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99% of the Dockwise Shares Committed to Boskalis

HIGHLIGHTS •    99% of the Shares committed to Boskalis •    No Post Closing Acceptance Period •    Settlement will take place on 20 March 2013 •    Delisting from Euronext Amsterdam to occur on 12 April 2013 Reference is made to the press release of 8 February 2013, in which Boskalis Holding …

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Exillon Energy: Worldview EGM Requisition Withdrawn

Exillon Energy plc, a London Premium listed independent oil producer with assets in two oil-rich regions of northern Russia, Timan-Pechora and West Siberia, is pleased to note the withdrawal of the EGM requisition by Worldview Capital Management, the manager of a Cayman-registered fund which beneficially owns a stake in Exillon. …

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Explosion at Bovanenkovo Gas Field

Eight people were injured in a gas explosion at the Bovanenkovo gas field in the Yamalo-Nenets region early this morning. The accident happened when workers in a workshop for gas treatment were adjusting equipment. An uncontrolled blast of gas partly ruined the workshop and injured eight workers, Business TASS reports. …

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Welltec Wins OTC 2013 Spotlight on New Technology Award

Welltec’s latest e-line innovation, The Well Cutter®, has won the OTC Spotlight on New Technology award as one of the latest, most advanced technologies that are leading the industry into the future. “We’re very proud to win this prestigious award with our Well Cutter® and even more proud of the …

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Weatherford presented a report on geoscience monitoring of field development process at EAGE/SPE Joint Workshop 2013

On 5 March 2013, Weatherford representatives Dick Zinno, Chief Geophysicist, and Anna Rubtsova, Borehole Seismic Geophysicist, reported on Multi-stage Frac Microseismic Monitoring: Application Criteria and Limitations in Western Siberia Reservoirs at a Joint EAGE/SPE Workshop 2013 held in Moscow. The subject stirred up considerable interest of participants due to active …

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Gazprom and Greece address potential privatization of DEPA

Led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, the Company’s delegation paid a visit today to the Greek Republic. Lycabettus Hill, Athens, Greece Enlarge photo (JPG, 456 KB) A working meeting with Antonis Samaras, the Greek Republic Prime Minister took place as part of the visit. The parties addressed the cooperation in the gas sector. Special consideration …

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TNK-BP to Invest over RUB 1.5 Billion in Orenburg Region Pipeline Integrity Program

ТNК-ВР reports that in 2013 it will invest over 1.5 bn rubles in the OJSC Orenburgneft pipeline integrity program. This is 18.5% more than in 2012. TNK-BP takes continuous efforts to ensure pipeline infrastructure integrity; the comprehensive integrity program includes pipeline monitoring, diagnostics, protection, repair and replacement. Over $1 bn …

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Slavneft and KHMAO-Yugra Government Signed Cooperation Agreement 2013

Slavneft and the Government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District-Yugra signed a supplementary cooperation agreement outlining the Company’s social assistance program in the region for 2013. The document was signed by Yu.Ye. Sukhanov, President of OAO NGK Slavneft, and Nataliya Komarova, Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District-Yugra. Under the newly signed agreement, this …

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RPI Reports: The Number of Offshore Subsoil Users Should Be Increased

At the end of November 2012, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich said that “the question concerting the list of companies authorized to work on the Russian shelf will be discussed until around February 2013. A number of companies have shown interest in joining this work. A final …

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ROGTEC Talks to: Prem Ballabh Pandey, CEO of Imperial Energy

Mr Pandey, you have been the regional CEO for Imperial Energy for the last 6 months. Please explain to our readers what your objectives have been during this period, and what your focus is for 2013? Basically my objectives have been to find new ways and technologies to improve productivity …

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