来自/Natural Gas World 9月12日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Australian state of South Australia will commit A$24mn (US$18.8mn) towards a program to incentivise companies to extract more gas and supply it to the local market with an aim to increase energy market competition, drive down costs for businesses and consumers and reduce carbon emissions.“The small number of energy suppliers in South Australia have too much power – if we increase competition, we will put the power back into the hands of consumers. Increasing competition in the energy market is the best way to drive down power prices for South Australian households and businesses,” premier Jay Weatherill said on September 8.Mineral resources and energy minister Tom Koutsantonis said there is a lack of available gas in the national market, a situation made worse by the decision in Victoria to ban onshore conventional and unconventional gas exploration and development.
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Opec raised its forecast of oil supplies from non-member countries in 2017 as new fields come online and US shale drillers prove more resilient than expected to cheap crude, pointing to a larger surplus in the market next year. Demand for crude from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will average 32.48 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2017, Opec said in a monthly report on Monday. That is down from the previous forecast of 33.01 million bpd. Opec itself kept output near a multi-year high in August, pumping 33.24 million bpd, according to figures Opec collects from secondary sources, down 23,000 bpd from July's figure, the report said.
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月12日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Australian oil and gas exploration company MEO Australia is in talks with four companies over the farmout process for its WA-488-P block offshore W. Australia, containing the giant Beehive prospect.
MEO started a farm-out process to secure funding partners to progress the technical assessment of, and ultimately drill, the Beehive prospect, following conclusion of the recent seismic reprocessing and inversion project which, MEO says, has reinvigorated interest from major players.
To date, four substantial companies have engaged in the process and are actively reviewing the technical data for WA-488-P. MEO has said it is seeking responses from these potential farminees by the end of October 2016, but timing remains subject to ongoing market conditions and the addition of any new parties to the process.
MEO says Beehive is potentially a multi-billion barrel, oil prone prospect in the Bonaparte Basin located in 40m water depth next to the producing Blacktip field. It is potentially the largest undrilled oil prospect offshore Australia, developable by either FPSO or pipeline.
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 9月12日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Oil and gas company Oil Search has entered into agreements with Gini Energy Limited, owned by CNOOC Limited, to acquire a 40% interest in each of PPL 374 and PPL 375 blocks located offshore Papua New Guinea. The company will team up with ExxonMobil which also bought a stake. ExxonMobil also acquire a 40% interest in each licence while Gini will retain a 20% interest in each licence. Subject to conditions precedent, operatorship of both licences will transfer from Gini to ExxonMobil. These licences are located approximately 150 kilometers south of Port Moresby in the deep water section of the Gulf of Papua, PNG, and cover a combined area of 24,936 km2, with water depths ranging between 1,000 and 2,500 metres.
Oil Search’s Managing Director, Peter Botten, said ：“Entering these licences is consistent with the Company’s strategy to focus on areas that have the potential to support the Company’s expanding LNG portfolio.” The completion of the farm-in agreements and Oil Search’s acquisition of the licence interests is subject to regulatory approvals.
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来自/Natural Gas World 9月11日消息 编译/孔艳坤 石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Gazprom and Rosneft announced a plethora of new trade and technology cooperation agreements at a trade fair in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok in early September. The US Treasury Department had kicked the month off with a new list of Russian individuals and companies that were covered by its trade sanctions. The sanctions are a response to Russia’s continued occupation of Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine. Gazprom’s press department issued four statements on September 2 on new agreements with foreign firms. Two involve “potential cooperation”: one with Linde is on mid-scale LNG production， and the other with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics.
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European and African focused energy firm Sound Energy announced Thursday that the second Tendrara well has now been drilled successfully through the salt cap to the second casing point at a measured vertical depth of 7,227 feet.
The latest development follows the spudding of the second appraisal well at Tendrara, onshore Morocco, on August 26. The well objectives of the TE-7 appraisal well include proving sufficient gas volumes and well deliverability to enable finalization of the field development plan and to demonstrate the benefits of sub-horizontal drilling, which is expected to be implemented as the production well concept for Tendrara.
