Latin America & Caribbean
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Oct. 8, 2021)
Three Wolfcamp A completions in Howard County, Texas by Birch Operations plus a Utica Shale discovery and another Exxon Mobil Guyana find top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Field Development
BP Achieves Early First Gas Offshore Trinidad
With 15 offshore production platforms, bpTT is the country’s largest hydrocarbon producer, accounting for about 55% of the nation’s gas production.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Sept. 17, 2021)
A Mewbourne Oil well completed in Ochiltree County, Texas, plus a Chesapeake Energy Marcellus Shale discovery as well as additional finds offshore Australia’s Otway Basin and Java Island, Indonesia top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
International
ConocoPhillips Aims to Collect $115 Million Jamaica Owes Venezuela
U.S. oil company ConocoPhillips is aiming to collect some $115 million that Jamaica's government owes Venezuela to partly enforce a $2 billion arbitral award, Jamaican court records showed on Aug. 4.
Field Development , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Shell Pushes LNG Strategy Forward with Barracuda First Gas
Barracuda is Shell’s first greenfield project in Trinidad and Tobago and one of its largest in the country since its BG Group acquisition.
International , Midstream
WhiteWater Midstream Responds to ‘Explicit Threats’ from Mexican Utility
Mexican state-owned utility’s criminal investigation targeting WhiteWater could have a chilling effect on other U.S. energy companies looking at opportunities in the country.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (July 16, 2021)
Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk wells completed by EOG Resources at a single wellpad in Webb County, Texas, plus a Niobrara venture in the Powder River Basin announced by Devon Energy top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Midstream
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Eyes International Expansion with Panama Deal
Energy Transfer Executive Chairman Kelcy Warren met with Panama President Laurentino Cortizo Cohen to sign a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of joint participation in a proposed Trans-Panama Gateway Pipeline project.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (July 9, 2021)
A Beacon Offshore completion in the Gulf of Mexico, high-volume Haynesville discoveries, Big Horn Basin development test planned in Wyoming plus results from two Bone Spring wells from EOG in the Permian Basin top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Construction
Panama Announces Plans for $1 Billion Natural Gas Plant
Gatun plant will be located near the Port of Colón