Energy & Oil

• Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 00:37 UTC

  Obama announces end of war in Iraq and will pull out troops by end of the year

  

  President Barack Obama vowed to pull all US troops from Iraq this year, symbolically ending the war but dashing US hopes of leaving a few thousand troops to buttress a still shaky Iraq and offset neighbouring Iran's influence.

• Friday, October 21st 2011 - 07:51 UTC

  Uruguay satisfied with oil corporations’ interest in exploring in its maritime shelf

  

  At least ten first line oil and gas corporations expressed interest in the road show set up by Uruguay in Houston to promote hydrocarbons exploration on its continental shelf, according to one of the Directors of the country’s fuels company Ancap.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:48 UTC

  Repsol invites US to check its oil rig standards before drilling in Cuban waters

  

  Repsol YPF SA, which is scheduled to begin exploratory drilling in Cuban waters, has offered US agencies an opportunity to inspect the vessel and its equipment before it arrives at the well site, US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich said.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 15:34 UTC

  Loss of power on “Ocean Guardian” drilling rig causes partial evacuation

  

  Rockhopper Exploration plc has confirmed that a loss of power occurred on the Ocean Guardian drill rig on the 16th October 2011 leading to a partial evacuation of all non-essential personnel.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 13:50 UTC

  New environmental forum brings Falklands’ oil industry and environmentalists together

  

  Representatives of local conservation organisations, the oil industry, and the Falkland Islands Government recently attended the first meeting of the Falkland Islands Offshore Hydrocarbons Environmental Forum held on the 27th September in Stanley.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 21:46 UTC

  Spanish corporation will construct 70ml bio-ethanol plant in Uruguay

  

  Spain’s Abengoa has announced that it will construct a bio-ethanol plant in the department of Paysandu, Uruguay, for Alcoholes de Uruguay, or ALUR. The contract, which includes the construction of an adjoining power cogeneration plant, is worth 120 million dollars.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 18:09 UTC

  International Oil and Gas expo in Buenos Aires with 300 exhibitors

  

  Argentina's 8th International Oil & Gas Expo, sponsored by the Argentine Institute of Petroleum and Gas is taking place this week in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, October 17th 2011 - 14:57 UTC

  Rockhopper is ready to begin drilling another two wells in Falklands’ waters

  

  Falkland Islands explorer Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) has secured the Ocean Guardian drilling rig for another well in the burgeoning oil province.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 08:03 UTC

  Argos raises prospective resource by 182% to 2.1 billion barrels of oil

  

  Argos Resources Limited (AIM: ARG.L), the Falkland Islands based exploration company focused on the North Falkland Basin, is pleased to issue a new Competent Persons Report (“CPR”) prepared by Senergy (GB) Ltd (“Senergy”).

• Thursday, October 13th 2011 - 07:50 UTC

  Colombian president praises US congress for ratifying free trade agreement

  

  President Juan Manuel Santos praised US Congress ratification of a long-stalled free trade agreement with the United States and said it was a historic day for Colombian business and workers.