Halliburton 2Q Beats Expectations. Chairman and CEO of Halliburton said second quarter results for the company showed “resilience in the face of another challenging quarter.”
Aasta Hansteen Worker Falls to Death. A South Korean worker died after falling off a scaffold at Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Oil Production to Increase by 30 Percent in Algeria by 2020. According to Algerian energy minister Nouredine Bouterfa, the country plans to boost oil production to make up for lost revenue due to crashing oil prices.
ExxonMobil’s Golden Cross. Back in mid-March, the world's largest oil & gas company and fourth largest by market capitalization, bore what investors refer to as the "golden cross."
Golden Cross for Anadarko Too. ExxonMobil isn’t the only company boasting this development.
Petronas Names Vestigo As Bertantai Field Operator; Starts Drilling Operations. Petronas has appointed its wholly-owned subsidiary, Vestigo Petroleum Sdn Bhd to operate and maintain the Berantai Field on its behalf.
Aramco Signs Deals for $13 Billion Fadhili Gas Project. State oil giant Saudi Aramco signed four major engineering contracts related to its Fadhili gas processing project, the company announced.
Mexico Opens Round 2 Tender Process. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Mexican government launched its second round of oil auctions. Round 2 has on offer 15 exploration and production blocks in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Canadian Natural Resources Postpones Ivory Coast Investment. A $300 million to $400 million investment by Canadian Natural Resources in its Ivory Coast assets is on hold as officials keep an eye on tumbling oil prices.
Iraq becomes India’s top source for oil in second quarter. OPEC’s top oil producer is continuing to lose ground in a number of global markets, evidenced by Iraq besting Saudia Arabia to become India’s number one oil supplier during the June quarter.
July 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. units of Enbridge Inc reached a settlement under which the pipeline company will pay $177 million after a 2010 oil spill that released crude oil in Michigan and Illinois, Enbridge said on Wednesday.
Enbridge Energy Partners will pay $62 million in fines and around $120 million to prevent future spills, it said in a statement.
The July 2010 spill dumped 800,000 gallons of oil and affected 38 miles (61 km) of the Kalamazoo River after a rupture of its Line 6B pipeline due to corrosion fatigue. It was one of the largest onshore oil spills in U.S. history, affecting 4,435 acres (1,795 hectares) of nearby shoreline.
The subsidiary of Enbridge, Canada's largest pipeline company, last year reached a settlement with state officials to pay $75 million over the incident.
北海油田关闭的步伐正在加快，因为英国脱欧所导致的不确定性投资环境给市场造成冲击。据英国石油和天然气行业组织(Oil & Gas U.K.)表示，预计英国石油行业停止运作所需花费的资金将在直至2024年的这十年时间里升至224亿美元，较2014年的十年预期值高出16%。据WoodMackenzie Ltd咨询公司表示，国际原油价格跌破50美元/桶已经致使世界上石油产出成本最高的地区之一的英国北海石油产出下降30%左右。（彭博社，Rigzone，7月19日消息）
被Teekay Corporation收购后，ALP于2014年2月与新泻造船厂（Niigata Shipbuilding and Repair）签署了建造四艘拖轮的合同。前两艘预计分别于2016年8月和12月交付，其余两艘2017年交付。Leusink称：除了新泻造船厂交付的四艘新拖轮，2015年ALP从Harms Offshore接手的六艘传统拖轮也在该合同服务范围内。
来自/Offshore Energy Today 7月20日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Radio Holland, a NavCom and service & management company, has been awarded a 10-vessel managed service agreement (MSA) from ALP Maritime Services. Radio Holland announced the contract signing with the ocean towing, offshore positioning and mooring specialist on Wednesday.
ALP is part of the Teekay Offshore group. ALP, together with Ulstein Design, started designing the ‘ALP Future Class’ – anchor handling and tugboats with a bollard pull of around 300 tons and Dynamic Positioning capability – in September 2011. ALP Chief Operating Officer, Leo Leusink, one of the founders of the company, said: “When we started designing the ALP Future Class we requested Radio Holland to equip the vessels with NavCom equipment.”
In February 2014, with the help of its new owners Teekay Corporation, ALP awarded Niigata Shipbuilding and Repair a contract to build four Future Class vessels. The first two are expected to be delivered in August 2016 and December 2016, and the following two in 2017. Leusink added that six traditional-style tugs ALP took over from Harms Offshore in 2015, as well as the four newbuilds, are also covered by the agreement with Radio Holland.
