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Calls for Tax Breaks in North Sea Oil Industry; 50,000 Jobs at Risk

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Britains rate of oil and gas output will continue to decline unless the government acts swiftly to provide tax breaks for companies involved in North Sea production an industry association has warne

SES Launches to Deliver High-Spec Solutions to Oil & Gas Industry

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:21:00 GMT

Aberdeenbased Specialist Equipment Solutions SES has launched today under a new brand name. Originally part of James Scott Engineering established in 1909 the company boasts some 100 years of e

New Trustee for the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts in the UK

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:49:00 GMT

Lord Drayson Minister for Science and Innovation has appointed Coram Williams as a Trustee of the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts NESTA. Mr Williams will also chair NESTAs

Admiral Bay Resources Signs $5.75 million Farmout Deal in Kansas

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:46:00 GMT

Admiral Bay Resources Inc. reports it has signed a farmout agreement with Euramerica Energy Inc. of Brescia Italy to drill 25 wells in 2009 and 25 wells in 2010 in the Thayer and Mound Valley project

ION Adds ArgentineSPAN to Its Data Library

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:41:00 GMT

ION Geophysical Corporation has completed the data processing and interpretation for ArgentineSPANTM a basinscale seismic program offshore Argentina. ArgentineSPAN contains approximately 11800 km

Standard Oil Company Former CEO Dies

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:54:00 GMT

Bill Haynes former chairman and CEO of Standard Oil Company of California now Chevron a director of Bechtel Group Inc. and chairman of Bechtels board of counselors passed away this week at the

StatoilHydro Anmnounces Thunder Hawk on stream

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:49:00 GMT

On 8 July the StatoilHydro Houston subsidiary received first oil and gas from the Murphy Oiloperated Thunder Hawk field in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Thunder Hawk field production unit has a produc

Lundin Petroleum Agrees Norwegian Farm Out Deal With Centrica

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:46:00 GMT

Lundin Petroleum AB has entered into a farmout agreement with Centrica Resources Norge AS Centrica in respect of license PL 363. Centrica will acquire a 15 percent interest in PL 363 in block 25

UKCS Offshore Drilling Activity Down 57% on Last Year According to Deloitte

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:43:00 GMT

Offshore activities in the oil amp gas sector are continuing to fall with the latest industry figures released by Deloitte showing that drilling operations within the UK Continental Shelf have more

Premier Oil Provides Trading and Operations Update

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:38:00 GMT

Premier Oil provides a trading and operations update ahead of its 2009 Interim Results which will be announced on Thursday 27th August 2009. During the first half of 2009 Premier has made substantia