Offshore

Offshore North America increased drilling activity on development projects and higher WesternGeco multi-client seismic license sales grow revenue higher ... I wonder if we can maybe shift gears a little bit to the offshore market as well, certainly highlighted what you think the NOCs may do....

Edit

ACEP Warns Gov’t

Peace FM Online 17 Jan 2019

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) says government will accumulate more debts if it does not put in place the appropriate gas infrastructure to accommodate the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) gas production agreement....

Edit

New Report Shows Robust Natural Gas and Oil Industry Commitment to Workplace Safety

The Washington Informer 16 Jan 2019

private sector and are continuing to decline. “Safety has always been paramount to the natural gas and oil industry ... industries ... The 2017 incidence rate for exploration and production was 1.1 (offshore was 0.6) per 100 full-time workers compared to 1.5 for U.S ... Pipeline infrastructure is an extremely safe way to transport natural gas and oil products....

Edit

Govt pins hope on offshore Kekra-1 drilling for hydrocarbon jackpot

The News International 16 Jan 2019

Pakistan’s economy and the energy sector are currently betting on a new oil and gas discovery, as a consortium of foreign and local companies have started offshore spud work some 230 kilometres from Karachi where reserves are likely to be more than the Sui field....

Edit

Politics scaring off foreign investors

Taipei Times 16 Jan 2019

For the four developers — Denmark’s Orsted A/S and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, and Hai Long Offshore Wind and China Steel Corp — NT$5.8498 per kWh is a matter of survival and is a bottom line to which they need to hold fast. The offshore wind power development plan is an ......

Edit

LETTER: Here's the playbook for beating Trump in 2020

Daily Freeman 16 Jan 2019

Dear Editor. ... through executive orders, control of that branch's workforce, etc ... It does ... 1 ... But the wealth in industry and infrastructure they should have inherited from the postwar economic boom has been squandered or stolen ... companies eliminated or offshored the jobs they should have had, to cut costs and maximize short-term returns for investors ... 2....

Edit

WoodMac: Will Asia-Pacific's O&G sector join the global recovery in 2019?

Oilfield Technology 14 Jan 2019

The need to fill new and old gas infrastructure will see the drilling of exciting offshore prospects across Australia, Brunei, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea ... But Chevron's Clio-Acme development may leapfrog both with a surprise 2019 FID if commercial arrangements for third-party access to LNG infrastructure can be finalised....

Edit

S.C. has no future in oil

The Post and Courier 13 Jan 2019

Gov ... And, as we’ve argued many times, the likelihood of South Carolina striking it rich is slim; the risks to tourism far outweigh the benefits; South Carolinians are opposed to offshore exploration; and there’s no onshore oil infrastructure or refining capacity to support what is now a nonexistent industry along most of the Atlantic Coast ... ....

Edit

‘Geopolymer being used in place of conventional cement’

The Times of India 12 Jan 2019

Nagpur ... Addressing the inaugural session of three-day seminar Green Ashcon, he said that geopolymer cement is the latest product in fly-ash utilization sector. “Geopolymer cement is being developed and utilized as an alternative to conventional Portland cement for use in transportation, infrastructure, construction and offshore applications ... ....

Edit

Despite shutdown, Interior holds meetings on opening Alaskan land for oil leases

CNN 11 Jan 2019

The Bureau of Land Management is part of the Interior Department, which has been closed since Dec. 22 ... Read More ... to construct pipelines and other necessary infrastructure to bring oil and gas resources from offshore or adjacent leases to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System or a future gas pipeline," according to the agency's notice ... ....

Edit

Enterprise Products Fixing Bottlenecks To Boost U.S. Oil Exports

Seeking Alpha 10 Jan 2019

... and that Enterprise Products likely wants to leverage its onshore storage and pipeline connectivity infrastructure to support this project ... Storage facilities are needed to ensure stable supplies can reach crude carriers via subsea pipelines and offshore mooring infrastructure....

Edit

Lawmaker looks to ban offshore drilling

Tahlequah Daily Press 10 Jan 2019

Dylan Fernandes, D- Falmouth, said on Tuesday he plans to file legislation prohibiting all exploratory offshore drilling or drilling infrastructure in Massachusetts waters or on state land in perpetuity ... "We want to make it cost-prohibitive for offshore drilling companies to explore for oil and natural gas, especially in New England ... 14 ... ....

Edit

Coastal Congress members move to ban offshore drilling

Atlantic City 09 Jan 2019

“The bottom line is offshore drilling isn’t worth the risk,” said Van Drew, adding he still believes we need to rely on fossil fuels for a time ... Van Drew, prohibits any drilling or activities or infrastructure that support offshore drilling from happening in state waters, which run from the shoreline to three miles out....