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On 17 June 2016, as part of the 20th International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg, PAO Sovcomflot (“SCF Group”) and VTB Bank signed a USD 260 million 13-year loan agreement. The signatories were Sergey Frank, President and CEO of PAO Sovcomflot, and Andrey Kostin, President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB Bank.
PAO Sovcomflot (SCF Group of companies) is one of the world's leading shipping companies, specialising in the transportation of crude oil, petroleum products, and liquefied gas. The Group offers a wide range of vessels in the market segments most demanded by major Russian oil and gas companies.
The agreement provides for the financing of construction of an Arctic LNG tanker for the Yamal LNG project. The new tanker will be able to carry up to 172,600 cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and has an Arc7 enhanced ice class, enabling independent navigation in ice fields of up to 2.1 metres thick. The vessel will have a 45 MW propulsion system, which is comparable to that of the nuclear ice breakers. The vessel is due to be delivered in the first quarter of 2017.
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挪威石油管理局授予Det norske oljeselskap ASA公司获得 25/10-15 S号油井钻井许可，该油井位于挪威海上PL626生产许可区。
25/10-15 S号钻井将使用位于许可区东北部Maersk Interceptor钻井设施进行钻井。Det norske oljeselskap ASA是该区块的运营商，拥有50%的股份。Tullow Oil Norge AS拥有30%的股份，MOL Norge AS拥有10%，Fortis Petroleum Norway AS拥有剩余10%。
运营商需要保证在其他有关部门的已经授予的钻井许可优先进行。
来自/RigZone 6月17日消息 编译/张弘引石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for well 25/10-15 S, located in production license 626 offshore Norway.
Well 25/10-15 S will be drilled from the Maersk Interceptor (492’ ILC) drilling facility in the northeastern part of the license, which is situated in the central North Sea. Det norske oljeselskap ASA is the operator with an ownership interest of 50 percent. The other licensees are Tullow Oil Norge AS with 30 percent, MOL Norge AS with 10 percent and Fortis Petroleum Norway AS with 10 percent.
The permit is contingent upon the operator securing all other permits and consents required by other authorities prior to commencing drilling activities.
BUDAPEST, June 17 (Reuters) - Hungary's MOL group has made a new oil and gas discovery in Pakistan, its eighth discovery in the TAL block there, it said in a statement on Friday.
"This new discovery has derisked exploration in deeper fault blocks in the TAL block leading to new upside opportunities," said Berislav Gaso, MOL's Chief Operating Officer in exploration.
MOL shares traded 3.3 percent higher at 1051 GMT, outperforming a 1.7 percent rise in Budapest's main index.
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A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Dharmendra Pradhan, Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, took place today at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2016. The parties discussed potential avenues for cooperation in the oil and gas sector. Particular attention was paid to the possibility of supplying LNG to India from Gazprom Group's international portfolio, including under the existing contract with GAIL. Between 2009 and 2016, Gazprom Group delivered 26 LNG cargoes to India totaling 1.7 million tons.
In addition, the meeting participants addressed the prospects for collaboration between Gazprom and Indian companies in the field of oil and gas exploration and development, as well as scientific and technical cooperation.
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来自/Your Oil & Gas News 6月17日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Rosneft and BP have today signed final binding agreements to create a new joint venture, Yermak Neftegaz LLC, to conduct exploration in the West Siberian and Yenisey-Khatanga basins in the Russian Federation. The document was signed at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) by Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin and President of BP Russia David Campbell.
The joint venture will focus on onshore exploration of two Areas of Mutual Interest (AMIs) in the West Siberian and Yenisey-Khatanga basins covering a combined area of about 260,000 square kilometers. Yermak Neftegaz will be owned 51 per cent by Rosneft and 49 per cent by BP. In the initial stage, the joint venture will carry out further appraisal work on the 2009 Rosneft-discovered Baikalovskiy field inside the Yenisey-Khatanga AMI and on exploration of Zapadno-Yarudeiskoye, Kheiginskoye and Anomalnoye licenses in the West Siberian AMI.
