Giants get ready to battle for Hebron
ExxonMobil has issued bid documents to South Korea’s three super fabricators to build a huge 30,000-tonne deck for its groundbreaking US$8.3 billion Hebron project off Newfoundland, Canada.
Gabrielli’s final flourish for Petrobras
Petrobras chief executive Jose Sergio Gabrielli was set to take his leave of the company this week amid a flurry of offshore contracting activity that highlighted the importance of local content and Brazilian industrial development during his tenure.
Two giants battle to win Total’s Egina floater prize
Two consortia have been left to fight it out to secure a prestigious order to provide a newbuild floating production, storage and offloading vessel for Total’s multi-billion dollar Egina project off Nigeria.
Shell pipeline audit was overdue as Gannet leaked
A KEY audit of Shell’s pipeline safety management systems was three years overdue at the time of last year’s oil spill at the North Sea Gannet field — the UK’s worst in a decade.
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Zueitina gets 25 more years in Libya
10 February 2012 14:06 GMTLibya has granted Zueitina Oil another 25 years in concessions to work its operated oilfields in the country which is emerging from decades of rule under late leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Kuwait Energy makes it three in a row
10 February 2012 03:22 GMTA joint venture led by Kuwait Energy has made a third consecutive oil discovery in the Abu Sennan concession in Egypt.
Statoil in 'West Qurna 2 exit talks'
09 February 2012 10:52 GMTStatoil has reportedly informed Russian partner Lukoil that it plans to exit the West Qurna 2 oilfield project in Iraq.
Total shifts Iraq focus to Kurdistan
10 February 2012 19:43 GMTFrench oil major Total has become the latest oil major to shift the focus of its Iraq ambitions toward the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, and away from the much larger but economically challenging contracts offered by Baghdad.
Wintershall ramps up in Libya
10 February 2012 17:58 GMTWintershall, the second-largest foreign oil firm in Libya before the civil war, has boosted output in the country to three times what it was in the fall, but ageing pipeline infrastructure is limiting its production capacity, according to a report quoting the company’s chief executive.
Iran's NIDC readies drill services tender
08 February 2012 15:51 GMTToughened international sanctions against Iran are likely to be put under the spotlight as the country’s national drilling company puts out pre-qualification tenders for a trio of oil and gas services packages.
Saudi Arabia considers Korea crude
08 February 2012 02:20 GMTSaudi Arabia has given South Korea an assurance that it will “actively consider” providing additional crude supplies to the major gas imported if requested.
Sonatrach eyes $68bn spend
07 February 2012 12:51 GMTSonatrach is to pump $68 billion into energy investments in the next four years as it eyes increases in both oil and gas output.
INA pulls foreign staff out of Syria
06 February 2012 15:50 GMTCroatia's INA has withdrawn most of its foreign staff from Syria over the bloody protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
Libya sees pre-war output by July
07 February 2012 20:15 GMTLibya anticipates a return to pre-war oil output of 1.6 million barrels per day in June or July this year, deputy oil minister Omar Shakmak said on Tuesday, according to a report.
Blast hits Egypt-Israel pipeline
06 February 2012 03:51 GMTAn explosion hit a gas pipeline running from Egypt to Israel on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks on the installation that crosses the increasingly volatile Sinai region, witnesses and state media reported.
Atwood Beacon bags Israeli gig
07 February 2012 19:37 GMTAtwood Oceanics on Tuesday said Israeli player Shemen Oil & Gas Resources had hired the Houston-based driller’s Atwood Beacon jack-up rig for a project in the Mediterranean Sea.
Iran oil ban no nuclear deterrent
06 February 2012 03:28 GMTIran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear programme even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Noble in Tanin gas strike
06 February 2012 22:16 GMTMore bad luck for Harvest in Oman
03 February 2012 12:24 GMTGulfsands to look beyond Syria
02 February 2012 09:08 GMTAustria rebuffs IPIC bid for OMV stake
03 February 2012 15:56 GMTUS lawmakers consider new Iran sanctions
01 February 2012 03:09 GMTGulf Keystone in Algeria transfer deal
03 February 2012 15:33 GMTStatoil 'seeks West Qurna 2 sale nod'
02 February 2012 14:38 GMTExplosion ‘rocks Syrian oil pipeline’
31 January 2012 16:04 GMTDNO hits Pehkabir pay
02 February 2012 08:57 GMTBaghdad 'no legal right' to block ExxonMobil
31 January 2012 21:51 GMTCIA: Saudi production on the rise
31 January 2012 18:49 GMTEurasia newbuild rig nears hazardous Caspian move
31 January 2012 17:09 GMTGulfsands hits pay in Syria
31 January 2012 09:08 GMTDSME wins Kuwait order
31 January 2012 01:58 GMTSyria blames ‘terrorists’ for gas, oil blasts
30 January 2012 14:43 GMTIran may hit back with EU exports ban
27 January 2012 11:44 GMTTotal closing in on Kurdish blocks
30 January 2012 02:51 GMTAhmadinejad warns EU will lose out
26 January 2012 15:11 GMTExxonMobil laying groundwork in Kurdistan
25 January 2012 17:40 GMTSamsung wins $998m West Qurna 2 contract
25 January 2012 11:29 GMTGDI hires Lanco to build two land rigs
25 January 2012 15:08 GMTAustralia to follow EU with Iran oil ban
24 January 2012 10:50 GMTSan Leon completes Moroccan shoot
24 January 2012 08:41 GMTEmbargo won't affect Eni contracts
25 January 2012 21:17 GMTEU hits Iran with oil ban
23 January 2012 12:04 GMTIsrael refusal thwarts Delek plans
23 January 2012 06:08 GMTTethys hits low oil flow in Oman
16 January 2012 08:44 GMTEU readies Iran oil imports ban
23 January 2012 03:15 GMTCarrier Hormuz visit incident free
23 January 2012 02:56 GMTAdnoc signs CNPC deal
18 January 2012 06:02 GMT'Low' rates seen on $76bn Petrobras rig deal
Petrobras’ monster $76 billion charter deal for 26 yet-to-be-built offshore drilling rigs may have caught the market’s eye, but some have seen the dayrates agreed as surprisingly low.
Total near plateau at Pazflor FPSO
French oil giant Total has revealed its mammoth Pazflor floater in Angola is now yielding more than 200,000 barrels per day, with its chief executive joking that the company’s burgeoning operations in the southern African state were “the Brazil of Angola”.
Tullow quits Ntorya-1 amid deepening plans
Tullow Oil has quit an exploration well in Tanzania which recently saw drilling halted, amid a suggestion the independent’s real interest in the region lies elsewhere.
Frac boosts Olgovskoye production
Poland’s Kulczyk Oil Ventures has said it has successfully brought its Olgovskoye-6 well onto production in Ukraine, with flow rates of more than 1.5 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.
Chevron in Oz recruitment drive
Chevron is launching a major recruitment drive in Australia as it attempts to enlist hundreds of engineers to work on its Wheatstone and Gorgon liquefied natural gas projects in Western Australia.
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Crude-oil futures prices fell Friday in line with broader market declines as the International Energy Agency cut its estimates for global oil demand this year, a report said.