Midstates Petroleum declares change in company leadership
Dec 14, 2015
Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc. says that Mark E. Eck, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will resign from his position effective January 4, 2016 to pursue other

Subsea compression innovator presented with President’s Award by SUT
Dec 14, 2015
The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) has presented its President’s Award to Dr Kjell Olav Stinessen in recognition of his long term services to industry at the Society’s

Occidental Petroleum makes management and board appointment
Dec 14, 2015
Occidental Petroleum Corporation declares that its Board of Directors has promoted Vicki A. Hollub to President and Chief Operating Officer and appointed her to the Board.

Saturn Minerals adds Wayne Slemp to its Advisory Board
Dec 14, 2015
Saturn Minerals Inc. says that Wayne Slemp has joined the Advisory Board and is significantly bolstering the Company's operating technical team with regard to the Company's oil and gas projects.

Delphi Energy provides corporate and operations update
Dec 14, 2015
Delphi Energy Corp. is pleased to provide the following update. With the dispositions of the Wapiti and Hythe assets now complete, Delphi is now singularly focused

New Glen Lyon FPSO sets sail for west of Shetland
Dec 14, 2015
BP, on behalf of the Schiehallion co-venturers Shell and OMV, announced that the new Glen Lyon floating production storage and offload (FPSO) vessel has started sea trials as it begins

Twin Butte Energy initiates strategic review process
Dec 14, 2015
Twin Butte Energy Ltd. believes that the current share price is not reflective of the long term value within the Company's asset base, and therefore has initiated a process to

Chevron confirms first production from the Moho Bilondo phase 1b development
Dec 14, 2015
Chevron Corporation confirmed that its subsidiary, Chevron Overseas (Congo) Limited, and partners have started production from the deepwater development Moho Bilondo Phase

Steam Oil Production Company to acquire Elke and Narwhal discoveries
Dec 14, 2015
The Steam Oil Production Company has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with EnQuest Heather Ltd to acquire a 100% interest in Licence P1996, made up of blocks

Rosneft produces 2 millionth ton of oil at the Northern Tip of Chayvo field
Dec 14, 2015
Rosneft produced 2 millionth ton of oil since the production start at the Northern Tip of Chayvo field in 2014. The Northern Tip of Chayvo field is located in the Sakhalin shelf area.

Tethys Oil declares November 2015 production udpate
Dec 14, 2015
Tethys' share of the production, before government take, from Blocks 3 and 4 onshore the Sultanate of Oman amounted in November 2015 to 331,762 barrels of oil,

ConocoPhillips announces 2016 operating plan and capital budget of $7.7 billion
Dec 14, 2015
ConocoPhillips announced its 2016 operating plan. Key highlights from the plan include: $7.7 billion capital budget;1 to 3 percent production growth, adjusted for asset sales; and

Cenovus Energy declares 2016 budget
Dec 14, 2015
Cenovus Energy Inc. expects to invest between $1.4 billion and $1.6 billion in 2016. While allowing for the planned completion of well-advanced oil sands growth projects in 2016,

Raging River Exploration to acquire Viking light oil assets
Dec 14, 2015
Raging River Exploration Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Anegada Energy Corp., a privately held corporation with 2,750 boe/d of high quality Viking light oil

Pine Cliff Energy closes $185 million strategic acquisition
Dec 14, 2015
Pine Cliff Energy Ltd. has closed its previously announced acquisition of certain natural gas weighted assets (the "Assets") in the Viking area of Central Alberta and Ghost Pine

Statoil and Repsol announce transactions in Norway, UK, US and Brazil
Dec 14, 2015
These transactions increase the number of Statoil’s operatorships in priority areas, providing greater control of asset development and costs through shared efficiencies. “We are delighted to be deepening our relationship with Repsol. In the current challenging market environment, these are innovative, value-enhancing transactions which will help control costs and strengthen Statoil’s portfolio for the long term”, said John Knight, Statoil’s Executive Vice-President for Global Strategy & Business Development.

Bright Future Trends
Dec 11, 2015
Part 4: 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

Dolphin Geophysical provides update on restructuring
Dec 11, 2015
Group ASA ("Dolphin" or the "Company" and together with its subsidiary Dolphin Geophysical AS") regarding a restructuring of the Group's debt and capital structure (the "Restructuring").

INPEX establishes Domestic Exploratory Drilling Operations Office Tokyo
Dec 11, 2015
Inpex Corp. has established the Domestic Exploratory Drilling Operations Office (the Office) in order to smoothly and efficiently carry out the drilling project commissioned by the Agency of Natural Resources

IOC signs well management contract for upcoming Skipper well with AGR
Dec 11, 2015
Independent Oil and Gas has executed a well management contract with AGR Well Management Limited for the drilling of the appraisal well on Skipper, on track to spud in late January or early February 2016.

Exillon Energy provides November 2015 production figures
Dec 11, 2015
Exillon Energy plc, a London Premium listed oil producer with assets in two oil-rich regions of Russia, Timan-Pechora and West Siberia, is pleased to announce unaudited production data for the month of November 2015.

Penspen awarded FEED contract for the development of Ghana’s NGITS
Dec 11, 2015
Penspen has been awarded a contract from Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to conduct a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study for further development of the Ghana

Repsol reduces its financing costs by 65 million dollars a year
Dec 11, 2015
Repsol, through its subsidiary Talisman Energy, announced the purchase, with a discount of 14.5%, of 1.5 billion dollars of face value in Talisman bonds today, corresponding to five issues expiring in

Touchstone Exploration updates Trinidad acquisition
Dec 11, 2015
Touchstone Exploration Inc. announces an update to its Trinidad acquisition and reports on discussions with its lender on a review of certain credit facility covenants.