Drilling & production

A letter sent to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asks that more consideration be given to the proposed expansion before a permit is granted.

BG group has confirmed the presence of light oil in its Tupi Alto well in the Santos basin, reinforcing estimates that there could be up to 8 billion bbls of light oil and gas in the Tupi reservoirs.

Samson Oil & Gas is to sell of part of its Goshen county assets to finance development of their other assets in Goshen County, Williston Basin and the Gulf coast onshore basin.

Dresser Masoneilan® has been awarded a contract to supply four Chinese reactors with control valves.

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Fjord1 and Fiskerstrand BLRT have entered into an agreement to build the world’s largest gas-powered ferry.

Biomass now accounts for 32% of Sweden’s energy needs, having surpassed oil in 2009, putting Sweden firmly on target to meet its renewable energy commitments in 2020.

Amazonian groups have accused Chevron of attempting to sabotage the court proceedings to decide a final settlement for environmental damage claims.

Abu Dhabi’s local power company employees have been trained in photovoltaics in order to implement an initiative to increase the use of rooftop solar panels.

PERU LNG has successfully produced its first LNG cargo from its terminal in the Pampa Melchorita area.

Clean-up operations are underway after a pipeline leaked at Esso’s Fawley terminal on Sunday.

Patriot Coal is closing its Harris No. 1 mine a year early due to difficult geological conditions.

East Timor plans to present a development plan for an onshore LNG terminal for the Greater Sunrise project.

Acergy and Subsea 7 have agreed to combine in order to create a world-leading company and provide better services to their clients.

A consortium of investors led by EXMAR are planning to build an LNG importation terminal in Jamaica by 2012.