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| Chevron reports significant natural gas find in Australia |
| Posted: 16 August 2010 |
| Chevron reported further drilling success in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia's premier hydrocarbon basin |
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| Chevron gas discovery in Western Australia |
| Posted: 12 August 2010 |
| Chevron reported a natural gas discovery in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia |
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| Repsol makes new gas discovery in Bolivia |
| Posted: 9 August 2010 |
| Repsol has made a new gas discovery in the RGD 22 well in Bolivia |
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| Chevron reports gas discovery in Australia |
| Posted: 13 July 2010 |
| Chevron Corporation reported a new exploration drilling success in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia's premier hydrocarbon basin |
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| Gulf oil to keep flowing while integrity test commences |
| Posted: 13 July 2010 |
| BP reported that additional analysis of the well testing procedure will be performed before starting the well integrity test |
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| Capping Stack Installed on Deep Water Horizon |
| Posted: 12 July 2010 |
| The three ram capping stack was installed on the Deep Water Horizon LMRP at 7 p.m. CDT. The stack completes the installation of the new sealing cap |
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| Newfield Exploration reports pipeline damage offshore Malaysia |
| Posted: 12 July 2010 |
| The field was producing approximately 20,000 barrels of oil per day gross prior to shut-in. Emergency response teams are actively working at the site |
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| Repsol delivers its first cargo from the Peru LNG plant |
| Posted: 24 June 2010 |
| Repsol has delivered its first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipment, onto the Barcelona Knutsen Tanker, from the Pampa plant Melchorita (Peru) |
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| Repsol starts up its first gas liquefaction plant in Latin America |
| Posted: 10 June 2010 |
| The plant, part of the Peru LNG project, represents an investment of 3.8 billion dollars, the biggest investment ever made in one project in the history of Peru |
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| BP donating revenue to protect wildlife in Gulf states |
| Posted: 8 June 2010 |
| BP will donate the net revenue from oil recovered from the MC252 spill to create a new wildlife fund to create, restore, improve and protect wildlife habitat along the coastline of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida |
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| BP to fund construction of six sections of Louisiana barrier islands |
| Posted: 2 June 2010 |
| BP will fund the estimated $360 million it will cost to construct the six sections |
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| GE strengthens relationship with Saudi Aramco |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 |
| GE signed a Corporate Procurement Agreement (CPA) with Saudi Aramco for the supply of GE turbomachinery equipment and services to support the efficient production of oil and gas in the Kingdom |
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| US oil disaster drags on |
| Posted: 29 May 2010 |
| BP started the 'top kill' operations to stop the flow of oil from the MC252 well in the Gulf of Mexico at 1300 CDT on May 26, 2010 |
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| Lundin Petroleum signs new contract in Malaysia |
| Posted: 19 May 2010 |
| Lundin Petroleum AB subsidiary, Lundin Malaysia BV, has signed a new PSC with PETRONAS covering blocks SB307 and SB308, offshore Sabah |
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| Qatar Petroleum, Shell and Petrochina sign new agreement |
| Posted: 16 May 2010 |
| Qatar Petroleum (QP) on behalf of the Government of the State of Qatar has signed today a new Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) with Shell and PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina) for Qatar Block D |
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| BG Group and Tokyo Gas sign HoA for LNG sale |
| Posted: 31 March 2010 |
| BG Group reached agreement with Tokyo Gas for the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from the Queensland Curtis LNG facility to be developed by BG Group's wholly owned Australian subsidiary, QGC Pty Limited (QGC) |
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| Repsol main source of supply of gas to Argentina |
| Posted: 28 March 2010 |
| Margarita gas field, operated by Repsol, to be source of supply of Bolivian gas to Argentina and guarantees the profitability of the field's future development |
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| Ras Laffan 3 LNG Train 7 begins production |
| Posted: 24 February 2010 |
| Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (3) (Ras Laffan 3) today announced the completion and start-up of Train 7 at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar |
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| Al Khaleej Gas Project Phase 2 |
| Posted: 23 February 2010 |
| Qatar Petroleum and Exxon Mobil Corporation reported the Al Khaleej Gas-Phase 2 (AKG-2) project, with 1,250 million cubic feet per day (mcfd) of sales gas capacity, initiated operations |
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| Apache reports concession extensions in Egypt |
| Posted: 18 February 2010 |
| Apache Corporation reported that Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum has finalized extension of the Khalda Offset and East Bahariya concessions in the Western Desert |
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| Husky Energy makes third discovery in South China Sea |
