CNOOC Ltd broadens horizons
CNOOC Ltd, the listed unit of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is embarking on a plan that envisages increased co-operation with foreign oil companies at home and overseas as it works to meet a targeted hydrocarbon production growth rate of between 6% and 10% per annum from now until 2015.
Voser sharpens axe for Shell
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell plans further cost cutting and lay-offs in an effort to “sharpen” its performance and increase profits.
Oil holds as Opec steers steady ship
OIL prices were robust this week, ending on a positive note on Wednesday due to a weak US dollar and after Opec decided to keep output targets steady.
Qatar cool on LNG demand downturn
Gas superpower Qatar is not alarmed over threats to its liquefied natural gas exports from a downturn in global demand and is keeping open the option of further developing its massive North Field reserves once a self-declared ban ends in 2014, Qatari Oil Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah told Upstream.
Nisconi clean sweep at South Mahakam
Japan’s Nippon Steel is poised to land all four turnkey contracts valued at more than $200 million in total at Total’s South Mahakam gas and liquids development off Indonesia.
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Petronas denies any major discovery
News wires 22 March 2010 06:37 GMTPetronas has denied having made any major oil discovery, refuting earlier claims made by its founding chairman Razaleigh Hamzah.
Windermere survey gets cracking
Australia listed Bass Strait Oil said the Windermere 3D seismic survey has commenced over the weekend in Otway basin permit PEP 167 in the Victoria state of Australia.
PTTEP backs out from Bengara I
Thailand’s national oil company PTTEP has withdrawn its entire 40% stake from Indonesia’s Block Bengara I.
Gulfsands farms in with AuDax
UK independent Gulfsands Petroleum is to farm in to Australia-based AuDax Resources’s onshore and offshore permits in Tunisia and off Italy.
BNK lines up Polish trio
US-based explorer BNK Petroleum said it had been awarded three oil and gas concessions in Poland’s basin covering a total of roughly 880,000acres.
Texon lifts reserves
US-focused Texon Petroleum saw its share of proved and probable reserves climb 40% over six months to 3 million barrels of oil equivalent by the end of 2009.
Yellow Rose bit dives
Perth-based Antares Energy said the Frances Dilworth-3H well had spudded in McMullen County, Texas, over the weekend, the first of nine production wells targeting the Eagle Ford shale to be drilled at the Yellow Rose project this year.
Qatar to boost India LNG exports
Qatar plans to raise its supply of Liquefied Natural Gas to India to 11.5 million tonnes from 2014, against the current 7.5 million tonnes a year, Qatar Oil Minister Abdullah al-Attiyah said in New Delhi.
Shell wins eastern Gulf treble
Anglo-Dutch supermajor Shell and Canadian player Nexen have made a third oil find in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, with a probe drilled on the Appomattox prospect delivering the goods.
Campeche Sound duo 'hold 2bn barrels'
Mexico's state-owned producer Pemex said the at the Ayatzil-Tekel and Tsimin-Xux fields, discovered two years ago in the Gulf of Mexico, could yield more than 2 billion barrels of oil.
Opec output 'may flood market'
World oil demand this year will outstrip new supplies from non-Opec producers, analysts claimed today, but they warned that stocks are likely to rise if Opec continues to pump more crude than the market needs.
Hoki repairs to take longer
Australia’s AWE said today that repair work on the semi-submersible Kan Tan IV would take longer than expected, further delaying drilling of the Hoki-1 well off New Zealand.
Alam lands barge supply gig
Malaysia’s Alam Maritim said it had won a 19 million ringgit ($5.7 million) deal to supply a launch barge for an unnamed offshore construction player.
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