Exploration activities in the two AMIs will include regional research, acquisition of seismic data and drilling of exploration wells, with the beginning of field works anticipated in the winter season of 2016 / 2017.
BP has committed to provide up to $300 million in two phases as its contribution to the cost of the JV’s activities at the exploration stage. Rosneft will contribute licenses and operational experience in West Siberia and Yenisey-Khatanga with initial drilling to be performed by Rosneft subsidiaries.
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Oil and gas firm Faroe Petroleum has made an oil and gas discovery in its operated Brasse exploration well in licence PL740 in the Norwegian section of the North Sea.
The Brasse well (31/7-1) has been drilled to a total depth of 2,780 metres. The well encountered approximately 18 metres of gross gas-bearing and approximately 21 metres of gross oil-bearing Jurassic reservoir which is believed to be analogous to the effective reservoir at the Brage producing oil field (Faroe 14.3%), located approximately 13 kilometres to the north of Brasse, Faroe said.
The well was drilled using the Transocean Arctic semi-submersible drilling rig.
According to the Faroese company, preliminary results based on extensive coring, wireline logs and pressure data show that the well has encountered oil and gas in reservoir sandstones of good quality. The presence of oil and gas has been confirmed subsequently by fluid sampling.
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Norwegian oil giant Statoil has suspended production from the Njord and Hyme fields, offshore Norway, due to a planned upgrade work.
Statoil is the operator of the Njord and Hyme fields located in the Norwegian Sea with 20% and 35% interests, respectively. Faroe Petroleum is a licensees in both fields with a 7.5% interest in each field.
According to Faroe Petroleum’s project update on Thursday, the production from the fields has been suspended and the Njord A platform will be towed to shore for refurbishment and modification. The company’s spokesperson confirmed the production was stopped due to a scheduled upgrade project of the Njord A platform.
Statoil awarded the contract for upgrading of the Njord A semi-submersible platform to Kvaerner in April with the platform expected to be quayside at Stord in August.
The production stop is due to the Njord Future Project that includes re-development of the Njord and Hyme fields, development of the Snilehorn field, and potentially further fields in the area. The production is planned to start in 2019.
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SDX Energy在今年三月宣布Manatee-1X油井完成钻探之后作出这一决定。Manatee-1X油井位于Cameroon海域Rio Del Rey Basin的浅水区域。
SDX Energy 持有这一区块35%的开采权益，该区块由Dana Petroleum运营。SDX称：Dana Petroleum要求延期一年以完成油井勘探结果分析。为完成这一分析，井身内26米厚的天然气层遭到分割。受井身条件限制，施工人员无法在钻孔较深区域内使用全套测井仪器，因此对油井低层段的分析不太可靠。
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SDX Energy Inc. is withdrawing from a shallow water block in Bakassi West, Cameroon, deeming it a ‘non-core’ asset.
The company’s decision follows an announcement in March regarding the completion of drilling activities on the Manatee-1X well, located in shallow water in the Rio Del Rey Basin, offshore Cameroon.
SDX Energy held a 35% working interest (38.89% paying interest) in the concession, which was operated by Dana Petroleum. According to SDX, Dana Petroleum requested a one-year extension to complete analysis of the results of the well, which intersected 26 metres of gas bearing section of varying quality throughout the wellbore. Wellbore conditions did not allow the acquisition of a full suite of logging tools in the deeper sections of the hole and made the analysis of the lower intervals in the well inconclusive.
Authorities did not grant the Operator’s proposal of a one-year extension and instead asked the Company to enter into the second exploration period, which required an additional well commitment; SDX declined to continue to move forward with this project.
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来自/Offshore Energy Today 6月17日消息 编译/赵美园石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
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Iran could award around fifty billion U.S. dollars worth of contracts to offshore oilfield services providers by 2020, in a move to boost production to the pre-sanctions levels.
