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The new milestone was reached less than a year after the country surpassed 11 million B/D last summer, and is driven by activity in the Permian Basin and new fields in the Gulf of Mexico.

The world’s largest oil producer has awarded $18 billion in engineering, procurement, and construction contracts as part of its Marjan and Berri expansion projects.

Right at the start of what will be at least a year-long endeavor, the state agency tasked with implementing a comprehensive new oil and gas law has hit the pause button to sort out conflicting messages from the public.

Among other things, Bill C-69 has replaced the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012, with an Impact Assessment Act, replaced the National Energy Board Act with a Canadian Energy Regulator Act, and made changes to the Navigation Protection Act.

Equinor has awarded DeepOcean a contract to perform marine operations in connection with installation of the Vigdis Boosting Station and associated in-field structures and flexibles. The deal covers project management, engineering, and offshore installation activities. The offshore work includes marine operations for rock removal, installation and tie-in of subsea lin…

Growing supply of Permian crude oil means the basin will need extra takeaway capacity of up to 500,000 B/D by the end of the 2020s, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie.

The Norwegian operator will increase its ownership of the giant Johan Sverdrup field before the field commences oil production this November.

Fundación Repsol has created an investment fund through which it will develop social enterprises to contribute to energy transition and generate professional opportunities for vulnerable groups. The fund will allocate €50 million to the development of enterprises with a distinctively social profile.

In process industries, major accidents can result in numerous severe injuries or fatalities. This study reviews the broken human factors and barriers leading to these events and highlights key aspects of a technological-risk-assessment processes.

Independent global completions service company Tendeka has secured a four-year contract with Equinor to deliver sand-face completion equipment for its Troll field. The agreement, which offers an additional five two-year extension periods, will see Tendeka install up to 100,000 m of sand screens annually with its FloSure Autonomous Inflow Control Devices (AICDs). Deplo…

Reliance Industries has awarded TechnipFMC subsea contracts for the deepwater MJ1 field in the Krishna Godavari basin offshore eastern India. The contracts cover the fabrication and installation of flexible risers, rigid and flexible flowlines, and umbilicals. MJ1 is a high-pressure/high-temperature gas field in water depths ranging between 3,280 and 3,937 ft. The fie…

Local officials are calling on Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to require studies of health and safety risks before approving new natural-gas infrastructure. In separate letters, boards of health representing 100 communities raise concerns about the state's reliance on natural gas as a fuel source.