London-listed rig builder and refurbishment group Lamprell says it has an order book bulging with US $1.2 billion new work and contract bids in the pipeline worth another $4 bn.
[Read more ] • 17.05.2013
London-listed Petroceltic has signalled plans to drill on two blocks in Kurdistan later this year which are estimated to contain potential resources up to 500 million barrels of oil.
[Read more ] • 22.04.2013
More exploration in Iraq is set to be carried out by another UK listed company after Dragon Oil signed up for a new block.
[Read more ] • 28.01.2013
Rig builder Lamprell has just delivered a new jackup to the global drilling fleet.
[Read more ] • 22.01.2013
Engineers working for KBR in London are starting work on two new floating LNG studies.
[Read more ] • 26.06.2012
Aker Solutions has failed to close a US $350 million deal to acquire a Middle East based energy services provider within the specified deadline for the deal.
[Read more ] • 21.11.2012
New offshore exploration in Egypt is planned by Germany's RWE Dea after gaining a new concession there.
[Read more ] • 13.11.2012
Workers at the UK's Wood Group are set for a boost with news that the company has won a major energy service contract for the DNO-operated Tawke field.
Middle East developer Genel Energy has moved to acquire the remaining equity interest in the giant Miran oil field it does not already own.
[Read more ] • 12.11.2012
In the Middle East Gulf Keystone's Adi Block exploration programme in Kurdistan has succeeded with a new find which opens up the prospect for more development opportunities for contractors.
[Read more ] • 08.11.2012
Kuwait Oil Company has awarded British-based Petrofac a US $200 million engineering contract for a new onshore power system.
[Read more ] • 27.09.2012
Oslo-listed DNO International has made a new oil find onshore Kurdistan with its Benenan 3 well.
[Read more ] • 11.09.2012
Just weeks after announcing plans for a strategic review Middle East rig builder Lamprell has revealed a new joint venture with Saudi Arabian partners.
[Read more ] • 06.09.2012
Acquisition of new 2d seismic data over the Sangaw North production sharing contract area in Kurdistan has been completed operated Sterling Energy has reported.
[Read more ] • 05.09.2012
Mediterranean Oil and Gas says it refutes a suggestion from Leni Gas and Oil that it misrepresented the sale of equity in an exploration block offshore Malta.
[Read more ] • 04.09.2012
Leni Oil and Gas has set a deadline this week for former partner Mediterranean Oil and Gas to answer questions over the sale of its 10% stake in an exploration block offshore Malta to Genel Energy.
[Read more ] • 03.09.2012
Middle East based rig construction group is launching a management reorganisation after reporting disappointing interim results for the six months to June.
[Read more ] • 29.08.2012
London-listed Leni Oil and Gas looks set for a quarrel with its partner Mediterranean Oil and Gas over an announcement that Genel Energy was farming into an exploration licence offshore Malta.
[Read more ] • 24.08.2012
Genel Energy has agreed to acquire a 26% stake in the Kurdistan's giant Miran oil field discovery from London-listed Heritage Oil for US $450 million.
[Read more ] • 21.08.2012
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has increased the reserves estimate for the giant Shaikan oil field in Kurdistan by 30% from 10.5 to 13.7 billion barrels of oil.
[Read more ] • 19.07.2012
Oslo-listed DNO International has tested oil offshore Oman at flow rates of up up to 2,000 b/d.
[Read more ] • 18.07.2012
Oslo-listed DNO International is planning further testing of a well drilled in Kurdistan which has hit oil shows in three intervals.
[Read more ] • 05.07.2012
Technip has landed a new subsea construction deal for a development offshore the UAE in the Middle East.
[Read more ] • 02.07.2012
Drilling has kicked off on the Miran West 4 appraisal well onshore Kurdistan London listed Heritage Oil reported today aiming to further appraise an Upper Cretaceous structure at the huge field.
[Read more ] • 22.06.2012
Middle East based rig and fabrication group Lamprell has warned of a tightening in the international supply chain for rig components which has hit its construction schedules and costs.
[Read more ] • 16.05.2012
London-listed Afren says it has made a major oil find in Kurdistan after its Simrit 2 exploration well encountered up to 409 metres (1,341 feet) of net oil pay.
[Read more ] • 18.04.2012
Middle East construction yard Lamprell has landed rig upgrade and refurbishment deals worth US $62 million.
London-listed Middle East rig construction group Lamprell has named the latest lift boat which will be aimed at the North Sea wind farm installation market.
[Read more ] • 17.04.2012
The Anglo-Norwegian group drilling on the Tawke field in Kurdistan has hit more hydrocarbons with the first of seven planned appraisals of the field area.
[Read more ] • 12.04.2012
Singapore's Sembcorp Marine has bagged a Us $218.5 million deal to build a new Pacific class jackup rig for a Middle East drilling company.
[Read more ] • 05.04.2012