05 JAN – Interior finalizes plan to open 80 percent of Alaska petroleum reserve to drilling

      The Trump administration on Monday finalized plans to open more than 80 percent of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPRA) to oil drilling, pushing ahead over objections from environmentalists who have already challenged the plans in court.   The decision from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) opens more than 18 million acres…

05 JAN – Kuwait makes three oil and gas discoveries, including find next to giant Burgan

  Dubai — Kuwait has made three oil and gas discoveries, including one next to the giant Burgan field, the country’s biggest, potentially helping to boost the reserves of OPEC’s fourth largest producer, state-owned KUNA news agency reported Jan. 4, citing the oil minister.   State-owned Kuwait Oil Co. discovered the Homah oil field, located…

05 JAN – Pradhan flags off equipment for Indian Oil”s MEG Plant at Paradip

    Ahmedabad, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday flagged off from L&T”s Hazira plant in Surat district critical components bound for Indian Oil”s MEG (mono-ethylene glycol) plant coming up at the refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Paradip in Odisha.   During his visit to Surat in Gujarat, the minister flagged off the equipment from the…