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  • Volume 117, Issue 9a

    • Volume 117, Issue 9a

    Sept. 9, 2019 | Acu Petroleo, a Prumo Logistica SA partnership with OilTanking, includes Shell, Petrobras, Galp, and Equinor as customers for its 1.2 million-b/d oil transshipment terminal. The only private terminal on the Brazilian coast, it can receive very large crude carriers. Expansion projects under way include oil pipelines connected to Brazil’s grid, 5.5 million bbl of storage, and oil treatment to serve growing exports. Photo from Prumo.
    General Interest

    WoodMac: M&A shake-up due for Australian E&P industry

    Sept. 9, 2019
    A mergers and acquisitions shake-up could be on the horizon for the Australian upstream industry, said Wood Mackenzie, which identified a potential $32 billion in assets that ...
    General Interest

    Papua New Guinea validates Papua LNG gas agreement

    Sept. 9, 2019
    Papua New Guinea’s National Executive Council (NEC) has cleared the way for the Total SA-led joint venture to proceed with implementation of the Papua LNG project following many...
    General Interest

    Carnarvon signs Buffalo PSC with East Timor

    Sept. 9, 2019
    Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd., Perth, has signed a production-sharing contract with the East Timor authorities that confirms an ongoing title to Buffalo oil field and the surrounding...
    General Interest

    Santos-Carnarvon JV prep for Dorado appraisal well

    Sept. 9, 2019
    A joint venture of Santos Ltd. and Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd. reported it has started drilling the second appraisal well in Dorado oil and gas field in the Bedout subbasin off Western...
    General Interest

    Coogee plans menthanol plant for Northern Territory

    Sept. 9, 2019
    Private Coogee Chemicals Pty. Ltd., Perth, reported plans to conduct a study into the feasibility of building a methanol plant in Darwin, Northern Territory.

    More content from Volume 117, Issue 9a

    Government

    Resist harmful ethanol mandates, refining executives urge Trump

    Sept. 9, 2019
    Three US refining executives called on US President Donald Trump to avoid ethanol policies that potentially could harm US oil products production.
    Government

    EPA mulls exempting some oil, gas operations from emissions rules

    Sept. 9, 2019
    The US Environmental Protection Agency proposed removing oil and gas transmission and storage operations from regulations under federal New Source Performance Standards.
    Government

    Watching Government: Oil, gas, and California

    Sept. 9, 2019
    California politicians may seem to frequently preach a future free of fossil fuels.
    General Interest

    ExxonMobil, SABIC let contract for petchem plant

    Sept. 9, 2019
    A joint venture of Saudi Arabian Basic Industries and ExxonMobil has let a contract to Savage Services, Midvale, Utah, to design, build, and operate a rail terminal to support...
    Photo from Equinor.
    Johan Sverdrup—the third largest oil field on the Norwegian shelf by reserves—lies on Blocks 16/2, 16/3, 16/5, and 16/6, 155 km west of Karmoy and 40 km south of Grane field.
    General Interest

    Johan Sverdrup oil field start-up approved

    Sept. 9, 2019
    The start-up of Johan Sverdrup oil field in the Norwegian North Sea has been approved by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.
    Photo from Rolf Morten Nes.
    Equinor and partners started production from Snefrid Nord gas field. Shown are the suction anchor and template from Aker Solutions in Sandnessjoen passing Helgelandsbroen.
    General Interest

    Equinor brings Snefrid Nord gas field on stream

    Sept. 9, 2019
    Equinor and partners on Sept. 1 started production from Snefrid Nord natural gas field, the first discovery tied back to Aasta Hansteen field, in the Norwegian Sea, setting a ...
    General Interest

    New center aims to decarbonize UKCS work

    Sept. 9, 2019
    A partnership of the Oil & Gas Technology Center (OGTC), Aberdeen, and oil and gas companies will create a research center aiming to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions from the...
    Editor's Perspective

    The Editor's Perspective: Earthquakes differ in strength; the difference matters

    Sept. 9, 2019
    Cracking rock in the subsurface causes earthquakes. There’s no escaping it.
    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Sept. 9, 2019
    GENERAL INTEREST Quick TakesPDC Energy to acquire SRC in $1.7-billion deal PDC Energy Inc. has agreed to acquire SRC Energy Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.7 billion...
    General Interest

    Journally Speaking: AI and future production

    Sept. 9, 2019
    IHS Markit has used artificial intelligence (AI) to assess, automate, and forecast future production for each of the nearly 1 million currently producing oil and gas wells in ...
    General Interest

    Editorial: A bust-out Brexit?

    Sept. 9, 2019
    With politics roiling Westminster, a no-deal Brexit remains possible.