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Deadline Looms for Mexico Oilfield Development Talks
Talks between Pemex and a group of foreign companies over how to develop the giant Zama oil field may miss a deadline.
8:00 PM EST | March 23, 2021
New Private Firm Likely to Keep Stake in Mexico Oilfield
A new company soon to be created by Chrysaor Holdings Ltd and Premier Oil Plc will likely retain its stake in the giant Zama oil development.
8:00 PM EST | March 17, 2021
Well Plugging Starts in Pioneering North Sea Field
Plugging operations began last month in conjunction with the planned shutdown of the Veslefrikk field. PHOTO SOURCE: Øyvind Hagen/Equinor
7:00 PM EST | February 22, 2021
Nord Stream 2 Urgency Diminishes
After two warm winters and the coronavirus pandemic, demand for gas used for heat and power generation is sagging across Europe.
8:00 PM EST | October 12, 2020
$7.6B Fine Raises New Legal Questions for Gazprom
Poland's antitrust watchdog slapped a $7.6 billion fine on Gazprom PJSC over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
8:00 PM EST | October 08, 2020
Repsol Selects Drilling Contractor for Mexico Campaign
Stena Drilling has signed a new contract with Repsol and others to provide a drillship for a 2021 offshore Mexico drilling campaign.
8:00 PM EST | September 21, 2020
Equinor Plans to Power Offshore Platforms with Wind
A rendering of the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm between the Gullfaks and Snorre licenses in the North Sea. Illustration copyright Equinor AS
8:00 PM EST | April 08, 2020
Oil Rout Puts the Brakes on Energy IPO Pipeline
Crashing oil prices and volatile stock markets are squelching hopes for several high-profile IPOs by European energy companies.
8:00 PM EST | March 08, 2020
ConocoPhillips Bringing Know-How to Vaca Muerta
ConocoPhillips and Wintershall Dea will jointly develop the Aguada Federal and Bandurria Norte blocks in Neuquen province, central Argentina.
8:00 PM EST | July 24, 2019
Oil, Gas Companies Target of Germany's Carbon Levy Plan
Oil and gas companies that supply Europe's biggest energy market fuels for cars, trucks and heating may be soon be required to pay for carbon pollution allowances.
8:00 PM EST | July 14, 2019
The $20B Race to Eclipse Norway's Elite Oil Producers
The race is on to become Norway's biggest non-state oil company.
8:00 PM EST | September 12, 2018
Wintershall's Libya Oil Output Sharply Lower At 10,000 Bpd
Energy company Wintershall is producing less than 10,000 bpd in Libya compared with 60,000 bpd earlier this year, a senior executive says.
8:00 PM EST | August 27, 2018
Kremlin Accuses Trump of Trying to Bully Europe into Buying US LNG
The Kremlin on Thursday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's description of Germany as a "captive" of Russia.
8:00 PM EST | July 11, 2018
Sharp Fall In Applications For Norway's Arctic Oil Permits
Norway's attractiveness as an oil region took a hit when energy authorities said 11 oil firms applied for stakes in exploration blocks in its latest oil licensing round
7:00 PM EST | December 04, 2017
Libya's NOC, Wintershall Strike Interim Deal To Resume Output
Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) and German oil firm Wintershall have agreed an interim deal to resume production.
8:00 PM EST | June 12, 2017
BASF Sees Role of Oil and Gas Unit Declining Further
The world's largest chemicals maker said its focus would be on boosting profitability at its chemicals and crop protection businesses as the contribution to earnings from oil and gas, hurt by low crude oil prices, diminishes further.
8:00 PM EST | May 11, 2017
Norway Awards 56 Oil And Gas Licences In Mature Areas
Norway's oil ministry awarded 56 offshore exploration licences on Tuesday in a bid to lift output from acreage located near existing oil and gas fields.
7:00 PM EST | January 16, 2017
Total, Shell, Eni Eligible to Bid for New Iran Oil, Gas Projects
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) revealed that several European oil and gas companies will be eligible to bid for the country's new oil and gas projects.
7:00 PM EST | January 02, 2017
Statoil Increases Byrding Project Interest
Statoil announced Tuesday that it has completed a transaction to acquire a 24% interest in the Byrding project, located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, from Wintershall Norge.
7:00 PM EST | January 02, 2017
Wintershall Spuds Shuwaihat Offshore Well
Wintershall Holding GmbH has spudded the first Shuwaihat sour gas and condensate field offshore well, located near Abu Dhabi.
7:00 PM EST | November 07, 2016
NPD Grants Wintershall Drilling Permit Offshore Norway
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate grants Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-20 B, located in production license 248 F.
8:00 PM EST | August 08, 2016
Polish Antimonopoly Office Says Nord Stream 2 Threatens Competition
Poland's antimonopoly watchdog a proposed joint venture by Russia's Gazprom and five European firms responsible for the construction of Nord Stream 2 would undermine competition.
8:00 PM EST | July 21, 2016
NPD Grants Wintershall Drilling Permit Offshore Norway
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate grants Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 35/11-20 A, located in production license 248 F offshore Norway.
8:00 PM EST | July 05, 2016
Statoil to Keep Fields Operating Even if Norway Oil Workers Strike
Statoil will initially keep oilfields operating even if negotiations set for June 30 to July 1 fail to avert a strike that would halt output at others.
8:00 PM EST | June 28, 2016
Wintershall Makes Small North Sea Discovery
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production license 248, makes a small oil discovery near the Vega field in the North Sea.
