Jan Vader, V.P.表示：“很荣幸得到ConocoPhillips的信任并且能有机会与ConocoPhillips公司签订新的五年合同”。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Worldoil 4月12日消息 编译/张弘引
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HAMILTON, Bermuda -- ConocoPhillips has awarded Archer a five-year contract for the provision of mechanical wireline services for the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract was awarded to Archer following a competitive tender process for ConocoPhillips’ well intervention services in Norway.
Archer has provided wireline intervention and cased hole logging services for ConocoPhillips since 2009, and the current contract would have expired in January 2017. The new contract will commence on May 1, 2016, and will cover a period of five years until April 30, 2021.
Jan Vader, V.P. of wireline, commented, “We are extremely pleased with the confidence ConocoPhillips places in Archer by giving us the opportunity to continue to work for them for an additional five years.”
Oil Rises To Four-Month High As U.S. Shale Production Slides.
Oil climbed to a four-month high in London as forecasts for lower U.S. shale production signaled the global oversupply will slowly diminish.
Prices This Week Hinge On Doha Talks.
About 15 OPEC and non-OPEC producers are expected to meet this weekend in a summit that will be very closely monitored for clues about production output.
Wells Fargo Misjudged the Risks of Energy Financing.
Wells Fargo’s foray into oil shows how Wall Street misjudged the risks hidden in an esoteric type of energy financing long thought to be bulletproof.
GE Starts Works On Prelude Flexible Risers.
GE Oil & Gas started production of four high pressure high temperature (HPHT) dynamic flexible risers which will be used on Shell's FLNG facility, Prelude at its Newcastle facility.
Chesapeake Surprises By Keeping $4 bn Borrowing Base.
Chesapeake Energy Corp surprised investors on Monday by keeping its $4 billion loan from banks despite concerns about its liquidity position at a time when many oil and gas producers are seeing their credit cut.
BLM Extends Comment Period On Methane.
In response to requests from the public, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has extended the public comment period until April 22, 2016, for the recently proposed Methane and Waste Prevention Rule.
Fitch Cuts Saudi Rating.
Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday it had cut Saudi Arabia's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to 'AA-' from 'AA' with a negative outlook as oil prices remain weak.
Montrose Platform Heads To North Sea Location.
Topsides for Talisman Sinopec UK's (TSEUK) new Montrose Bridge Linked Platform sailed out from Heerema's Zwijndrecht yard south of Rotterdam.
Shell CEO May Sell N. Sea Assets.
Royal Dutch Shell could sell some of its older, lower grade North Sea assets to improve the quality of its portfolio, CEO Ben van Beurden said on Tuesday, part of a two-year program to help finance its purchase of gas major BG Group.
BigRoll Shipping Takes Delivery of BigRoll Barentsz.
BigRoll Shipping took delivery of their first MC Class vessel, BigRoll Barentsz, from Crosco Dalian Shipyard.
Saipem SPA公司已和伊朗Tehran 的Razavi Oil & Gas Development公司签署协议，协议表明两公司可能合作开发Toos天然气田，该天然气田位于伊朗Mashhad市东北方向100千米处。
该协议是今年Saipem和伊朗企业所签署的第三个协议。
意大利公司称：Toos气田的天然气地质储量超过600亿立方米，日天然气产量可达400万立方米。该开发项目包括钻5-7口气井，以及生产、运输和加工设备的设计及建设。
一月，Saipem和Parsian Oil & Gas Development公司签署了一项协议，协议表明两公司可能合作对Tabriz炼油厂（日产油量为11万桶）进行升级改造，并将计划要建的Pars Shiraz凝析油精炼厂（日产油量为12万桶）与Shiraz炼油厂（日产油量为6万桶）连接起来。
一月，Saipem还和National Iranian Gas公司签署了一项协议，协议表明两公司可能合作建设IGAT 9输气管道和IGAT 11输气管道，两管道总长1800千米。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/ogj 4月12日消息 编译/赵宁
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Saipem SPA has entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Razavi Oil & Gas Development Co., Tehran, about possible cooperation in the development of Toos natural gas field 100 km northeast of Mashhad, Iran.
