KBR announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 44.94 percent share interest in M.W. Kellogg Limited (MWKL) previously held by JGC Corporation. With the completion of the transaction, MWKL, which was previously an affiliate of both companies since 1992, is again a wholly-owned KBR subsidi
Barents NaturGass AS has won a contract to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Torghatten Nord AS for seven new LNG ferries in one of Norw… (ngvglobal) [mappress] Source: ngvglobal, December 31, 2010;
Queensland based oil and gas company, Icon Energy Limited, today announced that its proposed LNG sales project with Shenzhen SinoGas has taken an important step forward with the introduction of a new Chinese state-owned joint venture company to the scheme. The Company’s Managing Director Ray James s
Orca Exploration Group Inc. (“Orca” or “the Company”) has announced that it will perform workovers in 2011 on two Songo Songo offshore natural gas wells (SS-5 and SS-9). Recent routine testing of all five Songo Songo producing gas wells has determined that there is the need for some remedial work on
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/151 development well and successful commissioning of the 14-inch in-field pipeline. The Dzheitune (Lam) 28/151 was drilled to a depth of 3,512 metr
Bounty Oil & Gas NL (“Bounty”) announces progress report on the New Seaclem 1 well in PEP 11, offshore New South Wales. MEC Resources investee company Advent Energy Ltd (Advent) has reported: Progress since Last Report The well was spudded at 00.00 hours AEST 15 December 2010 and drilled the 9 7/8″
A subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co awarded two contracts worth 4.44 billion dirhams to the Italian unit of French oilfield firm Techn… (yahoo news) [mappress] Source: yahoo news, December 30, 2010;
Petrobras, as the operator of Block BMS-11, located in the Santos Basin, announces that it submitted today the Declaration of Commerciality of the oil and gas accumulations in the Tupi and Iracema areas to the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). In the proposal submitted to the ANP, the names suggested
Repsol and Sinopec today successfully closed the agreement reached in October to jointly develop the exploration and production of its Brazil offshore assets and to create one of the Latin America’s largest private energy companies. After obtaining the necessary authorizations from the authorities o
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited, an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announces that stable production from the second workover well (A23) on Beatrice Alpha has increased
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location / Proposed Depth The Zola-1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is b
Desire Petroleum plc the oil and gas company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin, advises that the 25/5-1 well on the Dawn/Jacinta prospect has reached a depth of 1,313metres. Drilling and wireline logging data shows that no hydrocarbons have been found in the Jacinta Prospect. The well will
Tap Oil Limited (“Tap”) provides the following update on the Craigow-1 exploration well, offshore Bass Basin between Victoria and Tasmania. Location / Proposed Depth The Craigow-1 well is located in permit T/47P in the offshore Bass Basin between Victoria and Tasmania. The well is being drilled in 7
Nido Petroleum Limited , as Operator of Service Contract 54A (SC 54A), provides this update on the operations at Tindalo. Since the last operations update on 22 December 2010, subsequent water analyses from Zones 1, 2 and 3 indicated that produced water was formation water. In addition, increasing w
