Rosneft and ExxonMobil start drilling in the Kara Sea
Rosneft and ExxonMobil joint venture company Karmorneftegaz began drilling of Universitetskaya-1, the Russian Federation's...

Woodside Petroleum acquires exploration acreage in Gabon
Drillsearch Energy provides July drilling report
Providence provides an update on Barryroe oil field license
Lundin spuds exploration well on the Alta prospect in the Barents...
AWE starts drilling Senecio-3 appraisal well in the Perth Basin
Marathon Oil signs EPSC for Gabon Offshore Block G13

Seadrill secures commitment for newbuild ultra-deepwater unit West Saturn
Seadrill Limited, in cooperation with indigenous partner Field Offshore Design Engineering Nigeria Limited has secured a contract with Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, an ExxonMobil subsidiary, for employment of the newbuild ultra...

Sound Oil signs a Letter of Intent with Drillmec Spa
Patterson-UTI reports drilling activity for July 2014

Statoil, Schlumberger Norway to provide integrated drilling services for the Norwegian continental shelf
Schlumberger Norway has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide integrated drilling services for the Norwegian continental shelf licenses Gullfaks, Gullfaks Satellites, Snorre, Statfjord , Tordis/Vigdis, Visund. The agreement also covers exploration drilling on the Norwegian...

CGG awarded major OBC acquisition and processing contract by...
Lundin Petroleum award CTUBD contract to UK firm AnTech Ltd
Double contract win for Optimus Seventh Generation
Dolphin awarded new 3D seismic contract in the Pacific region
EMAS AMC wins new contracts close to $110m

DEKRA purchases NDT, PI and microscopic operations from DNV GL
The international expert organisation DEKRA has taken over the Plant Integrity (PI), Non Destructive Testing (NDT) and....

J2 Subsea opens new US facility and extends ROV tool offering
Air Energi expands in South Korea with Kitco acquisition
Pulse opens new US facility to support growth plans
Rockhopper and MOG reach agreement on the terms of a...
MEO takes initiative to realise value from Tassie Shoal projects
TAYO continues growth initiative as capital gushes into Permian Basin

Production

Apache carrying out wireline operations at Phoenix South-1 well
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited advise that the Phoenix South-1 well has drilled to a depth of 4,540 metres Measured Depth...

Afren to temporarily suspend operations at the Barda Rash field
NZEC's production at Taranaki Basin averaged 202 bbl/d in July
Canacol Energy increases Q2 production
TAQA suspends operations at the Atrush Block in the Kurdistan...
Genel Energy's Taq Taq and Tawke fields remain safe and secure
Sterling Resources announces positive initial results for Breagh...

Technology

TGS signs a multi-year collaboration agreement with FairfieldNodal
TGS has signed a multi-year collaboration agreement with FairfieldNodal to develop, plan and execute multi-client Full Azimuth...

Petron Energy II, Inc. commences Uruguay seismic survey
New energy savers GA 90+-160 air compressors from Atlas Copco
TGS acquires 2D survey in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Shipping / Yard News

Wärtsilä awarded another design contract for arctic operation
A second confirmed design contract for Wärtsilä's new series of arctic platform supply vessels has been signed. This latest order is for a multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) being built by Tersan Shipyard in Turkey on behalf of U.S.- based Tidewater Inc...

Mermaid Marine delivers two high specification new build vessels...
BW Offshore successfully completed USD 800 million bank loan

General News

Kinder Morgan to expand the Edmonton crude oil rail terminal now under construction
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. says that its 50-50 joint venture with Imperial Oil Limited has entered into additional firm...

United Refining and Enbridge Enter into pipeline maintenance...
RWE supplies Ukraine with natural gas
Northern Petroleum to spud the first of three new wells this week
American Midstream to expand Eagle Ford midstream assets
Thomas Thune Andersen new Chairman of DONG Energy

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