The MOU is the third Saipem has signed with Iranian entities this year.
The Italian company said Toos field has more than 60 billion cu m of gas in place and capacity to produce 4 million cu m/day. The development would involve the drilling of 5-7 wells and design and construction of production, transportation, and processing facilities.
In January, Saipem signed an MOU with Parsian Oil & Gas Development Co. about possible cooperation in revamping and upgrading the 110,000-b/d Tabriz refinery and planned, 120,000-b/d Pars Shiraz condensate refinery to be linked with the 60,000-b/d Shiraz refinery.
Also in January, Saipem signed an MOU with National Iranian Gas Co. on possible cooperation on two natural gas pipelines, IGAT 9 and IGAT 11, with combined lengths of 1,800 km.
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DOF Rederi AS还和英国Maersk Oil North Sea公司签署了一项为期三个月的合同，为该公司提供Skandi Gamma号钻井平台供应船，该合同将于4月份生效。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自／worldoil 4月12日消息 编译/赵宁
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STOREBØ, Norway -- A DOF Group subsidiary has signed two separate contracts with operators in the North Sea.
DOF Rederi AS signed an agreement with Nexen Petroleum UK for the platform supply vessel Skandi Marstein. The contract will start in May and is firm until the end of 2017.
The company also signed a three-month contract (plus options) with Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd. for the platform supply vessel Skandi Gamma. The contract will start in April.
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Statoil公司定制了四个新型Cat D型钻井平台，其中第三个已经在挪威大陆架投入使用，由钻井服务商Songa Offshore公司进行为期8年的钻井作业。
目前，Songa Encourage 号钻井平台已经在Skuld油田正式投入使用。
上个月，Songa公司接手了第四个钻井平台，即最后一个钻井平台 — Songa Enabler号钻井平台。四个平台都属于半潜式钻井平台，均为Daewoo Shipbuilding 公司和韩国Marine Engineering 公司联合制造的第六代Cat D型钻井平台。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自／oedigital 4月12日消息 编译/赵宁
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The third of four new Cat D rigs being built to work for Statoil by drilling contractor Songa Offshore has started drilling operations for Statoil on the Norwegian Continental Shelf under its 8-year contract.
The Songa Encourage is on operational day rate and working on the Skuld field.
Late last month, Songa Offshore took delivery of the fourth and final rig, the Songa Enabler. All four rigs are semisubmersible, sixth generation Cat D drilling rigs built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Korea.
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该合同可以为Boskalis公司带来4000万美元的收益。Dockwise船务公司将分三趟运输这些模块:公司会启用一艘I型重型运输船运送两个上部钻机模块，总重20,000公吨；2018年上半年启用一艘II型重型运输船运送一个模块，总重6000公吨。以上模块将从韩国Geoje运出，运至挪威。
Dockwise Vanguard重货船将在2019年上半年运送处理平台的上部分设备。货船到达挪威后，公司将在Stavanger市附近的一个峡湾卸载货物。
Johan Sverdrup油田距离挪威Stavanger市大约150千米，是挪威大陆架上的五大油田之一，储油量为17亿桶至30亿桶油当量。该油田由Statoil公司、 Lundin Norway公司、Petoro公司、Det norske oljeselskap公司和Maersk 公司共同开发。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
来自/Oil & Gas Observer 4月12日消息 编译/赵宁
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The contract carries a value of approximately $40 million. The modules will be transported by Dockwise in three journeys. A Dockwise type I heavy transport vessel will transport two topside modules of the riser platform with a total weight of more than 20,000 MT and a Dockwise type II vessel will transport the third 6,000 MT module in the first half of 2018. The modules will be transported from the yard in Geoje, South Korea to the project site offshore Norway where they will be offloaded.
The transportation of the topside of the processing platform from South Korea will be executed by the Dockwise Vanguard and is expected to take place in the first half of 2019. Following its arrival in Norway, the cargo will be offloaded in a fjord near Stavanger.
