Drilling & production

Chevron Corporation is planning on expanding its Gorgon LNG project with a fourth train to meet growing demand for the clean fuel.

A letter from Chris Huhne and EU Environment Ministers to the Guardian newspaper on 30% EU emissions cuts.

Chevron has appealed the Ecuadorean court judgment, which found it liable for environmental damage to the tune of US$ 8.6 billion.

API to White House: long term solutions require short term leadership.

After the devastating earthquake that struck Japan last week, neighbouring countries are now diverting LNG cargos to help meet the country’s energy needs and keep the lights on.

Exxon Mobil Corporation reviews 2010 while outlining plans for future projects in its annual presentation to investment analysts at the New York Stock Exchange.

Gazprom and BASF have signed a memorandum which anticipates future co-operation in the development of Achimov deposits of the Urengoy field in exchange for equivalent stakes in BASF’s North Sea assets.

American Petroleum Institute has welcomed proposed legislation that would repeal EPA’s authority to regulate GHG emissions.

Grants by ExxonMobil and the ExxonMobil Foundation aid the economic advancement of women in developing nations.

Peabody Energy has announced that the Mongolian Government has placed the company in the top tier of the short list of companies that pre-qualify to invest and cooperate in development of the Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit.

Talisman Energy Inc. is selling a 50% interest in its Cypress Assets in the Montney shale play to Sasol Limited (Sasol), for C$1.05 billion.

Technip has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract, worth approximately €45 million, by GDF SUEZ for the Gjøa field development located in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.

GE Oil & Gas has received a US$ 7 million contract from Total E&P UK Ltd of Aberdeen, Scotland, to supply drilling and production equipment for the expansion of the Elgin Franklin gas field in the North Sea.

KBR announced today that it has been awarded a FEED contract by KM LNG Operating General Partnership for the Kitimat LNG development near Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.

Key exploration rights issue heralds a new frontier in the African nation’s history.