Western Gas announced Wednesday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with oil and gas service and technology providers McDermott International and Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE), for the development of the Equus Gas Project offshore Western Australia…
Russia's largest independent natural gas producer Novatek announced that its wholly owned subsidiary OOO Novatek-Yurkharovneftegas, upon testing of the exploration well PO-1 achieved commercial flows of natural gas from the Lower Cretaceous…
ADNOC LNG said it signed an AED 3.16 billion (US$860 million) contract with a consortium of Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas and Abu Dhabi’s Target Engineering Construction Company for building the second phase of the Integrated Gas Development Expansion (IGD-E)…
Inpex Corporation announced the departure of its first shipment of condensate from the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project.The cargo departed from the Project’s massive offshore floating production, storage and offloading facility - the Ichthys Venturer –moored in the Browse Basin…
The Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility has arrived in Australian waters today (14 August), as Inpex gears up to begin hook-up and commissioning activities. The Ichthys Venturer at the DSME shipyard…
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility Ichthys Venturer has set sail for Australia. The 336m-long long ship-shaped, offshore facility has started a 5600km voyage that will take about one month to complete…
Inpex's Ichthys Explorer, the world's largest semisubmersible platform safely arrived in the Australian waters of the Browse basin, marking a milestone for the Ichthys LNG project. The Ichthys Explorer…
China has successfully mined flammable ice, or natural gas hydrates, at the Shenhu area of the South China Sea. Image from iStock The mining of gas hydrates marks a major breakthrough that could lead to a global energy revolution…
Although Australia has some of the most progressive fiscal regimes for offshore oil and gas, the country is being short-changed in LNG exports, which is on the verge of further expansion this year. Audrey Raj reports. Shell’s…
Santos is making its exit offshore Victoria after entering a deal with Cooper Energy to sell its South Australian natural gas assets for US$62.5 million (AU$82 million). Image from Santos. The…
Large, highly enriched accumulations of natural gas hydrates have been discovered in the Bay of Bengal, India, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). It is the first discovery of its kind in the Indian Ocean that has the potential to be producible…
SapuraKencana Energy discovered gas in two of the three wells drilled in 2015 within the SK408 block contract area, offshore Malaysia in Sarawak. The first well Jerun-1 is approximately 5km north of the 2014 Bakong gas discovery. Based on analysis of electric log…
Primeline Energy has begun arbitration proceedings against China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) for continuing disputes over the development, production and sale of gas from the LS36-1 gas field in the East China Sea. Primeline, which has 49% stake in LS36-1 in Block 25/34…
Gas production has started from the Zora gas field offshore the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to operator Dana Gas. The project, using a fixed wellhead platform, started on 14 January, with sales gas produced by 28 February due…
The Middle East’s Dana Gas started production at its Zora gas field last month, offshore the Sharjah coastline, United Arab Emirates. Image from Dana Gas. Zora is located in the Sharjah Western offshore concession…
