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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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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)
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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)
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Companies line up to redevelop Zubair field, southern Iraq
Posted: 22 January 2010
Eni, Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) sign contract with Iraq's state-owned South Oil Company (SOC) and Missan Oil Company, to redevelop the Zubair field, near Basra in southern Iraq
 
Dana Gas reports new oil discovery in Egypt
Posted: 11 January 2010
The Al Baraka-4 well, drilled as an appraisal of the Al Baraka Field in the Komombo Concession in southern Egypt, has discovered a new pool in the Six Hills 'E' reservoir
 
GLNG marketing update
Posted: 11 January 2010
Due ongoing discussions with potential buyers, GLNG advises that the timeframe for GLNG to exercise the option to supply PETRONAS with the additional 1mtpa has been extended
 
Forewind consortium wins wind contract for Dogger Bank
Posted: 8 January 2010
Forewind consortium, comprising Statoil, Statkraft, SSE and RWE npower, successful bidder for the largest zone in the third licence round (Round 3) for UK offshore wind farms, Dogger Bank
 
Chevron and Nippon Oil Corporation sign Gorgon agreement
Posted: 7 January 2010
Chevron and Nippon Oil Corporation sign HOA for delivery of 0.3 million metric tons per year (MTPY) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for 15 years from the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project in Western Australia
 
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil joint venture in Ras Laffan
Posted: 6 January 2010
Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil to progress the joint development of petrochemical complex in Ras Laffan
 
Dana Gas sees increased production and new discovery
Posted: 5 January 2010
Dana Gas PJSC successfully achieved its end of year production target for Egypt operations by delivering a production rate in excess of 40,000 boepd on 31 December 2009
 
Permian gas and oil shows in Airacobra-1, South Australia
Posted: 4 January 2010
Good to fair gas and oil shows have been observed in Permian Epsilon sands over the interval 2,010 to 2,016 metres
 
Petrofac wins Yoloten gas field contract
Posted: 30 December 2009
Petrofac to provide services in relation to the development of the South Yoloten gas field, situated approximately 400 km south east of the capital Ashgabat
 
Environmentally friendly drilling solutions in the US
Posted: 30 December 2009
Statoil is the first operator in the US Gulf of Mexico to adopt the Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR) system that reduces discharges to sea
 
Major upgrade on Snorre
Posted: 28 December 2009
Investments totalling more than NOK 5 billion will ensure increased production and continued profitability on the Snorre field in the North Sea
 
Australia Pacific LNG awards $220m rig contract
Posted: 23 December 2009
Australia Pacific LNG has reached another milestone with the announcement today that it had awarded a $220 million drilling and workover rig contract for the project
 
Mahogany Deep-2 appraisal well confirms extent of Jubilee field
Posted: 23 December 2009
Tullow Oil reported that the Mahogany Deep-2 appraisal well offshore Ghana confirmed the down-dip extent of the main Jubilee reservoirs
 
Dragon Oil awarded contract for a platform-based rig
Posted: 23 December 2009
Dragon Oil awarded contract for the lease and management of a land rig (the 'NIS Rig' and formerly known as 'CIS Rig 1') in the Cheleken Contract Area
 
Clough Curtain JV gets funding for PNG LNG
Posted: 21 December 2009
Clough Limited reported that funding has been released to allow the Clough Curtain Joint Venture to proceed
 
Realm Energy, Halliburton driving shale development
Posted: 18 December 2009
Shale deposits are a proven and significant resource in North America and an emerging unconventional resource in other areas of the world
 
Tower Resources set to drill Avivi-1 exploration well, Uganda
Posted: 18 December 2009
Tower Resources subsidiary, Neptune Petroleum (Uganda) Limited, signs contract with Oil & Gas Exploration Company Cracow Limited (OGEC) for a land rig to drill the Avivi-1 exploration well in Exploration Area 5 (EA5), Uganda
 
Origin commits to BassGas enhancement project
Posted: 18 December 2009
Origin Energy reported that the final investment decision has been made for the $345 million Yolla Mid-Life Enhancement (MLE) project
 
Snatcher oil field commences first production
Posted: 18 December 2009
Victoria Petroleum reported the start up of oil production from the Snatcher-1 and Snatcher-2 oil discoveries with their connection to the temporary Snatcher oil production facility
 
Anadarko announces another pre-salt discovery offshore Brazil
Posted: 17 December 2009
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation reported its second pre-salt discovery in Brazil at the Itaipu prospect in block BM-C-32 in the Campos Basin

 
     
 

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