表决结束之后，CNH的负责人Juan Carlos Zepeda在采访中表示：“新条例的重要性在于它使行业联盟的形成变得更加灵活。”各公司组成开采联盟，进而共同处理此类项目，分摊深水油藏开采所需的资金和风险。
来自/Rigzone 4月14日消息 编译/张弘引
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Mexico's oil regulator voted on Thursday to improve the terms for its first-ever deepwater auction in December, giving energy companies and investors more flexibility to structure their bids as oil prices have slumped over the past two years.
In a meeting that was webcast, commissioners of the regulator known as the CNH voted unanimously to allow companies not involved in the day-to-day operations of a deepwater oil field to hold a larger stake than the project operator. The previous rule required that the operator hold the largest stake.
"The importance of this rule is it provides flexibility to form consortia," CNH President Juan Carlos Zepeda said in an interview following the vote. Companies form consortia to handle nearly all such projects to share the high risk and investment needed to drill and develop deepwater wells.
Bibby Offshore’s Norway division, Bibby Offshore AS, has secured its first contract in the region with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia.
Managed from Bibby Offshore’s Stavanger office, the workscope involves project management , installation engineering, procurement and subsea installation works, related to maintenance activities on the Norpipe oil pipeline.
The contract is due for completion in third-quarter 2016 and will utilize the construction support vessel Olympic Ares to support operator ConocoPhillips on integrity management of the Norpipe oil pipeline between the Ekofisk area and the Teesside facility in UK.
"We are delighted to have secured our first Norwegian contract with a leading E&P company, such as ConocoPhillips,” Arne Lier, managing director of Bibby Offshore Norway, said.
DeepOcean Ghana Ltd. today announces that it has been awarded a 3 year contract with options for two additional years, to provide a Light Construction Vessel (LCV) to Tullow Ghana Limited.
In this regard, DeepOcean Ghana has mobilised the DP2 ROV/construction vessel Dina Star with two DeepOcean Ghana owned 220HP Constructor ROV systems, commenced offshore activities mid March 2016. The scope of work includes inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR), surveys and subsea construction on the Tullow Ghana operated deepwater Jubilee and TEN Fields offshore Ghana.
DeepOcean Ghana Limited, an indigenous Ghanaian company in which Deep Ocean B.V. (DeepOcean) holds a 49% shareholding, commenced its working relationship with Tullow Ghana in February 2015 when it mobilized the Rem Forza to undertake multipurpose construction activities on Jubilee. The Rem Forza has now been replaced by the Dina Star, allowing the Rem Forza to continue working with Tullow Ghana to provide accommodation and construction support on the TEN project from March 2016.
A representative of DeepOcean Ghana's senior management stated : “We are very pleased that with this new contract we have the opportunity to increase the scope of work we are undertaking offshore Ghana for Tullow.”
IEA Sees Oil Oversupply Almost Gone in Second Half on Shale Drop... Global oil markets will “move close to balance” in the second half of the year as lower prices take their toll on production outside OPEC, the International Energy Agency said. [Bloomberg]
Oil Rises Early Thursday. Brent rose above $44 per barrel on Thursday after the IEA report. The agency trimmed its forecast for demand growth but said a fall in oil output in the United States was speeding up. [CNBC]
All Eyes On Doha As Oil Producers Brace For Meet... As low oil prices continue to crimp government budgets and squeeze energy companies, the world’s top oil-exporting nations are facing an incredible amount of pressure to ease the global supply glut... [Oilpro]
...& Qatar's Oil-Freeze Letter To Norway Reveals Doha Deal Logic. The preliminary agreement by Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Qatar to freeze output has already put a floor under crude prices and a deal this weekend to include other producers would extend the recovery, according to Qatar’s Energy Ministry. [Bloomberg]
Obama To Issue New Oil, Gas Drilling Regulations Today... Sources familiar with the rule-making said the Department of Interior will release the final version of its well control regulations, requiring more stringent procedures for offshore drilling equipment. Interior is estimating the cost of the new regulations at about $1 billion over 10 years... [Washington Times, Oilpro]
The API Is Worried. API has said that Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (BSEE) Well Control Rule may have unintended negative consequencesfor safety and affect future offshore energy projects. [Offshore Energy Today, Oilpro]
