Woodside Petroleum's board of directors has appointed former Australian politician Ian Macfarlane as an independent non-executive director, effective 14 November. Woodside chairman Michael Chaney said Macfarlane is held in high regard…
Cypriot firm Ocean Energean Oil and Gas is to buy 100% interest in the Tanin and Karish fields in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel, for US$148.5 million. Delek Group, Avner Oil Exploration and Delek Drilling have agreed to sell their 26…
Gloucestershire-based Arc Energy Resources, the weld overlay cladding and fabrication company, has acquired precision machining company CLG Engineering, based in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. Arc Energy Resources provides corrosion-resistant weld overlay cladding services…
Sweden-based PA Resources reported that the company's wholly owned subsidiaries, PA Resources Tunisia, Hydrocarbures Tunisie Didon, Hydrocarbures Didon Jersey and Hydrocarbures Tunisie Corporation, have executed a sale and purchase agreement with ETAP…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s (NPD) updated estimate for undiscovered resources shows that the total remaining resources on the Norwegian shelf can provide a basis for oil and gas production for decades to come. Image of the Johan Sverdrup…
EOG awarded Rowan a contract to utilize the Ralph Coffman jackup, offshore Trinidad. The rig will mobilize from the US Gulf of Mexico and is estimated to commence operations in Q3 2016 for five wells with an estimated duration of one year at a rate of US$135…
HitecVision merged three oil companies into Point Resources, a robust mid-sized independent oil company focused on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The new company will engage in both exploration, development and production on the NCS…
BG International and SSE E&P UK entered into an agreement with Block 23/16f participants, Serica Energy, Endeavour Energy UK, and EOG Resources UK, to transfer their equity of Block 23/21a in the UK North Sea. Columbus field…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Association of American State Geologists (AASG signed an agreement to foster interaction, cooperation and coordination on marine minerals and oil and gas resources on the outer continental shelf (OCS)…
Sterling Resources transferred its 40% interest in Block 27 Muridava in the Romanian Black Sea, held by its wholly-owned subsidiary Midia Resources SRL, to Petroceltic's Romanian subsidiary. Approval of the transaction has been received…
Chevron's Erskine field has restarted production after being shut-in since September last year while a major upgrade was carried out on BG Group's Lomond facility, which it exports production through. Before the shut-down, the field was producing about a quarter of what is able to…
Aberdeen-based IT software and services specialist Adept Solutions has secured two new contracts worth a total of £600,000. The firm will supply tailored hydrocarbon accounting software to two new projects on behalf of EOG Resources and DONG Oil Pipe…
Well drilling and management specialists Acona UK have completed a two-well campaign for Perenco UK in the Southern North Sea. The seven-month campaign, using the Transocean GSF Monarch jackup, drilled a subsea well on the Leman field…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) announced that further to the award of Block 48/22c in the UK 28th offshore licensing round, the license area has been increased by 42sq km to the South and now contains the Hambleton discovery, in the North Sea…
Faroe Exploration is planning four exploration wells offshore Norway in 2015 - Shango, Pil, Blister and Kvalross. Shango, operated by Total (Faroe 20%), is in the Norwegian North Sea on the northern part of the prolific Utsira High. The…
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