According to estimates by Rystad Energy, a Norwegian energy intelligence group, around $100 billion will be invested in the country’s upstream sector between 2016 and 2020. Around half of this, Rystad says, will be directed towards the offshore market, which is expected to be at $9 billion this year and grow to $11 billion in 2020. The majority of the market consists of engineering, procurement, construction and installation. Five new platforms will be commissioned in 2017 at South Pars phase 20 and 21, and more to follow at the $4 billion ENI project South Pars phase 11 as well as at Farzad B discovered by an Indian consortium, Rystad says.
Also, the energy intelligence group expects that the demand for drilling contractors as well as well service and commodities will pick up in the coming years since many of the offshore projects under development will go into pre-drilling. Roughly 25% of the investments are well-related costs; with 22 wells to be drilled over the next 30 months at South Pars phase 14 and additional infill drilling to start at the producing field, these services will rise in the next few years.
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1. 美国石油产量再次下降
美国能源情报署（EIA）发布的石油储量周报告显示：虽然上周美国石油产量增加，但是这周美国石油产量却恢复跌势。本周，美国日石油产量下降29,000桶。
2. 油价降至三周以来最低
周四，油价降至三周以来的最低点，这已是油价连续第6天下跌。美国原油库存降幅较低以及英国“脱欧”引发的忧虑则是油价下跌的主要原因。
3. 中国汽油需求量增长可能受限
Gabriel Collins认为：虽然中国汽油需求量增势强劲，但是三大关键因素将对未来中国汽车行业和汽油需求量产生重要影响。这三大因素分别为交通问题、未来车主的改变以及燃料利用率的提升。
4. Pioneer计划拓展业务
Pioneer Natural Resources发布消息称：Pioneer Natural Resources将以4.35亿美元的价格收购Midland Basin地区28,000英亩的租地，并计划添置5座水平钻机。
5. North Dakota州石油产量降幅达历史最高
美国矿产资源部在月度报告中表示：四月份，美国North Dakota州日石油产量下降70,000桶，为该州历史上月石油产量的最大降幅。
6. 挪威面临石油工人罢工威胁
周四，挪威官方劳资调解人表示：如果在6月22日之前无法解决石油工人的薪酬问题，300名油气工人将罢工。
7. 美国正考虑是否出租US Arctic地区油田
奥巴马政府正考虑是否出租Alaska洲北部海域的油田。反对者认为油田开发将对环境造成破坏，而支持者则认为油田开发有利于加强美国能源安全。
8. 俄罗斯与委内瑞拉举行会谈
俄罗斯与委内瑞拉在一项联合声明中表示：双方就能源项目的合作、石油市场的行情、6月份OPEC会议所达成的结果以及OPEC成员国的合作前景展开了讨论。
9. 能源组织希望美国减少石油进口量
来自Texas Panhandle和New Mexico地区的油气行业高管和能源政策专家组成了一个组织。目前，该组织正在推进一项限制美国进口国外石油的计划。
10. 伊朗回归石油市场的一系列举动接近尾声
在对伊制裁取消之后，伊朗大幅提升石油出口量。然而，由于缺乏资金注入并受到其他贸易壁垒的限制，伊朗为回归市场所作出的一系列举动已经接近尾声。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Oil Pro 6月17日消息 编译/赵宁
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U.S. Oil Production Resumes Decline - EIA. U.S. oil production has resumed its decline after rising last week, dropping by 29,000 bpd, according to the EIA's weekly oil storage report. [Oilpro]
Oil Hits Three-Week Low On Weak US Stock Draw, Brexit Fear. Oil prices hit their lowest in more than three weeks on Thursday, the sixth straight day of losses and longest bearish run since early 2016, as U.S. crude stocks fell less than expected and concerns over Britain's future in the EU weighed. [CNBC]
Exploring Potential Limits To Gasoline Demand Growth In China. Gabriel Collins writes, "Despite the high confidence expressed by the China gasoline bulls, three core structural factors deserve close scrutiny given their deep influence over how cars are, and will be able to be, driven in China now and in coming years." [Oilpro]
Pioneer Expands Permian Footprint. Pioneer Natural Resources announced it willacquire 28,000 Midland Basin acres for $435 million and add 5 horizontal rigs during 2H16. [Pioneer Natural Resources]
North Dakota's Oil Production Sees Biggest Monthly Decline In State's History. The state's oil production in April dropped by 70,000 bpd, the largest month-to-month decline in the state's history, the Department of Mineral Resources said in its monthly report. [Oilpro]
Norwegian Oil Unions Threaten Drilling Rig Strike. Nearly 300 employees on oil and gas drilling rigs off Norway could go on strike unless a wage deal is agreed by June 22, the country's state-appointed mediator said on Thursday. [Reuters]
