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Gazprom finds new gas deposit in Sea of Okhotsk

Gazprom declared on Thursday it had found a new gas deposit during exploration at the Kirinskoye field in the Sea of Okhotsk close to Russia's Sakhalin island.

read more... 23/09/2016

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BP is expanding its shale gas business in China

BP has announced on Thursday that it has signed a second contract for shale gas exploration, development and production with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC). Earlier this year, the two companies signed their first shale gas production-sharing contract (PSC) on the adjoining Neijiang-Dazu block.

read more... 02/09/2016

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Russia’s Lukoil envisages sale of oil refineries in Europe

Russia’s oil company Lukoil mulls spinning off or selling its downstream assets in Europe to focus on exploration both in Russia and abroad, according to Chief Executive Vagit Alekperov.

read more... 20/06/2016

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Norway awards new offshore drilling licenses in Barents Sea for the first time in 2 decades

Norway’s government awarded on Wednesday 10 new licenses for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Barents Sea, including three in previously untapped waters near the Russian border.

read more... 19/05/2016

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Eni granted a new exploration licence offshore Ghana

Eni will become the operator of a new offshore gas basin in Ghana, as the Italian major has been awarded an exploration licence, the Cape Three Points Block 4, located in the prolific Tano basin.

read more... 31/03/2016

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