Tatneft: 10M Figures – Production Up Marginally, 53 Wells Fracked in October
Crude Oil Production In October the amount of 2,233,339 tons of crude oil or 100.6% versus October 2013 was produced at JSC TATNEFT, while the production since the beginning of the year amounted to 21, 436,124 tons, which was 98,210 tons more than in 2013 (100.4%). The amount of 21,436,910 …
BP: New Core Flood Robot Enhances Oil Recovery Techniques
BP announced today that it is now operating the world’s first robotic coreflooding system. The Core Flood Robot is the most recent addition to BP’s programme of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) research facilities. Coreflooding is one of the most important techniques used to identify and evaluate EOR technologies. It measures …
Boskalis: Acquires 14% Stake in Fugro
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has acquired a 14.8% stake in Fugro N.V. Boskalis views Fugro as an interesting company with activities that fit very well with its own activities. Boskalis wants to enter into a dialogue with Fugro to explore possible options for cooperation. Boskalis stresses that it has …
NADL: Agrees with Rosneft to Delay Rig Transaction Till May 2015
On May 26 2014, North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. announced that it had entered into a transaction between NADL, Seadrill and Rosneft Oil Company (“Rosneft”). Further details in relation to the transaction were provided in the announcements that NADL made on July 30 2014 and August 22 2014. NADL, Seadrill and …
Rosneft and CNPC Endorse Feasibility Study for Construction of the Tianjin Refinery
November 8. The Board of Directors of the PetroChina-Rosneft Orient Petrochemical (Tianjin) Company Ltd (a joint venture of Rosneft and the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)) endorsed the Feasibility Study (FS) for the project to construct the Tianjin refinery as regards the oil refining package at a meeting in Beijing. …
Rosneft and CNPC Signed a Framework Agreement on the Purchase of 10% Share Stake of Vankorneft
Rosneft and China National Oil & Gas Exploration and Development Corporation (CNPC subsidiary) have signed a framework agreement envisaging the purchase of a 10% share stake in ZAO Vankorneft. The document was signed on the sidelines of the APEC summit. The agreement was signed by Rosneft Chairman of the Managing …
Rosneft: Completes Seismic Data Acquisition in East-Siberian Sea Ahead of License Schedule
Rosneft finished a complex of seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 block in the offshore area of the East-Siberian Sea. The Company carried out seismic data survey independently, the amount of 2D works totaled 2 thousand km. Despite of extremely severe ice conditions this year, all works were carried out …
ORBCOMM to Acquire SkyWave Mobile Communications
Acquisition to create the largest global space-based M2M communications company. Transaction marks a second phase of ORBCOMM’s collaboration with Inmarsat and significantly advances growth strategy. ORBCOMM Inc., a leading global provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SkyWave Mobile Communications (SkyWave), the …
Petrogrand: Reports No Income in the 3rd Quarter
Third quarter of 2014 During the 3rd quarter, the Group had no operating income (-). The operating result for the 3rd quarter amounted to TSEK -5 665 (-144 803). Net financial items in the 3rd quarter amounted to TSEK 5 318 (-2 560), including currency effects TSEK 5 115 (-). Net …
SPD and Yugra Government Signed Cooperation Agreement for 2015
Salym Petroleum Development (SPD) and the Government of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra signed the Cooperation Agreement 2015. The signatures on the document were affixed by the Governor of Yugra Natalia Komarova and SPD CEO Oleg Karpushin. SPD total social investments to Yugra development in 2015 will make 80 million …