Drilling & production - 17 June 2010

An explosion at the San Fernando coal mine in Amaga, Antioquia province, Colombia, has killed at least eight miners and trapped over 70 more underground.

EXCO has announced a deal worth US$ 355 million to acquire acreage in the Haynesville and Bossier Shale from Southwestern Energy.

Despite significant recent progress towards the promotion of carbon capture and storage technologies, increased cooperation between Government and industry is essential to meet the G8 goal of launching 20 CCS demonstration projects by the end of the year.

The US$ 7.6 billion pipeline deal between Iran and Pakistan goes ahead without India – contrary to the original plan conceived in the 1990s.