Global Oil Glut Leaves Supertankers In A Huge Jam. It may be the world's biggest traffic jam. As ports struggle to cope with a global oil glut, huge queues of supertankers have formed in some of the world's busiest sea lanes, where some 200 million barrels of crude lies waiting to be loaded or delivered. [Reuters, Oilpro]
Another O&G Bankruptcy. Energy XXI has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.“Energy XXI will eliminate more than $2.8 billion in debt from its balance sheet, substantially deleverage its capital structure and position the company for long-term success,” it said. [Energy XXI]
Why Oil Could Rise To $70 This Year. Crude oil has broken through a significant hurdle, one that may signal that low prices are officially behind us. The WTI contract's ability to surpass its 200-day moving average on Tuesday for the first time since July 2014 is a meaningful sign, according to Amherst Pierpont strategist Robert Sinche. [CNBC, Oilpro]
Lessons To Be Learned From LNG 'Arms Race.' The unprecedented $200 billion build-out of liquefied natural gas capacity that has turned Australia into a gas exporting powerhouse provides valuable lessons on the need for better industry collaboration and a less blinkered view on competition, according to Deloitte. [Smh.com.au, Oilpro]
Cape公司荣幸宣布与英国ConocoPhillips公司签订新合同。根据合同条款，Cape将为ConocoPhillips公司Teesside Seal Sands地区的设备提供加工、制造、工程设计和检测服务。
该合同的初始合同期限为5年，Cape已经开始履行合同。Cape很高兴通过该合同与ConocoPhillips进一步合作发展现有关系。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
Cape执行总裁Joe Oatley表示：我很欣慰Cape签署了这份合同，我们期待与ConocoPhillips进一步发展合作关系。
来自/oilvoice 4月14日消息 编译/赵宁
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Cape is pleased to announce the award of a new contract with ConocoPhillips UK Limited. The contract will provide fabrication, mechanical, engineering and instrumentation services to the ConocoPhillips facility at Seal Sands on Teesside.
The initial term of this multi-million pound contract is 5 years and Cape is mobilising on site with immediate effect. Cape is delighted to build on its existing relationship with ConocoPhillips through the award of this Contract.
Commenting on the contract award Joe Oatley, Chief Executive of Cape, said 'I am delighted that Cape has been able to secure this important contract and we look forward to developing our relationship with ConocoPhillips further'.
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TRONDHEIM, Norway消息 --- Electromagnetic Geoservices公司(EMGS)周四发表声明称，公司将采取措施降低成本、提高效率。
这些结构性措施包括集中或合并公司部门和其他降低成本的措施。根据EMGS发表的声明，通过采取以上措施，公司将会在全球范围内裁员15%。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
EMGS计划在2016年第二季度花费约70万美元对公司进行重组。公司将会立刻实施其他成本节约措施，这些措施将会逐渐生效，预计通过采取这些措施，公司每年将节约大约1,000万美元的成本。
EMGS执行总裁Christiaan Vermeijden表示：“虽然客户对我们公司的技术饶有兴趣，但是他们正在取消工作或是减少工作量，从而降低了服务需求。因此，我们将继续着力于控制成本和资金流动，并采取措施提升公司效率。”
来自／worldoil 4月14日消息 编译/赵宁
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TRONDHEIM, Norway -- Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) is to make several changes to reduce the company's cost base and increase efficiency in line with the level of expected activity, the company said in a statement Thursday.
These structural changes will include centralizing and/or merging departments, in addition to other measures to cut costs. According to EMGS, the changes will result in a reduction of the company’s global headcount by about 15%.
EMGS expects to book restructuring charges of approximately $0.7 million in the second quarter of 2016. The additional cost measures will be implemented immediately and yield effects gradually, and they are expected to further reduce the company’s annual cost base by about $10 million.
"Whilst the interest in our technology continues to be high, our customers are delaying, cancelling or reducing work scopes, resulting in a lower demand for our services. Therefore, we continue to focus on cost control and cash flow, and implement changes to increase the efficiency of the organization," Christiaan Vermeijden, CEO of EMGS, said.
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今年年末，印度西部Arabian海域的两项工程将开始生产天然气和凝析油。
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC)公司表示: Daman和C-26 Cluster开发工程每天最高可产天然气 1,100万立方米，凝析油11,000桶。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
两项工程包括10个井口平台，1个升降式钻井平台和海底管道。并且，该钻井平台接下来需要钻36口井。
ONGC表示，工程开发将会使用附近Tapti油田的加工和出口设备。4月12日，ONGC和一家合资企业PMT公司签署了一项Tapti油田资产转让协议，ONGC公司持有该油田40%资产，British Gas公司持有30%资产，Reliance Industries公司持有30%资产。
ONGC表示，这种形式的资产转让在印度上游领域中于首次，即，一家探勘与生产（E&P）运营商不再需要的设备可以被另一家运营商用来开发油田，以降低成本。
来自／ogj 4月14日消息 编译/赵宁
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Natural gas and condensate production from two projects in the Arabian Sea off western India is expected to start later this year.
