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weather suspends BP well kill operations (8/5/2010) Chinese seismic survey in Paracels prompts Vietnam protest (8/1/2010) Eastern Colombia air base prompts Venezuelan troops to border (7/26/2010) EU extends Iran sanctions to oil & gas sector (7/23/2010) Evacuations get underway ahead of approaching Bonnie (7/23/2010) Tropical Storm Bonnie shutting down BP oil spill operation (7/22/2010) Probable hurricane forming may threaten US Gulf (7/18/2010) Iran blacklisting foreign companies complying with sanctions (7/9/2010) Federal appeals panel rejects drilling moratorium stay request (update) (7/9/2010) EU Energy Commissioner calls for halt in North Sea drilling permits (7/6/2010) API opposing new taxes on US oil & gas industry (7/6/2010) China sentences IHS geologist to 8 years for spying (7/1/2010) IEA says rigs should go elsewhere if moratorium extended (6/30/2010) Hurricane Alex shuts in 26.3% of US Gulf oil production (6/28/2010) Shell taking no chances, evacuating Western US Gulf operations (6/27/2010) Venezuela nationalizes 11 Helmerich & Payne land rigs (6/27/2010) Tropical Storm Alex not targeting US Gulf oil sector (6/25/2010) Nicaragua protests Colombia licensing Caribbean concessions (6/24/2010) UN rejects UK claim to seabed around Ascension Island (6/22/2010) New Orleans District court grants injunction against moratorium (6/17/2010) Tighter EU Iran sanctions block oil & gas investment (6/13/2010) Israel warned not to usurp Lebanese gas resources (6/11/2010) IEA raises forecast for world oil demand (6/10/2010) Tamaulipas gaswell commandeered by armed gang (6/9/2010) OAS calls for UK & Argentine talks on Falklands sovereignty (6/9/2010) US Interior issues safety notice to OCS lessees (6/7/2010) US Interior's pre-drill requirements for OCS drilling (6/3/2010) Tropical Cyclone Phet bears down on Oman (5/31/2010) Ethiopia rebels say they have seized Hilala gasfield (5/31/2010) IEA sees upstream investments up 9-10% over last year (5/28/2010) Obama halts US deepwater drilling (5/27/2010) Yemeni tribesmen sabotage Safer Field oil pipeline (5/27/2010) Coming Atlantic hurricane season "active to extremely active" (5/21/2010) Cyclone Laila shuts down India's Bay of Bengal ops (update) (5/20/2010) Three Interior agencies created to replace MMS (5/19/2010) Cyclone Laila bearing down on India's Bay of Bengal (5/18/2010) Zhongyuan Oilfield Company workers kidnapped in Yemen (5/13/2010) IADC calls for permitting new shallow water US Gulf drilling (5/11/2010) MMS being divided into 2 separate Interior agencies (5/11/2010) Global oil demand not keeping up with economic growth (5/10/2010) MMS finds no safety issues in US Gulf rig inspections (5/9/2010) No OPEC meeting scheduled on falling oil prices (5/7/2010) Argentina angry over Rockhopper oil discovery off Falklands (5/5/2010) BP installed valve stops oil from 1 of 3 leaks in US Gulf well (update) (5/5/2010) BP making progress in effort to halt oil spill (update) (4/30/2010) No drilling in new areas until spreading Gulf spill is reviewed (4/29/2010) US Interior orders safety review of all rigs operating in US waters (4/27/2010) Norway & Russia settle Barents & Arctic maritime boundaries (4/22/2010) Helicopter flights again suspended in North Sea (4/22/2010) Iraq's northern export pipeline bombed (4/20/2010) Helicopter crew change flights resume in North Sea (update) (4/18/2010) GECF not ready to restrict gas supply to boost price (4/15/2010) Ash from Iceland volcano grounds all flights across Europe (4/13/2010) IEA raises 2010 world energy demand estimate to record high (4/9/2010) IMC geologist shot & killed in Ogaden region of Ethiopia (3/31/2010) Moratorium on drilling off Virginia to be lifted (3/26/2010) Total oil worker kidnapped in Niger Delta (3/24/2010) Militants said plotting oil sector sabotage arrested in Saudi Arabia (3/22/2010) Two kidnapped NPDC workers found dead in Niger Delta (3/21/2010) Colombian guerrillas kidnap 5 oil workers (3/19/2010) Shell Niger Delta facility damaged in bombing (3/18/2010) Russian premier reiterates Russia's claim to Arctic shelf (3/17/2010) No changes in official output by OPEC (3/14/2010) Expect no changes at OPEC's Wednesday meeting (3/12/2010) IEA bumps up estimate of world oil demand (3/8/2010) $167 billion to be spent on deepwater in 2010-14 (3/8/2010) Upstream merger & acquisition values up 40% in 2009 (3/7/2010) Cote