1. Baker Hughes: the number of oil and gas drilling rigs in the United States increased for the second consecutive week
Baker Hughes, a US oil services company, said in a closely watched report on Friday that the number of active oil and gas rigs in the US, the leading indicator of future production, increased by 8 to 448 in the week ending May 7, the highest level since April 2020, 84% higher than the record low of 244 in August last year. This is also the second consecutive week for us energy companies to increase the number of oil and gas rigs.
2. Australia to launch 118 oil and gas projects by 2025
From 2021 to 2025, 118 oil and gas projects are expected to start operation in Australia, according to global data, a data analysis company. This figure accounts for 6% of all projects initiated in the Asia Pacific region. Among these projects, new projects dominate the upcoming projects, accounting for about 74% of the total number of start-up projects in the whole value chain.
The company revealed that in the outlook period of 118 projects, the upstream project will be 53, the midstream project will be the highest, with 56 projects, and the petrochemical project is 9.
3. UN Secretary General urges banks to stop financing fossil fuel infrastructure
UN Secretary General ant ó NiO Guterres said at last week’s climate conference that banks should fund low-carbon climate adaptation projects rather than large fossil fuel infrastructures that are no longer cost-effective.
4. Blackmail software attack on the largest oil product pipeline manufacturer in the United States
Colonial pipeline, the largest oil product pipeline company in the United States, confirmed that its industrial control system was attacked by network and involved in blackmail software. The company learned of the attack on May 7 and has suspended the operation of the east coast fuel transportation pipeline, which will affect the gasoline and diesel supply on the east coast of the United States. The pipeline operated by colonial pipeline is the main transportation channel of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel on the east coast of the United States. The average daily oil delivery from Texas to North Carolina is about 2.5 million barrels.
5. Dana gas reported a 41% increase in first quarter net profit
Dana gas, the largest regional private gas company in the Middle East, reported that its net profit in the first quarter of this year increased by 41% to $24 million, thanks to the growth of its asset income and production in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, compared with $17 million in the same period last year.
6. Petronas Gallery project stops operation
Petronas galeri has stopped operations after it has restructured its operations to adapt to changes in the current codid-19 pandemic.
7. 2021 OTC awards 14 global cutting edge technologies
Due to the global pandemic, this year’s Houston International Offshore Oil and Gas Technology Conference (OTC) will be postponed to August. However, last week, OTC announced the winner of the 2021 “focus on new technology” award as scheduled, which recognizes the innovative technologies that promote and innovate the future of offshore energy. This year, 14 technology awards from 13 companies around the world. The 14 winning technologies are:
01. BADGeR ™ Casing joint (company: dril quip, Inc.)
02. Odassea ™ Underwater optical fiber solutions (company: Halliburton and technipfmc)
03. DynaTrac ™ Wireless real time deep correlation system (company: Halliburton)
04. Merlin ™ Deep sea mineral riser system (company: oil states industries)
05. Hydrane – r underwater intervention UAV (company: Saipem)
06. Drillplan integrated well construction planning solution (company: Schlumberger)
07. Apm4 O & G oil and gas asset performance management (company: Siemens Energy)
08. Myfleetrisk collaborative risk management platform (company: Siemens Energy)
09. NESP Nano Engineering sensor platform (affiliated company: Subsea 7 and autonomous subsea 7 subsidiary xodus group)
10. Hytorc j-washer lock washer (company: hytorc)
11. Pipers ® 2.8 micro multi sensor solutions (company: ingu)
12. Lithofusion azimuth density and porosity logging tool while drilling (company: oliden Technology)
13. Dili system (company: rocsole Ltd)
14. Pact digital pressure control system (company: techni)
Post time: May-11-2021