Acquisition of Participation in the Cascade Field

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Petrobras announces it has exercised its preference right for acquisition of 50% of the Devon Energy Corporation (Devon) participation interest in the Cascade field, located in the Gulf of ...


Heritage Oil Announces Updates in Relation to the Taq Taq Oil Field and the Proposed Acquisition of Genel Energy International Ltd

Monday, October 19th, 2009

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Oct. 19, 2009) - THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. Heritage Oil Plc (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an independent ...


Occidental Petroleum Announces Acquisition of Phibro

Monday, October 12th, 2009

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) announced today that it signed an agreement to purchase Phibro LLC ("Phibro") from Citigroup Inc., for approximately net asset value. Primarily a trader in oil and gas, ...


Eni enters Ghana through the acquisition of two offshore exploration blocks

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

The new license participating interests, which will be the same for both blocks, will be Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Limited 47.22% (and operator); VUGL 37.78%; and state company Ghana ...


Sercel Announces a Major Award for its Unite Cable-free Acquisition System in Mexico

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

CGGVeritas (ISIN: 0000120164 – NYSE: CGV) announced today that its subsidiary Sercel has been awarded a contract by Compania Mexicana de Exploraciones S.A de C.V. (Comesa) for the purchase of ...


Total signs Heads of Agreement with Novatek for the acquisition of a 49% interest in Terneftegas and the joint-development of the Termokarstovoye field

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Total today announced that it has signed Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Novatek to acquire a 49% interest in Terneftegas, a Novatek’s wholly-owned subsidiary. Novatek will maintain the remaining ...


Addax Petroleum Announces Acquisition Onshore Gabon With Immediate Exploration Drilling

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Potential farm-in for 50 per cent interest of Ogueyi licence area including currently drilling Azango exploration well Calgary, Alberta, May 14th, 2009 – Addax Petroleum Corporation (“Addax Petroleum” or the “Corporation”) ...


Occidental Petroleum Announces Dividend Increase

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

LOS ANGELES, April 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) announced today that its Board of Directors has increased the company's quarterly dividend from $.32 per share to ...


StatoilHydro Closes Peregrino acquisition

Monday, December 15th, 2008

StatoilHydro on 11 December, successfully completed the full acquisition of the Peregrino heavy-oil field offshore Brazil, after closing the deal to acquire the additional 50% stake from Anadarko. Agência Nacional de ...


Eni completes the acquisition of First Calgary Petroleums

Friday, November 21st, 2008

San Donato Milanese (Milan), 21 November 2008 - Eni has today closed the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding common shares of First Calgary Petroleums Ltd. ("First Calgary"). First ...


Shell Canada Limited Completes Acquisition of Duvernay Oil Corp.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Shell Canada Limited (“Shell Canada”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced today that as of 1:01 a.m. on August 22, 2008, 61,661,551 common shares of Duvernay ...


Shell Canada Limited Receives Regulatory Approvals For Duvernay Oil Corp. Acquisition

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Shell Canada Limited ("Shell Canada"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, announced today that it has received the approval of the Minister of Industry under the Investment ...


Downstream acquisition in Chile by Petrobras

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Rio de Janeiro, August 8, 2008 – PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S/A - PETROBRAS, [Bovespa: PETR3/PETR4, NYSE: PBR/PBRA, Latibex: XPBR/XPBRA, BCBA: APBR/APBRA], a Brazilian international energy company, announces that signed an agreement ...


Gasol Completes Acquisition of African LNG

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Gasol Plc, (AIM:GAS) announces that all the resolutions regarding the reverse takeover of African LNG Holdings Limited ("African LNG") proposed at the Extraordinary General Meeting held today were passed. As ...


PETROBRAS, Public Offering for Acquisition of Suzano Petroquímica’s Shares

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

(Rio de Janeiro, May 5, 2008). – PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S/A - PETROBRAS, [Bovespa: PETR3/PETR4, NYSE: PBR/PBRA, Latibex: XPBR/XPBRA, BCBA: APBR/APBRA], a Brazilian international energy company, announces that it is to ...


SeaBird first contract award for SeaBed operations

Monday, April 28th, 2008

SeaBird has received a letter of award from Total E&P Angola ("Total") for an ocean bottom nodes seismic acquisition survey in Angola. The concessionaire of Block 17 is Sonangol. TotalFinaElf ...


UK acquisition grows Proserv Group’s global capability

Monday, March 24th, 2008

The Proserv Group has strengthened its position in the instrumentation and calibration sector of the oil and gas industry with the acquisition of GM Engineering Ltd, a leading provider of ...


Boart Longyear Expands in Argentina with Patagonia Drill Acquisition

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boart Longyear Limited (ASX:BLY) has announced that it has acquired Patagonia Drill, a highly successful provider of minerals exploration drilling services located in Mendoza, Argentina. Paul Brunner, Chief ...


Gaz De France Announces the Acquisition of the Wind Power Company Nass & Wind Technologie and Combines Its Holdings in Renewable Energies in a Dedicated Subsidiary ‘GDF Futures Energies’

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory news: Gaz de France (Paris:GAZ) has just signed the acquisition of Nass & Wind Technologie, specialised in developing, building and operating land-based wind farms in France. Founded in 2001, Nass ...