Blue Energy announces significant increase in Gas Reserve for key Bowen Basin permit
Dec 9, 2015
Blue Energy Limited is pleased to announce a significant increase in Gas Reserves for the Company's 100%-owned ATP814P coal seam gas asset in the Bowen Basin, Queensland.

OpenLink appoints John E. O’Malley as Chief Executive Officer
Dec 9, 2015
OpenLink has appointed John O’Malley as CEO, effective immediately. Mr. O’Malley takes over from Mark Greene who announced his intention to retire earlier this year. Mr. Greene will continue to serve on the

Petrobras Step by Step Assessment of Pre-Salt Plays
Dec 9, 2015
Part 3: 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

Mosman Oil and Gas cancel Canning Basin permit option
Dec 9, 2015
Mosman Oil and Gas has evaluated its development strategy for 2016 and will focus on the completion of the South Taranaki Energy Project ('STEP') along with its other core exploration and development projects.

Saturn Minerals provides update on Bannock Creek oil exploration well
Dec 9, 2015
Saturn Minerals Inc. on October 29, 2015 has issued notice to its Joint Venture Partner as required by the Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) between the parties. Under the terms of the JOA, the Joint Venture Partner

CWC Energy Services declares 2016 capital expenditure budget
Dec 9, 2015
CWC Energy Services Corp. says that the Board of Directors has approved a 2016 capital expenditure budget of $2.6 million comprised entirely of maintenance and infrastructure capital related to recertifications

World Coal Association calls for policy parity for carbon capture and storage
Dec 9, 2015
The World Coal Association (WCA) has published a new report highlighting the importance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to an effective climate agreement at COP21 in Paris.

Marlink upgrades Maridive Group offshore support vessels to VSAT broadband
Dec 9, 2015
Egypt headquartered Maridive Group has chosen to migrate 24 of its modern Offshore Support Vessels to Marlink’s VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) WaveCall Plus services in addition to one new build vessel.

Husky Energy continues Flemish Pass appraisal work
Dec 9, 2015
Husky Energy and its partner continue to advance appraisal work on the landmark Bay du Nord oil discovery offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

Otto Marine secures charter for its second unit of new 238-Men DP2 work maintenance vessel
Dec 9, 2015
Otto Marine Limited has secured a long term bareboat charter contract worth $26 million. The charter was for a 238-men, Dynamic Positioning 2 (DP2) Work Maintenance Vessel that

Oilex updates on Indian Cambay field
Dec 9, 2015
Oilex Ltd is pleased to provide the following workover update: Production from the Cambay Field is now ~75 boepd and may increase in line with demand from the local low pressure gas market

Wood Group secures new ConocoPhillips contract in Timor-Leste and Australia
Dec 9, 2015
Wood Group has won a new, multi-year contract with ConocoPhillips in Australia. Effective immediately, Wood Group PSN will deliver brownfield engineering services to the Bayu-Undan field located

Yoho Resources to sell certain Duvernay assets for $50 million
Dec 9, 2015
Yoho Resources Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a portion of its Duvernay assets in the Kaybob area of Alberta (the "Subject Assets") for cash consideration of $50 million (prior to adjustments)

Shell takes final investment decision to build Solvent Deasphalter unit at Pernis refinery in the Netherlands
Dec 9, 2015
Shell has taken the final investment decision to build a major new unit at the Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The Solvent Deasphalter (SDA) unit will remove heavier fractions from crude oil, allowing the refinery to upgrade a larger proportion of its oil intake into lighter, high-grade products.

LNGL appoints third US-based Director
Dec 8, 2015
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited has appointed Philip D Moeller as a Non Executive Director of LNGL with effect from 7 December 2015. Philip is the Company's third US based Non Executive Director following

Terra Nova Energy spuds Eastern Well 101 Rig
Dec 8, 2015
Terra Nova Energy Ltd., the Operator of Petroleum Exploration License 444, is pleased to announce that the Eastern Well 101 Rig spudded the Baikal #1 at around 6.30 pm South Australian time on the 3rd of December 2015.

Holloman Energy spuds the Baikal #1 well
Dec 8, 2015
Holloman Energy Corporation says that the Eastern Well 101 Rig has spud the Baikal #1 well in Petroleum Exploration License (PEL) 444 in South Australia's Cooper Basin at 6:30 pm South Australian time

Fluor Corporation agrees to acquire Stork Holding B.V
Dec 8, 2015
Fluor Corporation has signed an agreement with UK-based private equity firm Arle Capital Partners to acquire 100 percent of Stork Holding B.V., based in the Netherlands, for an investment of €695 million ($755 million).

OSD develops new RLWI / IMR vessel for upstream - Austin Offshore
Dec 8, 2015
OSD-IMT, the UK division of Netherlands-based Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), is designing two 120 m IMT9120 Riserless Light Well Intervention / IMR vessels for Austin Offshore Pte Ltd, the shipping arm

Connacher Oil and Gas appoints Chief Executive Officer
Dec 8, 2015
Connacher Oil and Gas Limited says that Merle Johnson, formerly Connacher's Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer and a director of Connacher, replacing Brent de Jong who was formerly

Volga Gas drilling well in Karpenskiy Licence Area
Dec 8, 2015
Volga Gas is currently drilling an exploration well in its 100% owned Karpenskiy Licence Area in the Saratov Region of southern Russia.

Wärtsilä delivers LNG-fired peaking power plant to Kerala, India
Dec 8, 2015
Wärtsilä will supply a 40 MW Smart Power Generation plant to Kerala State Electricity Board Limited (KSEBL) in Southern India. The LNG-fired plant will be located near the city of Kochi, and will provide much-needed

Transocean Ltd. awarded two year contract for The Henry Goodrich
Dec 8, 2015
Transocean Ltd. says that the harsh-environment semisubmersible Henry Goodrich was awarded a two year contract with Husky Oil Operations Limited offshore Canada at a dayrate of $275,000.

Petsec Energy drills the Hummer exploration prospect
Dec 8, 2015
Petsec Energy advised that the Main Pass Block 270 #3 well on its Hummer exploration prospect has been drilled to a true vertical depth of 15,748 feet/15,788 feet measured depth to test Miocene age sand objectives.