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March 24, 2017
Thailand has a message for embattled global LNG sellers: It’s going on a shopping spree.
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March 24, 2017
Cnooc Ltd.’s wider disclosure about its reserve base and a higher-than-expected dividend is turning more analysts positive on the company. Shares jumped the most in almost four months.
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March 23, 2017
As China’s biggest oil and gas producer prepares to report what may be its worst-ever earnings, investors are focused on billions of dollars that could be unlocked by a spinoff of its massive pipeline network.
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March 21, 2017
Chevron’s sale of its stakes in Chinese offshore oil fields operated by state-owned CNOOC has stalled.
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March 20, 2017
The Asian energy companies sitting on the largest hoard of cash outside China are ready to put it to use.
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March 16, 2017
China’s in talks with Saudi Arabia for its wealth fund and largest energy company to invest in the public offering of the Middle East nation’s state oil producer.
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March 15, 2017
CGG announced today that the final geoscience data for its Carabao multi-client study, acquired offshore the Philippines, are now ready for delivery. The study integrates over 8,500 km of new broadband prestack time-migrated 2D BroadSeis data and complementary marine gravity and magnetic data acquired with the seismic.
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March 13, 2017
Amec Foster Wheeler recently announced that it has been awarded a major contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd (BSP) for the rejuvenation of assets in Brunei.
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March 13, 2017
Jadestone Energy acquires Ogan Komering PSC
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March 09, 2017
More Asian LNG buyers are trying to avoid taking the U.S. supplies they signed up for just a few years ago in order to cut shipping costs.
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March 08, 2017
PetroVietnam Oil Corp., Vietnam’s sole crude exporter, said it’s in talks to sell as much as 40% to strategic investors and expects to narrow down to a list of about five potential bidders for the government this month.
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March 08, 2017
China’s imports surged in February from a year earlier with the nation posting a rare trade deficit as exports slipped. Analysts said seasonal factors mostly explain the swings.
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March 08, 2017
Energy services company Proserv has been awarded a multi-million-dollar contract with Premier Oil for work in Asia-Pacific.
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March 03, 2017
Gazprom deputy head Alexander Medvedev is taking solace in old sayings by the founding father of the People’s Republic of China as the natural gas giant pushes ahead with a plan to become its biggest supplier.
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March 01, 2017
Saudi Arabian Oil Co expanded its ownership of refineries and petrochemical plants in Indonesia and Malaysia with investments totaling $13 billion as it prepares for what may be the biggest ever initial public offering by bulking up its business in Asia, its largest market.
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February 22, 2017
UK-based start-up Rovco has taken its firsts steps into international waters and made significant progress towards growing its global footprint following the completion of two subsea survey contracts in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
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February 21, 2017
PARIS -- CGG announced that it has been awarded a contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum to operate a dedicated processing center (DPC) at its Seria office in Brunei Darussalam.
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February 19, 2017
China National Petroleum Corp. bought a stake in Abu Dhabi’s largest oil concession as the Middle Eastern emirate with 6% of global crude reserves looks increasingly to Asia, its biggest market, for investment to raise output capacity.
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February 17, 2017
SOCO, an international oil and gas E&P company, announces that the Hoang Long Joint Operating Company has received from the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam the formal approval of the updated Full Field Development Plan (FFDP) for the Te Giac Trang (TGT) field, offshore southern Vietnam.
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February 14, 2017
Noble Group Ltd. surged the most in over a year after it said it’s in discussions with a strategic investor, which people familiar with the talks identified as China’s Sinochem Group.
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February 14, 2017
Fugro has secured its continued utilization of high performance offshore IRM vessel, REM Etive, and has finalized a purchase agreement at conditions significantly more beneficial than a renewed charter agreement, with owner Solstad.
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