Tuesday, May 21, 2013 A federal judge has dismissed a criminal charge against a former BP executive that alleged he tried to obstruct a Congressional investigation into the Deepwater Horizon incident by lying about the amount of oil flowing from the well.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Five US states besides Texas and North Dakota make a significant contribution to the growth in US oil production.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Shell CEO says that the EU probe into oil price manipulation has made no adverse findings against the company.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Chesapeake announces it will make a cash donation of $1M to the American Red Cross to be used in the rescue and recovery efforts to aid the victims of the devastating tornadoes that hit Moore, Oklahoma.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Eighty-nine New York landowners who once agreed to let Norse Energy drill for natural gas on their property have filed a lawsuit against the struggling company.

Monday, May 20, 2013 A crude-by-rail terminal under development near Philadelphia could become an East Coast oil trading hub.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Galp Energia reports that Wingat-1 exploration well, offshore Namibia, has failed to find commercial oil.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Kosmos Energy fails to find commercial hydrocarbons at its Sipo-1 exploration well, onshore Cameroon.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Noble and partners sidetrack the Carla discovery in Block I offshore Equatorial Guinea.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Roxi Petroleum says Well 806 on its BNG contract area, onshore Kazakhstan, has yielded 130 barrels of oil per day over a two-day period from a second interval.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Jubilant Energy spuds fourth well in its drilling campaign to extend the Kharsang field, onshore India, and reports the successful testing for oil at the campaign's second well.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Kosmos Energy Ltd. announces results from the Sipo-1 exploration well onshore Cameroon.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Det norske oljeselskap reports its first production as an operator after the start up of its Jette field in the North Sea.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Eighteen months after receiving project sanction, Talisman Energy brings the HST, HSD project online.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Santos commences oil production on an Australian development ahead of schedule.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Oceaneering International secures a contract from Saipem to supply umbilicals for the Burullus West Delta Deep Marine Phase IXa development.

Friday, May 17, 2013 With a worldwide presence, Statoil has an ambitious goal to boost its production output by 2020 with a large amount of that coming from the United States.

Friday, May 17, 2013 Romania?s OMV Petrom plans to invest $116 million this year to redevelop Oprisenesti oil field.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Warren Resources, Inc. announces it is increasing its 2013 capital expenditure budget to $73 million.

Friday, May 17, 2013 Moller-Maersk posts a smaller-than-expected drop in first-quarter net profit, supported by increased freight rates and efficiency measures at its main shipping unit.

Thursday, May 16, 2013 Apache shareholders didn't approve the energy company's executive compensation plan for 2012 at its annual meeting, making their displeasure with the company's performance known.

Monday, May 13, 2013 Petrobras begins its enormous 2013 financing campaign with one of the largest bond issues this year.

Thursday, May 09, 2013 Apache's first-quarter earnings fell 10% on lower commodity prices as the oil-and-gas explorer and producer also unveiled a plan to divest itself of $4B in assets by year's end.

Thursday, May 09, 2013 QEP Resources Inc.'s newly formed master limited partnership has filed for an initial public offering worth up to $400 million.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Schlumberger announces its contribution of five scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' (AAPG) Outstanding Student Chapter Awards.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Europa says it is relinquishing licenses in Romanian and the Saharawi Arab Democratic Rebublic to focus on projects in Western Europe.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Kuwait Petroleum Corporation gets new Chief Executive and a reshuffle of oil executives takes place at KPC subsidiaries.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Egypt appoints Tarek El-Barkatawy as Chief Executive of Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation.

Monday, May 20, 2013 Bureau Veritas Certification announced its provisional accreditation as an official SEMS Audit Service Provider for the Center for Offshore Safety (COS).

Friday, May 17, 2013 Bolttech Mannings signs an agreement to acquire Alberta-based Red Flame Industries Inc.