Johan Sverdrup, located approximately 150 kilometers offshore Stavanger, Norway, is one of the five biggest oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf with expected resources of between 1.7 and 3.0 billion barrels of oil equivalent. The project is a joint development by Statoil, Lundin Norway, Petoro, Det norske oljeselskap and Maersk Oil.
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John Kilduff 表示：“石油市场在多哈会谈之前，仍然有下行趋势。石油市场会受大事件影响，如果出现OPEC类似上次举行会议时萎靡情况，那么油价将会受到影响。”
来自/Reuters 4月11日消息 编译/张弘引
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Brent crude prices touched a four-month high on Monday in a rally fueled by strong markets across commodities, ahead of a meeting of oil producers in Doha next Sunday aimed at freezing current output levels.
The market received a small boost ahead of the settlement as a U.S. government forecast released on Monday said U.S. shale oil production is expected to fall for a seventh month in a row in May.
After hitting the highest level since Dec. 7 early in the day, Brent crude futures, the global benchmark, settled up 89 cents, or 2.12 percent at $42.83 a barrel. U.S. crude futures settled up 64 cents, or 1.6 percent, at $40.36 a barrel.
“Still, the market is grappling with downside risk ahead of the Doha talks,” said John Kilduff at Again Capital Management. “The market is nervous ahead of this meeting on Sunday," Kilduff said. "There's big event risk, because if it falls apart like the last OPEC meeting did, the prices are going to get punished."
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BAKU, April 11 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's oil output declined to 10.496 million tons in the first quarter from 10.669 million tons in the year-earlier period, the energy ministry said on Monday.
The ministry also said that first-quarter natural gas production rose to 7.469 billion cubic metres (bcm) from 7.323 bcm in January-March 2015.
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ABERDEEN -- Buckthorn Partners and the Arab Petroleum Investments Corp. (APICORP) have acquired Ashtead Technology, an independent provider of subsea equipment and services to the offshore oil and gas industry.
The undisclosed funding package from Buckthorn and APICORP will allow Ashtead to further expand its service offering through both organic and acquisition led growth. The investment will also enable Ashtead to expand its geographical reach, with the Middle East being a particular area of interest and focus for the company.
Buckthorn is a London-based investment firm, and APICORP a financial institution established by the ten member countries of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Since its launch in 1985, Ashtead has grown to become a leading independent provider of subsea technology and services to the oil and gas industry with a strong customer base built on trust and quality. With offices in the UK, Houston and Singapore, Ashtead is focused on delivering cost savings and value-added services to its customers.
Allan Pirie will continue to lead Ashtead’s management team as CEO. Nicholas Gee from Buckthorn joins as chairman and Bennie Burger from APICORP also joins the board.
Pirie said, “This deal signals confidence both in our business and in the long-term direction of the market sector in which we operate. It’s a great outcome for Ashtead’s customers, suppliers and staff around the world.
“As the market evolves to cope with the long-term effects of the current oil price, service companies like Ashtead must assist in reducing project cost and risk, helping our customers to focus on their core competences. This initial investment coupled with access to further capital will enable us to significantly expand our expertise in subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) to fulfill our ambition of becoming an integrated services provider.”
Following this transaction, Phoenix Equity Partners remain as investors with a minority stake in Ashtead Technology.
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Metgasco Ltd., a Sydney-based conventional and unconventional natural gas exploration firm, reported Monday that the shutdown of its Northern Rivers' operations in the Clarence Moreton Basin in New South Wales (NSW), Australia covering its 100 percent stakes in petroleum exploration licenses (PEL) 16, 13 and 426 is nealry complete.
The firm decommissioned the remaining two coal seam gas (CSG) wells and the land rehabilitated at costs lower than budgeted. Metgasco has submitted documents indicating landowners' acceptance of the rehabilitation work to the NSW Government and the latter has inspected the sites. The company now awaits the NSW Government's release of the $177,873 (AUD 236,000) bonds associated with the operations.
