Exploration

Technip has announced a strategic partnership with subsidiaries of PETRONAS, to work jointly on onshore and offshore projects.

Kosmos has terminated the sale of its Ghana business to ExxonMobil in order to continue its exploration, appraisal and development operations.

Woodside Petroleum’s CEO has put off a final investment decision on the planned expansion of Pluto LNG, but has stated that plans are afoot for further expansion.

Untapped oil reserves add to anxieties in the South China Sea as China’s energy policy and foreign policy fuse.

Chevron has discovered more natural gas in its Acme-1 well, underpinning plans for expansion of the Wheatstone LNG hub.

Woodside has made new gas discoveries at its Alaric-1 exploration well, reviving hopes that the planned expansion of its Pluto regasification terminal may go ahead.

Chevron has announced the discovery of gas in the Exmouth Plateau of the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia.

Do the environmental impacts of potential oil spills outweigh the economic effects of stifling exploration efforts, and can more be done to make oil and gas drilling safer?

More than 2200 commercial divers will be needed to help build and develop Europe’s offshore wind sector as it rapidly expands over the next six years, according to leading industry analysts.

Plans to drill for oil and gas in Sicilian waters have met with stiff opposition from local authorities and campaigners.

BP has started to scale back its clean-up operations but there is still disagreement about how much more work is necessary.

BP is selling its gas, exploration and processing business in Colombia to a consortium of Ecopetrol and Talisman.

Ecuador has pledged not to drill for oil in an area of pristine Amazon rainforest in exchange for US$ 3.6 billion worth of payments.

BP has announced that the MC252 well appears to have reached a static condition. The well pressure is now being controlled by the hydrostatic pressure of the drilling mud, which is the desired outcome of the static kill procedure carried out.

Ultra Green has unveiled new technology that can potentially clean up the majority of the estimated 4 million bbls of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of September.