Exillon Energy Hits Oil
Exillon Energy plc, a British listed independent oil producer with assets in two oil-rich regions of northern Russia, Timan-Pechora (“Exillon TP”) and West Siberia (“Exillon WS”), is pleased to announce that well EWS I – 44 successfully found oil on the south-eastern part of the East EWS I field. EWS …
Halliburton Introduces Total Water Management Solutions for Oil and Gas Industry
Halliburton announced today that it is offering a complete approach to meeting the oil and gas industry’s water needs for wellsite operations such as drilling, cementing, and fracturing. Until now, the industry model has been that the well operator bore the responsibility of acquiring sufficient water and then disposing of …
National Oilwell Varco and Ameron Announce Early Termination of HSR Waiting Period
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. and Ameron International Corporation announced today that they have received notice from the Department of Justice of early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (HSR Act) in connection with NOV’s proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of …
Sakhalin Energy Issues Sustainable Development Report
Sakhalin Energy presented today its 2010 Sustainable Development Report, the company’s second report produced in compliance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standard and endorsed by the Council for Non-Financial Reporting of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RUIE). The publication of the Sustainable Development Report was preceded by several …
Max Petroleum Mobilisation of Drilling Rig for Pre-Salt Exploration
Max Petroleum Plc, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that Saipem’s National 1625 DE onshore drilling rig for its deep, pre-salt exploration programme has been released from the previous operator’s location and is currently being mobilised to drill the NUR-1 well …
Emerson Process Management named Edison Awards finalist in two categories
The Emerson Innovation Centre and Fisher® Control-Disk™ rotary valve will be recognised at Edison Awards Gala in New York, USA The Emerson Innovation Centre – Fisher® Technology and the Fisher Control-Disk™ rotary valve have been named as finalists for the internationally known 2011 Edison Best New Product Awards™. The Edison …
Alliance Oil starts up the Kolvinskoye oil field
Alliance Oil Company Ltd has completed infrastructure development and launched production at the Kolvinskoye oil field. The Company started to fill up a 146-kilometer pipeline from the Kolvinskoye oil field to the Kharyaga terminal where it joins the Transneft trunk pipeline via the existing Lukoil transportation facilities. Oil preparation facilities and oil custody transfer …
Tideway Offshore Contractors
Tideway Offshore Contractors is a Dutch offshore specialist for the oil and gas industry, employing over 300 staff to support six offshore construction vessels. Tideway’s DP II fall pipe vessels Rollingstone, Seahorseand Flintstone have a sophisticated fall pipe system, which places rocks up to 2,000 m at precisely the right …
Tethys Petroleum – Tajikistan Operations Update
Tethys Petroleum Limited today gave an update on its operations in the Republic of Tajikistan. Testing operations are underway on the East Olimtoi EOL09 exploration well located south of the town of Kulob some 10 km north of the Afghan border. This well reached a total depth of 3,765 metres …
SPD Recognized Most Dynamic Enterprise in Siberia
On September 9, 2011 the Black Gold of Yugra Contest was concluded in Khanty-Mansiysk. Salym Petroleum Development N.V. (SPD) became the winner in the category “The Most Dynamic Enterprise”. Moreover, SPD employee Oleg Ivanov was granted award as the Best Operator in Oil Treatment and Transportation. “This prize in the …