TAQA records remarkable profit growth in Q1

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company TAQA yesterday reported financial results for the first quarter 2008. Since first quarter 2007 TAQA has made a number of acquisitions which have been fully ...


AMEC secures $500 million five-year contract in Azerbaijan

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

AMEC plc, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a five-year Engineering Modification Services (EMS) contract for BP in Azerbaijan. The value of the new contract is estimated ...


Mandatory offer by Eni UK Holding plc (”Eni Holding”) for 20% of Hindustan Oil Exploration Limited (”HOEC”)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Earlier this year, Eni Holding completed its acquisition of Burren Energy plc and thereby indirectly purchased a 27.17% interest in HOEC, an Indian oil & gas company listed on the ...


AMEC awarded ‘platinum’ in the Business in the Community index

Friday, April 18th, 2008

London, United Kingdom (18 April 2008) - AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has achieved a platinum ranking in the 'workplace' category of the Business in the Community ...


Chevron Officials Contest Choice of Goldman Environmental Prize Recipients

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Chevron officials will be available today and Monday to speak with reporters about the company’s objection to the Goldman Foundation over its selection of personal injury lawyer Pablo Fajardo and ...


Leading Botswana Energy Exploration Company Selects Capital City Energy Subsidiary to Provide Engineers

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capital City Energy Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CETG) (“Capital City”) announced today that Saber Exploration Pty Limited (“Saber”), a leading Botswana-based exploration and development company, has selected Eastern Well ...


Chevron Cites Bias and Improper Collaboration in Rejecting Conclusions of Report Submitted to Ecuadorian

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Chevron Cites Bias and Improper Collaboration in Rejecting Conclusions of Report Submitted to Ecuadorian CourtCompany to Petition Court to Strike Report from the Record SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2008--Chevron Corporation ...


PETROBRAS, Biofuel company creation

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

(Rio de Janeiro, March 3, 2008). – PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S/A - PETROBRAS, [Bovespa:PETR3/PETR4, NYSE: PBR/PBRA, Latibex: XPBR/XPBRA, BCBA: APBR/APBRA], a Brazilian international energy company, announces its Board of Directors has ...


Aker Kvaerner acquires engineering company and sells off shares in Russian yard

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

13 February 2008 - Aker Kvaerner has entered into an agreement which gives full ownership of Finnish RR Offshore and ends the co-operation between Aker Kvaerner and it's former Russian ...


Venezuela: Sincor Officially Transformed into a Mixed Company

Friday, February 8th, 2008

Feb. 08, 08         After issuing a decree in November 2007 creating the Mixed Company PetroCedeño, the Venezuelan authorities issued on January 10, 2008 a decree transferring Sincor’s extra-heavy oil development operations ...


Sale of interest in M’Boundi to the Korea National Oil Company

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

31 January 2008 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces the sale of its 11% interest in the onshore M'Boundi field in Congo (Brazzaville) to the Korea National Oil Company (KNOC) ...