Angola is set for significant expansion of offshore oil and gas developments in the short- and medium-term, according to a recent country briefing by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The African Union (AU) will meet today and Thursday at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the second Conference of Ministers responsible for hydrocarbons.
The Indian government has announced provisional results from its latest exploration licensing round, NELP-VIII.
The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH).
With an estimated capex of over $97 billion through 2009 to 2013, Asia is expected to witness an increase of 77% in terms of capex when compared to the previous five-year period, according to Infield’s second edition Regional Perspectives Asia Pacific Market Update Report 2009/13.
New Zealand’s Energy and Resources Ministry is inviting bids for six new exploration blocks across the Reinga basin off the country’s northwest coast.
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) has provided a submission to the Commission of Inquiry into the Montara uncontrolled hydrocarbon release that includes a call for legislative change to improve the regulation of the integrity of offshore petroleum wells.
New Zealand’s Energy and Resources Minister Gerry Brownlee has unveiled the government’s plan for unlocking and maximizing the country’s petroleum potential, with a specific focus on exploration of deepwater basins.
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board has issued Call for Bids NS09-1.
Proposed legislation sent to Brazil’s national Congress today by the executive branch would create production-sharing contracts with Petrobras for all oil and gas from subsalt layers and in “strategic areas” to be defined in the future.
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Meeting the world’s growing energy needs requires commitment and endurance by industries, governments, and people from all over the world, Rich Kruger, president of ExxonMobil Production Co., said in a keynote address at the 2009 International Petroleum Technology Conference in Doha.
Drilling and workover expenditure across the Middle East and North Africa may increase by more than $10 billion to reach $27.9 billion by 2014, according to Douglas-Westwood’s Middle East & North Africa Oilfield Services Market Report 2010-2014.
Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran intend to finalize a draft of the convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea, according to Iran’s Petroenergy Information Network.
Hannon Westwood has issued an updated study on the potential resource opportunity offered under the UK’s newly-launched 26th licensing round.
Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has unveiled the UK’s 26th offshore licensing round.
Forty three oil companies have nominated blocks for inclusion in Norway’s 21st licensing round, according to the Ministry of Petroleum Energy.
Awards for the best papers at DOT Houston were made on Thursday, Feb. 4, at the closing of the conference and exhibition.
Acergy/Halliburton adopted a novel approach for pre-commissioning of the 42.6-km (26.5-mi) Frade flexible pipeline offshore Brazil, according to a presentation at DOT International by Sean Barr, Victor Birch and Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux of Acergy.
The offshore industry would benefit from a consistent periodic approach to performance benchmarking for deepwater facilities, according to Thomas Gray of consultants Ziff Energy.
