Trump Administration Offshore Drilling Plan Due 'In Coming Weeks': Official
The Trump administration’s revised five-year program to expand offshore drilling in most federal waters will be released “in the coming weeks,” an Interior Department official said on March 6, after months of opposition from coastal state lawmakers opposed to exposing their shorelines to oil and gas exploration.
US House Passes Bill Funding Conservation Via Drilling Royalties
The U.S. House of Representatives easily passed a public lands bill that permanently reauthorizes a fund that has funneled billions of dollars into land conservation, paid for by revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling.
North Sea Producer Verus Petroleum Reportedly Up For Sale
The sale process for Verus Petroleum is being run by investment bank Jefferies and could fetch $500 million, according to the sources in a Reuters report.
Kenya Summons Its Ambassador To Somalia As Territorial Row Escalates
Kenya said it had raised concerns with the Somali government a day before the auction after it noticed blocks in what it considers to be its maritime territory were included in the auction.
Husky Energy Plans $3.4 Billion Capex Program For 2019
The investment is about $300 million less than the company forecast in May and includes reductions resulting from Alberta’s mandated oil production cuts.
Johan Castberg Construction Begins At Stord
Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy, Kjell-Børge Freiberg, will start cutting the first sheet for the topside of the Johan Castberg vessel at Kværner's yard at Stord on Nov. 21.
Poland's PGNiG To Buy Stake In Norwegian Gas Field From Equinor
State-run Polish gas firm PGNiG has agreed to buy Equinor's 42.38% stake in the Tommeliten Alpha gas and condensate field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf for $220 million, as part of its plan to diversify supplies, PGNiG said on Oct. 18.
Woodside Aims To Sign-off On Browse Gas Project In 2020
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. on Oct. 18 said it was aiming to bring forward the target date for approving the Browse gas project off northwest Australia by a year to 2020.
US States Opposed To Offshore Drilling Find Hope In Zinke's Words
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has hinted to at least six coastal states that he will keep their waters out of a looming plan to expand U.S. offshore drilling, telling some they lack enough oil to be included anyway.
First Unmanned Platform On Norwegian Continental Shelf Comes Onstream
The Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea came onstream on Oct. 14