Oil & gas news
Technip awarded contract for Papa-terra field
Technip has been awarded a contract for the supply of Integrated Production Bundles to the Papa Terra field in Brazil’s Campos Basin.
French strike update
A look at what is currently happening in France as a result of the pension and retirement strikes.
Australian LNG projects receive environmental approval
Curtis LNG and Gladstone LNG have received conditional environmental approval by the Australian government.
Origin Energy halt CSG drilling in Queensland
After detecting traces of BTEX around eight coal seam gas wells in southern Queensland, Australia, Origin Energy has suspended drilling operations until it can find the source of the contamination.
E.ON cancels Kingnorth coal plant
E.ON has announced it is canceling plans to build the UK's first commercial CCS coal-fired plant at Kingsnorth in Kent.
Shale gas to radically transform global energy landscape
Shale gas will radically transform the global energy landscape and replace other fuel types thanks to new technology, according to Datamonitor.
CNOOC to purchase 33% of Chesapeake’s shale interests
CNOOC is to purchase 33% of Chesapeake’s acreage in the Eagle Ford shale project.
Borgland Dolphin Consortium award Baker Hughes integrated project in Norway
Baker Hughes will take charge of service integration and panning for a three year exploration plan covering 15 wells.
API concludes Annual Meeting
A brief outline of the conclusions drawn at the American Petroleum Institute’s Annual Meeting.
UK not realising offshore potential
Subsea UK’s chief Alistair Bernie has highlighted Britain’s’ great potential in the emerging offshore renewables market and also our shortfalls. By his estimation, the UK is in danger of repeating the same mistakes it made when the North Sea first started opening up.