8:00 PM EST | May 22, 2016
NPD Grants Wintershall Drilling Permit for North Sea Well
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate grants Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 35/11-19 S, located in production license 248 F in the North Sea.
8:00 PM EST | May 12, 2016
Halliburton Secures Maria Project Service Contract from Wintershall
Wintershall Norge AS has awarded a 4-year service contract to Halliburton Norge AS to support its Maria Project in the Norwegian Sea.
8:00 PM EST | May 11, 2016
Faroe Petroleum, Wintershall Receive Consent to Drill North Sea Wells
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway grants Faroe Petroleum and Wintershall consent to drill 2 separate North Sea wells.
8:00 PM EST | May 10, 2016
Wintershall Sees Fall in Sales, Earnings in 2016
Wintershall expects lower sales and earnings in 2016 after being hit in 2015 by a sharp oil price decline that squeezed revenues in its exploration business.
8:00 PM EST | April 06, 2016
Denmark Issues 16 Oil, Gas Licenses
Denmark issues 16 oil and gas exploration licenses in the North Sea, just days after A.P. Moller-Maersk threatens to shut down the country's main gas field.
8:00 PM EST | April 05, 2016
NPD Grants Wintershall Drilling Permit in PL 248
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate grants Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 35/8-6 S, which is located in production license 248 offshore Norway.
8:00 PM EST | March 13, 2016
Total, Wintershall Drill Dry Wells Offshore Norway
Total E&P Norge AS and Wintershall Norge AS drill dry wells in production license 554 and production license 611, respectively.
7:00 PM EST | March 01, 2016
Wintershall Comes Up Dry with Kvalross Well
Wintershall's Kvalross exploration well in the Norwegian sector of the Barents Sea turns out to be uncommercial.
7:00 PM EST | February 23, 2016
Faroe to Drill 3 Exploration Wells in 2016 despite Oil Price
Junior oil firm Faroe Petroleum will be involved in three exploration wells offshore Norway in spite of the low oil price.
7:00 PM EST | February 04, 2016
North Sea Production Solutions for a Low Oil Price Era
Rigzone takes a look at a handful of engineering solutions designed to make marginal fields economic in a low oil price era.
7:00 PM EST | January 21, 2016
Faroe Petroleum: Drilling Begins at Kvalross Well
Drilling commences on the Kvalross exploration well 7224/2-1, which is located in PL611 in the Norwegian Barents Sea.
7:00 PM EST | January 11, 2016
Investors Wary As Russian Pipeline Project Splits EU
Investors are wary of pouring money into a planned doubling of Gazprom's Nord Stream gas link to Germany, analysts said, amid doubts about regulatory approvals and deep political divisions.
7:00 PM EST | December 21, 2015
Sequa Calls Off Purchase of Norway Offshore Assets from Wintershall
Sequa Petroleum has called off a planned $602 million purchase of Norwegian offshore field interests from Wintershall, the oil and gas subsidiary of BASF, citing a poor market environment.
7:00 PM EST | December 21, 2015
Wintershall Makes Minor Oil Discovery in North Sea
Wintershall Norge AS makes a minor oil discovery near the Vega Sor field in the north-eastern North Sea.
7:00 PM EST | December 09, 2015
Edvard Grieg Field Begins Production
The Edvard Grieg oil field, located in the Norwegian North Sea, begins production.
7:00 PM EST | November 29, 2015
Wintershall Joins 'Zero Routine Flaring by 2030' Initiative
Wintershall joins World Bank's international initiative to end the worldwide flaring of associated gas during oil production by 2030.
7:00 PM EST | November 26, 2015
Wintershall Completes Asset Swap with Gazprom
BASF subsidiary Wintershall swaps assets with Russia's Gazprom so that it can focus on oil and gas exploration and production.
8:00 PM EST | September 30, 2015
Odfjell Secures Maria Field Drilling Contract
Wintershall Norge has awarded Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Stavanger a contract for the drilling of 6 production wells on the Maria field in the Haltenbanken area on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
8:00 PM EST | September 06, 2015
Norway Approves Wintershall's Maria Oil Field Development
Norway approves Wintershall's plan to develop the Maria oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea.
8:00 PM EST | September 03, 2015
Lundin Increases Exploration Spending in 2Q 2015
Lundin Petroleum increases its exploration spending for 2Q 2015 by $16 million, compared to the first quarter of 2015.
8:00 PM EST | July 20, 2015
Wintershall Calls for Better German Oil, Gas Regulation
Wintershall warns of job losses in Germany's oil and gas industry as it calls for a proportionate regulatory framework for the sector in the country.
8:00 PM EST | June 28, 2015
Suncor Energy Norge Drills Dry Well in North Sea
Suncor Energy comes up dry in the 25/10-13 S exploration well, located in production license 571 in the central part of the North Sea.
8:00 PM EST | June 23, 2015
Wintershall Norge Secures Drilling Permit for Well 10/4-1 Offshore Norway
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has awarded Wintershall Norge AS a drilling permit for well 10/4-1, located in production license 734 offshore Norway.
8:00 PM EST | June 22, 2015
Wintershall Says in Talks to Join Nord Stream Expansion Plan
Wintershall is in talks about joining an expansion plan for Gazprom's Baltic Sea gas pipeline called Nord Stream.
8:00 PM EST | June 18, 2015
Wintershall Norge Drills Dry Well in North Sea
Wintershall Norge comes up dry in the wildcat well 35/12-5S, located southwest of the Gjoa field in the North Sea.
8:00 PM EST | June 17, 2015