Natural gas news

Wood Mackenzie has released a statement, commenting on the recent news that BP, Kosmos and SMHPM have made a major gas discovery with the Orca-1 well, drilled just south of the BirAllah discovery, offshore Mauritania.

Kosmos Energy has announced that the Orca-1 exploration well has made a major gas discovery offshore Mauritania in the BirAllah area.

McDermott International Inc. has announced that it has been awarded a sizeable fabrication subcontract for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim natural gas project.

Qilak LNG Inc. has signed a Heads of Agreement with ExxonMobil Alaska Production Inc. regarding the potential supply of natural gas from the Point Thomson field to Qilak LNG’s proposed Alaska North Slope LNG export project.

According to Reuters, during the 2018 – 2019 financial year, Egypt exported 172.8 billion ft3 of LNG from its Idku plant across 45 shipments.

According to Reuters, Shell is planning to sell its onshore upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert in order to help expand its Egyptian offshore gas exploration.

Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. has signed a multi-billion pre-payment agreement with Nigeria LNG.

ConocoPhillips has announced that it has agreed to sell the subsidiaries that hold its Australia-West assets and operations to Santos for $1.39 billion, plus customary closing adjustments.

Total has announced that it is expanding its partnership with the Adani Group – the largest energy and infrastructure conglomerate in India – to contribute to the development of the Indian natural gas market.

Pao Novatek has reported preliminary operating data for 3Q19 and the first nine months of 2019.