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Shell Platforms To Be Hit By Strike. Hundreds of members of Unite and RMT unions working under Wood Group are blaming a dispute over a 30 percent cut in pay and changes to allowances as the impetus behind strikes across eight Shell oil and gas platforms in the North Sea. [Oilpro]
Chinese Oil Company Evacuates Employees In South Sudan. Less than 100 workers have been left at a South Sudanese oil field Tuesday following the evacuation of staff by China National Petroleum Corp. as fighting continues in the African nation, the company announced. [Oilpro]
Det Norsk Installs Ivar Aasen Platform. Det Norske Oljeselskap lifted and installed the Ivar Aasen platform on July 18.[Oilpro]
In Brazil, Another Shipyard Goes Bust as Work Goes to Asia. A Rio de Janeiro shipyard, where suspended president Dilma Rousseff once promised to employ an army of welders, electricians and engineers to make offshore oil platforms, is all but shut. Every other day, 50 workers on average hand in their helmets and are sent home jobless, according to the yard’s union. More than 5,000 were on site in late 2014, and by the end of this month they are all expected to be gone.[GCaptain]
Ineos To Accelerate Development Of UK Shale Gas Project. Ineos is reportedly preparing to accelerate its application for fracking permissions in a bid to begin drilling in early 2017. [Oilpro]
Magseis Picks Sonardyne Acoustics. Magseis has selected acoustic positioning equipment from Sonardyne Intl Ltd, UK, to support its upcoming deepwater ocean bottom seismic survey of the Red Sea. [Oilpro]
Front Puffin FPSO Ready For First Crude Lift Soon. Panoro Energy has completed commissioning of the Front Puffin FPSO. Targeted stabilized production rates have not yet been achieved due to mechanical issues and Nigerian regulatory approvals. [Oilpro]
Libyan supply setback helps steady oil prices. The shutdown of an oil terminal in eastern Libya might not mean good things for the nation and it’s attempts to recover its oil production, but the rest of the industry is reaping a small benefit. [Oilpro]
Cara Well Spudded. ENGIE E&P Norge spudded the PL 636 Cara exploration well in the northern North Sea on Mon., July 18. [Oilpro]
KrisEnergy Begins 3D Seismic Recording Off Thailand. KrisEnergy Ltd. has commenced an 884 sq. km 3D seismic acquisition program in the G10/48 contract area in the Gulf of Thailand. The CGG Amadeus is estimated to work for 41 days on this project. [Oilpro]
Matador Resources Company (NYSE: MTDR), an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development, production and acquisition of oil and natural gas resources, with an emphasis on oil and natural gas shale and other unconventional plays and with a current focus on its Delaware Basin operations in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, today provided the following update of its ongoing operations and announced the date it plans to release its second quarter 2016 operational and financial results.
Highlights of this release include the initial results from a number of recent wells drilled and completed in Matador's Rustler Breaks and Wolf prospect areas in the Delaware Basin, including the results from two wells successfully testing a new, lower bench of the Wolfcamp B at Rustler Breaks. This release also highlights the continued improvements in operational efficiencies and well costs throughout the Company's Delaware Basin operations and provides an update on some of the latest drilling and completion technologies and stimulation designs being used by Matador in its recent Delaware Basin completions.
2016年7月13日，公司召开了股东年会及特别会议，会上股东们批准了Magellan and One Stone Holdings II LP于2016年3月31日签署的外汇交易及外汇协议上所涉及的其他交易。
公司总裁兼首席执行官J. Thomas Wilson说：“我们很高兴，因为Magellan的股东已批准了与One Stone签署的外汇协议，这为公司正在进行中的战略方案审查过程的完成铺平了道路。我们目前正在与One Stone合作，希望能获得其余股东的同意，我们预计应在2016年七月底结束外汇交易。”
来自OilVoice 7月19日消息 编译/郑雨晴
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Magellan Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ: MPET) today announced that its shareholders approved the previously announced strategic exchange transaction at the annual and special meeting of the shareholders held on July 13, 2016.
On July 13, 2016, the Company held an annual and special meeting of the shareholders of the Company during which meeting the shareholders approved the exchange and the other transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement dated as of March 31, 2016, between Magellan and One Stone Holdings II LP.
J. Thomas Wilson, President and CEO of the Company, commented:'We are pleased that Magellan's shareholders have approved the Exchange Agreement with One Stone, which paves the way to finalizing the strategic alternatives review process the Company is conducting. We are currently working with One Stone to obtain the remaining consents required to permit the closing of the exchange transaction, which we expect should occur toward the end of July 2016.'
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