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Offshore Drillers Bump Along Bottom. Operators and drilling contractors in agreement that offshore rig counts have finally bottomed out. The Energy Information Administration forecasts oil prices could see beginnings of a rebound about the same time.
Oil Down Last Week, Headed Up Today. Last week saw a decline in commodity prices but today traders buy into Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro's statement that a "deal is close".
Fewer Land Rigs Turning to the Right. The US rig count took a downturn after two consecutive weeks of gains, while Canadian and International counts continued their slide.
Petronas and SOCAR Ink Deal. Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR and Malaysia’s Petronas signed a memorandum of understanding on exploration, development and production concerning the Goshadash structure.
DUC Count in US Continues Rise. Drilled but uncompleted wells continue to climb in the US creating nat gas and oil price concerns.
Iran Wants Fair Oil Price. With production up, Iran begins messaging the market that it would like higher prices. Industry verterans are shocked.
More in the Middle East. Oman's output apparently increased by 5 percent in August per Tethys Oil onshore updates. The company is the largest onshore license holder in the country.
Ghana Offers Sweetens Deal for Pan Andean Resources. Petrel Resources and Clontarf Energy, with a Ghanaian partner, have been offered revised deep water Tano Basin acreage by Ghanaian officials.
Eni Toasts to Tunisia Find. Italian energy company Eni said Monday it notched a success in Tunisia, where oil has started to flow out of a discovery prospect in the Sahara desert.
Cheniere Energy Welcomes Aboard New Execs. Congratulations to the new US team members at Cheniere Energy.
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近日，越南国家石油公司(PetroVietnam)对外表示，其2016年一至七月收入113亿美元。PetroVietnam公司副总经理Do Chi Thanh表示，今年七个月以来，共计开采原油1032万吨、天然气65.6亿立方公尺。七月，公司生产原油141万吨，天然气9.1亿立方公尺。由于七月原油价格相对于六月下降三美元至每桶47美元。因此七个月原油平均价格与去年同期相比下降18美元至每桶41.5美元。
副总经理Do Chi Thanh表示，尽管世界市场原油价格下降，公司希望能够达到今年预期的产量。为了完成本年度的计划，公司将优先实施高效低风险的项目，并梳理所有可能会影响石油和天然气生产的问题。
A new development agreement between Steelhead LNG and Seven Generations Energy sets the stage for engaging Aboriginal groups and communities as the two companies explore the development of new midstream infrastructure to support Steelhead LNG's proposed natural gas liquefaction and export projects on Vancouver Island.
The arrangement, through which Seven Generations has also acquired a minority interest in Steelhead LNG, is expected to provide potential new markets for Seven Generations' production as well as increased certainty of natural gas supply for Steelhead LNG.
"This arrangement with Seven Generations creates an opportunity, in the current price environment, for a liquefied natural gas solution from well-head to customer that's uniquely led by Canadian companies," said Steelhead LNG CEO Nigel Kuzemko. "Our shared focus on engaging early and often with Aboriginal groups and communities, combined with our collective commitment to produce and deliver low-cost, low-emissions Canadian natural gas, positions each company to succeed in expanding Canada's exports of clean-burning natural gas to Asian markets."
"This export market development initiative aims to achieve long-term and sustainable success through the meaningful engagement of those who care about the environment, governments and regulators, communities, business partners and infrastructure customers, suppliers and service providers, employees and shareholders and capital providers," said Pat Carlson, Seven Generations' CEO.
Eni has resumed exploration activities in Tunisia's portion of the Sahara desert, approximately 700 km south of Tunis.
The company has just completed operations on the Laarich East-1 discovery well, in the MLD (Makhrouga-Laarich-Debbech) license, where Eni owns a 50% stake and the Tunisian state company, ETAP, owns the remaining 50%.
Laarich East-1, which is 5 km from the oil treatment center in the concession, reached a final depth of 4,111 m and discovered hydrocarbons in sandstone layers of Silurian and Ordovician age.
Production tests revealed a delivery capacity of approximately 2,000 bopd, confirming the upside potential of the concession identified through a recent 3D geophysical survey carried out on the permit.
