Drilling & production

Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, installation and construction contract for the Juniper project, offshore Trinidad.

Shell has announced its second major start-up of 2014 in deepwater Gulf of Mexico, with first oil from the Cardamom development.

Rosneft has commenced production on the Northern Tip of the Chayvo field on Sakhalin Island.

Baker Hughes has announced that the international rig count for August 2014 was 1339.

LGO announced that the fifth of its planned development wells at the Goudron Field in Trinidad has successfully reached total depth.

Vaalco Energy has provided an update on recent activities offshore Gabon.

Roxi has updated the market on its flagship BNG asset and the Deep Well NK-31 at Galaz.

Real Energy Corporation has commenced drilling on its maiden well in the Cooper Basin, Tamarama-1.

Exploration prospect inventory with total best estimate prospective resources of 1044 billion ft3 of gas and 31.2 million bbls of condensate and LPG.

According to PwC, global economies must reduce emissions at five times the current rate in order to meet the 2 °C temperature rise target.

Bankers Petroleum is the largest E&P Company in Albania, contributing almost 40% of the country's foreign investment.

Mark Henderson, analyst at Westhouse, retains a ‘buy’ rating for Circle Oil, based on the company’s interim results.

Palfinger Marine has sold a complete offshore crane package to Aker Solutions for the Mariner platform.

Eni, Statoil, GDF Suez, OMV and the Norwegian Coastal Administration have joined Aptomar to form an oil spill JIP.

Veolia group has won a contract to decommission an oil platform in the Norwegian North Sea.