Drilling & production

Wärtsilä has signed a contract with the Brazilian industrial group QUIP to supply three main power modules for a new P-63 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.

The Annual Energy Outlook presents a projection and analysis of US energy supply, demand, and prices through 2035.

BG Group today announced that it has entered into further joint venture arrangements with its US shale partner, EXCO Resources, Inc. This agreement adds to the alliance entered into over EXCO’s shale assets in East Texas and North Louisiana in June 2009.

Two methane explosions have occurred at the Raspadskaya coal mine in Siberia, trapping miners underground.

Iran’s Oil Minister has threatened to expel foreign companies who are delaying investment in the gas field over fears of sanctions and government instability.

Shares in Macarthur Coal have risen, in spite of the threatened resource tax currently being proposed by the Australian government, which has sent other coal companies shares tumbling.

After the Australian government’s announcement of a new super resource tax, Santos is delaying an investment decision on the Gladstone LNG project.

The Huisham farm, the largest cow manure derived biogas project in the world, is to begin production in September 2010.

CB&I have won the concept development contract for the Yamal LNG project in northwest Siberia.

The EPA is proposing to change how coal ash is classified under current waste management law, with a mind to enforcing stricter regulations to limit environmental damage.

Following the announcement on Sunday that a new super tax will be levied on resources, coal seam gas stocks were sent tumbling.

JSW Steel has bought coking mines in West Virginia, USA, to fuel its steel production.

Qatar has signed a memorandum of understanding to invest up to US$ 6.6 billion in energy projects in Greece.

A round up of the main messages from the 2010 Green Collar Energy Forum.

ITF is calling for proposals for new technologies associated with the more efficient recovery of unconventional resources and enhanced oil recovery.