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| BP releases own investigation and finds a number of factors caused the Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil spill Read more... |
| Recent rulings by Pennsylvania's DEP has lead to open debate and revelations about "fracking" additives. Read more... |
| BP appears to have sealed the Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but the distaster has cost the company it's CEO, Bob Hayward. Read more... |
| BP appears to have successfully capped the leaking Horizon Deepwater well, although the move is temporary until relief wells can be completed. Read more... |
| New nanotechnology could help extend the life of exploration drill bits Read more... Tags: Lubricants, Upstream News |
| An International Energy Agency report say the outlook for oil and natural gas markets remains uncertain in the mid-term. Read more... |
| Russian oil and gas production is predicted to fall from 2012 as Kazakstan opens its first lubes plant. Read more... |
| A federal judge has overturned US the US President's moratorium on offshore drilling, while BP's costs exceed $2.3bn Read more... |
| Rockhopper Exploration has discovered a significant oil field in the North Falkland Basin. Read more... Tags: S America, Upstream News |
| BP are seeking new options to stem the flow of oil from the Gulf of Mexico seabed after the Deepwater Horizon explosion last month. Read more... |
| Statoil has agreed the sale of a 40% stake in the Bazilian Peregrino field to Sinochem Read more... |
| Fuel additives and chemicals specialist sees oilfields as next growth area. Read more... Tags: Innospec, Upstream News |
| Russian marines overcame Somali pirates who had hijacked a tanker on its way from the Red Sea to China. Read more... |
| Norway and Russia appear to have reached an amicable agreement over oil and gas exploration in the Barents Sea Read more... |
| Transocean/BP's Deepwater Horizon explodes leaving a massive effort to rescue the US coastline from major pollution Read more... |
| Crude prices reach 18-month high; Opec supports price hike and Brazil; Petrobras strengthens Asian exports; Denbury makes $900m sale; and Shell and Chevron celebrate deepwater success. Read more... |
| Chevron moves further ahead in Latin America; Total commits to Qatar; Shell and BP face cost challenge in engineer shortage. Read more... |
| Petronas spreads its success in Malaysia and signs a new deal with Shell in Iraq; good news for Anadarko and Cairn; Chevron progress in Mexico; Statoil commits to Snorre; and Shell 'sniffs' out oil from the air. Read more... Tags: test |
| Petronas places main reserves outside Malaysia; Russian Rosneft expand production in 2010; Nigeria set to increase exports and new technology could save millions in pipeline costs. Read more... |
| Oil prices rise but capacity remains and issue; BP and Conoco reduce their Alska investment; Nippon Oil and Mining combine to take on the majors and Zambia grants exploration licences. Read more... |
| Castrol and China look to the Gulf of Mexico for product expansion, a trans-European pipeline deal nears completion, Libya expands oil operations in Ethiopia and a plea for Iraq's oil industry. Read more... |
| US base oil and Opec production falls; BP find strength in depth; Libya has a new oil minister and China talks to Uganda. Read more... |
| Lubricant and oil prices surge during August, Shell leads the way in the finished lubricants market and Iran announces a massive reserve discovery. Read more... |
| As oil prices rose throughout June, there was drama caused by a 'rogue' speculator and an interesting exchange of views on mid-term oil investments between OPEC and IEA's former Deputy Executive. Read more... |
| A sudden spike in oil prices elicits various opinions, but tension still remains in the finished lubes sector; Nigeria voices concerns over sub-standard lubes and Kurdish oil comes on stream. Read more... |
| OPEC states that the oil price is too low and calls on non-OPEC members to cut output. In Mexico, government and producers provide production reassurances following swine-flu pandemic fears. Read more... |
