Azerbaijan and Dagestan intend to enhance mutually beneficial economic cooperation, Azerbaijani Prime Minister Artur Rasizade… [mappress] Source: entrendaz, May 24, 2010;
AWE plans to test the permit with a wildcat well, Tuatara-1, to be drilled in July using the semi-submersible Tan Kan IV. AWE is currently using the Kan Tan IV to test satellite deposits to its producing Tui field in the Taranaki basin off New Zealand’s North Island. The Tuatara-1 well will test the
The Operator, Apache Northwest Pty Ltd (“Apache”) has advised that the Ocean Shield drilling rig is now on location and has commenced drilling of the Bath-1 exploration well located in the TL/2 Production Licence, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, for Apache on a sole risk (100%) basis. P
Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) announced today that Topaz Energy and Marine has begun operations from Almas Tower as a DMCC… [mappress] Source: zawya. , May 24, 2010;
Philippines—Oil exploration firm Forum Energy Plc is expected to invest $100 million (about P4.5 billion) over the next three years to… [mappress] Source:businessinquirer , May 24, 2010;
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow), Operator of the Jubilee Field in Ghana, is set to commence a new round of massive oil exploration campaign with… [mappress] Source: ghanaweb,May 23, 2010;
A British consultant’s report says that the gas pressure at the Tamar well is one of the highest in the world. [mappress] Source: globes,May 23, 2010;
The moratorium on offshore oil development in B.C. won’t be lifted any time soon, especially in the wake of the environmental disaster… [mappress] Source: Times Colonist,May 23, 2010;
BP has rebuffed demands from government officials and environmentalists to use a less-toxic dispersant to break up the oil from its… [mappress] Source: LosAngelesTimes,May 23, 2010;
Bergen-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a Diverless Marine and Subsea Services Frame Agreement by ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS. The 1-year Frame Agreement includes additional 2 x 2 yearly options and covers a broad spectrum of subsea services including p
Valiant Petroleum plc announced that the John Shaw semi-submersible rig has now arrived on location and has begun drilling operations on the Don Southwest (Valiant, 40.0%) as part of the second phase of field development. The second phase of development on Don Southwest is focused on targeting reser
Atlantic Petroleum today announced its results for the first three months 2010. This company announcement should be read in conjunction with Atlantic Petroleum’s Interim Consolidated Financial Statement attached to this announcement. Sigurð í Jákupsstovu, Atlantic Petroleum’s CEO, stated: “We are pl
Anadarko Petroleum, which owns a stake in BP’s leaking Gulf of Mexico well, got government permission to drill at another deep-water… [mappress] Source: journalgazette, May 21, 2010;
The agency that regulates oil drilling off the coast of Newfoundland has put a hold on Chevron Canada’s deepsea drilling project until… [mappress] Source: edmontonjournal, May 21, 2010;
