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Obama paves the way for East Coast oil and gas exploration
The Obama administration gave the green light o Friday to the Eastern Seaboard to be reopened to offshore oil and gas exploration, a milestone decision in decades.
read more... 23/07/2014
Tullow Oil quits its Lupus exploration well in Norway
Tullow Oil PLC unveiled it had stopped up and quitted its Lupus exploration well in the Norwegian North Sea blaming its failure to find any hydrocarbons. The well is 35km south-east of the Oseberg Sor Field and 110km west of the island of Sotra in the North Sea.
read more... 21/07/2014
Tougher sanctions: Oil giant Rosneft receives a major blow from U.S.
The U.S. has unveiled a new row of sanctions on Russia concerning the troubles in the Ukraine, this time hitting the Russian oil giant Rosneft, its second major gas producer Novatek and its third largest bank Gazprombank. These are the most austere U.S. sanction yet imposed on Russia.
read more... 17/07/2014
Oil major Total starts Edradour gas fields expansion
French oil major Total decided to expand the Edradour gas field, in the West of Shetland region, after negotiating less elevated prices with contractors, as well as purchasing a 60 percent stake in the adjacent Glenlivet field, according to the company on Thursday.
read more... 04/07/2014
Greece pledges tax reduction to attract oil and gas majors
Greece intends to reduce tax rates for oil and gas firms since it desires to attract them to aid develop its unexploited offshore hydrocarbon resources, as stated by its energy minister on Tuesday.
read more... 02/07/2014