Encana to Buy 30 Percent Interest in Kitimat LNG project

Encana Corporation has agreed to acquire a 30 percent interest in the planned Kitimat liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal, located on the west coast of central British Columbia, and the associated natural gas pipeline. [Read more] Source: LNG World N...

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Total in a World First with Subsea Gas/Liquid Separation in 800 Meters of Water for the Pazflor Project in Angola

Begun in December 2007, development of the Pazflor oil field 150 kilometers offshore Angola is one of the biggest projects currently operated by Total. A number of technological challenges — including subsea gas/liquid separation, a world first — are being met...

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Libyan crisis set to push oil prices up

WORLD oil prices are expected to spike this morning after Libya broke a ceasefire and went back to war. Oil prices plummeted on Friday - in the case of Brent oil, by as much as $US3 a barrel - after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi declared a ceasefire in response...

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BP, Total win new coal bed methane blocks in Kalimantan

BP was awarded three blocks in Central Kalimantan, while French energy major Total won one block in East Kalimantan, the ministry’s director general for oil and gas, Evita Herawati Legowo, told reporters. [Read more] Source: ArabNews.co...

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Statoil notes production start from Vega development

Statoil noted that production from the three subsea templates on the Vega gas-condensate development, off Norway, started on Dec. 2, 2010. The production flows to processing facilities on the GDF Suez E&P Norway AS-operated Gjoa semisubmersible production...

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Seven Havila formally named

Subsea 7, Havila Shipping and Havyard Design & Engineering held an official naming ceremony for the newbuild diving support vessel, Seven Havila, in Stavanger on Thursday 17 March 2011. [Read more] Source: Offshore Shipping Onl...

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API: Board of Directors Approves Industry Center for Offshore Safety

The board of directors of the American Petroleum Institute formally endorsed the industry's steps to create a Center for Offshore Safety, during its spring meeting. "After extensive review and development, the oil and natural gas industry has approved the creation of the Center for Offshore Safety,...

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ConocoPhillips lets Eldfisk II platform topsides contract

ConocoPhillips let a 5.5 billion kroner engineering, procurement, and construction contract to Aker Solutions for delivery of the topsides and bridges for the Eldfisk 2/7S integrated production platform in the North Sea. [Read more] Source: Penn Ene...

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ATP Oil & Gas Corporation gets deepwater drilling permit

ATP Oil & Gas Corporation reported that it has received a permit to resume drilling the Mississippi Canyon ("MC") Block 941 #4 well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. [Read more] Source: Marine...

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Ramform Vanguard starts Albania 3D survey

PGS has begun acquiring seismic over the Durresi block offshore Albania for operator San Leon and partner Beach Energy. [Read more] Source: Offshore Magaz...

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Bowleven kicks off drilling at new Cameroon well

West African-focused oil and gas explorer Bowleven (BLVN) has kicked off drilling activities at the Sapele-2 well in the Douala Basin, offshore Cameroon. The AIM-traded company said the well's primary objective is to appraise the Omicron discoveries encountered...

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STEP Offshore delivers drilling fluid circulation and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine

Aker Solutions' wholly-owned subsidiary STEP Offshore has delivered a drilling fluid and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine, which will be used on the Yme field in the North Sea. [Read more] Source: SubseaWo...

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