Conference and Exhibition News and Updates

SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference and Exhibition: High Level Panel Target Hot Topics

This year’s SPE Annual Caspian Technical Conference and Exhibition—taking place 4–6 November in Baku, Azerbaijan—will feature three high-level panel sessions addressing the most topical trends, challenges and opportunities facing the oil and gas industry in the Caspian. The three panel sessions have the confirmed participation of some of the region’s …

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China Oilfield Services Limited To Drill for the Rosneft and Statoil Project in the Okhotsk Sea

Magadanmorneftegaz, Lisyanskmorneftegaz (joint ventures of Rosneft and Statoil) and China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) signed a contract to drill two exploration wells in 2016. The wells will be drilled in the Magadan-1 and Lisyansky areas of the Okhotsk Sea. COSL offered its semi-submersible drilling rig Nanhai-9 and won the tender …

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Statoil: Q2 Results – Earnings After Tax Down 37.5%

Statoil delivered Adjusted earnings of NOK 22.4 billion and adjusted earnings after tax of NOK 7.2 billion in the second quarter. Statoil reported Net income in accordance with IFRS of NOK 10.1 billion, including gains from divestments. “In the second quarter, Statoil delivered encouraging operational performance with good production growth …

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GE and Statoil Collaboration Announces Winners of Inaugural Unconventional Open Innovation Challenge

GE and Statoil’s Sustainability Collaboration announced today the five winners of its inaugural Open Innovation Challenge that focused on addressing the use of sand in unconventional operations. Five Winning Technologies Address Alternatives for Sand in Shale Development: Sand plays a critical role in shale development and the hydraulic fracturing process. …

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Rosneft and Statoil Completed Pilot Drilling at the North Komsomolskoye Field

Rosneft and Statoil ASA completed drilling works as part of the Pilot Project at the PK1 layer of the North Komsomolskoye field. During 2015 the companies jointly drilled 2 horizontal exploitation wells. Using best global practices Rosneft and Statoil ASA implemented extended logging, including core and fluid samplings. Also, for …

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Majors Call For Oil and Gas Carbon Pricing

Major oil and gas companies, BG Group plc, BP plc, Eni S.p.A., Royal Dutch Shell plc, Statoil ASA and Total SA, today announced their call to governments around the world and to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to introduce carbon pricing systems and create clear, stable, …

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Statoil ASA: Annual General Meeting Approves Q4 Dividend of NOK 1.80 per Share

On 19 May 2015 the annual general meeting of shareholders in Statoil ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE: STO) adopted the annual report and accounts for Statoil ASA for 2014, as proposed by the board of directors. The annual accounts and the annual report for Statoil ASA and the Statoil group for …

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Statoil Completes Sale of 15.5% Share in Shah Deniz to PETRONAS

On Thursday 30 April 2015, Statoil and the Malaysian oil and gas company PETRONAS completed their transaction, announced previously on 13 October 2014. The sale involved the transfer of Statoil’s 15.5% participating interest in the Shah Deniz production sharing agreement, 15.5% share in the South Caucasus Pipeline Company (SCPC), 15.5% …

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Statoil: 2015 First Quarter Results

Despite challenging oil and gas prices in the quarter, Statoil (OSE:STL, NYSE:STO) delivered Adjusted earnings of NOK 22.9 billion and NOK 7.0 billion after tax. Statoil reports a negative IFRS Net income of NOK 35.4 billion due to impairments. Eldar Sætre, CEO “Statoil’s first quarter reported figures are significantly impacted …

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Statoil Committed to End Routine Flaring by 2030

Statoil and several other oil companies and nations joined together today to commit, for the first time, to end the practice of routine gas flaring at oil production sites by 2030. CEO Eldar Sætre represented Statoil at the signing at the World Bank in Washington together with Norwegian foreign minister …

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