Exploration

Murphy Oil Corporation has announced that it has not found commercial quantities of oil in its recent drilling operations in Congo.

Total has announced that its affiliate Total E&P UK has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the West of Shetland on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf

Wood Mackenzie study shows path to job growth and more government revenue is through increased access to oil and gas reserves.

Aker Solutions has entered into a share purchase agreement (SPA) whereby it has agreed to transfer operations within its Process and Construction business area to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs).

A special IHS Herold Review on the oilfield services sector issued this month indicates a healthier growth outlook for the industry in 2011, despite being hard hit by the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) drilling moratorium in 2010.

Oil accidents have prompted Danish industries and research to cooperate on new groundbreaking sonar technology. For the first time ever it will be possible to get a detailed picture of oil in the water column and on the seafloor.

Tullow Oil and its Jubilee partners are celebrating First Oil from the Jubilee field today. The first shipment is expected to be exported in January 2011.

Chatham House has released a new report that discusses the uncertainties the oil and gas industry will face over the next 10 years.

Charles T. Drevna’s comment on a ruling made by the US Court of Appeals Association.

Chevron Corporation has announced a US$ 26 billion capital and exploratory spending programme for 2011. Approximately 85% of the 2011 spending programme is for upstream oil and gas exploration and production projects worldwide. Another 10% is associated with the company's downstream businesses.

The series of exploration successes for RWE Dea in Norway continues. Having already made a major gas discovery in the Zidane licence area in mid-September, the semisubmersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin just made another discovery in the Titan prospect (PL 420), with a promising oil discovery.

Fraser Bomford, AKE, examines the risks of living and working in Pakistan, especially for foreign expatriates who have become a target in recent years.

Desire Petroleum has tentatively announced the discovery of oil in the Rachel North well.

Aker Solutions has been awarded the Åsgard subsea compression system contract by Statoil. The contract value is approximately NOK 3.4 billion.

API comments on the recent US tax recommendations.