The Laarich East-1 well, on which drilling started in June, has already been connected to production. In the meantime, Eni is continuing exploration in Tunisia with the drilling of additional prospects, which have already been identified on 3D seismic.
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won comprehensive equipment package contracts for seven specialist support vessels that will operate in the Middle East.
MacGregor will deliver: a deck crane and deck machinery, shark-jaws and towing pins to two 58-m anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels; deck machinery and a deck crane to one 45-m work utility vessel; and a deck crane and deck machinery to four 45-m maintenance utility vessels. MacGregor equipment deliveries are planned for the first quarter of 2017.
The vessels will be built in China for a leading provider of marine logistics services in the Middle East. They are planned for delivery in the third quarter of 2017 and will support the operations of a Middle Eastern NOC in the Arabian Gulf under a firmed five-year charter with a two-year extension option.
Encana的合作伙伴还包括Crescent Point Energy Corp.，从今年二月以来，美国原油价格已反弹了65%。周一Encana的股价收于13.03加元，较去年上涨了85%。
来自/OilVoice 9月20日消息 编译/郑雨晴
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Encana Corp., the Canadian oil and natural gas producer, plans to sell 107 million shares to fund part of its 2017 budget and repay debt.
The price of the offering is expected to be established later on Monday after marketing by underwriters led by units of Credit Suisse Group AG and JPMorgan Chase & Co., Calgary-based Encana said in a statement after the close of regular trading on North American markets. The company plans to allow underwriters the option to purchase an additional 16.05 million shares.
“The majority of the 2017 capital program is expected to be allocated to growing Encana’s Permian production through increasing the number of rigs in the play, which is expected to result in approximately two times as many Permian wells on stream in 2017 as compared to 2016,” the company said in the statement.
Encana joins other producers including Crescent Point Energy Corp. in selling shares in recent weeks to fund drilling, with the price of U.S. crude having rebounded 65% from its February low. Encana shares, which closed at C$13.03 in Toronto on Monday and were halted after the announcement, are up 85% this year.
Add Energy, an international energy consultancy provider, has been awarded a contract worth ￡120,000 ($156,000) with a leading upstream gas operator in Oman.
The contract has secured jobs at the company’s Aberdeen office and enabled sustainability of its Oman office and in country partnership.
The scope of work will see Add Energy provide the plant with equipment specific maintenance strategies and procedures, which will enable maintenance execution and planning to be optimized. The project will be carried out with an aim of reducing equipment downtime, by mitigating failures due to maintenance which is inadequate or without full coverage.
Peter Adam, Add Energy managing director, said, “This contract signifies that while cost cutting continues, operators still need to invest in initiatives that are driven towards efficiency and streamlining operations.”
The project'>project will be carried out by Add Energy’s asset and integrity management division in both Aberdeen, UK, and Muscat, Oman. Work is due to start this month.
来自/Energy Global 9月19日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders have recently reached an agreement, which will move forward plans to build a natural gas pipeline from Israel into the Gaza Strip, reports The Times of Israel.The Times of Israel stated that a source told the news agency that Palestinian officials were informed that Israeli authorities had given the project its approval.
This deal and pipeline project marks an attempt to enhance energy and water supplies to the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, since, at present Gaza faces a severe energy shortage. Local authorities are currently using an 8 hr on, 8 hr off electricity rationing system, which relies entirely on the only power plant in Gaza. Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, commented: “We want to help the population of Gaza and the first step is to improve the supply of energy and water,including laying a gas pipeline” during a recent visit to the Netherlands.
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月19日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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New Zealand’s Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges on Monday announced the start of the Block Offer 2017 process for awarding oil and gas exploration permits. Each year, the government of New Zealand runs the Block Offer in which companies are invited to tender for permits to explore for oil and gas in a specific area.
National parks, marine reserves and World Heritage sites are excluded from the Block Offer process. The consultation will take place on four proposed offshore areas, one proposed offshore/onshore area, and two proposed onshore areas, covering a total area of around 508,691 square kilometers. The consultation period for Block Offer 2017 runs until November 18, 2016. The final tender area will be announced in March next year.
“Since the Government adopted the annual Block Offer approach in 2012 we have attracted multiple experienced and capable operators to explore New Zealand’s potential. “I acknowledge the challenging low oil-price environment that industry is currently facing but we know commodity prices are cyclical. The Government remains committed to providing a stable and predictable regime.”
