Wintershall has restarted production from the offshore oil field Al Jurf in Libya and has reportedly restarting production at some if its onshore oil fields too after it flew in a skeleton crew of 20 to the south eastern desert to restart the fields.
The Gemasolar power plant, owned by Torresol, which exhibits ground-breaking molten salt technology has been inaugurated in Fuentes Andalucia, Spain.
Total has signed the final agreements to jointly develop the Yamal LNG project, becoming the main international partner on this gas liquefaction project with a 20% share. Novatek intends to keep at least a 51% interest in the project.
The BP Deepwater Horizon spill, pipeline leaks, population growth, urbanization, increasing demand, and opposition to the siting of new pipelines have combined to focus greater attention on pipeline safety. However, America is still heavily reliant on oil and there needs to be a compromise between pipeline security and the security of supply. By: Jude Clemente, JTC Energy Research Associates.
Coalbed methane (CBM) may become as important for Asia and Australia as shale gas has become for North America, but this will require the CBM industry to overcome critical commercial, technical and regulatory challenges.
Douglas Westwood has forecast strong growth in the drilling and production of unconventional gas through to 2020.
Anglo American has announced that it has acquired 100% ownership of Peace River Coal Limited Partnership.
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Chevron Technology Ventures has launched a project, which will use over 7600 solar mirrors to produce steam for use in enhanced oil recovery at the Coalinga field.
AMEC has been awarded a FEED contract for GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd's Cygnus gas field development, one of the most significant undeveloped gas fields in the North Sea.
Aker Solutions has won a contract to conduct the basic engineering for the development of Total's Hild field in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract value is about NOK 215 million (US$ 37.4 million).
The American Petroleum Institute have said that the Environmental Protection Agency should delay production and refinery emissions rules.
According to research conducted by the University of Aberdeen’s Oceanlab, offshore oil and gas platforms could be serving as beneficial environments for populations of prime commercial fish species such as cod and haddock.
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply a subsea umbilical to Det norske oljeselskap ASA's Jette field. The order is worth approximately NOK 60 million (US$ 10.3 million).
Both crude oil rich nations seek cooperation for the utilisation of their vast reserves: Iraq to build refining capacity and Kuwait to secure long term supply relationships.