Energy & Oil

• Friday, October 26th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Falklands to build a new deep-water port to cater for the oil and gas industry

  

  The Falkland Islands will have a new deep-water port facility capable of meeting the demands of all incumbent industries it was announced following this week's meeting of Executive Council (ExCo).

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 18:18 UTC

  Falklands Oil & Gas complete farm-out deal with US Noble Energy; drilling delay

  

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd., (FOGL), announced completion of the farm-out agreement with Noble Energy Falklands Limited, an affiliate of Houston based Noble Energy, Inc. and the signing of agreements with Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) for the acquisition and processing of two new 3D seismic surveys.

• Thursday, October 25th 2012 - 00:04 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers press Falklands’ issue on UK peers at Parliamentary Union

  

  Argentine lawmakers met with their UK peers and called for an end to unilateral hydrocarbons explorations in Falkland Islands waters and for an end to military exercises in the South Atlantic.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 01:37 UTC

  US oil company team visit Falklands to assess industry’s infrastructure support

  

  US based Noble Energy and farm-in partners with Falkland Islands Oil and Gas (FOGL) visited the Falklands to meet with their partners and the Falklands government and to assess in-situ the oil related infrastructure.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 01:01 UTC

  China’ Sinochem further expands into Brazil’s offshore oil frontier

  

  Brazil's National Petroleum Agency, ANP, approved Chinese oil company Sinochem's purchase of a 10% stake in five offshore blocks as the state-run company continues its expansion into Latin America's hottest oil frontier.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 23:13 UTC

  Hilary Clinton announces “energy diplomacy”, an issue of “wealth and power”

  

  Energy is key to economic development and political stability, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday, citing example of developing countries like India and China where energy needs are growing rapidly along with their economies.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 15:56 UTC

  Brazil plans to double natural gas output by 2020; 21 new rigs in 2018

  

  Brazil natural gas output could nearly double by 2020, reaching up to 120 million cubic-meters a day, as Latin America's largest economy increases the number of offshore platforms to take advantage of huge deep-sea oil reserves, the general director of the National Petroleum Authority, ANP, said this week.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:11 UTC

  YPF sells medium term debt in Pesos equivalent to 423 million dollars

  

  Argentina's state-controlled energy company YPF sold medium-term local currency debt equivalent to a total of 423.2 million dollars on Wednesday, a stock market filing showed.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 05:13 UTC

  Paraguay begins drilling for oil in the Chaco next December

  

  Paraguay will begin exploring for hydrocarbons in the Chaco region, heartland of South America next 8 December, said oil consultant Mario Garnero after meeting on Tuesday with President Federico Franco.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 17:10 UTC

  Falklands’ government approves Rockhopper farm-out agreement with Premier Oil

  

  Rockhopper Exploration which struck oil at its North Falkland basin Sea Lion exploratory well in May 2010 has received formal agreement from the Falkland Islands Government to the farm-out agreement reached with Premier Oil.