Exploration

Total has acquired a 25% share in Chesapeake’s and EnerVest’s liquids-rich area of the Utica shale play located across 10 counties on the eastern side of the state of Ohio, USA.

Leading well intervention and integrity specialist, Interwell has recorded significant growth since opening its UK facility in February 2011.

Average oil production in Brazil grew 3% in November compared to October, reaching 2,060,695 barrels of oil per day (bpd).

78% of Nevada voters are in favour of more oil and natural gas development in the US.

Expro has signed a frame agreement with Total E&P UK Ltd for the further advancement of its AX-S™ subsea well intervention technology.

The first CBM exploration core well in the Kutai West Coalbed Methane Production Sharing Contract (Kutai West CBM PSC) was spud on 12 December 2011. The well is the first step in delineating the CBM resource and commercial potential of the Kutai West CBM PSC. A neighbouring CBM PSC is already in commercial production.

Kosmos Energy announced today that it has executed two Production Sharing Contracts with Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V., the national oil company of Suriname, for Blocks 42 and 45 offshore Suriname.

According to company sources, TNK-BP will invest up to US$ 10 billion in Arctic oilfield development and construction of a pipeline to link the fields with an export pipeline.

IHS CERA Analysis says that the average crude oil price for 2011 is poised to set 150 year high.

Honeywell is opening a full-service office in Basra. Honeywell’s second office to open in Iraq since 2010 will further strengthen the company’s commitment to its customers and partners. The new facility will also support the company’s training and sales capabilities throughout the country.

In an unexpected end to the COP17 summit in Durban South Africa, the US, China and India have agreed to be included in a new legal framework for emissions reduction that will come into force in 2020, although the details of the deal are yet to be agreed. COP17 also agreed to an extension of the Kyoto Protocol to 2017.

According to a new IHS Global Insight study, the shale gas revolution, which has swept across America and transformed the energy landscape, will also have a huge economic impact supporting more jobs, stimulating growth and providing huge amounts of revenue.

As Penspen Group's scope of subsea services grows in London, its Offshore and Integrity practices have teamed up to offer a series of specialist courses in Offshore Pipeline Legislation.

AKE Intelligence is warning that there could be increased levels of violence in Ira after US troop complete their withdrawal which could make conditions harder for foreign oil and gas companies operating there.

Antrim Energy has discovered hydrocarbons in the Erne exploration well in the UK central North Sea.