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. (ONGC) said the Daman development project and the C-26 Cluster development project are expected to peak at about 11 million cu m/day of gas and 11,000 b/d of condensate.
The two projects include construction “in progress” of 10 wellhead platforms, one riser platform, and subsea pipelines. Drilling rigs have been “earmarked for” 36 wells.
ONGC said the projects will use processing and export facilities from the adjacent Tapti field. A Tapti asset transfer was signed Apr. 12 between ONGC and a joint venture, PMT, consisting of ONGC, 40%, British Gas, 30%, and Reliance Industries, 30%.
The asset transfer “is the first of its kind” in India’s upstream, ONGC said. Facilities no longer required by one E&P operator “can be optimally used by another operator to expedite the field development activities and also to reduce CAPEX burden.”
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Solan油田位于设得兰群岛西部的苏格兰海域，已经开始生产作业。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
油田开发运营商Premier Oil公司表示：在启动电潜泵的情况下，两口生产井中的一口已按照设定速度生产。
另外，注水站将暂停输出进行调试，同时与第二口注水井连接，并为与第二口生产井连接做好准备。
Diamond Offshore Ocean Valiant号半潜式钻井平台正在钻第二口生产井，该井钻遇了1500英尺厚的侏罗纪砂岩层。油井水平段长度为5,000-6,000英尺，此外还需要采用绕丝筛管进行防砂。
来自/OGJ 4月13日消息 编译/赵宁
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Solan oil field in the West of Shetland area offshore Scotland has started production.
Premier Oil PLC, the operator during development, said the first of two production wells is flowing naturally at restricted rates before start-up of an electric submersible pump.
Output will be suspended for commissioning of a water-injection plant, tie-in of a second water-injection well, and preparation for tie-in of a second production well.
The Diamond Offshore Ocean Valiant semisubmersible rig is drilling the second production well, which has cut 1,500 ft of what Premier describes as high-quality sands in the Jurassic Solan formation. The wells have 5,000-6,000-ft horizontal sections and need wire-wrap screens for sand control.
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Statoil has now awarded two new contracts for the removal, transportation, disposal and recycling of the Huldra platform.
The Engineering, Preparation and Removal (EPR) contract has been awarded to Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE.
The contract for disposal and recycling of the platform has been awarded to AF Offshore Decom AS, a subsidiary of AF Gruppen ASA.
The total weight of the platform is approximately 10,000 tons, distributed over a 5,000 ton topside and a 5,000 ton steel jacket. It is expected that more than 95% of the platform will be recycled.
The plan is to remove the Huldra platform during 2019 with the subsequent disposal and recycling work taking place at AF Offshore Decom’s environmental base in Vats, Norway, within the first half of 2020.
WorleyParsons执行总裁 Andrew Wood表示：“很高兴能和BP公司延续我们之间长期的合作关系，这也是一次展现Improve团队所提供服务价值的好机会。”
来自/rigzone 4月14日消息 编译/赵宁
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Australia's WorleyParsons Ltd. disclosed Wednesday that it has been awarded a five year contract for Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCm) services for BP-operated assets in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
Under the agreement, WorleyParsons will provide EPCm services primarily to BP-operated Sangachal Terminal and pipeline systems in Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey.
The services will be provided by a WorleyParsons Improve Team in Azerbaijan.
“We are pleased to continue our long standing relationship with BP and to have the opportunity to demonstrate the value proposition of our Improve offering on these assets” said Andrew Wood, Chief Executive Officer of WorleyParsons.
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Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) announced today that it will reduce its activity in Venezuela to align operations with cash collections. This measure is a result of insufficient payments received in recent quarters and a lack of progress in establishing new mechanisms that address past and future accounts receivable.
Schlumberger appreciates the efforts of its main customer in the country to find alternative payment solutions and remains fully committed to supporting the Venezuelan exploration and production industry. However, Schlumberger is unable to increase its accounts receivable balances beyond their current level.
The reduction in activity levels will take place over the current month and will be made in close coordination with all customers in Venezuela to continue servicing those customers with available cash flow, while allowing for a safe and orderly wind down of operations for others.
Additionally, Schlumberger reaffirms its first-quarter revenue guidance of approximately $6.5 billion.