Future Of Offshore Drilling In US Arctic In The Balance. The future of offshore oil and gas drilling in the US Arctic is in the balance as the Obama administration weighs up whether or not to lease fields off the north of Alaska. [Splash 247, Oilpro]
Russia, Venezuela Talk Oil Freeze. "The sides discussed bilateral energy projects, the situation at the market of hydrocarbons, the results of June OPEC meeting in Vienna and prospects of cooperation with the members states of the organization," a joint statement said. [Sputnik International]
Energy Group Hopes To Reduce Foreign Oil Imports. A group of oil and gas executives and energy policy experts from the Texas Panhandle and New Mexico's piece of the Permian Basin are pushing a plan to restrict seafaring imports of foreign oil from coming into the U.S. [Farmington Daily Times, Oilpro]
Iran's Oil Comeback May Already Be Over. Iran easily beat expectations with its speed in boosting oil exports after the lifting of sanctions. Without an injection of cash and the easing of remaining trade barriers, the recovery may have run its course. [Bloomberg]
Meet Fernando Arias Of Villavicencio, Colombia, #HUMANSofOG. He writes, "The oil and gas industry is a great one and it needs people with expertise in operation, maintenance and projects to keep it a productive and safe industry." [Oilpro]
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Pakistan's Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources, pressured by gas shortages and growing domestic demand, has commenced discussions with liquefied natural gas (LNG) sellers seeking to import a greater quantity of the fuel as it addresses the supply deficit in the South Asian country, local media Business Recorder said Wednesday.
The Ministry has opened talks with suppliers such as United Arab Emirates' Emirates National Oil Co. (ENOC), Malaysia's national oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) and Italy's Eni S.p.A., for LNG imports, senior officials told Business Recorder Tuesday.
Pakistan is negotiating with Eni to import 0.75 million tons per annum (Mtpa) of LNG, while PETRONAS is understood to have assured the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources that it would provide 1.5 Mtpa.
"We are also in talks with Dubai's oil firm ENOC to start importing LNG from Oman," the official told Business Recorder, adding that efforts are underway to rid the domestic gas consumers of low gas pressure and gas load shedding in upcoming winter season. Local industry and home residents have urged the Pakistani government to provide LNG to meet their energy needs.
According to data published by BP Statistical Review of World Energy in June 2016, Pakistan's natural gas consumption grew 3.5 percent in 2015 to 1.53 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) 43.4 (billion cubic meters), compared to 1.49 Tcf (41.9 Bcm) in 2014.
Due to the natural gas supply deficit, the Pakistani government planned to import up to 2.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) by 2017 for which the required infrastructure including LNG terminals are under construction. The country's first LNG terminal, equipped with a total handling capacity of 4.5 Mtpa was constructed by Engro Pakistan at Port Qasim Karachi in 2015.
Currently, Pakistan receives LNG supplies from Qatar and Swiss trading company Gunvor Group. Qatargas supplies three cargoes monthly, averaging 300 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), while Gunvor provide a cargo averaging 100 MMcf/d.
PETRONAS could emerge a major LNG supplier to Pakistan.
"PETRONAS after Qatargas is the largest LNG supplier and producer with operations across the globe. The company produces a total of 25 million tons of LNG per annum out of which 13 million tons in Malaysia and 12 million tons in other countries including Australia and Canada," the official told Business Recorder.
