| 2. Rig News |
 | 22 June 2018 : Rowan inks jack up lease contract with Saudi Aramco {tradearabia.com} |
| Rowan Companies, a global provider of contract drilling services, said that the Bob Palmer, a Super Gorilla XL Class jack-up rig has been leased . . . |
| | 22 June 2018 : Sapura Energy bags RM1.8b contracts for drilling, engineering services {thestar.com.my} |
| Sapura Energy Bhd has secured contracts, including extensions to provide drilling and engineering services to several companies in Malaysia . . . |
| | 22 June 2018 : Researchers planning drill rig capable of boring 15 km hole {ecns.cn} |
| Researchers plan to develop a drilling rig capable of boring a hole 15,000 meters deep, following up on the success of a domestically developed rig . . . |
| | 21 June 2018 : Wildcat rig begins drilling in SAU pastureland {magnoliabannernews.com} |
| For a second time in three years, Betsy Production Co. Inc. of Magnolia is hoping to strike oil on Southern Arkansas University-owned pastureland . . . |
| | 20 June 2018 : Borr’s jackup strategy paying off, analyst claims {offshore-mag.com} |
| Borr Drilling would be the contractor with the world’s largest and youngest jackup fleet if all rigs more than 35 years of age . . . |
| | 20 June 2018 : Halcon Resources announces plans to reduce its operated rig... {globenewswire.com} |
| Halcon Resources Corporation today announced that it will reduce its operated rig count in July 2018 from four to three . . . |
| | 19 June 2018 : SOCO secures two jackups for offshore Vietnam wells {offshore-mag.com} |
| SOCO International expects the Japan Drilling Co. jackup Hakuryu-II to arrive soon at the CNV field wellhead platform in block 9-2 off southern Vietnam . . . |
| | 19 June 2018 : Equinor lets well services contract to Baker Hughes for NCS {ogj.com} |
| Equinor ASA has let an integrated well services contract to Baker Hughes for the 8 rigs developing Troll, Oseberg, and Grane fields . . . |
| | 19 June 2018 : Huge new contracts fuel the oil industry {newsinenglish.no} |
| Just two weeks after a huge new drilling rig for Norway’s state-owned oil company was completed and towed away from Aibel’s yard in Haugesund . . . |
| | 17 June 2018 : U.S. oil rigs count falls by 3 amid downward pressure of prices {xinhuanet.com} |
| The number of active drilling rigs in the United States fell by three this week to 1,059, but still 126 more than this time last year, according to . . . |
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| 8. Oil Contracts |
| | 20 June 2018 : Santos awards three engineering contracts for Barossa gas... {offshore-technology.com} |
| Santos has awarded three engineering contracts, thereby advancing the front end engineering and design phase of the Barossa offshore project further . . . |
| | 19 June 2018 : Apache lets contract for Permian gas processing plants {ogj.com} |
| Apache Corp., Houston, has let a contract to Saulsbury Industries, Odessa, Tex., to build three 200-MMcfd cryogenic processing plants . . . |
| | 18 June 2018 : A new deal for oil and gas {frontiermyanmar.net} |
| The government is reviewing the structure of its contracts with energy companies amid warnings that the present fiscal terms are deterring investment . . . |
| | 17 June 2018 : ConocoPhillips awards three contracts for Australian offshore gas project {Reuters} |
| ConocoPhillips has awarded three engineering contracts for the design of the major Barossa gas project intended to supply its Darwin LNG export . . . |
| | 17 June 2018 : Morocco signs gas pipeline deal with Nigeria {thearabweekly.com} |
| By signing a gas pipeline agreement with Nigeria during Nigerian President Mohammadu Buhari’s official visit to Rabat, Morocco has taken a . . . |
| | 15 June 2018 : Algeria renews natural gas contracts with Spain
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| Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach on Thursday renewed agreements with Spain's Fenosa for natural gas sales until 2030. According . . . |
| | 13 June 2018 : Shell lets Penguins flow-systems contract {ogj.com} |
| Royal Dutch Shell PLC has let an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract to Subsea 7 for flow and control systems . . . |
| | 12 June 2018 : Algeria inks new gas development deal with Total, Repsol {xinhuanet.com} |
| Algerian energy giant Sonatrach on Monday signed a contract worth 324 million U.S. dollars with France's Total and Spain's Repsol . . . |
| | 12 June 2018 : Indonesia’s Medco Energy renews oil and gas contract... {libyaobserver.ly} |
| The Libyan Investment Authority signed a contract with Indonesian oil and gas company Medco Energy on Sunday to extend the previous agreement . . . |
| | 8 June 2018 : Iraq awards border-field rehab contracts {ogj.com} |
| Iraqi Minister of Oil Jabbar Ali Al-Luiebi said he expects production to reach 500,000 b/d of oil from six fields to be rehabilitated under contracts . . . |
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| 11. OPEC News |
| | 22 June 2018 : Ecuador sees OPEC, allies raising oil output by 600,000 bpd {Reuters} |
| Ecuadorean Oil Minister Carlos Pérez said on Thursday that he does not expect OPEC and its partners to agree to raise oil output by 1 million barrels per day . . . |
| | 22 June 2018 : OPEC strives for deal to raise oil output as Iran resists {Reuters} |
| OPEC scrambled on Thursday to agree on raising oil output, with Saudi Arabia warning of shortages but Iran holding out against a deal . . . |
| | 21 June 2018 : OPEC inches closer to reaching an oil output deal... {cnbc.com} |
| Oil-producing nations appeared to inch closer to an output agreement in Vienna on Wednesday, even as geopolitical tensions . . . |
