6月30日油气行业十大新闻

Congressional Panel To Review Petrobras Role In Pre-Salt Exploration. A Congressional Panel is expected to attend a voting session this afternoon (June 28) to review a Senate bill revoking Petrobras´s role as the exclusive operator of the deepwater pre-salt exploration. [Oilpro]

Oil Prices March Higher As Supply Hopes Offset Fading Brexit Fears. Oil prices rose Wednesday as prospects of slower production and supply declines around the world offset residual shocks from the Brexit vote. [MarketWatch]

Energean Awarded Two Offshore Blocks. The Ministry of Economy of Montenegro has awarded Energean Oil & Gas two offshore blocks, 4219-26 and 4218-30. Energean believes Montenegro may sit in the “sweet spot” of this untapped, under explored potential in the eastern Adriatic. [Oilpro]

Vroon Adds To Rolling Stones Fleet. Vroon has christened the SSV VOS Star, its newest addition to the VOS ‘Rolling Stones’ fleet. In a ceremony held in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, Mrs Lianne Maandag, wife of Evert Maandag, Vroon Head QHSE named the vessel. [Oilpro]

West Linus Hit With Non-Conformity, Improvement Points. The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) audited the capacity and competence within drilling, and the arrangements for employee participation at the West Linus jack-up rig. PSA identified one non-conformity in connection with functional testing. And there were six improvement points. [Oilpro]

BGP Explorer Tasked With 2D Multi-Client Survey. TGS has started the Northwest Shelf Renaissance 2D seismic survey offshore North West Australia using the BGP Explorer.The survey consists of approximately 8,000 km of long offset, broadband 2D seismic data as well as magnetic and gravity data. [Oilpro]

Deep Sea Supply Triple Play. BP Egypt has awarded Deep Sea Supply three new time charter contracts for operations in Egypt. The PSV Sea Swift has been awarded a 2 year firm plus 1 year option contract, while the PSVs Sea Spear and Sea Spark have been awarded 1 year firm plus 1 year option contracts. [Oilpro]

Victoria Ready To Drill Cameroon Logbaba. Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG) announced that the Savannah Oil Services Cameroon S.A. Train Rig has arrived by ship to Douala port and the 2,756 tonnes of bulk load and containers have been offloaded and are ready for customs clearance. [Oilpro]

DNV GL Publishes Warranty Approval Standards. DNV GL has published the energy industry’s only standard for the warranty approval of marine operations. The standard is the first to deploy a digital solution that provides users with information most relevant to a specific project, the company says. [Oilpro]