Marcus C. Rowland has been chosen by Swift Energy Co., Houston, to serve as its chairman effective Sept. 26. He succeeds acting Chairman Pete Kirchof. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
Energy Hunter Resources Inc., Dallas, has appointed H.C. Ferguson as executive vice-president of exploration and development, Brian G. Burgher as senior vice-president of land, and Jason Wilson as manager of geology. The three veterans of Magnum Hunter Resources Corp.’s Eagle Ford shale operations will be based in Energy Hunter’s recently opened divisional office in Houston….
Australia’s offshore oil and gas regulator National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has asked BP PLC to supply more information about its plans to drill the Stromlo-1 wildcat in the Great Australian Bight offshore South Australia. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
Maersk Oil, a wholly owned subsidiary of AP Moller-Maersk AS of Copenhagen, started drilling the first production well on Sept. 28 in the company-operated Culzean field in the UK North Sea. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
Global LNG markets, which have changed dramatically over the last few years, have created uncertainties that producers and customers will have to address, contend authors of a recent report. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – Transportation
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released a draft programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS), which recommends stronger protections for marine mammals and environments in the Gulf of Mexico from potential impacts from oil and gas geophysical surveys. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
Ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have agreed to consider trimming aggregate member production by as much as 740,000 b/d in response to a halving over the past 2 years in the price of crude oil. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
With 190 conditions, Canada gave its approval to the Pacific NorthWest LNG project in western British Columbia. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – Transportation
Natural gas stored underground across the Lower 48 rose 49 bcf for the week ended Sept. 23 to an estimated 3.6 tcf, the US Energy Information Administration reported Sept. 29. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – General Interest
Petrel Energy says PGS has completed the Bréanann 3D seismic acquisition survey over a 2,392-sq km (923-sq mi) area of the northern Porcupine basin. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Deepwater News