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Noble Energy selling majority stake in Chinese oil field

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Fri, 2014-02-21 12:08

21st February 2014

Noble Energy Inc. to sell its majority stake in their oil field with Sinopec off northeastern China

Brightoil financing acquisition of Bohai oil blocks through cash and loans

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Thu, 2014-02-20 17:20

20th February 2014

Brightoil Petroleum Holdings Ltd has announced plans to finance its acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corp's oil blocks in China's Bohai Bay through cash and loans from the China Development Bank

Colombia auctioning areas with shale crude potential

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Thu, 2014-02-20 15:09

20th February 2014

Colombia will auction areas for the first time that may contain non-conventional or shale crude

ONGC Videsh signs contract for two shallow water exploration blocks

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Thu, 2014-02-20 10:58

20th February 2014

ONGC Videsh has signed a Production Sharing Contract for two shallow water exploration blocks in the Bay of Bengal

Algeria proposes joint venture with Gazprom and Lukoil

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Wed, 2014-02-19 15:22

19th February 2014

Algeria has proposed a joint venture with Russia’s Gazprom and Lukoil to develop a few of their 30 fields

Seadrill finalises jack-up contracts with Pemex

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Wed, 2014-02-19 10:14

19th February 2014

Seadrill Limited has concluded drilling contracts with with Pemex for jack-up units

Shell drilling the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Tue, 2014-02-18 17:37

18th February 2014

Shell will drill the Orange Basin, offshore Namibia, for oil and gas exploration

Petronas accomplishes final decision on second floating LNG project

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Tue, 2014-02-18 11:37

18th February 2014

Petronas reaches the Final Investment Decision for a second floating liquefied natural gas facility project located off the coast of Sabah in Malaysia

Apache selling all of its operations in Argentina to YPF

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Fri, 2014-02-14 16:00

14th February 2014

Apache Corporation has agreed to sell all of its operations in Argentina to YPF SA for a cash payment

Eni discovers gas and oil accumulation offshore Congo

Submitted by Alexandra Carrera on Fri, 2014-02-14 12:12

14th February 2014

Eni has discovered a considerable wet gas and light oil accumulation in the Marine XII Block offshore Congo, through its exploration well, Nene Marine 3