Fluor completes Isononanol plant project for BASF and Sinopec in China
Dec 7, 2015
Fluor Corporation has completed a world-scale Isononanol (INA) plant for BASF and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) in the Maoming Hi-tech Industria

Seatronics delivers significant cost savings with Meridian Ocean Services in Mexico
Dec 7, 2015
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has successfully completed a project with marine services organisation Meridian Ocean Services (Meridian) in Mexico. The aim of the project was to inspect and chart

CGG GeoConsulting introduces Seep Explorer and GLOGOS
Dec 7, 2015
CGG GeoConsulting has acquired GLOGOS, the Global Onshore Gas-Oil Seeps data set, from Gas Consult. GLOGOS will be incorporated into the new Seep Explorer, creating the world’s only onshore and offshore

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate: 26 companies apply for exploration acreage
Dec 7, 2015
The application deadline for production licences in the 23 licensing round expired on 2 December, and 26 companies had applied for exploration acreage by the end of the deadline.This licensing round comprises 57 announced blocks or parts of blocks, 3 of which are in the Norwegian Sea and 54 in the Barents Sea. 34 of the announced blocks are situated in the newly opened area in the south-eastern Barents Sea, and many of the applications target this acreage in particular.

Current Issues Affecting Petrobras
Dec 5, 2015
Part 2: Report from Peter Howard Wertheim and Dayse Abrantes, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, based on papers and interviews with Professor Cleveland M. Jones, DSc., and Professor Hernani Aquini Fernandes Chaves, DSc., geologists. For Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine (Oslo, Norway).
By Peter Howard Wertheim & Dayse Abrantes

North Atlantic Drilling reaches agreement with Jurong Shipyard
Dec 4, 2015
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. Says that a standstill agreement effective until June 2016 has been reached with Jurong Shipyard (Jurong) for the delivery of the sixth generation harsh environment semi-submersible

Roxi Petroleum provides update on operations at BNG
Dec 4, 2015
Roxi is pleased to further update the market with news of progress at its flagship BNG asset. As previously announced Deep Well A5 was drilled to a depth of 4,442 meters.

88 Energy provides Icewine #1 drilling update
Dec 4, 2015
88 Energy Limited is pleased to provide the following drilling update. Drilling recommenced in the 8.5' intermediate hole through the Brookian sequence from 8,773' on

Petsec Energy appoints Head of Investor Relations
Dec 4, 2015
Petsec Energy has appointed Mr. Manny Anton to the role of Head of Investor Relations, effective 1 December 2015. Mr. Anton will be based in the Company's Sydney office and will report directly to the

CNOOC Limited signs PSC with Husky
Dec 4, 2015
CNOOC Limited says that its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), has signed production sharing contract (PSC) with Husky Oil Operations (China) Limited (Husky) for Block 15/33

Anadarko achieves new Mozambique LNG milestones
Dec 4, 2015
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that, along with the concessionaires of Offshore Area 1 (operated by Anadarko Mozambique Area 1 Ltd. (AMA1)) and Offshore Area 4 (operated by Eni East Africa (EEA)),

KSE Drilling Rig KS Discoverer 3 awarded US$4.1 million contract in Pakistan
Dec 4, 2015
KS Energy Limited says that Atlantic Onshore Services B.V., a subsidiary of KS Drilling Pte. Ltd. (KS Drilling) has been awarded a contract for the “KS Discoverer 3” land drilling rig. The work in Pakistan is expected to begin

Seanamic appoints Business Development Manager
Dec 4, 2015
Seanamic has appointed David Henderson as business development manager responsible for growing the company’s profile in the supply of integrated surface to seabed systems for offshore applications.

Atlantic Petroleum provides November 2015 production figures
Dec 4, 2015
P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces that during the month of November, Atlantic Petroleum produced a net total of 37,000 barrels of oil equivalents (boe) from the Chestnut, Ettrick and Blackbird fields.

European Nuclear Industry Parter Forum ATOMEX opens in Budapest
Dec 4, 2015
The 2015 European Forum of Nuclear Industry Suppliers ATOMEX has just opened in Budapest with the aim of strengthening and further developing its partnership within the European nuclear industry.

Range Resources spuds GY 161 S well
Dec 4, 2015
Range is pleased to advise that the third development well of the 22 well programme, the GY 161 S well spudded on 27 November 2015 and is drilling ahead to a total depth of 2,000 ft. It is expected to take approximately

DNO confirms Kurdistan payment
Dec 4, 2015
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator, confirmed receipt of USD 30 million to be shared pro-rata with its partner Genel Energy plc as a partial payment towards oil exported from the Tawke field

Nostra Terra gets approval of exploratory unit at Paw Paw prospect, Wyoming
Dec 4, 2015
Nostra Terra is pleased to announce the approval of an Exploratory Unit within the Paw Paw Prospect by the Bureau of Land Management.

Ministers must focus on key role of gas in Australia’s economy
Dec 4, 2015
Ministers at tomorrow’s CoAG Energy Council meeting must focus on the critical role that gas plays in the Australian economy, APGA Chief Executive Cheryl Cartwright said.

AEP gets FIRB approval for farmout agreement
Dec 4, 2015
Armour Energy Ltd. says that American Energy Partners LLP (AEP) has received Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) approval for AEP’s proposal to acquire a 75 percent interest in Armour’s McArthur Basin

Wood Group acquires The Infinity Group for an initial consideration of $150 million
Dec 4, 2015
Wood Group has agreed to acquire The Infinity Group (Infinity), a privately owned Texas Gulf Coast industrial construction and maintenance contractor serving the petrochemical, refining and gas processing sectors,

Providence Resources to acquire a 60% interest in Offshore Petroleum Lease 1
Dec 4, 2015
Providence Resources says that through its wholly owned subsidiary, Exola Limited, Providence has entered into an exclusive option agreement with PSE Kinsale Energy Limited over the southern portion of

Marathon Oil plug and abandon Solomon exploration well
Dec 4, 2015
Marathon Oil Corporation says that the Solomon exploration well in the Gulf of Mexico reached its total depth of approximately 34,600 feet on Walker Ridge Block 225 and did encounter the lower tertiary target interval.

Kårstø awarded assignment for Mjørud AS
Dec 4, 2015
A contract covering engineering services as well as the production and installation of equipment has been awarded to technology specialist Mjørud AS. Placed by Statoil on behalf of operator Gassco, this assignment