Exploration

A recent report by the British Geological Survey reveals modest reserves of shale gas and oil in Scotland.

Viktor Zubkov has been named as the new Chairman of Gazprom’s Board of Directors, while Alexey Miller was appointed as Deputy Chairman.

AWE and Titan Energy have confirmed that the Drover-1 exploration well has been spudded in the Perth Basin, Western Australia.

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate 2014 update: high oil and gas exploration activity in the first 6 months.

Statoil, Eni and Petoro have decided to spend more time on making the final concept selection for the Johan Castberg project.

The White House has released a progress report which looks at President Obama’s Climate Action Plan.

CAMAC Energy has confirmed plans to begin drilling for oil in its allocated oil blocks in the Gambia by 2016.

The American Petroleum Institute is calling for greater energy development on US federal lands.

A selection of upstream oil and gas news stories from this week.

The US Energy Information Administration has released the June edition of India Country Analysis Brief, discussing domestic energy usage and activity.

Milbank has advised Nabors Industries in its US$ 2.9 billion spinoff of the company’s oil well maintenance unit and its merger with C&J Energy Services.

ATP 656P, 657P, 658P and 660P have been officially granted to the company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Blue Energy (Qld).

Fendercare Marine hosted an Open Day for customers to celebrate the expansion of its Great Yarmouth base.

Scotland’s job market is showing signs of starting to stabilise after years of recession-fuelled unpredictability.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation has signed an agreement with TWI to provide £15 million funding to establish a structural integrity research centre.