Somalia targets Shell, Eni for oil, gas output-sharing contracts
Somalia plans to sign 30 oil and gas production-sharing contracts this year, starting with companies that operated in the country before its government was toppled more than two decades ago, an official said. More »
US shale revolution hinges on exports, execs say
The United States is uniquely positioned to harvest newly accessible natural gas reserves and sell the fossil fuel overseas — but that hinges on the Energy Department’s support for exports, executives said Wednesday. More »
CERA: Recreating U.S. shale gale overseas faces challenges
Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni said the natural gas boom in the United States is unlikely to happen in other parts of the world. More »
Eni ups estimate of giant Mozambique gas find
Eni announces that the discovery of gas made in the exploratory prospectus of Mamba South 1, Area 4 offshore Mozambique, is about 50% larger than what announced by the company on October 20th. More »
Eni says ‘giant’ gas find off Mozambique is company’s largest
Eni SpA, Italy’s biggest oil company, found natural gas off Mozambique in a field that may hold enough to supply the U.K. for more than four years and would be the explorer’s largest operated discovery. More »
British firm buys control of Libyan oil field company
British company Heritage Oil PLC said today that it has acquired a controlling interest in a Libyan company licensed to provide oil field services including offshore and land-based drilling. More »
Nigeria: Pipeline attacked in oil-rich delta
Italian oil firm Eni SpA says a pipeline carrying some of its crude out of Nigeria’s oil-rich southern delta has been attacked. More »
Transocean rig off Africa taking on water *updated*
Transocean spokesman Guy Cantwell said that the rig called Marianas began to take on water near Ghana today as it was preparing to move. The rig, currently under contract to Italian oil company Eni, was not drilling at the time.
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Eni gets 9th deep-water permit on 8th well — that’s 8½, right?
Can you say Nove? Eni’s permit to drill a sidetrack off an existing well is the ninth deep-water permit issued, but it’s for the eighth well. More »
Norway drillers suffer worst dry spell in decades
Statoil and Eni are among companies with plans to drill a record number of wells in Norway’s far north this year to help the world’s second-largest gas exporter to sustain output. So far, they’ve struck out. More »
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