d'Ivoire claiming part of Ghana's oil discoveries (3/3/2010) Shell Nigeria's Kokori flow station bombed (3/1/2010) Argentina warns BHP Billiton not to drill off Falklands (update) (2/23/2010) Argentina gets unanimous Latin America support on Falklands (update) (2/22/2010) Nigeria's acting president gives priority to petroleum industry reform (2/17/2010) Argentina prohibiting transit of its waters to Falklands (update) (2/11/2010) Argentina blocks pipe shipment believed bound for Falklands (2/10/2010) OPEC keeps upping its output - in January by 150,000 b/d (2/10/2010) Major Iraq oil pipeline bombed north of Baghdad (2/8/2010) UNDP offers to head project to rehabilitate Niger Delta rebels (2/7/2010) Niger Delta rebels claim pipeline attack but Shell denies it (2/2/2010) Argentina protests Falkland exploration activities (2/1/2010) Saboteurs shutdown 3 Shell Niger Delta pumping stations (2/1/2010) Continued tribal killings shutdown PNG LNG project (update) (1/31/2010) MEND ends unilateral truce, threatens new violence (1/28/2010) Davos deligates hear dependence on oil to stay (1/27/2010) Iran withdraws troops from Iraqi territory oilfield (1/19/2010) Japan to "take certain action" if China violates agreement (1/18/2010) ConocoPhillips & Hess step up with $1 million Haiti donations (1/17/2010) IEA sees 2010 global oil demand at highest since 2007 (1/17/2010) Ransom demanded for 4 kidnapped Shell workers in Nigeria (12/14/2009) Cyclone Laurence shutting down fields in NW Australia (12/14/2009) Walkout halts Copenhagen Climate Change Summit (12/9/2009) Gas producing nations in Qatar to confront gas glut (12/8/2009) US settles royalty dispute with Indian tribes (12/8/2009) IHS CERA reports upstream facilities costs bottoming out (12/6/2009) Algeria & Egypt forming E&P JV (12/3/2009) Transocean jackup seriously damaged off Malaysia (12/2/2009) Iran threatens halt to oil exports if sanctions continue (11/27/2009) US 2009 oil output increase largest since 1970 (11/24/2009) Kirkuk export pipeline to Turkey bombed (11/19/2009) Growth & recovery worldwide in 2010 says OECD (11/12/2009) IEA ups oil demand forecast for 2009-10 (11/11/2009) Tropical Cyclone Phyan bypasses Mumbai High (11/10/2009) US Gulf operators restoring crews & output post-Ida (update) (11/10/2009) IEA lowers long-term forecast of global demand (11/9/2009) Tropical Storm Ida triggers US Gulf evacuations & shut-ins (update) (11/9/2009) Flooding halts more than 30,000 b/d Mexican production (11/9/2009) US Gulf operators shut-in output ahead of storm (11/8/2009) Thailand terminates maritime agreements with Cambodia (11/6/2009) Greenland Oil Industry Association formed (11/5/2009) IEA forecasting global gas supply glut (11/3/2009) Study finds African and Latin American gas being monetized (10/29/2009) Kirkuk pipeline bombed by Iraqi insurgents (10/25/2009) MEND declares indefinite ceasefire in Niger Delta (10/19/2009) 10% of petroleum JVs to Niger Delta residents (10/14/2009) Study shows offshore project costs skyrocketing (10/13/2009) OPEC ups forecast of world oil demand (10/12/2009) UK North Sea exploration up 75% last quarter (10/9/2009) IEA raises prediction of 2009-10 oil demand (10/6/2009) No secret talks to replace US dollar in oil trade (10/5/2009) Court declines to hear appeal of Anadarko royalties case (10/5/2009) Iraq pushing back hydrocarbons law until after election (10/4/2009) Top Nigerian militant leaders disarm under amnesty (9/28/2009) EIA reports US independents income down 68% (9/25/2009) Southern California wildfire threatening oilfields (9/24/2009) Transparency bill to force revelation of foreign payments (9/23/2009) Huizhou field damages but no casualties from Typhoon Koppu (9/17/2009) Gale Norton under investigation for graft & corruption (9/17/2009) US terminating royalty-in-kind program on federal lands (9/17/2009) ONLF warns foreign oil companies to stay out of Ogaden (9/13/2009) 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Venezuela oil region (9/11/2009) Myanmar regime secrets $4.83 billion in Singapore banks (9/10/2009) IEA increases global demand on improved data (9/8/2009) World oil demand to grow next year - IHS-CERA (9/7/2009) Planet's oil production to peak in ten years (9/6/2009) Total evacuates staff & families from Port Gentil to Libreville (9/4/2009) Libya requiring in-country foreign operators to have Libyan head Next Page OGI Homepage I Contact Us