| | 20 June 2018 : Keeping OPEC/non-OPEC oil output cuts could lead to severe Q3 market... {platts.com} |
| Peak summer demand could drain global oil inventories to critical levels if the OPEC/non-OPEC coalition leaves its production cut agreement in place . . . |
| | 20 June 2018 : Iran will not accept any OPEC decision to increase production... {platts.com} |
| Iran will not accept any proposals for OPEC to raise its quotas, the country's oil minister said Tuesday, adding that even a 500,000 b/d increase . . . |
| | 19 June 2018 : Saudi, Russia seek 1.5 million bpd OPEC, non-OPEC production increase... {Reuters} |
| Ecuador’s oil minister said that a proposal to increase production from OPEC and non-OPEC countries by 1.5 million bpd is being put forward . . . |
| | 19 June 2018 : OPEC meeting set to determine direction of VLCC market {seatrade-maritime.com} |
| For tanker owners, there is much at stake on 22 June when OPEC oil ministers gather in Vienna for what is likely to be a particularly bad-tempered meeting . . . |
| | 18 June 2018 : Three OPEC members to veto Saudi-proposed oil supply... {business-standard.com} |
| Iran says Venezuela and Iraq will join it in blocking a proposal to increase oil production that’s backed by Saudi Arabia and Russia . . . |
| | 18 June 2018 : OPEC plus looks into 1.5 bpd boost in oil production {aawsat.com} |
| The OPEC and non-OPEC countries in a global oil output deal will consider increasing output by 1.5 million per day in the third quarter only . . . |
| | 18 June 2018 : OPEC risks destroying its oil market success {hellenicshippingnews.com} |
| The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries can claim success in its roughly 18-month-old effort to curb production . . . |
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| 13. News on Biofuels |
| | 22 June 2018 : Gevo, Avfuel enter into renewable jet fuel supply agreement {ethanolproducer.com} |
| Gevo Inc. announced today that it has entered into a long-term agreement to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel to Avfuel Corp., effective July 1 . . . |
| | 22 June 2018 : Ethanol, oil companies to study feasibility of CO2 project {ethanolproducer.com} |
| Occidental Petroleum Corp. and White Energy agreed Tuesday to evaluate the economic feasibility of carbon capture . . . |
| | 22 June 2018 : Big growth in E15 expected in the US by 2021 {biofuels-news.com} |
| More than 2,800 US retail sites will offer E15 by 2021, generating approximately 350 million new ethanol gallons annually . . . |
| | 22 June 2018 : EPA considers delaying Friday biofuel announcement: sources {Reuters} |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering delaying its widely anticipated announcement on Friday on 2019 renewable fuel volumes . . . |
| | 21 June 2018 : Growth Energy: Prime the Pump success driving ethanol demand {ethanolproducer.com} |
| More than 2,800 retail sites will offer E15 by 2021, generating approximately 350 million new ethanol gallons annually . . . |
| | 21 June 2018 : ADM, DuPont to develop, produce and market cellulase enzymes {ethanolproducer.com} |
| Archer Daniels Midland Co. and DuPont Industrial Biosciences today announced a collaboration to develop, produce and market cellulase enzymes . . . |
| | 21 June 2018 : Biodiversity boosts algal biofuel yields {biofuels-news.com} |
| Pioneering research has confirmed that a diverse mix of algal species in biofuel systems will significantly improve production . . . |
| | 21 June 2018 : EPA to propose reallocating waived biofuels volumes to other refiners... {Reuters} |
| The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose reallocating biofuel blending obligations waived under its small refinery exemption program . . . |
| | 21 June 2018 : Indian Oil to set up Rs 9 bn ethanol plant in... {business-standard.com} |
| Public sector behemoth Indian Oil is looking to invest almost Rs 9 billion in a greenfield second-generation ethanol plant in Uttar Pradesh . . . |
| | 20 June 2018 : DOE: 31 projects will advance fundamental science for bioenergy {ethanolproducer.com} |
| On June 18, the U.S. Department of Energy announced $40 million in funding for 31 projects to advance research in the development of microbes . . . |
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 | Fundamentals of the Base Oil Business : From 25th June to 25th June 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | Advanced Maintenance Planning & Scheduling Masterclass 2018 : From 26th June to 29th June 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | LNG Loading Master & Certification : From 27th June to 29th June 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | International Maritime Dangerous Goods Awareness 2018 : From 27th June to 29th June 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | Deepwater Drilling Design and Operations : From 1st July to 5th July 2018 at Bali. Map |
| | API 653 Training – Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration and Reconstruction : From 2nd July to 6th July 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | ASME Section VIII Division 1 & 2 – Pressure Vessel Series : From 2nd July to 6th July 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | LNG Bunkering Masterclass : From 2nd July to 4th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | Energy Optimisation of Oil Refineries : From 8th July to 12th July 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | The 10-Day Essential Skills for Oil & Gas Managers & Supervisors : From 9th July to 20th July 2018 at London. Map |
| | Modern Practices in Oil & Gas Contracts, Licensing, Production Rights, Legislation and Agreements : From 9th July to 13th July 2018 at London. Map |
