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World Oil News Center

World Oil News Center is collection of current headlines and select press releases from around the upstream, oil and gas industry.

Headlines

05/16/2012: Apache's North Sea Beryl field well flows 11,625 bbl oil, 13 MMcf gas per day

05/16/2012: BG Group makes fifth consecutive Tanzania gas discovery

05/16/2012: DOI releases update on unused oil and gas leases

05/16/2012: IEA presents freedom medal to Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy

05/16/2012: Norway safety authority gives exploratory drilling consent to BP Norge

05/16/2012: Total ends Elgin leak, doesn't say when output will resume

05/15/2012: Prometheus Energy relocates headquarters to Houston

05/15/2012: Proposed rule change may inadvertently boost volatility - IEA

05/15/2012: Cove Energy unveils big Mozambique gas find

05/15/2012: Total begins operations to kill Elgin's leaking well

05/14/2012: FMC Technologies awarded offshore loading arm systems contract

05/14/2012: Australian natural gas resources total 390 Tcf

05/14/2012: Chesapeake to delay Eagle Ford oil field deal

05/14/2012: Chevron and Tohoku sign agreement for Wheatstone LNG

05/14/2012: Platts: OPEC production climbs to 31.71 MMbpd in April

05/14/2012: PDC Energy buys liquids-rich Niobrara assets for $330 million

05/14/2012: Oil companies drawn to 'frac sand'(2)

05/14/2012: Shell, Chevron win Ukraine public bid for shale gas fields

05/14/2012: Statoil to use semisub offshore Newfoundland

05/14/2012: Total halts Nigeria gas leak(2)

05/14/2012: Woodside targets Cyprus in gas joint venture

05/11/2012: Ohio hires new regulatory staff for increased shale activity

05/11/2012: Nippon Oil to expand Middle East presence

05/11/2012: Concho Resources to acquire Permian basin assets

05/11/2012: Cairn announces completion of acquisition

05/11/2012: CPC, Cnooc to decide on fate of joint gas exploration in Taiwan Strait

05/11/2012: Total among bidders for second Cyprus licensing round

05/11/2012: TransCanada to proceed with Keystone Hardisty Terminal

05/10/2012: ConocoPhilips confirms marketing Nigerian assets

05/10/2012: Chevron, Shell near signing Ukraine gas deals

05/10/2012: Ceramic proppant for slickwater fracturing

05/10/2012: Rod Larson joins Oceaneering as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

05/10/2012: Statoil to drill Barents Sea; Johan Sverdrup to produce in 2018

05/09/2012: Marathon to acquire Eagle Ford acreage for $750 million

05/09/2012: Oil prices fall to lowest level in 4 1/2 months

05/09/2012: Cnooc drills deep without foreign help

05/09/2012: Argentina names former Schlumberger executive to run YPF

05/09/2012: Eagle Ford shale generated more than $25 billion for South Texas in 2011

05/09/2012: Greene’s Energy Group promotes Oliveira to General Manager – Brazil

05/08/2012: GE Energy to open new oil & gas training facility in Houston and create 100 new technical jobs

05/08/2012: Aztec announces successful drilling in Montgomery County, Texas

05/08/2012: OXY names new VP of Public Affairs

05/08/2012: Oceaneering wins umbilical contract for Lula field

05/08/2012: Ngamia-1 well in Kenya Rift basin discovers further oil

05/08/2012: Reef Subsea awarded contract for its two new subsea construction support

05/08/2012: U.S. expected to approve Anadarko natural gas project in Utah

05/07/2012: Rosneft, Statoil agree on joint offshore operations in the Barents Sea and Sea of Okhotsk

05/07/2012: Technip awarded engineering contract for Mad Dog project

05/07/2012: PetroMagdalena resumes production at Cubiro block

05/07/2012: Australia awards 12 offshore exploration permits