Oil & gas news

BHP Billiton has confirmed that it will pursue a Standard listing on the UK Listing Authority’s Official List and admission to trading on the London Stock Exchange for the new company it plans to create via demerger.

The operator wishes to explore the use of the EC-Drill managed pressure drilling (MPD) system on a number of new-build drill ships.

Maritime Communication Partner (MCP) is teaming up with Shell to install its first LTE base station on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Extracts from a speech given by API President and CEO Jack Gerard at the North Carolina Coastal Energy Summit.

Endeavour International Corporation has announced that the Rochelle field is back online.

Statoil Petroleum AS has been granted a drilling permit for well 7227/10-1, by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.

Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director, International Energy Agency, launches the World Energy Outlook 2014 Special Report: Africa Energy Outlook.

Announcement comes as Wing’s wins the contract to provide full travel management services to MODEC.

ROVOP is investing more than £4 million in a new purpose-built headquarters including training facilities.

IHS Inc. has provided access for engineering students at Texas Tech University to IHS Petra, a powerful software tool for geological, engineering and petrophysical analysis.