Drilling is planned to reach a total measured depth of 11,286 feet, with specific tools being used to steer the well at close to an 88 degree angle inside the TAGI reservoir to ensure a horizontal drain of between 1,968 and 2,952 feet. Operations at the well are expected to be completed in approximately 94 days.
The company will now proceed to drill towards the third and final casing point, directly above the reservoir.
Commercial oil production at the giant Kashagan field in Kazakhstan will begin in November, the chief executive of state oil firm KazMunayGaz said on Friday. Previously the start of commercial level production had been expected in October.
Oil will now start flowing from the offshore field, one of the world's biggest discoveries of the past decades, on Sept. 24, Sauat Mynbayev told a government meeting, and would reach commercial level volumes in early to mid-November.
KazMunayGaz signed a contract last month with trader Vitol to arrange a prepayment for its share in the Kashagan oil worth $1 billion.
Kashagan's output will be a modest 50,000 to 1 million tonnes this year, 3 million to 5 million tonnes next year and then 7 million tonnes in 2018, Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said in May.
UIL Energy Ltd. reported Thursday that the company has completed the sale of shares agreement to acquire Eneabba Gas’ Perth Basin permit interests in Western Australia.
Under the deal, UIL Energy issued 90 million convertible redeemable preference shares (RPS) to Eneabba Gas as consideration for the acquisition of the latter’s subsidiary that holds the Perth Basin permits.
“We are excited about the highly prospective Ocean Hill prospect based on the historical results from the Ocean Hill #1 well. With this permit now granted, UIL Energy has initiated the approval process for a sizeable 3D seismic work program over this highly prospective target,” UIL Energy’s Managing Director John De Stefani said in the press release.
Eneabba Gas signed the agreement in February to dispose of its exploration interests in the Perth Basin, including 100 percent of the Ocean Hill project and 50 percent interest in EP447 to UIL Energy.
RockPile Energy Services, a subsidiary of Triangle Petroleum Corporation, has been acquired by White Deer Energy.
According to a statement announcing the sale, RockPile selected White Deer from a number of other potential financial sponsors due to their shared vision for the future of the company.
Curt Dacar, CEO of RockPile, said, "This is an exciting day for everyone at RockPile. When we started the process of identifying a new capital partner, I could not have imagined a better outcome than teaming up with White Deer Energy. Their experience, values, and confidence in our team make them an ideal fit for RockPile."
这桩收购交易使挪威国家石油公司成为Wisting的最大权益持有方，持有后者35%的权益。 OMV AG (OMVKY)运营的Wisting预计拥有2.41亿桶油当量，地处深入北极的Hoop地区，距离挪威大陆北端哈默费斯特以北超过300公里。
挪威国家石油公司称，这桩交易将使该公司所持Hoop地区另一许可证的权益比例从35%升至55%，同时还表示，该公司也将收购巴伦支海南部一份许可证40%的权益，并提高该公司在挪威海一份许可证的所有权，挪威政府持有该公司67%的股份。
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The latest rig count data from Baker Hughes shows that the US oil-rig count climbed for a second-straight week, while the Canadian and International counts dropped.In their latest report, the total rig count in the U.S. climbed to 508. The oil-rig count climbed again by seven to 414 while gas-rig count increased by four 92. Miscellaneous rigs remained unchanged, according to the report.In the U.S., the highest number of rigs continues to be in Texas, with 245 total as of Sept. 9, marking a four rig increase from the previous week’s report. Oklahoma saw a decrease of four rigs to 62, while Louisiana saw an increase of eight rigs, up to 43. New Mexico saw a decrease of two to 28 and Ohio’s count increased by one to 14.
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Iran revealed that it exported 8.724 million tonnes of petrochemical products worth $3.6 billion from March 20 to August 21, said a report. According to a report by National Petrochemical Company (NPC), the production of petrochemicals reached 21.238 million tonnes during the five-month period. The country's petrochemical production capacity is currently 61 million tonnes and the figure will almost double to reach 120 million tonnes by 2025. For the first time, two Iranian petrochemical shipments were dispatched in late August to Brazil. Iranian petrochemical industry pursues diversification of export markets for petchem and polymer products as a major policy in the post-JCPOA period, added the report.
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