The metals giant Sinosteel has already invested US$1.4 billion in West Australian Oakajee iron ore project in order to revive steel industrial in Australia. For more than twenty years, miners tried hard to develop a port near Geraldton ...
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OFFSHORE technology provider AGR Enhanced Drilling is celebrating 10 years of its Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR®) system – trusted to reduce risk on more than 200 wells worldwide to date. RMR® is an innovative way to return ...
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Afren plc (“Afren” or the “Company”) and Partners Optimum Petroleum Development Ltd and Lekoil Limited announce the suspension of current drilling operations at the Ogo prospect located on the OPL 310 licence ...
Just days after the publication of a study finding that chemical dispersants meant to clean up the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the oil more toxic, a study in Environmental Science & Technology ...
It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...
The Gazprom Management Committee took note of the information concerning the progress with the South Stream gas pipeline construction. It was pointed out that the project was advancing steadily. Intensive efforts are being made in all of ...
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Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) announces the TRITON GeoStreamer® Full Azimuth survey, a new solution to complex imaging problems in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico. PGS offer this survey as the next important advance in tailored ...
Petrobras started up production on platform P-63, connected to well PPT-12, in the Papa Terra field, located in the southern Campos Basin. The FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading) platform is anchored at a water depth of ...
Statoil is pleased to announce an exciting exploration programme in Norway also in 2014, building on the exploration successes of recent years. Statoil plans to drill 20-25 exploration wells on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in ...
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SeaBird Exploration Plc ("SeaBird") is pleased to announce that the Voyager Explorer has been awarded a contract from a national oil company in the Asia Pacific region. The contract has an estimated duration of about 110 days and ...
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Trafigura AG, a leader in international commodities trading and logistics today announced it has signed a pipeline agreement with Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE: ETP) for crude oil and condensate transportation capacity. The 82-mile ...
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ULSTEIN designed 'Aegir' wins KVNR Shipping Award Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013 Heerema Marine Contractors' new Deepwater Construction Vessel 'Aegir', a customised ULSTEIN SOC 5000 design developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions, won the Dutch KVNR ...
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China's primary offshore oil company on Tuesday invited foreign companies to bid on an unprecedented number of deep-water blocks off Chinese shores as the country attempts to firm up domestic oil output, which has grown slowly over the past ...
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The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has announced plans to start construction of a new petrochemical processing complex at the industrial complex of Sangachal Terminal in south Baku region of the country. SOCAR president Rovnag ...
Thailand's PTT Exploration & Production PCL, the country's flagship petroleum explorer, might invest in North American shale-gas and Myanmar deep-water projects as part of its plan to nearly double its output by 2020. PTTEP, which made ...
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