TULSA, Oklahoma -- Artificial lift will be pushed to new heights by a recent partnership between eLynx Technologies and The University of Tulsa.
eLynx will bring an enormous cache of operational data to the partnership from its more than 16 years of experience monitoring over 37,000 wells in all the major U.S. basins. The data will be analyzed and algorithms will be created to help predict future production patterns.
“Fortunately, our hometown university happens to be one of the best oil and gas research facilities in the world when it comes to oil and gas production, artificial lift and creating a smart oil field,” said eLynx President and CEO Stephen Jackson. “We have a vast amount of very good data and we want to put it to work for us with the help of Dr. Holden Zhang, director of TU Artificial Lift Projects (TUALP), and his team.”
eLynx’s partnership sets the stage for a long-standing relationship with the university’s innovative research program to help identify, test, and develop optimization strategies and collect a unique understanding of the data produced. As a member of the consortium, eLynx will have access to its experience and knowledge, including an industry-leading modeling program.
“We already provide the best models for oil and gas production design and operation optimizations, but with eLynx we will be able to access a wealth of field data to enhance the models and develop methodologies for potential problem diagnosis,” said Zhang, who also serves as a professor of petroleum engineering at TU. “Utilizing remote well surveillance can provide detailed information about production trends. The sooner we can identify a potential problem, the better production rate and efficiency we can achieve, which will change the practice as we know it.”
eLynx has contracted with Zhang as a consultant, tapping into his knowledge and respect within the industry.
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- C&J Energy Services has appointed Don Gawick, C&J's current COO, to the position of president and CEO. Gawick will also continue performing his existing duties as the company's COO.
Gawick, a 37-year veteran of the oilfield services industry, has held numerous senior management positions over the course of his career since starting with Schlumberger in 1979. He previously served as president and CEO of Casedhole Solutions, Inc., a wireline services company that C&J acquired in 2012. He has served as C&J's COO since 2012, with responsibility for overseeing the company's daily operations.
Gawick replaces Randy McMullen. McMullen stepped into the CEO role earlier this year following the unexpected death of Josh Comstock, C&J's founder, chairman and CEO. McMullen has also departed from his role as CFO and as a member of the company's board.
DUBAI -- Polarcus has received a Letter of Intent, from an undisclosed client, for an additional broadband 3D marine seismic survey offshore South America.
The project will commence in early fourth-quarter 2016 and run for approximately three months.
"This award is very significant for Polarcus as it dovetails perfectly with previously announced projects we are acquiring offshore South America, extending our campaign for another three months through fourth-quarter 2016 and maximizing our fleet utilization by minimizing transit time between surveys," Richard Price, senior V.P., North & South America, said.
根据对巴西近海桑托斯盆地S-M-1037、1101、1102、1165和1166块区的联合生产协议，PEPC向Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. 支付滞纳金。
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. 是一家澳大利亚上市公司，拥有桑托斯盆地65%的股份，而PEPC拥有其余35%。6月14日Karoon公开发布PEPC的违约声明，第二天滞纳金赔付工作完成。
来自/Rigzone 6月16日消息 编译/徐建鹏
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Pacific Exploration and Production Corp. made an overdue payment to Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. under the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) for Blocks S-M-1037, 1101, 1102, 1165 and 1166 in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.
"Karoon is pleased to confirm that the overdue payment has been made and this matter is now resolved," Karoon said Wednesday in a press release.
The Australian-listed firm, which owns 65 percent interest in the Santos Basin blocks, issued June 14 a default notice to partner Pacific Exploration and Production under the provisions of the JOA. Pacific holds a 35 percent stake in the blocks.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc .则表示由于成本降低等因素，很有信心在18个月后油价会有较好的回升，将全力去争取投资项目。
来自/Rigzone 6月16日消息 编译/徐建鹏
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(Bloomberg) -- The oil and gas industry will cut $1 trillion from planned spending on exploration and development because of the slump in prices, leading to slower growth in production, according to consultant Wood Mackenzie Ltd.
