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Drilling & production

The Territorial Oil Dispute

In the last year a number of territorial disputes, which had been quietly ignored before the financial crisis, have come back to prominence; the disputes have been further exacerbated by the presence of oil in some instances.

 
 
 

Opening oil exploration to the East Coast

The African Continent’s west coast has long been an oil rich haven for oil companies from the west to exploit, yet now with the continual discoveries of oil rich deposits in the east, companies are turning their attention to countries like Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique to source large quantities of Africa’s oil reserve.

 

Chiusdino geothermal power station opens in Italy

Enel Green Power has opened a new 20 MW geothermal power plant in Chiusdino, doubling the geothermal power the company generates in Tuscany, Italy, after the opening of the Radicondoli 2 geothermal station at the start of the month.

 
 
 

CCS: A Status Update

Around the world, governments are tackling carbon emissions head-on with ambitious carbon capture and storage (CCS) programmes and the race is hotting up to lead the world on this relatively new technology and to harness its economic potential.

 
 

UK consuming a third more CO2 than in 1990

New research from Policy Exchange shows that Britain and the EU are only on course to meet international carbon targets because emissions have been ‘off shored’ to countries like China.

 
 

Latin American oil exports

Taryn Evans, Central and Latin America analyst for AKE, examines the stability of US oil imports from Latin America.

 
 

Williams acquires Bakken shale acreage

Williams has acquired 85,800 acres of core Bakken shale from private owners for US$ 925 million, and expects to invest a further US$ 300 million developing the assets.