News - Oil & Gas

Arnlea-px contract extended for five years

Arnlea Systems, global provider of industrial mobile software for tracking, inspection and maintenance for the oil & gas industry, has announced that it has renewed its existing contract with px group for a further five years with a six-figure value.

Halliburton awarded Shell offshore exploration contract

Halliburton Company announced the execution of an integrated services contract with Royal Dutch Shell for post-salt development and pre-salt exploration in Brazil’s Campos and Santos Basins.

Crown Point to sell portion of participating interest in exploitation concessions in Tierra del Fuego

Crown Point Energy announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, St. Patrick Oil & Gas (formerly named Apco Austral) (St. Patrick), has entered into an agreement with its partners to sell a portion of its participating interest in the Rio Cullen, Las Violetas and La Angostura hydrocarbon exploitation concessions located in the Tierra del Fuego region of the Austral basin in southern Argentina (TDF Concessions).

Module fabrication completed for Dongfang gas fields development project

COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries (COOEC-Fluor) has completed fabrication of two offshore modules for CNOOC’s Dongfang 13-2 Gas Fields development project in the Yinggehai Basin of the Beibu Gulf of Western South China Sea.

JAPEX begins exploratory drilling at offshore Hidaka area of Hokkaido

Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX) has commenced the exploratory drilling at offshore Hidaka area of Hokkaido.

Petro Matad signs rig contracts for 2019 four well program

The Mongolia-based oil explorer Petro Matad, has announced the signing of contracts for two rigs as part of its upcoming 2019 four well drilling program.

Santos makes gas discovery in Corvus field offshore Australia

Santos has completed the appraisal of the Corvus field, confirming the presence of significant gas resources in Corvus-2 exploration well in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia.

Wintershall expands portfolio in Argentina

Wintershall won the bidding process for two blocks in the promising Malvinas Basin off the coast of Tierra del Fuego as part of the “Costa Afuera” licensing round.

Petroteq Energy announces proposed resource acquisition

Petroteq Energy, a fully integrated oil and gas company, is pleased to announce the execution of a definitive agreement for the acquisition of an additional 50% of the operating rights and interests relating to oil sands under US federal oil and gas leases encompassing approximately 8,480 gross acres (4,240 net acres, less royalty) in the State of Utah.