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月19日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Australian oil and gas company Santos has appointed ROC Oil’s Anthony Neilson as its new Chief Financial Officer. Currently the Chief Executive Officer of Roc Oil Company (ROC), Neilson is expected to start duties with Santos in December 2016.
Before working in ROC, Neilson held commercial, financial, and business services roles at Caltex Australia, Credit Suisse First Boston in London, and Arthur Andersen in Sydney. Neilson holds a Masters of Business Administration from AGSM and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.
Santos added that its current Chief Financial Officer, Andrew Seaton, who recently announced his retirement from Santos after eleven years of service, will remain with the company to ensure an orderly transition.
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RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION与MEMORIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CORP.今日宣布双方已签署兼并协议。根据该协议，Range将以42亿美元的成交价收购MRD的已发行普通股股本。此次交易在2016年9月15日召开的董事会特别会议上得到了Range与Memorial股东的批准。交易完成后，Range作为美国首席独立油气公司的地位将得到巩固，该公司在阿巴拉契亚盆地以及路易斯安那州北部均拥有核心区块。
RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION 'Range' (NYSE:RRC) and MEMORIAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CORP. (NASDAQ:MRD) today announced the completion of the merger agreement under which Range will acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of MRD in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $4.2 billion, including the assumption of MRD's net debt. The transaction, which was approved by Range and Memorial shareholders at special meetings held on September 15, 2016, enhances Range's position as a premier independent natural gas, oil and NGL producer in the United States with exceptional core acreage positions in both the Appalachian Basin and Northern Louisiana.
Jeff Ventura, Range's CEO, said:'We are excited to announce the closing of the Memorial transaction and believe this is a significant milestone for Range. The combination of the two highest quality natural gas plays in the United States provides Range with a strong foundation to create sustainable shareholder value, while our extensive, regionally-diverse drilling inventory allows us to continue improving our already class-leading cost structure and further drive operational and marketing efficiencies. We welcome the newest members of the Range team in Houston and Northern Louisiana who share our values and commitment to being good stewards for our shareholders, while doing the same for the environment and the communities where we live and work.'
White Deer Energy的投资组合公司RockPile Energy Services, LLC今日宣布其已收购位于美国北达科他州的修井设备公司American Well Service LLP (AWS)。
RockPile的首席执行官Curt Dacar说，“我们热烈欢迎American Well Service公司团队加入RockPile大家庭。American Well Service公司长久以来一直以杰出的服务声誉闻名，我们有信心他们的加入将给公司增光添彩。我们将在拥有12套修井设备的区域内展开合作。我们也相信这将为RockPile提供了一个很好的客户服务平台，有利于我们拓展北达科他州的修井机市场。”
American Well Service成立于2012年，最初该公司仅仅拥有6套修井设备、60名员工。收购完成后，RockPile将拥有12套修井设备，覆盖区域被拓宽，同时可提供更加多样化的服务。此外，American Well Service公司现存蓝筹股客户群以及处理复杂业务的能力也为此次收购提供了强有力的支撑。
来自/OilVoice 9月19日消息 编译/郑雨晴
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RockPile Energy Services, LLC, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy, today announced the Company has acquired American Well Service LLP ('AWS'), a Kenmare, North Dakota based Workover Rig Company.
'We couldn't be more excited to welcome the American Well Service team to the RockPile family. Their reputation for outstanding service is well known in North Dakota and we are confident they will make a great addition to our existing Workover business. Our combined service line will now have 12 Workover rigs operating in the basin with more to be added. We believe this provides RockPile with a great platform to serve our Clients across the Bakken and makes us as significant player in the North Dakota Workover market,' remarked Curt Dacar, RockPile's CEO.
American Well Service was founded in 2012 by a group of industry veterans and has grown from their initial rig to a 6 rig business with 60 employees. When combined with RockPile's existing 6 Workover rigs, this gives RockPile a 12 rig business with a fully diversified service offering and geographic footprint within the Williston Basin. Additionally, American Well Service existing blue chip client base and ability to perform complex, 24 hour operations further bolster RockPile's current rig business.
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