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Kitimat awarded export license

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has approved an application by KM LNG Operating General Partnership (KM LNG) for a licence to export liquefied LNG from Kitimat, British Columbia to markets in the Asia Pacific region.

 
 
 

Obama’s job council should not overlook oil and gas

The organisation which represents America’s oil and gas companies has cautioned the president’s job council not to overlook potentially a million new oil and natural gas jobs, which could be created by energy development.

 

Sinopec to buy Daylight Energy

Sinopec has agreed to buy Daylight Energy, the intermediate oil an gas company, for C$ 2.1 billion, the deal will give Sinopec access to over 300,000 acres of land rich in oil and shale gas reserves.

 

Unconventional gas shows promise

Douglas Westwood has forecast strong growth in the drilling and production of unconventional gas through to 2020.

 
 

Aker Solutions wins umbilicals contract

Aker Solutions has been selected to supply a subsea umbilical to Det norske oljeselskap ASA's Jette field. The order is worth approximately NOK 60 million (US$ 10.3 million).

 

Chevron gives final approval for Wheatstone LNG project

Chevron has given the green light to start work on the proposed Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia, the approval has come after Chevron received federal approval to build the 25 million tpa LNG liquefaction plant last week.

 

TransAtlantic Petroleum enters into shale agreement with LNG Energy in Bulgaria

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd. has entered into an agreement with LNG Energy Ltd. whereby LNG will invest US$ 7.5 million to immediately commence drilling the Peshtene R-11 well this week, which will be a 10,500 foot (approximately 3200 m) exploration well in the A-Lovech exploration license in Bulgaria.

 

Cuadrilla finds huge shale reserves

Cuadrilla has announced that it has discovered shale gas reserves, estimated to be as large as 200 trillion ft3, in the Bowland Basin in Lancashire, UK. If the estimates prove correct, it will be the largest gas field ever discovered in the UK.

 

BNK Petroleum acquires Spanish shale acreage

Trofagas Hidrocarburos, S.L., a wholly owned subsidiary of BNK Petroleum Inc., has been awarded an oil and gas concession totalling approximately 234,000 acres located mainly in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon, Spain.

 

Implications of Absheron

The Caspian Sea is a region with enormous potential for oil and gas exploration and production, but there are significant obstacles to overcome first.