ConocoPhillips has put its controlling stake in the big Barossa and Caldita gas fields in the Timor Sea up for sale, throwing into doubt the… (The West Australian) [mappress] Source: The West Australian, January 17, 2010;
Golar LNG Energy Limited is pleased to announce that it has entered into agreements to time charter its 4 modern LNG carriers (Golar Grand, Golar Viking, Golar Arctic and Golar Maria) for periods of between 12 and 18 months to various charterers. Total charter coverage amounts to 57 months. The comm
Leading independent satellite communications company NewSat Limited has announced $2.8 million worth of new contract wins. This positive result continues the strong end to 2010 with the previously announced $3 million worth of contracts closed in late 2010. These results were an extremely strong way
BP today announced that it has been awarded four deepwater offshore blocks in the Ceduna Sub Basin within the Great Australian Bight, off the coast of South Australia. BP said that it will explore Exploration Permit for Petroleum (EPP) areas EPP 37, EPP 38, EPP 39 and EPP 40 covering an area of 24,0
On January 14, SOCAR President Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev received the delegation led by Mr. Rune Bjørnson, Executive Vice President of Statoil on natural gas. Saluting the guests, Mr. Abdullayev congratulated them on occasion of the Christmas and New Year, and expressed his best wishes. SOCAR President
The state-run Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) signed memorandum of understandings (MoUs) worth over Rs one lakh crore with various companies f… [mappress] Source: indiatimes, January 17, 2011;
A new gas field worth more than 50 billion dollars has been discovered in the southern part of the country, Iranian Oil Minister, Dr. Mirkazemi announced here. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he said that this new gas field, namely ‘Khayyam’ with reserves of 260 billion
David Dyck, President and Chief Operating Officer of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. and Gerald Moench, President of Sunwing Energy Ltd., today announced another natural gas discovery in China – the second deep discovery in less than one month at the company’s Zitong exploration block in the Sichuan Province. S
Chinese geologists have detected ‘super-thick’ oil and gas-rich strata in the South China Sea and also identified 38 offshore oil and gas ba… [mappress] Source: Beijing News, January 17, 2010;
Bangladesh signed a deal with Qatar Sunday to import 4 million tons of Liquefied Natural Gas per year from the Middle East country… (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst, January 16, 2011;
BP and Rosneft announced that they have agreed a groundbreaking strategic global alliance. Rosneft and BP have agreed to explore and develop three license blocks – EPNZ 1,2,3 – on the Russian Arctic continental shelf. These licences were awarded to Rosneft in 2010 and cover approximately 125,000 squ
Saipem has been awarded new onshore contracts worth approximately US$1 billion. In Australia, Gladstone LNG Operations Pty Ltd awarded Saipem the EPC contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of a gas pipeline, 42 inches in diameter and 435 kilometres-long, which will connect the ga
Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and Eustream, a.s. (the Slovak transmission operator) have signed a letter of intent for cooperation on the development of a gas pipeline between Poland and Slovakia. ”Cooperation with the Slovak transmission operator is an element of the GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. str
State gas utility GAIL India will import a shipload of LNG from Qatar in January to meet rising energy demand this winter season… (business standard) [mappress] Source: business standard, January 14, 2011;
