Oilbarrel News headlines January 08, 2009
News: January 08, 2009
Dublin based Providence Resources is a full cycle E & P oil and gas company with production, near production, development projects and some high impact/high reward assets which it is bringing along, in a diversified geographical
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News: January 08, 2009
The UK’s EnCore Oil has assembled a fairly large portfolio of assets, principally in and around the UK and Ireland. In addition, it holds a pair of blocks in France, plus a frontier play with the offshore Laguera block in the
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News: January 07, 2009
At a time of great economic uncertainty, investing large amounts of money in any project – whether it is an upstream oil field or a new office block – requires strong nerves.
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News: January 06, 2009
The year got off to a flying start for oil and gas services and equipment specialist Plexus when the company unveiled a new £800,000 contract for Brunei Shell Petroleum. The deal extends a previous two-year agreement with the
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News: January 06, 2009
The priorities of South America-focused Amerisur Resources are similar in many respects to many of its peers right now. Most importantly, these include generating some cash flow from oil and gas production from its projects in
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Feature: January 05, 2009
It is not only independent oil companies feeling the pinch as banks and other financiers tighten their belts in the face of some rather gloomy economic conditions. The sharp downturn in the global economy and the fall in world
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Market Overview: January 02, 2009
The volatility we’ve seen in the oil price looks set to continue in 2009. With more than 50 per cent wiped off the price of oil in one year, geopolitical issues and a worsening economy continued to impact the oil price in the
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News: December 31, 2008
Aussie explorer Oilex Ltd has been on the fund raising trail as it seeks to boost production from its Cambay field complex in India and other projects next year.
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News: December 30, 2008
AIM-quoted Rift Oil has worked steadily through the year building up its gas reserves in Papua New Guinea. Indeed, this resulted in the declaration of a near tripling of unrisked mid-case prospective resources in its interim
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News: December 29, 2008
There will be mixed feelings in the Afren camp this Christmas. Though the company is about to enter 2009 with record production, it has just lost its founder and chairman Dr Rilwanu Lukman to the world of Nigerian politics.
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News: December 24, 2008
For those waiting on drilling news, it was probably not quite what they wanted.
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Market Overview: December 24, 2008
The highs and lows of the oil price dominated market sentiment throughout 2008. OPEC ministers met more often and held more frequent consultations, as market conditions swept prices to record highs in the first six months and
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Market Overview: December 23, 2008
US-focused Sefton Resources seems to have signed off the year on the right note after it pleased investors with a recent trading update showing field developments moving ahead at pace.
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News: December 22, 2008
Northern Petroleum appears to be something of a rare thing these days, as one of few companies enjoying a share price surge late in the year. Shares are roughly half what they were in the summer, but on the up nonetheless since
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Market Overview: December 19, 2008
The oil price held steady earlier this week on news that OPEC would cut production. Then we saw a surprising decline. The Ministers decision appeared to disappoint the market with announced cuts of 2.2 million barrels a day, to
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