Nigeria, Kuwait to Partner on Energy, Says Maduekwe

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe, has expressed the willingness of the federal Government to partner with Kuwait on areas of energy and infrastructural development in order to secure ...


BJ Services Reports First Fiscal Quarter Net Loss From Continuing Operations of $0.03 Per Diluted Share

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

BJ Services Company (BJS-NYSE, CBOE, PCX) today reported that revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2010, which ended December 31, 2009, was $931.5 million, representing a 6% increase from ...


Kuwait Extends Date for Oil Sites Upkeep Deals

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has extended proposal submission date for two major maintenance deals at its facilities in the north and west of the country, worth about $70m in total. ...


Dana Gas has announced the appointment of James Dewar as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s first and largest private-sector gas company, has announced the appointment of James Dewar as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Dewar brings in over 27 ...


Oil News from around the web, Nigeria’s fortunes;Azerbaijan and Turkey;Stanlow facility;Australian oil and gas block

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

The price of oil fell to its lowest in more than two weeks because of decreased demand and growing stockpiles in the US to ensure sufficient supplies during the North ...


Oil News from around the web, Crude oil for August 2009 delivery fell 50 cents to $59.39 a barrel ;London Brent fell 40 cents to $60.12; Nigeria militants claim attack on Lagos oil depot

Monday, July 13th, 2009

TNK-BP closed the necessary transactions to take near-complete control over the shares in the Lisichansk refinery, a top producing refinery in Ukraine. The refinery, located near the eastern border in Ukraine, ...


Oil News from around the web, Crude oil for August 2009 delivery traded at $68.86 a barrel, down $0.38. London Brent crude $68.37 a barrel, down $0.43

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

The oil output decline caused by the militant attack will directly reduce Nigeria's financial income and increase its deficit in budgets. In turn, Nigeria, a country mainly depending on oil ...


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, London Brent crude fell 74 cents to $49.25 a barrel ; Nexen said its quarterly profit fell 79%

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

)))))Oil prices extended losses and fell towards $49 a barrel on Wednesday, as fears that the swine flu outbreak could dent fuel demand were further exacerbated by fresh worries about ...


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 ...


KNPC LAUNCHES HISTORIC CSR AND SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) today announces the launch of a historic three year Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Program designed to build on KNPC’s existing strengths in environmental, social and ...


Exploration & Exploitation News,Oil & Gas w/e 5/12

Friday, December 5th, 2008

Crude oil prices slumped close to 40 dollars a barrel in trading on Today. The US expects a steep drop in energy demand. Oil has fallen 70 percent since reaching ...


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 ...


Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chevron Extend PNZ Operating Agreement 30 years

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

SAN RAMON, Calif., September 10, 2008 - Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced the extension and amendment of its agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This agreement grants Chevron ...


AMEC wins five-year offshore programme management consultancy contract, Abu Dhabi

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

London, United Kingdom (2 September 2008) - AMEC plc, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a five-year programme management consultancy (PMC) contract by Zakum Development Company ...


CNPC: The refining base of Dalian Petrochemical becomes operational

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

On August 7, 2008, the right day before the opening of Beijing Olympic Games, the last newly-built unit─hydrocracking unit of the refining base at Dalian Petrochemical, was successfully started up ...


Bilateral U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce Hosts Largest-Ever Mideast OTC Delegation

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houston’s Bilateral U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce is coordinating the visit of more than 270 companies from Middle Eastern nations to this year’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), which will be ...