Worldwide investment in the development of oil and gas resources from 2015 to 2020 will be 22 percent, or $740 billion, lower than anticipated before prices plunged in 2014, with the deepest cuts in the U.S., Wood Mackenzie said in a statement Wednesday. A further $300 billion will be eliminated from exploration spending. Global production this year will be 3 percent lower than previously forecast, the consultant said.
“The impact of falling oil prices on global upstream development spend has been enormous,” Malcolm Dickson, principal analyst at Wood Mackenzie, said in the statement. “Companies have responded to the fall by deferring or canceling projects” in virtually every oil-producing country, he said.
A global supply glut caused by the increase in shale oil production in the U.S., coupled with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ decision to keep pumping to preserve market share, triggered a collapse in oil prices in 2014. While Brent crude, the international benchmark, has rebounded more than 75 percent from a 12-year low in January, the current price of about $49 a barrel is still less than half the level two years ago.
Drilling Decline
The U.S. has experienced the steepest cuts in spending. Forecast capital investment there is down by half for this year and next, a drop of around $125 billion, mainly due to a decline in drilling, Dickson said in the statement.
The Middle East is the region least affected, with no drop in investment expected in Saudi Arabia -- the world’s largest crude exporter -- for this year and next. That’s because several countries in the region are spending to maintain their market share, Wood Mackenzie said.
The investment cuts are taking a toll on production. Compared with expectations before the slide in oil prices, output this year will be 5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day lower, with the deficit widening to 6 million next year, Wood Mackenzie estimates.
Part of the reduction in spending stems from a drop in the cost of doing business. Costs in the U.S. unconventional oil and gas industry were a quarter lower on average compared with their peak in 2014, Wood Mackenzie said. In Russia, the 40 percent reduction in investment in dollar terms anticipated over the next two years is due in large part to the depreciation of the ruble, it said.
Wood Mackenzie’s forecasts stand in contrast to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s views. The Wall Street bank said signs are emerging that companies “appear ready to start sanctioning projects again after an 18-month hiatus,” amid recovering oil prices. These companies are competing for capital needed to fund such projects, it said.
“For now, the select few projects that are progressed will do so because costs have been cut substantially,” Wood Mackenzie’s Dickson said. “Kick-starting the next investment cycle will require more cost deflation” and confidence in higher prices, he said.
6月16日，国际原油期货价格下跌。油价下跌的主要原因是投资人担心如果英国公投决定退出欧盟，将令全球经济动荡。周四油价已连跌6日，这是自1月初以来的最长跌势，当时因投资人担心全球供应过剩，油价连跌七日，之后触及每桶30美元以下的12年低位。因投资人臆测英国公投可能决定离开欧盟，美元重拾涨势触及两周高位，打压原油期货和其他商品市场。近几日全球股市遭遇抛售，市场担心英国脱欧将阻碍全球经济以及金融市场。周四工党亲欧议员遇袭身亡让情况变得更为复杂，目前英国公投宣传暂时停止。Infrastructure Capital Advisors联合创始人JayHatfield表示，油价与股市存在相关性，因此市场对英国脱欧的担忧情绪反映在股市下挫，并最终拖累油价下跌。JBCEnergy 分析师表示，英国脱欧概率越来越大，可能成为打破市场基本面平衡，促使油价大幅下跌的催化剂。7月交货的WTI原油期货下跌1.8美元/桶，收盘价报每桶46.21美元；8月交货的布伦特原油期货下跌1.78美元/桶，收盘价报每桶47.19美元。布伦特与WTI价差为0.98美元/桶，较前一日扩大0.02美元/桶。布伦特与迪拜价差为1.14美元/桶，较前一日缩小0.47美元/桶。
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Iraq's Kurds are ready to strike an agreement with the central government in Baghdad on a deal to increase oil exports, if it guarantees them a monthly revenue of $1 billion, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said.
Iraq's central government in March stopped oil exports through a Kurdish pipeline to pressure the local authorities to resume talks about an oil revenue sharing agreement.
