An Oil India Limited engineer, working at the Baghjan natural gas well site which has been on fire since June 9, died on Wednesday. Officials suspect that he died due to electrocution. The deceased engineer was identified as Arnab Kishore Bordoloi, 25. “Bordoloi, who was working with some equipment at the well site, suddenly fell Read more

New Delhi: India will soon launch a bid round to give out licences for retailing gas in cities to help extend the coverage of environment-friendly fuel to about 500 cities, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. During 2018 and 2019, sector regulator PNGRB gave out licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped cooking Read more

01 Sept. 2020-Filmus believes current oil companies operating in the Falklands could be tempted to move to the Argentine zone and greater legal certainty Oil and fisheries will spearhead Argentina’s new efforts in its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands, according to Martin Dinatale, an Argentine columnist with good contacts in the foreign ministry and Read more

01 Sept. 2020-HANOI – Vietnam’s state oil firm PetroVietnam on Monday signed a contract with Cuu Long JOC to purchase gas and condensate from its Su Tu Trang field at Block 15-1 offshore the Southeast Asian country. The deal is for the purchase of 600 million cubic metres of gas and nearly one million barrels Read more

18 August 2020-PARIS: French energy group Total and its partners have launched the third phase of development for the Mero deep offshore oil project off the coast of Brazil, the company said on Monday. The Mero 3 floating production storage and offloading vessel(FPSO) will have a liquid treatment capacity of 180,000 barrels per day (bpd) Read more

18th August 2020-Brussels: Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has urged Turkey to immediately end its renewed drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean. “I call on the Turkish authorities to end these activities immediately and to engage fully and in good faith in a broad dialogue Read more

18th August 2020-UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting it on track to issue decades-long leases in the pristine wilderness area before a potential change in US leadership. The 19 million acre (7.7 million hectares) refuge Read more

U.S. energy firms cut the number of oil and natural gas rigs operating to a record low for a 15th week even as higher oil prices prompt some producers to start drilling again. The U.S. oil and gas rig count, an early indicator of future output, fell by three to an all-time low of 244 Read more

Oil and gas corporations have been allowed to begin drilling and other hydrocarbon exploration activities in India without conducting environmental impact assessment (EIA) studies or public consultations since the beginning of this year. The corporations are free to use any hydrocarbon exploration drilling technique without assessing its ecological impact on the natural world. This includes Read more

Preparation for Capping the Well: Inspection of the well head is planned for today after allowing sufficient setting time for second instalment of liquid resin that was placed on top of the 5-1/2″casing slips in an attempt to create a temporary ‘pack-off’of the 5-1/2″x 9- 5/8″ annular section. Athey Wagon and Bull Dozer have been Read more

Drillers cut exploration in US oil fields to a 15-year low as billions of barrels from old discoveries became worthless and explorers abandoned growth plans. The number of active oil rigs in the US fell by four to 176, the lowest since 2005, according to Baker Hughes Co. data released Friday. Energy companies have been Read more

Oil India Limited(OIL) said on Saturday that well-head and well plinth have been made ready for well control operation at Baghjan oil well in Tinsukia district.The capping Blow out preventer (BOP) stack with kill lines has been tested successfully. The Baghjan Oil blowout incident crossed 74th day on Saturday but still, the fire has been Read more

PSU major Oil India on Wednesday said its effort to douse the blaze at the damaged gas well at Baghjan in Assam, which is spewing gas for 71 days, is in its final stages. As part of its final preparation to cap the well the repair of the 90-ft ‘athey wagon’, the equipment for fighting Read more

North Dakota plans to spend $66 million to plug wells abandoned by oil and gas companies in the U.S. state after the pandemic crushed demand for crude, causing a plunge in prices. The $66 million has come from the Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, said Katie Haarsager, a spokeswoman for the Read more

Oil India Limited informed the exchanges Thursday about the final preparation for capping operation of the blowout well in Bhagjan. All high-pressure well control equipment was placed at the designated positions as per plan which included Choke manifold, Ground Xmass tree, BOP control unit and all associated high-pressure lines/hoses, Heat shields are placed to shield Read more