Ghana extends Tap Oil exploration contract offshore Accra by 12 months Ghana Business News | Offshore Accra Contract Area | Ghana’s Ministry of Energy has extended by 12 months, Tap Oil’s exploration period to continue drilling at the Offshore Accra Contract Area. | The Australian firm who confirmed the extension in a statement sai...
Ferguson awards 12 offshore exploration permits Mining Weekly | PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Twelve new offshore petroleum exploration permits have been awarded in waters off Western Australia and Victoria, which would see some A$303-million in new investment over the next three years. | Federal Resources a...
Australia Awards 12 Offshore Exploration Permits Rig Zone | SYDNEY - Australia's government on Sunday said it has awarded 12 new petroleum exploration permits for off the coast of Western Australia and Victoria state. Among the eight companies to win the permits--the tender process received 46 bids--are BHP...
Rosneft, Eni Sign Deal On Russia Offshore Exploration Rig Zone | MOSCOW - Russia's largest oil producer state-controlled OAO Rosneft and Italy's Eni SpA Wednesday signed a cooperation deal to jointly develop Russian offshore energy deposits in the Barents Sea and the Black Sea. | The deal also stipulates that Ro...
Incentive plan for offshore exploration in limbo CBC | There is no word on provincial government plans to entice oil companies to do more exploration in the Newfoundland offshore. | Last summer, the province indicated that a decision was imminent — before the fall. | But that didn’t happen. | Natur...
Australia awards 11 offshore exploration blocks Oil Marketer | The Australian Government has granted 11 new offshore exploration permits following bidding to 9 oil companies, which are expected to generate exploration programs worth more than AUD $800 million over the next 6 years. | Some 21 companies bid for ...
Thai PM pledges to tackle rising consumer prices Xinhua | BANGKOK, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday pledged that her government will expedite solving the problem of rising consumer prices, Thai News Agency reported. | The premier made her remarks as she visited a fresh produce market in central Nakhon Pathom province on her way to western province of Kanchanaburi for Sun...
Lebanon holds ship 'carrying weapons for Syria rebels' BBC News The Lebanese navy is holding a Sierra Leone-registered ship and says it has confiscated a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying. | The 11 crew members were detained after three shipping containers full of heavy and light weapons were found on the Lutfallah II. | The BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut says it is believed the consignmen...
