Minister Charles Hendry said that East Anglia will play a key role in the £200Billion project that will revolutionise the nation’s energy… (ecofriendnews) [mappress] Source: ecofriendnews, January 31, 2011
Maersk Oil, a fully owned subsidiary of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, has agreed to acquire a 15% interest in Block 16 in Angola from Devon Energy for an initial payment of USD 70 million and future contingent considerations. The agreement is subject to closing conditions including government approval. M
9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84 GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and coinciding with today’s publication by the European Commission on financing renewable
9.3 gigawatt (GW) of new wind power capacity was installed in the EU during 2010, reaching a total of 84 GW by the end of 2010, according to figures released today by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and coinciding with today’s publication by the European Commission on financing renewable
AMEC,the international engineering and project management company, has been appointedby BG Group to provide engineering, procurement, construction, commissioningand project management for all of the BG Group facilities in the central NorthSea, including Armada, North Everest and Lomond platforms. Th
ROC achieved an average daily production rate of 8,483 BOEPD in 2010, which was within the guidance range of between 8,000-9,000 BOEPD. This result was particularly pleasing given that 35 days of production were lost at Zhao Dong due to severe weather conditions in 1Q 2010 and that oil production fr
LONGREACH OIL AND GAS LIMITED an oil & gas company focused on Morocco, announces that Fugro Robertson, one of the world’s leading geoscience and technical services company, has been awarded the contract for seismic reprocessing on the Foum Draa and Side Moussa licenses, offshore Morocco. The work wi
Technip announced it has acquired all of the assets of Subocean Group, a UK based subsea cable-installation company, working in the Marine Renewables sector. The acquisition, which is effective today, will contribute to Technip’s strategy to develop a leading position in the renewables market in the
Dockwise announces that it has signed a contract for USD 25 mln, with an affiliate of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. regarding the transportation of the Jack & St. Malo hull from Korea to the Gulf of Mexico. It is the intention of the parties that this contract – already included in the Q3 backlog as a [&helli
Oil and gas production reached 1.53 million BOE for the quarter, a 3% decline on the previous period. Production was impacted by some operational issues at Tui, BassGas and Casino, which were all successfully resolved by the end of the period. AWE’s share of sales revenue rose by 14% to $72 million.
At a meeting of the Mineral Resources Committee the Director of Mineral Resources gave her report. 1). Progress with Offshore Drilling Programme: Since the last report was prepared for the meeting held on 14 December, The Ocean Guardian(photo) has completed drilling well 25/10-1 (known as Dawn/Jacin
Nido Petroleum Philippines Limited (‘Nido), on behalf of the SC 54B Joint Venture, announced that the Shell Philippines Exploration BV (‘SPEX’) farm-in to Nido and Kairiki’s interests in SC 54B was formally approved by the Philippine Department of Energy (‘DOE’) on 25 January 2011. Approval of the S
Statoil held a follow-up meeting with the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) in which they reviewed the status after the C06 incident at Gullfaks. “We addressed two topics in the meeting, specifically those relating to well integrity and pressure build-up in the Shetland formation,” says head o
-Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Exxon Neftegas Limited, has successfully drilled the world’s longest extended-reach well at the Odoptu field, offshore far east Russia. Exxon Neftegas is the operator of the Sakhalin-1 Project on behalf of an international consortium that
