SOCAR Cape JV Bags Shah Deniz Contracts

The SOCAR Cape JV has been awarded three significant contracts in Azerbaijan.

February 6, 2015

Rosneft Plans To Reduce Spending By 10%

The company has set its plans for this year based on an average oil price of $50/bbl.

February 4, 2015

Oil Flowing From Last Of Three Exxon Mobil Fields Off Russia

Oil is now flowing from the last of three shallow water but very harsh environment fields developed by ExxonMobil in the sub-Arctic Sakhalin area off the east coast of Russia.

February 2, 2015

Tethys Receives 15-Year Extension On Kyzyloi Contract

Tethys Petroleum Ltd.’s wholly owned Kazakh subsidiary,TethysAralGaz LLP has received permission from the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to extend the Kyzyloi gas production contract for another 15 years.

January 23, 2015

Schlumberger To Pay $1.7 Billion For Eurasia Drilling Co. Stake

Schlumberger has an option to buy the rest of the company’s shares three years after the deal closes, Bloomberg said.

January 20, 2015

In Outcast Russia, Schlumberger Buys Interest In Driller For $1.7 Billion

The move helps shore up its partner in Russia and increases market share as Halliburton, Baker Hughes merge.

January 20, 2015

JKX Deems Well E-303 Results ‘Successful’

Following additional perforations in the shallower A2 carbonate reservoir and acid treatment, co-mingled production with the G7-12 sandstone reservoirs, the well produced 5.21 MMcf/d of gas and 18 bbl/d of condensate.

January 9, 2015

M-22 Well In Ukraine Finds Gas In Multiple Zones

The Makeevskoye-22 (M-22) exploration well has encountered gas in six zones after reaching a depth of 3,629 m (11,906 ft), Serinus Energy Inc. (SEN) said in a news release.

January 7, 2015

Regulations Prompt JKX To Halt Ukrainian Investment

The Skytop drilling rig is being stacked following its recent completion of well Ig-140, and operational and ancillary costs reduced.

January 7, 2015

ONGC Bets On Russian Shale

The company plans to more than double its oil and gas production from overseas fields in four years.

January 6, 2015