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The Australian-East Timor conflict has intensified over the Greater Sunrise gas project.
A protracted dispute between Australia and East Timor over the Greater Sunrise gas and oil project in the Timor Sea has intensified in recent weeks. The Australian Labor government has backed the April 29 announcement of a plan by the project’s owners to build a floating gas processing platform… more... Click Here to have your say.
The Resilience of The Gulf
BP is bad – bad, bad, bad, bad, really, awfully, deeply bad. I would call them naughty as well, but they’re British and they might actually enjoy that. I say all this up front so that no one will think that anything I say in the rest of this article is a defense of BP, which is bad. If we ca… more... Click Here to have your say.
New project in Norway: Impact of fault rock properties on CO2 storage in sandstone reservoirs
The project is owned by the Centre for Integrated Petroleum Research (CIPR), Uni Research in Norway and involves collaboration between geoscientists from Norwegian Geotechnical institute, University of Oslo, Stanford University and Nevada University. The proposal has been submitted to the CLIMIT… more... Click Here to have your say.
Canoils Oil Sands Analysis Reveals Some Big Differences in Project Performance
All oil sands projects are not created equal, with some big differences in project efficiencies and profitability, according to an in-depth analysis based on Canoils oil sands service. However, despite much lower benchmark crude prices and higher royalty rates kicking in for some projects, leadin… more... Click Here to have your say.
Social Media Onboarding: Let the Engagement Begin
It’s amazing how many people a new hire needs to meet when they first join a company. It takes a long time to build a personal connection with the new team and it's made even harder in the first week by all of the other meetings, training sessions and knowledge they must absorb. With the huge a… more... Click Here to have your say. Member News
Inpex to build Abadi LNG plant in 2011 Indonesia expects Japan's Inpex Corporation to start building a $10 billion floating liquefied natur ...more
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plan for development and operation for ...more
Lebanon's parliament unanimously ratified a long-awaited energy law today, paving the way for explor ...more
Santos Ltd has taken a large stake in New South Wales-based coal seam gas (CSG) explorer Eastern S ...more
Queensland has the jump on NSW in production but companies in the southern state reckon they can c ...more
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 Energy Tribune Energy Conservation and Future Energy Demand The electricity industry is wrestling with how to restructure its business model to account for efforts to convince consumers to reduce their energy use while being paid for promoting this efficiency. Historically, utilities have experienced demand growth with the annual pace of growth dictated by the health of the economy. After Explosion, Will Apache Scrap Deal To Buy Mariner? Today's explosion of a Mariner Energy production platform in the Gulf has to be wracking the nerves of Apache Corp. Chief Executive Steven Farris. Apache is in the process of acquiring Mariner-a deal that was announced just five days before BP's Deepwater Horizon rig exploded. Today's disaster will be nothing like that one-the latest reports indicate that all seven producing wells were shut off shortly after fire broke out. This could however, give Farris pause about continuing with the Mariner acquisition. Jackson's High-Wire Act on Carbon Controls Early in his Presidency, Barack Obama made it clear that if Congress failed to limit carbon emissions, he would use his authority under the Clean Air Act to control greenhouse gases. Now that Congress has pulled the plug on legislation, that task has fallen to Lisa Jackson, Obama''s Environmental Protection Agency chief. Caught between business groups and some Senate Democrats who want to stop her, and environmental organizations that say she''s not going far enough, Jackson may have the toughest job in town.  UpstreamOnline Salazar has doubts on Arctic drilling US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today he cannot predict whether Anglo-Dutch Shell, which has invested $3.5 billion in an offshore Arctic oil-development programme, will be allowed to drill the five wells it plans next year in Alaska's Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Oil eases on growth worries Oil prices eased today as weak US services sector data revived concerns about slowing economic growth, while a weakened Hurricane Earl posed less of a threat to refineries near its path. EOG gets BMO Capital help EOG Resources retained BMO Capital Markets to sell all of its Gulf of Mexico assets as the company shifts spending to oil projects and away from natural gas.  OilVoice Headlines Fortum Acquires 40% Stake in One of Europe's Biggest Onshore Wind Farm Projects Fortum has made a decision to acquire a 40 stake in the Blaiken wind power project while the remaining 60 is held by the Swedish energy company Skellefteå Kraft. The joint venture Blaiken Vind Engen to Buy Chevron's Downstream Interests in Southern Africa Engen Petroleum Limited South Africas leading petroleum marketing company has signed Share Purchase Agreements for Chevrons downstream interests in seven countries in Sub Saharan Africa and th BP Provides Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. BP continues to work with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Comm |
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