Iraq's state-run North Oil Company normally exported 150,000 barrels a day through the pipeline that comes out at the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, in Turkey. The pipeline also carries oil produced in the Kurdish region in northern Iraq and sold independently from the central government.
KRG spokesman Safeen Dizayee said in an interview in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil on Tuesday that the Kurdish authorities would be willing to sell the oil through Baghdad if they get a share from the federal budget amounting to a $1 billion a month.
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Global Oil Sector To Cut $1 TRILLION In Spending. The oil market downturn will cause oil and gas companies to cut $1 trillion of spending on exploration and development from 2015-2020, Wood Mackenzie said in a Wednesday report. [Oilpro]
Why Billions In Proven Shale Oil Reserves Suddenly Became Unproven. Proven reserves -- gas and oil resources that are among the best measures of a company’s ability to reward its shareholders and repay its debts -- are disappearing across the shale patch. [Bloomberg]
Are Industry Crosscurrents Obscuring End To The Downturn? Allen Brooks writes,"Attention will soon shift to projecting the shape of the drilling rig recovery. Will that recovery look more like the 2008-2010 and 1997-2000 patterns or the mid-period recovery of the 1981-1990 rig pattern?" [Oilpro]
Goldman Sachs: Oil Price Gains Set To Stall. Oil production disruptions may be hitting multi-year highs, but Goldman Sachs predicts the resulting price recovery is likely to stall. "On aggregate, we view the price recovery as fragile," Goldman Sachs said in a commodities research note. [CNBC]
DNV GL And SGN To Deliver Innovative Gas Project. Following a successful Network Innovation Competition bid in 2015, SGN has offered funding and a partnership to DNV GL in a project to demonstrate the viability and practical reality of a mixed-source, energy-centric gas network for the future. [Oilpro]
Kurds Ready For New Oil Deal With Baghdad If They Get $1bn A Month. Iraq's Kurds are ready to strike an agreement with the central government in Baghdad on a deal to increase oil exports, if it guarantees them a monthly revenue of $1 billion, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) said. [Reuters]
Pemex Readying Asset Sell-Offs, Farm Outs & Joint Ventures. The CEO of Pemex, Jose Antonio Gonzalez Anaya, says the Mexican state oil firm is picking up the pace of changewith more and more asset sell-offs, farm-outs and joint ventures coming down the line. [Splash 247, Oilpro]
NPD Gives Consent for Rutil Start. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted the licensees in Gullfaks (production licence 050) consent to start-up the facilities on the Rutil deposit on Gullfaks South, and to start producing. [Oilpro]
Venezuela's Oil Production Tumbles. Even though the OPEC country's remote oil fields have been sheltered from social unrest so far, Venezuela's blistering economic crisis ishitting them full on, as production dropped to 2.37 M/bpd in May, according to OPEC data provided by Venezuela. [Reuters]
Netanyahu Invites Russia To Develop Israel's Gas Fields. During a press conference in Moscow, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Russian companies to come to Israel and develop the country's offshore Mediterranean gas fields. [Globes.co.il, Oilpro]
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MILAN, Italy -- Saipem wins drilling contracts worth approximately €150 million
Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts and extensions to existing contracts in Portugal, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Latin America, with a cumulative value of approximately €150 million ($168 million).
Eni Portugal awarded Saipem a contract for the utilization of the Saipem 12000, which will operate offshore Portugal. The work will be performed during the third quarter of 2016. Saipem 12000 is a sixth generation ultra-deepwater drillship capable of operating in water depths of over 3,000 m.
In Norway, the contract with Eni Norge for the Scarabeo 8 semisubmersible has been extended until October 2017. Scarabeo 8 is a 6th generation semisubmersible rig designed to operate in ultra-deep waters of up to 3,000 m.
Saipem has also been awarded new contracts by a number of different clients relating to land rigs in South America, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Morocco. The contracts will start during 2016 and have terms that vary from two months to two years.
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