Meantime, Metgasco has sold the land purchased for a power station project for around $188,350 (AUD 250,000), while the equipment and materials held for future drilling has been sold, with the remainder moved to a Brisbane site until the sale process concludes. The Casino office and storage facility has also been closed and employment of Northern Rivers staff has been terminated.
Metgasco agreed at the end of 2015 to withdraw from NSW operations and court action against the NSW Government in return for $18.9 million (AUD 25 million).
"The Company will continue to seek attractive new business opportunities within the oil and gas sector with the aim of securing the first opportunity within the first half of this year. With the close down of the Northern Rivers acreage effectively complete, the focus of the management team and the Board is solely on new business development," Metgasco said in the press release.
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KASSEL, Germany, April 7 (Reuters) - BASF's oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall expects lower sales and earnings in 2016 after being hit in 2015 by a sharp oil price decline that squeezed revenues in its exploration business.
Chief Executive Mario Mehren said that the ongoing weakness in oil prices would result in cost savings and lower investments but that production would be expanded, especially in low-cost regions such as Russia and Argentina.
"Wintershall will do both in coming years - save and invest. Those goals are not contradictory," he told a news conference.
Last year, oil prices slumped 47 percent to $52 on average for North Sea grade Brent. Wintershall's planning is based on an average $40 this year.
Wintershall accounted for more than a fifth of EBIT at parent group BASF in 2015, which had reported results on Feb 26.
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HOUSTON -- Wood Group has acquired Ingenious Inc., a supplier of proprietary software and consulting services to the oil & gas, chemical and energy industries, from its executive leadership team.
The acquisition provides a strong manufacturing operations management (MOM) systems capability that builds upon and diversifies the capabilities of Wood Group Mustang’s automation and control business, within which it will operate. Ingenious’ software products consist of remote performance monitoring, production planning and scheduling, and training, including e-learning and training simulators for the process industries.
Founded in 2000 by Vibhu Sharma and Bharat Kamdar, Houston-based Ingenious provides consulting and engineering services to support software sales and non-software-related services, such as process engineering, design and simulation, and process safety management. Ingenious also has an office in Mumbai, India, that supports regional customers, executes international projects and assists in software development. The Mumbai operations expand the automation and control business’s geographic footprint and client relationships in Asia and the Middle East.
“The capabilities Ingenious provides will enhance the scale and breadth of our automation and control business,” stated Michele McNichol, Wood Group Mustang CEO. “Wood Group Mustang has been a client and reseller of Ingenious’s products. Together, we can pursue projects that neither could explore independently.”
Wood Group will also be able to leverage Ingenious’s strength in the operator training simulator market to enhance its control system simulators, training tools and services.
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PERTH, Australia -- Oilex Ltd has commenced gas production from Bhandut field, onshore Gujarat, India. The Bhandut-3 well is currently flowing at the expected stabilized rate of 0.70 MMscfgd (120 boed) through an 8/64 in. choke, the company said.
Gas produced from Bhandut-3 is initially processed at the on-site production facilities and then delivered to a third-party operated gas processing plant where it is further treated to the required pipeline specification. It is subsequently compressed for entry into the high pressure gas network for delivery to an end user.
Oilex is the operator and holds a 40% equity stake in Bhandut field, with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) holding the remaining equity interest.
Previous drilling in the Bhandut wells intersected a number of hydrocarbon zones, some of which have been produced and are now shut in. The Bhandut-3 well is producing from a previously undeveloped sandstone at a depth of 1,010 m at virgin reservoir pressure. This zone was flow tested by Oilex and the joint venture in 2013 confirming good reservoir quality with an average permeability of 124 mD and gas of good quality containing 98.9% hydrocarbons, of which 94% is methane and 1.1% nitrogen and carbon dioxide.
As this is the first production from this individual reservoir, the production will be closely monitored to facilitate a greater understanding of its potential. Currently, the joint venture has approval to sell hydrocarbons from this project for 3 months pending completion and approval of a field development plan.
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Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted Statoil consent to drill two exploration wells in the North Sea.
