, succeeds Melody B. Meyer who is retiring from Chevron after 37 years of distinguished service to pursue other opportunities…
Singapore's KrisEnergy has doubled its production of oil and gas in four fields in the Gulf of Thailand, in addition to one onshore gas field in Bangladesh. Together, production stood at 19,935 boe/d as at 1 January 2016. According to KrisEnergy…
Despite a current pause in commitments to new projects, the capital expenditure (capex) for FLNG vessels is expected to amount to US$35.5 billion over 2015-2021, says a new report by Douglas-Westwood (DW) entitled 'World FLNG Market Forecast 2015-2021…
Analysts at Douglas Westwood say despite a current pause in commitments to new projects, the capital expenditure (capex) for Floating LNG (FLNG) vessels is expected to amount to US$35.5 billion over 2015-2021. Spending on floating, storage…
The Binh Minh 2 vessel completed a 3146km 2D seismic acquisition program in the Santos-operated SS-11 block, offshore Bangladesh. Block SS-11 covers an area of 4475sq km in the Bay of Bengal over the Bengal Fan. The majority of the block lies in shallow waters of up to 200m…
According to a study published this month by US-based research and marketing company Markets and Markets, the maritime security industry will be worth around US$20 billion by 2019. The major drivers behind the exponential increase of…
Aberdeen-based explorer Faroe Petroleum it to take on its first operated production in the North Sea through a £35million to take over operated stakes in two southern North Sea gas fields from Tullow Oil. Faroe will take a 60% operated stake in the Ketch field and a 53…
The Kanowit FLNG facility is under construction at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) in Okpo, South Korea, where first steel was cut in June. Petronas Floating LNG 1 (Labuan) Ltd. signed a US$771million contract for engineering…
Bangladesh English-language newspaper, Dhaka Tribune, reported on 5 August that state-owned Bangladesh Oil & Gas Corp. (Petrobangla) will sign exploration agreements with two international oil companies for three blocks. Petrobangla initially…
Weatherford International officially opened a new strategic base for Asia Pacific operations in Singapore last month to meet increasing demand for services across the region. The four-storey facility brings together the company’s 300-strong…
Regulatory enhancements prompted by the macondo disaster now require operators to submit a worst-case discharge (WCd) scenario report prior to obtaining a drilling permit in US offshore fields. How to model WCd for offshore wells in compliance…
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