
Excellent results for latest offshore licensing round
Oil and gas exploration licences granted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have revealed that industry interest in developing the UK’s North Sea resources remains vibrant.
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Oil and gas exploration licences granted by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have revealed that industry interest in developing the UK’s North Sea resources remains vibrant.

The latest EIC Monitor (Q3) shows encouraging levels of new projects emerging across the globe with China, India and the USA having some of the largest new projects.

Final shortlists announced for The Oil Council’s 2010 Awards of Excellence.

A look at what is currently happening in France as a result of the pension and retirement strikes.

CNOOC is to purchase 33% of Chesapeake’s acreage in the Eagle Ford shale project.

Baker Hughes will take charge of service integration and panning for a three year exploration plan covering 15 wells.

A brief outline of the conclusions drawn at the American Petroleum Institute’s Annual Meeting.

Subsea UK’s chief Alistair Bernie has highlighted Britain’s’ great potential in the emerging offshore renewables market and also our shortfalls. By his estimation, the UK is in danger of repeating the same mistakes it made when the North Sea first started opening up.

Fraser Bomford & Samantha Wolreich, AKE Ltd., examine the oil and gas exploration possibilities that Afghanistan has to offer.

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has determined it is appropriate that deepwater oil and gas drilling resume, provided that operators certify compliance with all existing rules and requirements, and demonstrate the availability of adequate blowout containment resources.

The CEO of Chesapeake Energy Aubrey McClendon has said that the most significant natural gas and oil shale fields in the US have already been found, and that investors should not wait around for major new discoveries.

CAMAC Energy has acquired Allied Energy Resources oil mining lease for the Oyo field offshore Nigeria.