Oil Industry news

ExxonMobil President Calls for Urgent Action on U.S. LNG Exports

WASHINGTON - The United States is at risk of losing economic opportunity and the ability to solidify its role as…

11 years ago

Energy XXI to Join IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium

Energy XXI is an independent oil and natural gas company whose growth strategy emphasizes acquisitions, enhanced by its value-added organic…

11 years ago

Lundin Appoints New Senior Vice President, Mr. Nick Walker

Lundin Petroleum has officially appointed Mr. Nick Walker as the new Senior Vice President Development and Operations. Mr. Walker will…

11 years ago

Snapshot: Helicopter Mid-Flight Over the Schiehallion Vessel

A helicopter mid-flight over the Schiehallion vessel. Sunday Snapshot by BP's Geoff Leask

11 years ago

ExxonMobil Donates $47 Million to U.S. Colleges and Universities

Texas - ExxonMobil and its employees donates $47.1 million to institutions of higher education across the country as part of…

11 years ago

Infographic: The Fossil Fuelled Economy

The infographic explores how and why the price of oil has changed over time and how this have had a…

11 years ago

Major Oil Companies Join Forces to Stop Routine Gas Flaring by 2030

Statoil and other oil companies including nations join forces to end the practice of routine gas flaring at oil production…

11 years ago

Gazprom to use Small Scale LNG for Land and Marine Transport

Gazprom held a meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Han Fennema, CEO and Chairman of the Executive…

11 years ago

Gazprom, GDF Suez Held Talks on Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Route

Gazprom held a meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Jean-Francois Cirelli, Special Advisor to the Presidency of GDF…

11 years ago

Shell Wins ‘Best Aviation Fuels and Lubricant Brand’

Shell was voted the ‘Best Aviation Fuels and Lubricant Brand’ by the readers of aviation magazine, Aerokurier. In their survey,…

11 years ago

Total to Upgrade Donges, La Mède Refinery in France

Paris – Total has officially presented its French refining roadmap to employee representatives. The plan is designed to give each…

11 years ago

PSA Completes Investigation of Lifeboat on Mærsk Giant

Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has officially announced that they have completed the investigation into the incident on Mærsk Giant…

11 years ago

Amec Foster Receives 4 Years Contract from NDA

London – Amec Foster Wheeler has officially announced that it has been awarded a four-year contract by the Nuclear Decommissioning…

11 years ago

Norway Petroleum Minister Officially Opens Valemon

Norway petroleum and energy minister - Tord Lien has officially opened the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North…

11 years ago

Gazprom Maintains its Leadership in Global Energy Sector

Gazprom to keep its leadership in global energy sector regardless of any possible changes in world gas market. The Gazprom Board of Directors took…

11 years ago

Hamburg Names New Container Ship, Bartolomeu Dias

Hamburg announces  that the cabotage fleet has once again gained a new member. The new container ship “Bartolomeu Dias” was…

11 years ago

Rosneft Increases Gas Production by 19.7% in Q1

Rosneft has officially announced that the gas production in the first quarter increased by 19.7% compared to the same period…

11 years ago

Catherine Hughes Resigns from the Board of Directors in Statoil

Statoil ASA - Catherine Hughes has informed that she will resign from her position as member of the board of…

11 years ago

Gazprom Appoints New Director General, Anatoly Sorokin

Gazprom has officially announced that Anatoly Sorokin is appointed as the Director General of Gazprom Gazobezopasnost. Anatoly Sorokin was born in the…

11 years ago

155 Teachers from USA to attend 2015 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy

Texas - ExxonMobil has officially announced that 155 third- through fifth-grade teachers from across the United States have been selected…

11 years ago

Rosneft, Eurosport Signs WTCC Agreement

Rosneft and Eurosport Events, promoter of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, signed a partnership agreement. Within the framework of…

11 years ago

Lundin Drills First Oil from the Bertam Field, Offshore Malaysia

Lundin Petroleum has officially announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Malaysia BV has achieved first oil from the Bertam…

11 years ago

Rosneft Completes Drilling of the World’s Longest Well, Sakhalin-1

Rosneft as part of Sakhalin-1 Consortium has successfully completed drilling of the world’s longest well at the Chayvo field. O-14…

11 years ago

Subsea 7 Secures USD$200 Million Contract, Offshore Brazil

Subsea 7 has secured a contract worth approximately USD$200 million with a duration of approximately two years. The contract is…

11 years ago

AFDB, UNAMID to Supervise the Darfur Water Project

African Development Bank (AfDB)  has officially announced that from April 4-9, a team from the Sudan Country Office of the…

11 years ago

More Workforce are Key Factors to Drilling and Well Technology in Norway

Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) is an independent government regulator with responsibility for safety, emergency preparedness and the working environment in…

11 years ago

Shell Completes Sale of 185 Service Stations in UK

Shell UK has officially announced that it has accepted offers for the sale of 185 company-owned service stations to selected…

11 years ago

Gazprom Held Talks with Russian President on Gas Supply to Ukraine

The Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Alexey Miller informed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the current situation with gas supplies to Ukraine. It was pointed…

11 years ago

PwC to Provide Business Development, IT Solutions to Gazprom

Russia - Gazprom held a meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Dennis Nally, Chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers International…

11 years ago

BP Recommends Schlumberger Petrel E&P Software Platform

LONDON — Schlumberger has officially announced that the Petrel* E&P software platform will support BP’s new digital technology roll out.…

11 years ago