Equinor, Rosneft to develop Arctic oilfield
Russia's Rosneft and Norway's Equinor have agreed details on how to develop an Arctic Siberian onshore oilfield, they said on Monday, their first joint investment since agreeing a strategic partnership in 2012.The firms expect to extract about 250 million barrels of oil and 23…
Chevron Gets Green Light for Captain EOR
Energy giant Chevron announced Tuesday it has received approval from the U.K. Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to move ahead with its plans for an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project that aims to unlock millions of extra barrels of oil and extend the life of the long-producing Captain field in the U.K.
ConocoPhillips: Oil Sands Reserves Revised Down
ConocoPhillips has revised down over a billion barrels of oil sands reserves because of low global crude prices, a company filing showed on Tuesday, the latest sign that some of Canada's vast hydrocarbon potential may be left untapped. The U.S. oil major said developed and undeveloped…
Rosneft, Statoil Start Well Testing at North-Komsomolskoye Field
Rosneft and Statoil commenced testing of two production wells of highly viscous oil of the PK1 layer of the North-Komsomolskoye field. The companies are implementing pilot operation of the horizontal wells constructed using best practices related to inflow control and consolidation of entrained solids.
Higher Volumes of Canadian Oil Flowing to US Gulf Coast
A pair of pipelines is ramping up to do what the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline hasn't yet been able to accomplish - sharply increase flows of Canadian heavy crude to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Enbridge Inc's Illinois-to-Oklahoma Flanagan South, coupled with Enterprise Products…
Keystone Debate: Obama Rhetoric Rings Half True
President Barack Obama's sharpest criticism yet of Keystone XL this weekend included a controversial contention that the huge pipeline would be used to pump Canadian oil sands crude to global markets, not to U.S. refiners. TransCanada Corp., the pipeline giant that has been waiting six years for U.S.
Canada's Light Oil Boom Delights Producers
Canada is enjoying an unexpected boom in production of ultra-light crude known as condensate, defying long-held predictions of dwindling supply. This surprising bounty from one corner of Alberta, better known as the home to Canada's vast tar-like oil sands reserves, is a boon…
