:: Keppel to divest interest in accommodation platform
Posted: 07 July 2005
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has entered into an agreement with Consafe Offshore to sell its entire 85% stake in the Special Purpose Company (SPC).

:: DNO Says Production at Nabrajah Field Delayed
Posted: 07 July 2005
The Nabrajah Field is expected to commence oil production within the next two weeks, which is slightly behind the original schedule of achieving first oil by end of June.

:: Cargo village plans for Karachi port
Posted: 07 July 2005
The growth, expansion and diversity in global trade during last five decades would have been unimaginable without the matching revolution in transportation in the second half of the 20th century as symbolized by containerization and bulk shipping of commodities.

:: Shell secures new deepwater acreage in the Carnarvon Basin
Posted: 07 July 2005
Shell Development Australia (Shell) has been awarded exploration rights to four deepwater blocks in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia , in which Shell will have a 50 percent interest.

:: Keppel AmFELS secures US$174 million contracts for two jackups
Posted: 06 July 2005
Keppel AmFELS, the US wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has signed contracts for the construction of two jackups with Scorpion Offshore of Houston, Texas.

:: Qserv Invests £6 Million In Premises And Equipment
Posted: 06 July 2005
Qserv, the well and pipeline service company, has invested £5 million in new equipment and £1 million in additional premises at its base on the Badentoy Industrial Estate in Portlethen, Aberdeen.

:: Paradigm Organizes Geoscience Training in Nigeria
Posted: 06 July 2005
Paradigm , the premier provider of advanced petroleum geoscience and drilling technology to the oil and gas E&P industry, announces that is holding an intensive training course for university lecturers in Nigeria , in conjunction with the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF).

:: The Peak Group Wins Vaalco Contract
Posted: 06 July 2005
International well construction performance expert The Peak Group has enhanced its activity in West Africa by securing a contract with American independent VAALCO Gabon (Etame), Inc. for a two well project off Gabon.

:: HH Sheikh Ahmed Lends Patronage To Oil Barons’ Ball 2005
Posted: 05 July 2005
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President, Department of Civil Aviation, Government of Dubai and Chairman of the Emirates Group, has lent his patronage to the Oil Barons’ Ball

:: Labtech Secures Norwegian Contract
Posted: 05 July 2005
Engineering specialist to the oil and gas industry, Labtech Modular Engineering, part of the ABZ Group, has completed a mud logging unit for Baker Hughes INTEQ in Norway.

:: ENOC Challenge moves into final phase
Posted: 05 July 2005
In a ceremony held recently at Petroleum Development Oman’s Oil & Gas Exhibition Centre, 32 graduates from PDO’s innovative Technician Omanisation Programme (TOP) were honoured to mark their completion of the course.

:: Statoil improves oil recovery in the North sea
Posted: 05 July 2005
A letter of intent has been signed by Statoil with Kongsberg FMC for the delivery of a subsea separation station to improve oil recovery on the Tordis field in the North Sea.

:: Shell appoints new Country Chair for Dubai and Northern Emirates
Posted: 04 July 2005
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies has appointed Charles Watson as Country Chair for Shell in Dubai and the Northern Emirates. He replaces Ron van den Berg who.....

:: Honeywell To Acquire Intercorr International
Posted: 04 July 2005
Honeywell announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire InterCorr International, Inc., a worldwide leader in solving corrosion and materials problems.

:: Santos awarded Egyptian acreage
Posted: 04 July 2005
Santos Limited ( Santos ) has been awarded an exploration block in the Arab Republic of Egypt as part of a joint venture with affiliates of Devon Energy Corporation ( Devon ) and Teikoku Oil Company (Teikoku).

:: OMV and IPIC acquire 100% of Borealis, Europe´s second largest manufacturer of plastics
Posted: 04 July 2005
OMV Aktiengesellschaft, Central Europe’s leading oil and gas group, has acquired the 10% stake in Borealis held by the Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil.

:: Abu Dhabi Oil Co. Ltd. Japan awards SPM contract to Bluewater
Posted: 04 July 2005
Bluewater Energy Services B.V. has been awarded a contract by the Abu Dhabi Oil Co. Ltd. Japan (ADOC) for the design and supply of a complete SPM system for the Mubarraz Oil Field offshore UAE.

:: China’s Largest Petrochemical Complex Completed
Posted: 04 July 2005
BP, Sinopec and Shanghai Petrochemical Company, the three parties in the SECCO joint venture celebrated the successful construction and commissioning of the SECCO manufacturing site at a ceremony in Shanghai, following a decade-long collaboration.

:: Technip Awarded Contract In Malaysia For The Kikeh Field Subsea Development
Posted: 04 July 2005
Technip has been awarded a contract by Murphy Sabah Oil Company Ltd for the engineering, design, supply and installation of the Kikeh Area Development sub sea pipeline and riser system.

:: India discovers $50 billion gas reserves
Posted: 04 July 2005
India has announced the discovery of a natural gas field in the basin of the Krishna and Godavari rivers in the southern state of Andhra Pr adesh, with reserves valued at US $50 billion, making it the country’s biggest natural gas field.