Offshore Exploration And New Field Developments in the UK and Norway – March 2017
Offshore exploration and new field developments in UK and Norwegian waters offer a combined visible drilling potential of up to 386 wells (UK: 177; Norway: 209) by 2023 t...
Impact of New US BOP Rules on OCS Compared to UK & Norway
- The Macondo disaster gave new impetus to reviews of offshore safety rules in the US, the UK and Norway
- The UK and Norway regard their existing regul...
LNG Outlook 2020
- Continuous expansion in LNG import capacity, especially in China, led to relentless growth in gas liquefaction capacity
- LNGC owners followed suit, t...
Note on US Oil Market and Saudi’s Decision not to Cut Production
- The US still imports over 7 million b/d of crude, mainly from Canada and Saudi Arabia, but exports 2.36 million b/d of oil products
- US crude product...
India’s Oil Products and Natural Gas Market
India’s diesel reforms initially succeeded in curbing demand but consumption soon recovered after Narendra Modi’s election as renewed economic optimism and consumer c...
FPSOs with more ‘plant’ – A New FLNG Era?
Whilst the concept of FLNG might not be entirely novel, what is new is the sheer scale of some of the projects currently proposed or under construction. According to our ...
Nuclear or New Clear Iran? Perspectives on Iran’s Oil Future
Iran’s government claims it can raise crude production by c. 1.2 million b/d within 3 months. We envision three production scenarios, depending on which, Iran's crude c...
Hopes For an Easter Miracle in Mexico — Reforms For Pemex & New Opportunities
Although endowed with a massive reserve potential, Pemex has struggled to maintain production levels and, to date, has relied on EOR efforts at its giant offshore fields ...
Libyan Oil at a Standoff
- Libyan crude output slightly improved, but still down by more than 50% due to protracted civil turmoil and the seizure of key terminals
- Global oil s...
Offshore West Africa
Regulations, local content requirements and cost inflation are still causing delays in oil field developments. The number of development projects is trending down. Deepwa...