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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
