Nigeria, Oil Majors in Race to Seal Deals

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

International Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in Nigeria are scrambling to renew their oil licences ahead of the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, (PIB) that could boost tax and royalty ...


Crude oil for August 2009 delivery up 1.2%, to $60.26 a barrel ;London Brent up 1.2%, to $61.60 ; oil and natural gas from Ghana’s

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Afren Plc, First City Monument Bank Plc (FCMB) and Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) have established First Hydrocarbon Nigeria Company Limited (FHN), which is an... oil and gas company, as ...


Oil News from around the web, Crude oil for July 2009 delivery rose as much as $0.82, or 1.2%, to $72.15 a barrel ,Brent crude for July 2009 delivery increased as much as $0.72, or 1%, to $71.52 on London’s ICE Futures

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

The US Energy Department said that the stockpiles of oil fell 4.38 million barrels to 361.6 million in the week ended 5 June 2009. Analysts surveyed said that supplies would ...


Oil News from around the web, GNPC announces discovery of more oil, Energy supply crunch without prompt investment

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

The price of OPEC basket of twelve crudes stood at 50.44 dollars a barrel on Tuesday, compared with $50.18 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations -GNPC announces discovery of ...


Successful drilling of Ruby-3 Offshore West Nile Delta

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

RWE Dea AG, Hamburg, has successfully finalized its extensive drilling campaign in 2008 within the West Nile Delta; the exploration well Ruby-3 (Ji 50-2) discovered gas. The Ruby-3 (Ji 50-2) exploration ...


Exploration & Exploitation News,Oil & Gas w/e 15/12

Monday, December 15th, 2008

Light, sweet crude for January delivery was up $3.24 to $49.52 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by mid-afternoon in Europe. The contract briefly reached ...


TGS Announces New Non-Exclusive Aerogravity Survey in Vietnam

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

ASKER, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) announced today that it has begun acquisition of Phase II of the Mekong Delta Aeromagnetic and Aerogravity Project. Phase I, acquired, processed and ...


Nigeria: Nigerian citizen in charge of Local community relations for Naoc’s Port Harcourt District was set free

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Eni informs that Feyi Dienye, a manager of Naoc (Eni's subsidiary in Nigeria), has been freed yesterday evening. Mr Dienye, who was seized in Port Harcourt in the morning of ...