Lundin spuds appraisal well 16/3-8S on Johan Sverdrup discovery
Lundin Petroleum AB, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS, announce that drilling of appraisal well 16/3-8S on the Johan...

Oil Search provides drilling updates on its Assets in PNG...
Jura Energy commences drilling in Badin IV South Block
Vietnam Ca Ngu-1 exploration well reaches total depth
Stone Energy Corporation provides drilling update
Ophir Energy provides Mlinzi drilling update
Gas and oil discoveries in the Askja prospects
Longreach Oil & Gas announces Koba-1 well reaches total depth

Fastnet announces rig share agreement for Foum Assaka exploration program
Fastnet welcomes the announcement by Kosmos Energy Limited (Kosmos) that it has entered into a one well rig share agreement with BP plc...

COSLGift sets sail to Southeast Asia to start operation
Keppel FELS delivers 21st rig for 2013
First Mountain Exploraton provides drilling update
Rowan provides fleet contract status update
Chevron awards £150 million U.K. drilling contract

Technip wins two contracts for ultra-deep water fields and helps Petrobras push back subsea frontiers
Technip was awarded by Petrobras two ultra-deep water contracts for the supply of flexible pipes for the Sapinhoá Norte field and I5 at Lula field (former Tupi field), located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area (Brazil), at a water depth of up to...

Fluor to provide consulting services for Kuwait Oil Company...
KBR awarded engineering design contract by BP for Shah Deniz...
Wood Group ODL secures contract for BP's North Sea business
AMEC awarded a six-year EPC contract
Fugro awarded five-year positioning contract by DOF ASA

Shell boosts its leadership in global LNG with the completion of Repsol S.A. LNG deal
Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) announces the successful completion of the acquisition of Repsol S.A.'s (Repsol) liquefied natural gas (LNG) portfolio outside North America for a headline cash consideration of $4.1 billion...

Woodside provides Browse marketing update
EPL announces oil weighted acquisition in shallow GOM shelf
Tethys completes strategic acquisition in Georgia and exits...
Gazprom and Wintershall sign Master Agreement to swap assets
Artisan Energy to acquire Viking Light Oil
Sprague Resources completes acquisition of Hess' commercial fuels business

New energy business

RWE Innogy reduces proposed capacity for Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm
RWE Innogy has revised plans for the proposed Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm project, which is being developed off the Lincolnshire Coast in...

TransCanada adds fourth solar facility to energy portfolio
DECC awards Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm... Final Investment...
DONG Energy acquires full ownership of three offshore wind development projects in the Netherlands

Production

Platform P-55 begins operation in Roncador field
The Petrobras' P-55 platform, one of the strategic projects in the 2013-2017 Business and Management Plan, started-up the last Tuesday (12/31/13) in Campos Basin's Roncador field. P-55 is part of Roncador's field Module 3 project and will be connected to 17 wells, 11 of which are oil and gas production...

Atlantic Petroleum provides operations update for December 2013
Eland Oil & Gas provides update on activities for OML 40 licence
Regal Petroleum provides Ukraine operations update
Petrobras announces oil and natural gas output up by 1.2% in Nov
FX Energy to complete Szymanowice-1 well for production
Parkmead trebles its oil production from Athena Field

Technology

Dolphin awarded a significant contract with TGS in Australia
Dolphin has been awarded a significant contract with TGS in the Great Australian Bight to acquire 8.300 km2 of 3D contract seismic. The high-capacity 3D vessel M/V Polar Duchess will be used for this initial first season of work...

EMGS reports multi-client sales
El Paso Pipeline Partners' Unit announces Phase II of liquefaction project at Elba Island LNG terminal

Shipping / Yard News

BW Offshore has exercised an option to acquire the tanker Blue Opal
BW Offshore has exercised an option to acquire the tanker Blue Opal for USD 83.4 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering...

VARD secures contract from Harkand Group to provide a DSV
Nam Cheong secures $66M contracts to supply 3 AHTS, 1 MWV
Drydocks World and Maritime World cooperation discussions with...
MMA to supply PSV to Support Deepwater Millennium off Australia
Dockwise wins $275M Module Transport Services contract for Wheatsone project

General News

Statoil recovers quickly from gas leak on Statfjord A
On Saturday 28 December, an oil and gas leak was reported on the Statfjord A platform in the North Sea. Statfjord A was depressurized and shut...

Atlantic Petroleum announces farm-in option to Norwegian PL528
Lukoil takes full control of ISAB refinery
Shell increases interest in offshore Brazil BC-10
Rosneft and NOVATEK agree assets swap
Tullow announce Mantra well result offshore Norway
Aquatic supports DeepOcean training programme for graduate trainees

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