BP to ask for UK PM’s help as Gulf oil spill costs rise
UK-based energy firm BP is said to be considering asking UK Prime Minister David Cameron to intervene over the spiralling cost of compensation...
Simba to farm-out 66% interest in onshore Block 2A in Kenya
Canada-based oil and gas explorer Simba Energy has inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a privately-owned oil and gas company Ajax Exploration,...
Africa Oil begins drilling of Etuko well in Block 10BB, Kenya
Canada-based oil and gas company Africa Oil has announced that Tullow Oil has begun drilling of an exploration well in the Etuko (formerly...
Statoil, Exxon Mobil to jointly develop Julia oil field in Gulf of Mexico
Norway-based oil and gas company Statoil Petroleum along with its partner Exxon Mobil has announced to begin the development of Julia oil field...
Lundin Petroleum tests Luno II oil discovery in North Sea
Sweden-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company Lundin Petroleum through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway has tested the Luno II oil...
Dong Energy to plug and abandon dry well 3/7-9 S in PL289
Norway-based energy company Dong Exploration and Production has announced to permanently plug and abandon the wildcat well 3/7-9 S in the production license...
Nexen Petroleum selects Sembmarine for bridge, flare structure fabrication in UK
Canada-based oil and gas company Nexen Petroleum has selected Sembmarine, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine, to provide fabrication services for Bridge and Flare...
Greenpeace launches new whistleblowing website to report arctic drilling plunder
Greenpeace International, a non-government, environmental organization, has launched its new whistleblowing website to expose and report the risky practices that offshore companies are...
Statoil Petroleum announces 16/8-3 S well in North Sea dry
Statoil Petroleum, a Norway-based oil and gas company has announced that the wild cat well 16/8-3 spud in the North Sea is dry....
Eni wins deepwater exploration block in Egypt
Italian multinational oil and gas company Eni through its wholly-owned subsidiary IEOC has won a deepwater exploration block (Block 9) in the Eastern...
