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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.

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Headlines

06/05/2013: Gabon Oil Minister: Government to reclaim assets from Sinopec

06/05/2013: Forum Energy Technologies and Quantum Energy Partners to acquire Global Tubing

06/05/2013: Flexlife deploys FlexGuard monitoring system on Chevron rig

06/05/2013: Brazil April crude oil output up 3.8% from March at 1.923 Mbpd

06/05/2013: Argentina's court unfreezes Chevron unit's assets

06/04/2013: Azerbaijan signs $1 billion semisubmersible drilling rig deal

06/04/2013: Ecuador: Petroecuador head confirms force majeure on crude exports

06/04/2013: Buzzard field resumes production

06/04/2013: Ernst & Young: U.S. E&P spending for top 50 companies reaches $185.6 billion

06/04/2013: New MicroSeismic service estimates proppant placement in stimulated fractures

06/04/2013: Statoil proposes Catherine Hughes, James Mulva appointed to board

06/04/2013: Singapore: To appoint next LNG importer via competitive process

06/04/2013: Wood Group Mustang providing survey, engineering services for Williams pipeline projects

06/04/2013: UK lawmakers reject 2030 power sector carbon target

06/03/2013: Scott Key elected to IHS board, assumes role as president and CEO

06/03/2013: Statoil accepts $5.11 million fine for Gullfaks C incident

06/03/2013: Tam International opens new Dubai office

06/03/2013: Petrobras approves projects at mature fields in Bahia

06/03/2013: Jubilant Energy: Discovery at North Atharamura-1 well, Tripura Block

06/03/2013: Jubilant Energy: Successful KSG No.67 well testing, moves to production

06/03/2013: Kinder Morgan Energy to expand Eagle Ford shale pipeline

06/03/2013: Expro receives ninth safety award from RoSPA

06/03/2013: ExxonMobil farms in to Atlantic Petroleum’s interest in Faroes block L016

06/03/2013: Nexen: Buzzard production levels to return to normal by midweek

06/03/2013: E.ON confirms Canada LNG deal, denies plans to cancel Gazprom contracts

06/03/2013: 63 workers evacuated as oil rig tilts during Norway Yard stay

06/03/2013: BP plans $1 billion in new investment in Alaska

06/03/2013: Bengal Energy cases potential oil-producing well in Australia

05/31/2013: Duma Energy does 3D seismic of Galveston bay fields

05/31/2013: Gazprom, Gasunie sign memorandum of strategic cooperation

05/31/2013: Peru government launches auction for offshore oil concessions

05/31/2013: OPEC to maintain oil output ceiling

05/31/2013: Repsol plans to swap preferred shares for cash and bonds

05/31/2013: Statoil submits development plan for Delta 2 field in North Sea

05/31/2013: Tullow: Government of Ghana approves development plan for TEN

05/31/2013: Tullow: Calao-1X exploration well encounters non-commercial condensate

05/31/2013: World's first subsea wireless CP monitoring system introduced

05/30/2013: U.S. shale said to have little effect on OPEC demand

05/30/2013: Strategy Engineering names new projects director

05/30/2013: Petrotechnics secures investment from BGF to accelerate international growth

05/30/2013: PDVSA wins arbitration case against Opic Karimun

05/30/2013: Gazprom Neft’s NIS unit starts oil and gas drilling in Bosnia

05/30/2013: Ghana approves development plan for TEN Project

05/30/2013: First-ever hydraulic fracturing on Yamal Peninsula conducted at Novoport field

05/30/2013: BSEE to establish Ocean Energy Safety Institute

05/30/2013: BG says Australian Gladstone LNG project on budget

05/30/2013: Atwood Oceanics announces contract for the Atwood Eagle

05/30/2013: Argentina passes controversial tax-amnesty law

05/29/2013: ABB and GlobaLogix partner to provide SCADA solution

05/29/2013: GDF SUEZ welcomes E.ON as new partner in UK Austen field