Tag: oil and gas fields

• Tuesday, December 19th 2017 - 11:38 UTC

  Venezuela awards Russia's Rosneft two major offshore gas fields

  

  Venezuela has awarded licenses to a unit of Russian oil major Rosneft to develop two offshore gas fields, Rosneft said in a statement.Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signed the deal during a visit to Venezuela by Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, it said.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 16:39 UTC

  Argentina plans to explore for oil and gas next to the Falklands

  

  As part of its “Malvinas noose tightening” policy the Argentine government is planning an international tender to offer licenses to explore for oil near the Falkland Islands, reports Buenos Aires main daily Clarin in its Monday edition, citing a letter to Congress by Cabinet chief Juan Manuel Abal Median.

• Saturday, December 31st 2011 - 03:26 UTC

  UK awards 46 offshore hydrocarbons exploratory licences in controversial areas

  

  UK government has awarded 46 new offshore exploratory drilling licences to firms, including Shell and Centrica, looking for oil and gas. The awards were initially held back due to environmental concerns.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Most Libyan oilfields no longer under control of Gadaffi

  

  Most of Libya's oilfields are no longer under control of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the European Union's energy commissioner said on Monday.