Vollgrav South exploration well completed as a dry wellOct 20, 2014Lundin Petroleum AB, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), has completed the drilling of wildcat well 33/12-10 S.
VAALCO Energy commences new drilling campaign offshore GabonOct 20, 2014VAALCO Energy, Inc. has commenced a new six well drilling campaign offshore Gabon on its Etame Marin block. The development drilling campaign
Pacific Rubiales signs MOU with Pemex to jointly explore oil & gas business opportunities in MexicoOct 20, 2014Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. has entered into a three year Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation (the "MOU") with Mexico's state oil
Aminex announces retirement of Derek Tughan and David HookerOct 20, 2014Aminex PLC announces the retirement of Derek Tughan and David Hooker from its board, both long-serving non-executive directors. This will take
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies signs contract for drilling solution with Petronas CarigaliOct 20, 2014Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG), has signed a $2.2 million software
GPK declares commerciality for the Shewashan light oil discovery in the Kurdistan Region of IraqOct 20, 2014GPK has declared the Shewashan light oil discovery commercial and is preparing the Field Development Plan (FDP) for submission to the MNR in
IKM Subsea is awarded long term ROV contract by Eni IndonesiaOct 20, 2014IKM Subsea has been awarded a contract by Eni Indonesia to provide ROV services onboard the Drill Rig Scarabeo 7, operating in Indonesia for
Odfjell Drilling and William Jacob Management form an allianceOct 20, 2014Odfjell Drilling and William Jacob Management (WJM) has signed a cooperation agreement under which the companies will mutually deliver
Legacy Oil + Gas appoints Aidan M. Walsh as DirectorOct 20, 2014Legacy Oil + Gas Inc. says that Aidan M. Walsh has joined the Board of Directors of Legacy. Mr. Walsh is President and Chief Executive Officer of
Access375(tm) newest introduction for AccessESPOct 20, 2014AccessESP has unveiled its next generation, rigless ESP conveyance system, Access375. This represents a paradigm shift in rigless ESP
Lloyd’s Register Energy wins 2014 British Quality Foundation’s Award for Employee EngagementOct 20, 2014Lloyd’s Register Energy has won one of the most prestigious industry awards for its global employee collaboration and knowledge sharing
Range Resources amended and restated its revolving credit facilityOct 20, 2014Range Resources Corporation has amended and restated its revolving credit facility. The new five-year agreement with a syndicate of twenty-nine
Chevron adds new drillship to deepwater operations in the Gulf of MexicoOct 20, 2014Chevron Corporation says that the Pacific Sharav, a deepwater drillship built to Chevron's specifications, has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico to work under a five-year contract with Pacific Drilling.
The Pacific Sharav is an upgraded Dual-Load-Path, Samsung-12000-design, dynamically-positioned drillship, specially modified to accept a Dual Gradient Drilling System
MCP to install 4G infrastructure on Norwegian Continental Shelf with ShellOct 17, 2014Maritime Communication Partner (MCP) is teaming up with Shell to install its first LTE base station on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).
Wärtsilä to provide more efficient maintenance for Wagenborg's 15 vesselsOct 17, 2014Wärtsilä had signed in June 2014 a six-year Maintenance Agreement for fifteen of Wagenborg's dry cargo carriers. Under the agreement Wärtsilä will
Terra Novo announces successful oil and gas restoration projectsOct 17, 2014Terra Novo announce recent successes within the oil and gas industry. Its product, EarthGuard Fiber Matrix, has been used to successfully restore
Dundee Energy provides an update on the relinquishment of the Castor projectOct 17, 2014Dundee Energy Limited is providing an update on the relinquishment of the Castor Project. On October 3, 2014, the Spanish government approved
WesternZagros completes testing after workover of Sarqala-1Oct 17, 2014WesternZagros Resources Ltd. has successfully completed the workover of the Sarqala-1 well in the Garmian Block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Horse Hill-1 well drilled to third casing pointOct 17, 2014Solo Oil advises that the Horse Hill-1 well has now been drilled to the third casing point at 6,612 feet measured depth (MD), and will now be
FMC Technologies awarded subsea systems contract for Total's Edradour and Glenlivet fieldsOct 17, 2014FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Total to supply subsea systems for its Edradour and Glenlivet fields offshore in the West of
Lucas Energy completes the sale of Madison County propertyOct 17, 2014Lucas Energy, Inc. has completed the sale of its 100% working interest in oil and gas leases and wells/wellbores in Madison County, Texas for
Dynamic Oil Trading appoints new Bunker TraderOct 17, 2014Dynamic Oil Trading has appoined Nikita Miroshnikas a new bunker trader for its Worldwide bunker trading team, based in Singapore.
Medallion commences operations of its Permian crude oil systemOct 17, 2014Medallion Pipeline Company, LLC has successfully commenced operations of approximately 97 miles of its Midland Basin crude oil gathering and
Latest perforation technology to be highlighted in SPE Aberdeen presentationOct 17, 2014Conventional perforated wells still represent the majority of reservoir completions. Optimising the perforating by applying both relevant technology