The wells, 30/11-12 S and 30/11-12 A, are located in production licenses 272 and 035, respectively, which Statoil is the operator of. Drilling operations are expected to last for approximately 45 days, depending on whether or not a find is made.
The Songa Delta (mid-water semisub), which is operated by Songa Offshore, will be used to drill the wells.
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上月，总统Muhammadu Buhari 批准了对Nigerian National Petroleum公司的重组计划，该巨无霸公司被重组成了五个新公司，通过这次改革，该公司开始再次盈利。这些新公司所涉及业务包括上游业务、下游业务、天然气、电力和炼油厂，并且每个投资集团将由不同的总裁管理，另外还包括两个附属机构。石油圈原创www.oilsns.com
去年，由于油价下跌，作为非洲第一大原油生产国的尼日利亚财政遭受重创，而Nigerian National Petroleum公司的炼油业又持续萎靡不振，导致Nigerian National Petroleum公司去年共亏损了２６７０亿奈拉（１３.４亿美元）。调查显示，Nigerian National Petroleum公司内部腐败现象十分猖獗，因此Buhari将公司重组和反腐作为重中之重。
来自/worldoil 4月8日消息 编译/赵宁
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ABUJA, Nigeria (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria’s government may sell 40% of a new national oil company within 10 years of its creation, according to a draft law.
At least 10% of the company will be divested within five first years, according to the draft bill handed to reporters in Parliament in the capital, Abuja. Nigeria’s Petroleum Ministry will hold 51%, while the Bureau of Public Enterprise is to hold the remaining 49% for government.
Last month, President Muhammadu Buhari approved a restructuring of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. into five units in a bid to reform the behemoth and make it profitable again. The business units comprising upstream, downstream, gas and power, refinery and a ventures group will each be headed by a CEO and will have at least two other subsidiaries.
The NNPC lost 267 billion naira ($1.34 billion) last year after being dragged down by its refining business and as the finances of Africa’s top crude producer has been battered by a drop in oil prices in the past 12 months. Buhari has made it a priority to restructure the company and rid it of the corruption that multiple probes have said is rampant.
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ABERDEEN, Scotland -- Xodus Group has been awarded a framework agreement for the provision of design and engineering technical services to the Grain LNG terminal, situated on the Isle of Grain, Kent, UK.
The contract is for three years and will involve a range of engineering input from feasibility and conceptual capabilities to front-end engineering and design (FEED) and detailed engineering to enhance and expand Grain LNG’s services. Xodus has already successfully completed a number of projects for Grain LNG prior to the framework agreement.
"There is no doubt that LNG has proven to be a viable option in the overall energy mix and this award is a step forward in expanding our core skills in this arena,” said Alistair Porter, operations director with Xodus. “Our integrated engineering team together with expertise from Chiyoda Corporation, Xodus' majority shareholder, provides considerable LNG experience.”
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MRC Global公司全球总裁、董事长兼首席执行官Andrew R. Lane表示：“Chevron公司选择继续信任MRC Global 的管道器材产品，我对此表示感谢。这项协议的签署意味着MRC Global在墨西哥湾的业务得到了扩展。此外，我们一直希望在墨西哥湾这个重要的离岸市场建立良好的形象。”
现今，Chevron公司国内外的MRO和基本工程项目主要都由MRC Global供应。
来自/worldoil 编译/赵宁
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HOUSTON -- MRC Global (US) Inc., has been awarded a new maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) agreement to be a preferred supplier of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF) products and services to Chevron's operations in the Gulf of Mexico.
MRC Global has also been awarded an extension to its MRO agreement to supply PVF products and services to Chevron's midcontinent U.S. operations, which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.
"I am grateful that Chevron continues to trust MRC Global with their ongoing PVF needs," Andrew R. Lane, MRC Global’s chairman, president and CEO, said. "The agreement to support Chevron's Gulf of Mexico operations represents an expansion of MRC Global's Gulf of Mexico business and is a result of our commitment to build out our service model in this important offshore market."
MRC Global is currently a global supplier of PVF for Chevron's major international and domestic MRO and capital projects.
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