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Safe investments in Southern Iraq

More and more business opportunities are arising in Iraq’s southern province of Basrah. Recent months have seen a flurry of contracts signed in the oil, gas, construction and shipping sectors and the area looks set to become an energy and logistics hub.

 
 
 

Citizen of the year award

ExxonMobil CEO, Rex Tillerson has been awarded the Houston World Affairs Council Citizen of the Year Award.

 

Gas OPEC seek to control prices

Algeria has asked fellow GECF members to curb production to alter the prices of gas into an upward curve.

 

When helicopters are unable to fly

The grounding of several helicopter flights to North Sea oil and gas platforms in the wake of the Iceland volcano has resulted in a focus on marine alternatives.

 

Cygnus gas field reserve estimates continue to grow

Endeavour International Corporation has announced that the successful appraisal drilling in the western area of the Cygnus gas field in Block 44/11a has led to increased reserves and prospective resource estimates, and extended the field boundary to the north and west.

 

ExxonMobil sets new drilling record

ExxonMobil has completed the world’s longest extended reach well drilled from an existing offshore fixed platform drilling rig, increasing the company’s ability to produce more domestic oil supplies from existing facilities at the Santa Ynez unit, offshore southern California.

 

Four common design mistakes?

Solomon Associates shares the four most common mistakes energy companies make in designing a new facility.

 

Russia to invest in Argentine nuclear industry

Russia intends to invest millions of dollars in the Argentine nuclear industry following talks between President Dmitry Medvedev and the Argentine President Cristina Fernandez.

 

Riversdale Mining officially opens its Benga Coal project

Riversdale Mining has officially opened its Benga coal project in Mozambique, with an estimated potential to produce 20 million ROM tpa of coal for more than 25 years. The company has also signed a contract with MCC to cover open pit mining for the first stage of the project.

 
 
 

Ontario invests in green future

Ontario has been awarding contracts for a massive programme of green energy generation that it predicts will generate up to CAN$ 9 billion in private investment.