| | International Oil Trading : From 9th July to 12th July 2018 at London. Map |
| | Production Enhancement & Optimization : From 9th July to 13th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | The Effective Shift Team Leader in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Industries : From 9th July to 13th July 2018 at Paris. Map |
| | API 579 – Fitness for Service : From 9th July to 13th July 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | API 580 & API 581 Training – Risk-Based Inspection & Base Resource Document : From 9th July to 13th July 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Advanced Shutdown Turnaround and Start-Up : From 9th July to 11th July 2018 at Bangkok. Map |
| | API 936 Refractory Inspection Code : From 9th July to 11th July 2018 at Bangkok. Map |
| | Safety Case Regime : From 9th July to 12th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | Emergency Response for Oil and Gas : From 11th July to 13th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | Operational Excellence: Managing Performance in the Oil & Gas Industry : From 15th July to 19th July 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | Mini MBA for Learning & Development Professionals in the Oil & Gas Industry : From 15th July to 19th July 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | Developing Project Strategy in the Oil & Gas Industry : From 16th July to 20th July 2018 at Vienna. Map |
| | Global Procurement and Supply Chain Management for the Oil & Gas Industry : From 16th July to 20th July 2018 at New York. Map |
| | Advanced LNG Contracts : From 16th July to 17th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | API 936 Refractory Inspection Code : From 16th July to 18th July 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Emergency Response for Oil and Gas : From 16th July to 18th July 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Advanced LNG Pricing : From 19th July to 20th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | Basic Formation Evaluation : From 22nd July to 26th July 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | LNG Supply, Demand & Pricing : From 23rd July to 27th July 2018 at London. Map |
| | Delivering Successful Projects within the Oil & Gas Industry : From 23rd July to 27th July 2018 at Vienna. Map |
| | 3 day Masterclass Oil & Gas : From 23rd July to 25th July 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | Ship Arrest : From 23rd July to 24th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the Oil & Gas Industry : From 23rd July to 27th July 2018 at New York. Map |
| | Advanced Practical Centrifugal Pump : From 23rd July to 27th July 2018 at Bandung. Map |
| | Human Factors Engineering for Oil & Gas Industry : From 23rd July to 24th July 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Tanker Chartering, Laytime and Demurrage : From 25th July to 27th July 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | Oil and Gas Marine Terminals : From 29th July to 2nd August 2018 at Dubai . Map |
| | Mini MBA: Understanding the Dynamics of the Petrochemicals Industry : From 30th July to 3rd August 2018 at London. Map |
| | International Petroleum Business : From 6th August to 10th August 2018 at London. Map |
| | The 10-Day International Oil & Gas Business Management : From 6th August to 17th August 2018 at London. Map |
| | API 580 & API 581 Risk-Based Inspection & Base Resource Documents (Indonesia) : From 6th August to 10th August 2018 at Bandung. Map |
| | API 936 Refractory Inspection Code : From 6th August to 8th August 2018 at Perth. Map |
| | Petroleum Geology for Non-Geologists : From 12th August to 16th August 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | Advanced Managing Project Control : From 12th August to 16th August 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | Oil & Gas Accounting & Performance Measurement : From 13th August to 17th August 2018 at Vienna. Map |
| | Essential Skills for Oil & Gas Managers & Supervisors : From 13th August to 17th August 2018 at Toronto. Map |
| | API Spec Q1 9th Edition Quality Management Systems Training and Practices : From 13th August to 17th August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Geophysical Data Management For the Oil & Gas Sector : From 13th August to 14th August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Loading Master Certification for Oil and Gas and Petrochemicals : From 13th August to 15th August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | ALARP Principles & Guidelines : From 13th August to 15th August 2018 at Singapore. Map |
| | International Maritime Dangerous Goods Awareness 2018 : From 15th August to 17th August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Geophysical Data Management For the Oil & Gas Sector : From 16th August to 17th August 2018 at Jakarta. Map |
| | Advanced Basin Analysis : From 17th August to 17th August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Oil Refinery & Petrochemical Industry Wastewater Treatment : From 19th August to 23rd August 2018 at Dubai. Map |
| | Tendering, Contract Writing and Contract Management for Drilling and Well Services : From 20th August to 22nd August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Best Practices in Heavy Transport and Lifting, Emphasizing Safety : From 20th August to 22nd August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Introduction to Drilling and Completion and Well Intervention : From 20th August to 22nd August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
| | Subsea Pipeline Pre-Commissioning Operations Management : From 20th August to 24th August 2018 at Kuala Lumpur. Map |
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