2013

The Rosneft Board of Directors held a scheduled meeting on April 30, 2013 and considered issues relating to the annual general shareholders meeting of the Company for the year 2012. The Board approved the following agenda for the annual general meeting of shareholders: Approval of the Company’s annual report; Approval …

Two stand-by oil spill response vessels were launched at the Zvezda Shipyard (the city of Bolshoi Kamen) in the Primorsky Territory (Russia’s Far East). The vessels: RN Askold and RN Posiet – were ordered by Rosneft. The vessels are operated by Rosnefteflot, the Company’s subsidiary that developed the project and …

Tenaris will introduce two new TenarisHydril premium connections for deepwater applications at booth 2965 in the main exhibit hall of the Offshore Technology Conference, held May 6-9 at the Reliant Center. TenarisHydril Wedge 623™ connection: This technology was developed to comply with recent changes in deepwater operating requirements in the …

Roxi, the Central Asian oil and gas company with a focus on Kazakhstan, is pleased to announce that copies of the 2012 Annual Report and Accounts, Notice of AGM and Proxy Voting forms have been sent to all registered shareholders and are now available and accessible from the Company’s website: …

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced today that Mark A. Reese resigned on April 29, 2013 as President – Rig Technology to pursue other business opportunities. Pete Miller, Chairman and CEO of National Oilwell Varco, remarked, “In his 33 years with NOV, Mark has literally worked his way up from the …

On 29 April 2013, Rosneft and Mitsui signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop FEPCO project – one of the largest petrochemical projects globally. The MoU was signed by Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin and by Representative Director, Senior Executive Managing Officer, and Member …

Rosneft will publish its Q1 2013 consolidated IFRS financial results on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. Press-release, financial statements, MD&A and investor presentation will be available at our website. Please dial in to the following details in order to participate in conference call (listen-only mode): Russia +7 495 981 08 71 …

As part of working trips to Great Britain and the USA on April 23-26, 2013 Igor Sechin, Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board, visited GE production facility of offshore and subsea solutions in Aberdeen (UK) and GE’s Global Research Center in Niskayuna (USA). As part of the visits …

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. today reported that for its first quarter ended March 31, 2013 it earned net income of $502 million, or $1.17 per fully diluted share, compared to fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012 net income of $668 million, or $1.56 per fully diluted share. The first quarter …

Parker Drilling Company, an international drilling contractor anddrilling services and rentaltools provider, announced today the acquisition of International Tubular Services Limited and certain affiliates(ITS),subsidiaries of ITS Tubular Services(Holdings) Limited, a privately held internationalrentaltools and wellservices company. In line with Parker?sstrategic goalto offer additional integrated products,services and expertise to international energy …