Development

ExxonMobil Corp. said Friday it has started up production at Point Thomson, the first company-operated project on Alaska’s North Slope, where initial output is expected to be 5,000 b/d of condensate and 100 MMcf/d of natural gas.

ExxonMobil Corp. said Friday it has started up production at Point Thomson, the first company-operated project on Alaska’s North Slope, where initial output is expected to be 5,000 b/d of condensate and 100 MMcf/d of natural gas.

Production has ramped up under budget and ahead of schedule at the ultra-deepwater Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico, with a second well scheduled to begin producing in the coming weeks, ExxonMobil Corp. said Tuesday.

Production has ramped up under budget and ahead of schedule at the ultra-deepwater Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico, with a second well scheduled to begin producing in the coming weeks, ExxonMobil Corp. said Tuesday.

The Department of Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is planning to prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for a proposal to expand oil and gas development to include shale formations on the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in southwest Colorado.

The Obama administration on Thursday proposed updating 36-year-old air quality regulations that govern offshore oil and natural gas activity to more accurately measure emissions.

A bipartisan group of more than 30 Virginia state lawmakers has come out in support of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), saying the project would “be a major step forward in promoting” Virginia’s “economic and environmental health.”

While a citizens’ group fighting increased oil/natural gas development dropped several potential statewide ballot measures in Colorado this month, three initiatives aimed at more local control over oil/gas activity (Nos. 63, 75 and 78) are still alive to the discomfort of business development and industry supporters.

Units of Sempra Energy and Australia-based Woodside Petroleum Ltd have entered into a project development agreement to further boost their plans for the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on property Sempra owns at Port Arthur, TX.