Drilling & production

Oil production forecasts for 2017-18 have been revised down on last year by 11% to 29.2 million tonnes.

VNG Norge AS is about to complete drilling of appraisal wells on the Pil oil and gas discovery, as well as a wildcat well on the Bue prospect.

EY discusses the contribution of the African oil and gas industry to national economic growth.

EY takes a look at growth in Africa.

3sun Group has been awarded a marine operations and management contract by Statoil, worth £1 million.

The recent Sino-Russian gas deal shows that the centre of gravity in global energy markets has now shifted from the West.

Baker Hughes announced that the international rig count for June 2014 was 1336.

A brief history of oil and gas activity in Sakhalin.

OriginOil has announced a breakthrough chlorine dioxide pre-treatment for its CLEAN-FRAC system.

IMCAre will be a new international education support fund for the marine contracting industry.

Forum Energy has been granted an extension to the second sub-phase of a service contract offshore the Philippines.

Central Asian oil and gas company Roxi has announced an oil and discovery at its flagship BNG asset in Kazakhstan.

ADCO has become the first oil and gas company in the Arabian Gulf to achieve the new ISO 55001 standard certification for its Asset Management System.

Technip, in a consortium with Wijaya Karya, secures onshore contract for the Matindok Gas Development project.

Unrest in Iraq has prompted the US Energy Information Administration to reduce its forecast of Iraqi oil production growth.