协议表明，双方有意在欧洲合作建设、运营LNG接收站、LNG加气站和LNG仓储设施。
Alexander Medvedev 先生表示：“小型LNG设施不仅仅是在包括工业和运输等不同经济领域内的经济、环保的传统能源替代品，还是欧洲天然气消耗的主要增长点。通过发展小型LNG设施，Gazprom既能增强自身的出口潜力，还将增加欧洲能源的可持续供应量。”
Pascal De Buck先生表示：“建设小型LNG设施对于贯彻欧洲替代能源的可持续战略十分关键，这将进一步释放小型LNG设施的巨大潜能，它既可以减轻水运和重型运输所造成的环境污染，也可以为没有连接到天然气主干线的厂区供电。"石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自／Oil & Gas Observer 4月13日消息 编译/赵宁
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The Agreement reflects the intention of the parties to collaborate on joint projects for the construction and operation of LNG receiving terminals, LNG filling stations, and LNG bunkering infrastructure in Europe.
"Small-scale LNG is not just a cost-effective and eco-friendly alternative to conventional fuels in different fields of economy including industry and transport. It is one of key growth areas in European gas consumption. By developing this segment, Gazprom will further diversify its export potential and increase sustainable supplies of energy to Europe," Alexander Medvedev said.
"Developing the required infrastructure for small-scale LNG is key to implementing the EU's sustainable strategy for alternative fuels. It will enable small-scale LNG to further unlock its vast potential for mitigating the environmental impact of waterborne and heavy transport, as well as for powering the remote industrial sites not connected to gas trunklines," Pascal De Buck said.
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Total has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) during the LNG 18 conference in Perth, Australia, to reinforce mutual cooperation to explore opportunities throughout the LNG value chain.
The main purpose of the agreement is to jointly identify and pursue opportunities to develop the LNG market in Asia and in new importing countries and to cooperate in LNG trading and terminal optimization.
“We are delighted to extend our long-standing cooperation with KOGAS, the world’s largest LNG buyer and regasification terminal operator, along the entire LNG value chain. Our combined expertise will contribute to the generation of successful business opportunities in various LNG and gas sectors,” Laurent Vivier, president of Total’s gas division, said.
OPEC Demand Warning Takes The Wind Out Of Oil's Sail. Comments from OPEC today may curb the enthusiasm oil prices have enjoyed over the past few weeks. Here's 5 key take aways from OPEC's monthly Oil Market Report out today.
7 Oil and Gas Market Themes You Should Be Following. 7 themes coming out of the Hart Energy Oil and Gas Investor Energy Capital Conference in Austin are highlighted by the Drilling info team. [Drillinginfo]
Oilfield Earnings Season Is Upon Us. 1Q earnings season is here again with the industry's management teams preparing to speak to their investors over the next several weeks. [Oilpro]
Archer Awarded Five-Year Contract By ConocoPhillips. Archer Limited was awarded a five-year contract by ConocoPhillips for the provision of Mechanical Wireline Services for the Norwegian Continental Shelf. [Oilpro]
Iran Launches Talks With Shell. An NIOC official has announced the launch of Iran-Shell talks on supplying oil to the Anglo-Dutch company's refineries in South Africa. [Mehrnews, Oilpro]
UK's First Subsea Oil Storage Starts. The UK North Sea's first use of a subsea oil storage tank has started, independent operator Premier Oil announced this morning. [OEDigital, Oilpro]
JPMorgan Braces For Energy Defaults. The pain isn’t over for the Wall Street banks that financed the oil boom. JPMorgan Chase & Co., which kicked off bank earnings Wednesday, added $529 million to its provision for loan losses on oil, natural gas and gas pipelines, bringing the total set aside to cover souring energy bets to more than $1.3 billion. [Bloomberg]
Trading Houses Predict Cautious Rise In Oil Prices. Oil prices have probably bottomed out and will rise from now on though the recovery will be slow due to a huge stocks overhang, some of the biggest oil trading executives said on Tuesday. [Reuters]
The slump in LNG prices has an upside. Weaker-than-expected demand has hit the once-buoyant liquefied natural gas(LNG) market, but 18-year-low prices have their upside, as the slump is attracting new customers. [CNBC, Oilpro]
Can Liberals Frack? As the Democratic presidential campaign comes to New York, the candidates are competing to dance on the grave of fracking, even though the oil and gas extraction technique of hydraulic fracturing has been banned in the state since 2014. [NYT]
HOUSTON消息 --- 二月底，Weatherford公司在俄罗斯Sakhalin岛附近完成了一项钻井和扩孔作业，该作业共节约52小时的钻井时间。
运营商委托Weatherford将一个海上开发井的井眼从8-1/2英寸扩大到9-1/2英寸，扩孔井段长3,641英尺。
Weatherford采用一个双铰刀的井底钻具组合，包括一个Rip Tide钻井铰刀和一个Rip Tide井底小直径井眼钻井铰刀。 RFID可以使这两个铰刀在运行过程中分别实现远程开关控制。这种方式可以使作业者钻进、扩孔深度达到14,629英尺（4,459米），单趟作业就可避免井底小直径井眼，并能保证井眼的清洁。
由于省掉了再次起下钻清理井眼的步骤，因此为油田节省了52小时的作业时间。使用RFID工具有利于大幅度节约时间、降低成本和提高作业运营效率。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
Weatherford副总裁兼全球客户经理Nicole Carpenter先生表示：“这项工作完美地诠释了团队工作如何在极短的时间内取得较好的成果，我们希望未来能在该区域的作业中应用这些工具。”
来自／worldoil 4月13日消息 编译/赵宁
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HOUSTON -- In late February, Weatherford completed a drilling and reaming project near Sakhalin Island, Russia, that resulted in a total of 52 hours in rig time saved.
