Eni awarded an exploration license in Croatia
Jan 8, 2015
Eni was awarded an exploration license within the Croatian First Offshore Licensing Round. The License is referred to Block 9,

Avanti Energy signs agreement to acquire Italian gas E&P company
Jan 8, 2015
Avanti Energy Inc. has signed a purchase and sale agreement (PSA) with Dove Energy B.V. (Dove) for the purchase of CMI

Rockhopper Exploration awarded Croatian license
Jan 6, 2015
Rockhopper Exploration has been awarded a 40% interest in offshore Block 9 in Croatia in partnership with Eni (60% interest and operator).

AVEVA acquires 8over8 Limited
Jan 6, 2015
AVEVA has acquired 8over8 Limited (8over8). This acquisition provides the software platform for AVEVA to address the

Clean Energy sells McCommas Bluff to Cambrian Energy
Jan 6, 2015
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has sold Clean Energy's majority interest in its McCommas Bluff biomethane production facility

Rey Resources terminates contract to acquire 50% interest in EP 487
Jan 5, 2015
Rey Resources Ltd. disclosed Friday that the agreement with Backreef Oil Pty Ltd. for the acquisition of a 50 percent interest in

Fastnet reports expiry of Tendrara option agreement
Jan 2, 2015
The board of Fastnet has elected not to exercise the option to farm into the Tendrara Lakbir Licence onshore Morocco.

DONG Energy completes divestment of Stenlille Gas Storage
Jan 1, 2015
On 20 October 2014 DONG Energy entered into an agreement with the state owned entity Energinet.dk, whereby Energinet.dk

North Dakota's Bakken Shale Oil in search of new markets
Jan 1, 2015
Initially lauded as a beacon of an energy-independent North America, the Bakken shale play has lost much of its luster in the

Thalassa Holdings fails to conclude Norwegian license round
Jan 1, 2015
The board of Thalassa notes that the 23(rd) Norwegian licence round has not yet concluded and is now expected to conclude

Tap Oil gets time to acquire stake in permit VIC/P67
Dec 30, 2014
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has agreed to grant an extension to Tap Oil Ltd (TAP) for the election date of the seismic option to

Rosneft and Petrocas create a logistics and retail Joint Venture
Dec 30, 2014
Rosneft has entered into definitive documentation to acquire 49% stake in Petrocas Energy International Limited (Petrocas), creating the joint venture

Cue completes the sale of Papua New Guinea portfolio
Dec 29, 2014
Cue Energy Resources Limited has completed the sale of its interests in Papua New Guinea to the National Petroleum Company of PNG for USD7m. Energy Resources Limited has completed the sale of its interests in Papua New Guinea to the National Petroleum Company of PNG for USD7m.

Magnum Hunter's Stalder 3UH well (Utica) is now under control and capped
Dec 26, 2014
Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation says that the previously announced blowout of the Company's Utica Shale well, the Stalder 3UH, located in

Range Resources sells non-core Texas assets
Dec 26, 2014
Range has signed a Sale & Purchase Agreement for the disposal of 100% of Range Australia Resources (US) Limited which holds the Company's

Hardy Oil and Gas relinquish exploration licence in India
Dec 26, 2014
Hardy Oil and Gas on 23 December 2014 consented to the relinquishment of the KG-DWN-2003/1 (D3) exploration licence. On 23 December 2014, the D3 Management Committee

BG Group agrees sale and charter of LNG vessels
Dec 25, 2014
BG Group has entered into an agreement with GasLog Ltd for them to acquire two modern tri-fuel diesel electric (TFDE) LNG carriers for proceeds of $460 million. BG Group will charter back the two vessels, the Methane Becki Anne and Methane Julia Louise, for nine and eleven years with further options to extend the term for each vessel by either three or five years.

Andes Energia acquire interest in Interoil
Dec 24, 2014
The Board of Andes has agreed with the board of Interoil Exploration and Production ASA (IOX) to invest NOK 36.3 million (US$4.95 million) in IOX

Chariot update on Morocco farm-out
Dec 24, 2014
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited says that the farm-out signed between its wholly owned subsidiary, Chariot Oil & Gas Investments (Morocco) Ltd. and a wholly

Statoil optimises portfolio – realising USD 394 million from Marcellus asset
Dec 24, 2014
Statoil has agreed to reduce its working interest in the non-operated US southern Marcellus onshore asset from 29% to 23%, following a USD 394 million

Bowleven to complete Etinde farm-out transaction
Dec 24, 2014
Bowleven says that the Etinde farm-out transaction with LUKOIL/NewAge is at the final stage of completion. Following the Government's official approval

BP and SOCAR sign an agreement to explore shallow water Absheron Peninsula
Dec 23, 2014
BP and SOCAR (the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan) has signed a new production sharing agreement (PSA) to jointly explore for and

Premier completes the sale of its non-operated interests to MOL Group
Dec 23, 2014
Premier Oil provides an update in relation to two previously announced asset sales which have now completed. The combined cash consideration of the two transactions is $147.5 million. Premier has completed the sale of its non-operated interests in the producing Scott, Telford and Rochelle fields to MOL Group for a cash consideration of $130 million

Mosman Oil updates on takeover bid for MEO Australia
Dec 23, 2014
The Directors of Mosman Oil and Gas Limited, the New Zealand and Australia focussed oil exploration and development company is pleased to update