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| 09 Sep 10 |
Norway: Det norske sells Dovregubben interest to GDF SUEZ
Det norske oljeselskap has sold a five percent interest in PL 468 to GDF SUEZ E&P Norge. The licence is located due east of the Ormen Lange gas field, and contains the Dovregubben Prospect. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Denmark: PensionDanmark becoming partner in DONG Energy's Nysted offshore wind farm
DONG Energy and PensionDanmark have signed an agreement, under which PensionDanmark will buy 30% of the Nysted offshore wind farm at a cash consideration of DKK 0.4 billion. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Russia: Urals Energy announces 2010 interim results and updates operations
Urals Energy, an independent exploration and production company with operations in Russia, has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Russia: PetroNeft Resources announces 2010 interim results and updates operations
PetroNeft Resources, owner and operator of Licences 61 and 67, Tomsk Oblast, Russian Federation, has reported its results for the 6 months ended 30 June 2010. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Romania: Regal Petroleum abandons E-1 Sagna exploration well
Regal Petroleum has announced that the exploration well E-1 Sagna, in the Barlad Concession, is being plugged and abandoned. Despite encouraging gas shows noted during drilling, no gas inflow was established. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Aurelian Oil & Gas announces operational update
Aurelian Oil & Gas, the European focused E&P Company, has provided an operational update for Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Nautical Petroleum announces successful Kraken appraisal well in UKCS Block 9/2b
Nautical Petroleum has announced the results of the Kraken appraisal well located on UK Central North Sea Block 9/2b, in which Nautical has a 35 per cent equity interest. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Ithaca Energy awards Athena field development contracts
Ithaca Energy has announced that the contract for provision of a floating production facility and the letter of award for provision of a semi-submersible drilling rig have been awarded for the Athena development. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: WINGAS' Saltfleetby onshore gas storage project approved
Britain has approved a WINGAS project to convert the depleted Saltfleetby onshore gas field in east England into a gas storage facility, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said on Thursday. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Dana Petroleum acquires UKCS interests from Petro-Canada UK
Dana Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Petro-Canada UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suncor Energy, to acquire Petro-Canada UK's interests in certain UK assets for a cash consideration of £240 million (approx. $372 million). |
| 09 Sep 10 |
UK: Endeavour sells Cygnus gas field interest to Bayerngas
Endeavour International Corp has signed a definitive agreement to sell its 12.5% interest in the Cygnus gas field in Southern Gas Basin Block 44/12a to Bayerngas UK. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Russia and Kazakhstan sign deal to develop Imashevskoye gas field
Russia and Kazakhstan have signed an agreement on joint geological exploration of the Imashevskoye gas condensate field, the two countries said on Tuesday. |
| 09 Sep 10 |
Norway: Spring Energy sells Norwegian assets to Talisman Energy
Spring Energy has announced the sale of 15% in PL 378 (containing the Grosbeak discovery), 20% in PL 375 (containing the Beta discovery) and 20% in PL 551 to Talisman Energy Norge. |
| 08 Sep 10 |
Azerbaijan: BP says no plans to sell Azeri assets
BP will not sell its Azeri assets, including a 25 percent stake in the giant Shah Deniz gas field, and may even look to increase its stakes in Azeri projects, BP's Azeri president said Wednesday. |
| 08 Sep 10 |
Uzbekistan: Tethys Petroleum signs Uzbekistan MOU
Tethys Petroleum has signed a MOU with the Uzbek State oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz covering joint studies to determine the possibilities of improving hydrocarbon recovery on certain long-term production fields. |
| 08 Sep 10 |
UK: Valiant Petroleum announces interim results and updates operations
Completion of the first phase of the Don development during the period has been a major milestone for Valiant and the financial performance in the first half of the year reflects this increase in production from the Don Fields. |
| 08 Sep 10 |
UK: SeaEnergy announces Heads of Terms for Inch Cape offshore wind farm project
SeaEnergy has announced that its 80% subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables Limited (SERL) has agreed a Heads of Terms (HoT) agreement with The Crown Estate for the funding of certain Inch Cape wind farm development activities. |
| 07 Sep 10 |
Norway: Noreco receives consent to drill well 17/6-1 in PL 545
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has received consent to conduct exploration drilling in the North Sea with the mobile installation West Alpha. The well is part of PL 545 and is located approx. 110 kms southwest of Haugesund. |
| 07 Sep 10 |
Poland: Cooper Energy secures significant Polish exploration and appraisal portfolio in deal with RWE Dea
Cooper Energy (COE) has secured an interest in an attractive oil and gas exploration and appraisal portfolio in Poland through a Joint Venture agreement with RWE Dea Germany, a subsidiary of RWE, one of Europe’s largest energy companies. |
| 07 Sep 10 |
Russia: Pipeline to see Russia's Arctic oil off to China
The Russian oil industry's key growth area, the Arctic Yamal Nenets region, is getting closer to a pipeline link-up with Asia and the Pacific, the largest growth market for the country's abundant energy resources. |
| 07 Sep 10 |
Turkmenistan: Dragon Oil announces completion and initial testing of development well Dzheitune (Lam) 28/147
Dragon Oil has announced the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/147 development well, which is the second in a series of wells to be drilled from the Dzheitune (Lam) 28 platform. |