Petroceltic provides update on Algeria farmout processOct 8, 2013Petroceltic International confirms that it has received formal notification that Sonatrach, the Algerian State Oil Company, is exercising its right under the Isarene
Van Oord contracts Damen for DP2 cable-laying vessel for offshore wind farm constructionOct 8, 2013Van Oord has ordered a new cable-laying vessel. The ship will be built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania and will be completed at the end of 2014.
Crestwood unitholders approve merger with InergyOct 8, 2013Crestwood Midstream Partners LP and Crestwood Holdings LLC and Inergy, L.P. and Inergy Midstream, L.P. announced that Crestwood's unitholders have
Baker Hughes announces September 2013 rig countsOct 8, 2013Baker Hughes Incorporated announced that the international rig count for September 2013 was 1,284, up 17 from the 1,267 counted in August 2013, and up 30 from
Fine Tubes welcomes Graham Maxa as new Finance DirectorOct 8, 2013Fine Tubes is delighted to announce the appointment of Graham Maxa as the company’s new Finance Director. Based at Fine Tubes’ Head Office in Plymouth, Graham will have a key role to play in helping
EMGS provides vessel activity for the third quarter 2013Oct 8, 2013Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) provides the following summary of vessel activity and utilisation for the third quarter of 2013:
Finalists for the 2013 global oil & gas safety awards unveiledOct 8, 2013The shortlist of six finalists for OPITO’s annual global oil and gas workforce safety awards has been announced.
SBM, Stork Technical Services and Total ABK Academy are vying
Dragon Oil provides drilling and production updateOct 8, 2013Dragon Oil plc publishes an update on the wells completed in the Cheleken Contract Area in Turkmenistan in the third quarter of 2013 and production numbers for
Max announces successful drilling results in the Eskene North and Uytas fieldsOct 8, 2013Max Petroleum is pleased to announce successful drilling results with appraisal wells in the Eskene North and Uytas fields. The ESKN-2 appraisal well in the Eskene North field has reached
Samson Oil & Gas appoints Eugene McColley to Board of DirectorsOct 8, 2013Samson Oil & Gas Limited advises that its Board of Directors has today appointed Mr. Eugene McColley to the Board as a non-executive Director. Mr. McColley
Anadarko Petroleum provides update on Wattenberg areaOct 8, 2013Anadarko Petroleum Corporation provided an update on its activity in the Greater Wattenberg area of northeastern Colorado following the catastrophic flooding that
Stetson Oil & Gas terminates farm-out agreementOct 8, 2013Stetson Oil & Gas Ltd. has terminated the farm-out agreement entered into with Sagres Energy Inc. related to LLA11, a 126,494 acre block located in the Llanos
TransGlobe Energy wins new concessions ratified in EgyptOct 8, 2013TransGlobe Energy Corporation is pleased to announce the ratification of four new Production Sharing Concessions in Egypt. TransGlobe has received written notice from the Egyptian
Petrobras to increase production to keep up investmentsOct 8, 2013Petrobras announced recently that the company plans to increase production by fifty percent in a bid to emerge from its current financial difficulties. The oil giant desperately needs funds to keep up with investment projections and to compensate for losses due to fuel imports.
By Peter Howard Wertheim
Bankers Petroleum provides operational update for the third quarter 2013Oct 7, 2013Bankers Petroleum Ltd. announces the Company's third quarter operational update. Average production from the Patos-Marinza oilfield in Albania for the third quarter of 2013 was
Calfrac Well Services closes acquisitionOct 7, 2013Calfrac Well Services Ltd. has completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the operating assets of Mission Well Services, LLC (Mission), a privately-held
Vast Exploration terminates farm-out agreement in ColombiaOct 7, 2013Vast Exploration Inc. has terminated the farm-out agreement entered into with Sagres Energy Inc. related to PUT-03, a 148,005 acre block located in the Putumayo
Otto Energy provides GALOC-5H and GALOC-6H drilling updateOct 7, 2013Otto Energy Limited, as operator of the producing Galoc oilfield joint venture offshore the Philippines, provides the following update on the Galoc-5H and Galoc-6H
Cubic Energy closes acquisition of the Gastar East Texas assetsOct 7, 2013Cubic Energy, Inc. has closed and funded the previously announced acquisition of all of the East Texas assets of Gastar Exploration, Texas, LP (Gastar), paying to
Beach Energy spuds Butlers-7 wellOct 7, 2013Cooper Energy Limited advises that Butlers-7, an oil development well located in PEL 92 on the western flank of the Cooper Basin, spudded on Wednesday 3 October,
Reef Subsea secures decommissioning contract in central North SeaOct 7, 2013Reef Subsea Integrated Projects has successfully secured a decommissioning workscope on the Angus Pipeline PL1857 Flushing projects for HESS Limited.
Eagle Rock announces increase in upstream borrowing baseOct 7, 2013Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. announced that effective October 1, 2013, the upstream component of the borrowing base under its senior secured credit facility
Gas-powered “Blue Corridor” rally to cross nine countriesOct 7, 2013Today the 7th rally of natural gas fueled vehicles – Blue Corridor – started in St Petersburg, Russia. Trucks, light-weight vehicles and buses running on gas lined up
InterMoor appoints Cohen Guidry as Global QHSE ManagerOct 7, 2013InterMoor, an Acteon company, has announced the appointment of Cohen Guidry to the role of global QHSE manager. Guidry joined InterMoor in 2006 as HSE
