Jordan, Algeria discuss energy cooperation

Monday, January 25th, 2010

Jordan and Algeria on Sunday discussed the prospect of the North African country supplying the Kingdom with part of its needs of crude oil and derivatives. Minister of Energy and ...


Brazil, China, India, Iran and Saudia Arabia are likely to see the highest growth in refining

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Brazil, China, India, Iran and Saudia Arabia are likely to see the highest growth in refining leading up to 2013, by which time they will make up 44% of the ...


Total to Develop the Timimoun Gas Project in Algeria

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Total (37.75%), Sonatrach (51%) and Cepsa (11.25%) today announce that the Algerian National Oil and Gas Development Agency (ALNAFT) has approved the development plan for the Timimoun natural gas project, ...


Oil News from around the web, Crude oil for September 2009 delivery traded at $66.61 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange ;London Brent traded at $69.88 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange ; BG Group is pulling some funding out of Nigeria

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Oil major Royal Dutch Shell posted a 70% fall in second quarter net profit, as oil prices and refining margins tumbled, but gains in foreign exchange has helped the company ...


Oil News from around the web, Crude oil for August 2009 delivery fell as much as $0.63, or 0.9%, to $66.10 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude oil for August 2009 settlement dropped as much as $0.79, or 1.2%, to $65.86 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Kosmos Energy, a privately-held oil company with a stake in Ghana’s newly-discovered oil reserves, has been the subject of interest from China and India’s ONGC. Now Shell is rumoured to ...


KazMunayGas, ConocoPhillips and Mubadala Announce Signing of Project Agreements for Exploration and Development of N Block, Offshore Kazakhstan

Monday, June 15th, 2009

ConocoPhillips [NYSE: COP], JSC National Company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Mubadala Development Company PJSC (Mubadala) today announced that they have signed project agreements allowing the joint exploration and development of the ...


Oil News from around the web, Crude oil for July 2009 delivery dropped $0.26 to $72.42 a barrel in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange ,Brent crude for July 2009 delivery gained $0.99, or 1.4%, to $71.79 on 11 June on London’s ICE Futures Europe exchange

Friday, June 12th, 2009

The IEA raised its global estimate for daily oil demand by 120,000 barrels to 83.3 million barrels in its monthly. The increase was driven by the US and China. Consumption ...


Oil News from around the web, U.S. light crude for July delivery rose 84 cents to $70.85 a barrel. London Brent crude gained 55 cents to $70.17

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

)))Abu Dhabi official crude selling price down 52.06% The official selling price of Abu Dhabi's crude oil grades averaged US$59.49 a barrel in May, down 52.06 per cent from an average ...


Egypt: Total enters into an offshore exploration permit in the Nile Basin

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

Total announces that, within the framework of the EGAS 2008 international bid round organized by the Egyptian authorities, it has been awarded a 90% participation in and the operatorship ...


Oil News from around the web, $50 per barrel is too low for continued investment;Nigeria-Europe gas pipeline sparks fresh interest

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

))))) The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has warned that the current crude oil price, which hovers around $50 per barrel is too low for continued investment. The 12 member ...


Occidental Petroleum and Mubadala Sign Development and Production Sharing Agreement for the Bahrain Field Development

Monday, April 27th, 2009

LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) and Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), through its business unit Mubadala Oil & Gas, announced today that they have ...


African Oil and Gas Country Briefs

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) manages the state-owned oil industry. The NNPC holds 49% in the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Company. Foreign Company Involvement: British ...


Oil News from around the web, Oil prices gain ground at $53, Sonatrach earned over $10 billion

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

)))))Oil prices gain ground at $53 Oil prices rebounded on Tuesday, supported by rising stock markets, upbeat results from US bank Goldman Sachs and hopes for a pick-up in world energy ...


New gas strike in Algeria by RWE Dea

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

RWE Dea made yet another gas find in the Ahnet Basin in the Algerian Sahara. For RWE Dea, it has already been the third successful strike in Algeria in 2009. ...


Shaw Awarded Contract to Continue Work on Sonatrach LPG Recovery Facility in Algeria

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SGR) today announced its Energy & Chemicals Group has been selected to provide engineering services for Sonatrach’s planned 24 million standard cubic ...


OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

OPEC Oil Export  Revenues   Based on projections from the EIA March 2009 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) could earn $383 billion of net ...


Robert Dudley to Join BP Board

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

The board of BP p.l.c. today announced that it has appointed Robert Dudley as a director with effect from April 6, 2009. As a managing director of the BP Group ...


New gas findings in Algeria’s Sahara desert

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

RWE Dea has made two new gas discoveries in Algeria’s Sahara desert, in the Reggane and Ahnet basins. The first of the two finds, exploration well KLS-1, is part of a ...


Eni awarded exploration licence in Algeria

Monday, December 15th, 2008

The high potential Kerzak license, with and extension of 16,000 squared Km in concession regime,  is located in the Timimoun Basin, 400 km south east of the giant Hassi R'Mel ...


Oil News FYI @ 21st Nov. 08

Friday, November 21st, 2008

US light sweet crude fell to $49.62, while London-traded Brent crude fell to $48.90 a barrel. The price of oil is around two-thirds cheaper than in July, when it hit ...


BG Group Interim Strategy Update

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Excellent exploration and appraisal results with success in eight countries so far in 2008 BG Group estimates its net share of reserves and resources in Brazil at over 3 billion boe(i) BG ...


Nigeria: Launch of OML 58 Upgrade Project

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

 Total announces that its subsidiary Total E&P Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), operator of the NNPC/TEPNG joint venture with a 40% interest, has launched the OML 58 upgrade project. Nigerian National Petroleum ...


Foster Wheeler Awarded FEED by BP Exploration for In Salah Gas Fields Development in Algeria

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its UK-headquartered subsidiary Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a front-end ...


Boots & Coots Signs New Contract in Algeria Worth $28 Million

Monday, August 11th, 2008

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boots & Coots International Well Control, Inc. (AMEX:WEL) announced it has signed a three year contract, with an option for two additional years, under an international call for tender ...


Saipem wins 2.8 billion euro contract in Algeria entering the LNG sector

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Saipem has been awarded a new onshore contract in Algeria worth approximately € 2.8 billion. The Algerian oil company Sonatrach has awarded Saipem/Snamprogetti, in a joint venture with Chiyoda, the lump ...


€635 Million (Nearly US$1B) Contract for GE Energy

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

For Power Project To Help Meet Algeria's Electricity Needs New Plant to Boost Country's Installed Capacity by 18 Percent SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - June 10, 2008 : – A new planned power ...


AREVA Awarded 32-Million Euro Contract in Algeria

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Transmission and Distribution: AREVA Awarded 32-Million Euro Contract in Algeria Regulatory News: AREVA (Paris:CEI): AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution division has been awarded a 32-million euro contract with NAFTEC, a subsidiary of Sonatrach, for ...


Discovery in Hassi Mouina, Algeria 

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Operator StatoilHydro and partner Sonatrach have completed the drilling and testing of exploration well number four in the Hassi Mouina license, in the Sahara desert in Algeria. The partners have proven ...