The operator contracted Weatherford to enlarge a 3,641-ft (1,110-m) hole section from 8-1/2 in. to 9-1/2 in. on an offshore development well.
Weatherford deployed a dual-reamer bottomhole assembly including a RipTide drilling reamer and a RipTide Rathole Killer drilling reamer. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags enabled both reamers to be opened and closed remotely and selectively throughout the run. This method allowed the crew to drill and ream the hole section to a total depth of 14,629 ft (4,459 m), eliminate the rathole and clean the wellbore in a single trip.
By removing the need for a dedicated cleanout trip, which takes an average of 52 hours in this field, the RFID tools produced significant value in terms of time, cost and operational efficiency.
“This job was a perfect illustration of how team effort can produce results within an incredibly short timeframe,” said Nicole Carpenter, V.P. and global account manager at Weatherford. “We look forward to applying these tools to future operations in this field.”
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OAO NOVATEK announced today that its subsidiary OOO NOVATEK-Yurkharovneftegas won an auction for the exploration and production license for the Nyakhartinskiy license area. The license duration is 27 years and the payment for the license was set at RR 1,057 million.
The Nyakhartinskiy license area is located in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Region in close proximity to the Yurkharovskoye field, which is being developed by OOO NOVATEK- Yurkharovneftegas. As of 1 January 2016, recoverable resources of the license area under the Russian reserve classification methodology amount to 215 billion cubic meters of natural gas and more than 70 million tons of liquid hydrocarbons.
The Chairman of NOVATEK's Management Board Leonid Mikhelson noted: 'The acquisition of this license is consistent with our long-term development strategy aimed at efficiently expanding the Company's resource base in our core producing region. It is also important that a significant share of the license area's resource base comprises liquid hydrocarbons'.
ABERDEEN, Scotland -- Proserv has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract with Statoil for the provision of production control equipment in Norway.
Proserv will supply five wellhead hydraulic power units (HPUs) for Statoil's Gullfaks oil and gas field, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, which is undergoing an extensive topside upgrade program.
The design, manufacture and supply of the work scope will be carried out by Proserv's specialist engineering and project teams in Stavanger, Norway. Work has already begun on the manufacturing of these systems and all five are expected to be delivered to Statoil by 2017.
Henrik Johnson, Proserv’s regional president for Scandinavia, said: “This is a significant win for the company that highlights the strength of our technical and engineering expertise as well as our market-leading status for the provision of surface production systems and services.”
The agreement comes just months after Proserv was awarded a contract to provide topside control equipment at one of the largest field discoveries on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Proserv is supplying Aibel, on behalf of Statoil, with a HPU and three chemical injection panels for the Johan Sverdrup development’s drilling platform.
PERTH, Australia -- Woodside and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation, extending the existing partnership between the companies.
The MoU was signed in Perth by Woodside CEO Peter Coleman and KOGAS President and CEO Lee Seung-Hoon.
The agreement, which renews a partnership in place since 2011, furthers cooperation between Woodside and KOGAS in a number of areas. These include developing future business arrangements, knowledge sharing, staff secondments, joint teconology studies and workshops.
Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said the signing gives both companies scope to create material benefits by working together to realize new project opportunities. “The business case for continuing our cooperation with KOGAS is clear. Their capabilities and technological innovations in LNG are world class and complement Woodside's business,” he said.
KOGAS CEO Lee, Seung-Hoon said the event marked a new milestone for both companies to boost the growth engine for KOGAS and Woodside. “Woodside's open-door system already gives us new business opportunities. Their outstanding capabilities as Australia's most experienced and competitive oil and gas company will promote us to the next level,” he said.
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