Drilling & production

The government of Finland grants investment aid for domestic LNG terminals.

Harper government to launch a renewed effort to push pipelines, to ensure Alberta’s oilsands can reach foreign markets.

Changing tide for Brazil’s offshore licensing terms as first pre-salt bidding round gets underway.

Rosneft CEO: Russia in excellent position to meet world’s energy demands.

Boost in production, sales revenues, and FLNG project development approvals caps off a successful third quarter for LNG company Woodside.

Oil and gas exploration and development group Cairn Energy is set to start a year-long exploration drilling programme to search for oil along the Atlantic margin.

EU subsidies will help create Europe’s first LNG logistics chain.

Russia is to remove restrictions on LNG exports in plans to export to Asia-Pacific markets.

Dominic Simpson, Rigzone, UK, concludes his review of the developments in the UK oil and gas industry and the challenges ahead for the industry.

Tokyo Gas Co., to invest in LNG projects in Southeast Asia or Africa in order to reduce import costs.

Japan is expected to commence operations at 14 new gas and coal-fired plants by the end of 2014.

Magnolia LNG, subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, has applied to the US DOE to export LNG to countries without FTAs.

New American Petroleum Institute poll finds voters in Virginia are in support of offshore drilling for domestic oil and natural gas resources.

The award was granted for the company’s work on blow-out preventer (BOP) risk modelling, leading to safer and better performing deepwater drilling.

The energy tradeshow Offshore Technology Conference 2012 (OTC) was recently named “The Greatest Show on Earth.”