| Posted: 8 February 2010 |
| Husky Oil China Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Husky Energy, has made its third significant gas discovery on Block 29/26 in the South China Sea |
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| ExxonMobil reaches target depth at Point Thomson well |
| Posted: 8 February 2010 |
| ExxonMobil Production Company has successfully drilled and cased PTU-15, the first development well for the Point Thomson project on Alaska's North Slope |
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| Baker Hughes announces January 2010 rig counts |
| Posted: 5 February 2010 |
| Baker Hughes Incorporated reported that the international rig count for January 2010 was 1,047 |
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| Lundin Petroleum exploration well spudded, offshore Norway |
| Posted: 4 February 2010 |
| Lundin Petroleum AB reported that drilling of exploration well 16/4-5 on the Luno High prospect in the Greater Luno Area has commenced |
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| Foster Wheeler awarded Ugandan oil refinery feasibility study |
| Posted: 2 February 2010 |
| Foster Wheeler AG reported that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by the government of the Republic of Uganda |
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| Foster Wheeler and SOFCON form joint venture in Saudi Arabia |
| Posted: 2 February 2010 |
| Foster Wheeler AG subsidiary signs Joint Venture Agreement to form a jointly owned Saudi Arabian entity with A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani and O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Company (SOFCON) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
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| BP reports increase 4Q profits |
| Posted: 2 February 2010 |
| BP reported a sharp year-on-year increase in fourth quarter profits as it announced that its oil and gas production increased by more than four per cent in 2009 |
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| GE Oil & Gas awarded GASCO contract |
| Posted: 1 February 2010 |
| GE Oil & Gas awarded contract by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company to supply eight gas turbines and related services for the Abu Dhabi Gas Industries (GASCO) |
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| J. Ray, Keppel FELS joint venture awarded major offshore project |
| Posted: 1 February 2010 |
| J. Ray McDermott will undertake fabrication and installation work for the P-61 Tension Leg Wellhead Platform |
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| Shell and Cosan to form joint venture in Brazil |
| Posted: 1 February 2010 |
| Shell and Cosan sign MoU to form joint venture in Brazil for the production of ethanol, sugar and power, and the supply, distribution and retail of transportation fuels |
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| Dana Gas increases revenues & gas reserves in 2009 |
| Posted: 1 February 2010 |
| Revenue from the sale of hydrocarbons increased to AED 1.28 billion, with gross profit reaching AED 436 million |
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| New phase of deep CO2 injection starts at Otway Project |
| Posted: 1 February 2010 |
| Drilling of a second injection well at the CO2CRC Otway Project signals new phase of research in Australia into geological storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) |
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| Scorpion receives LOI for Offshore Mischief |
| Posted: 1 February 2010 |
| Scorpion International Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Scorpion Offshore Ltd, received a letter of intent from an affiliate of an American independent oil and gas company for a drilling program offshore Brazil utilizing the Offshore Mischief |
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| Panax begins drilling in Penola |
| Posted: 1 February 2010 |
| Panax Geothermal's Salamander 1 drilling rig has broken ground at the first deep production well at the company's Penola Project in South Australia's Otway Basin |
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| Lukoil and Statoil sign Iraq contract |
| Posted: 31 January 2010 |
| The West Qurna 2 field, with recoverable reserves of approximately 13 billion barrels, is located in the southern part of Iraq, 65 kilometers north-west of the large seaport town of Basra |
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| Chevron gas discovery in Australia |
| Posted: 26 January 2010 |
| Chevron Corporation reported further exploration drilling success in the Greater Gorgon Area in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia |
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| Realm Energy eyes European shale gas deposits |
| Posted: 26 January 2010 |
| Realm Energy International Corporation made recent applications for oil and gas rights in multiple countries throughout Continental Europe |
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| ExxonMobil to redevelop and expand West Qurna-1 Field |
| Posted: 25 January 2010 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation affiliate, ExxonMobil Iraq Limited, signed an agreement with the Iraq Ministry of Oil to redevelop and expand the West Qurna-1 field in southern Iraq |
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| Gas encountered in Noblige well, Western Australia |
| Posted: 25 January 2010 |
| Woodside reported that the Noblige-1 exploration well in permit WA-404-P has indications of gas from measurement-while-drilling logs at several levels |
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| Alaska in position to supply natural gas to North America |
| Posted: 22 January 2010 |
| Alaska has the opportunity to be a major supplier of natural gas to North America according to Rich Kruger, president of ExxonMobil Production Company |
