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June 04, 2014

Total signs $1.1 billion deal to help develop ultra-deep Nigerian waters
Hamilton, Bermuda (UPI) Jun 3, 2013
Offshore drilling company Seadrill Ltd. said it signed a $1.1 billion deal with French energy company Total to help develop reserves in the deep waters off the Nigerian coast. "This contract provides an opportunity to deepen our relationship with a key customer and strategically increase our rig fleet in Nigeria," Per Wullf, Seadrill's chief executive officer, said in a statement Monday. The five-year contract for Seadrill, which is registered in Bermuda, calls for a drillship for the We ... read more

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Small British company sees big potential in shale oil and gas A small energy company, Union Jack Oil, said there may be as much as 5.4 billion barrels of oil and 2.7 trillion cubic feet of gas in British shale deposits. ... more		Exports of Kurdish oil helped Iraq, Turkish energy minister says Turkey is doing its neighbors in Iraq a favor by hosting the first shipment of oil from the semiautonomous Kurdish north, the Turkish energy minister said. ... more		IEA report says right policies needed as much as right investments It will require $48 trillion in investments through 2035 to meet the world's growing energy needs, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday from Paris. ... more
				Ukraine still owes Gazprom for more than 340 billion cubic feet of gas Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz has yet to pay for more than 340 billion cubic feet of Russian natural gas, a spokesman for Gazprom said Tuesday. ... more		Turkey buys stake in Azeri gas field to break Russia's grip on energy sector Turkey says its move to acquire a stake in the Shah Deniz natural gas field off the coast of Azerbaijan is part of a regional diversification strategy. ... more

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Marathon Oil unloads its Norwegian assets in $2.7 billion deal Marathon Oil Corp. said Monday it sold off its Norwegian subsidiary to its Norwegian counterpart, Det Norske, for $2.7 billion. ... more		Domestic energy production enough to meet more than 80 percent of U.S. demand Enough energy was produced in the United States last year to meet more than 80 percent of the nation's demands, the Energy Department said Monday. ... more		NASA ISRO radar satellite beams first Earth images from space Morocco High Atlas whistle language strives for survival China warns Papua New Guinea over Australian defence deal		Turkey brushes off criticism over Iraqi Kurdish oil Ankara on Monday brushed off criticism from Baghdad that it is being "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas via Turkey. ... more
				Ukraine averts gas crisis by settling some debt with Gazprom Payments for gas deliveries in February and March were made by the Ukrainian government, averting a disruption, the Russian Energy Ministry said Monday. ... more		Gazprom working in Iraq on oil developments Russian oil company Gazprom Neft said Monday it started preliminary oil production from the Badra oil field in Iraq, where it serves as the operator. ... more

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Exxon wins right to explore transboundary oil and gas areas in the Gulf of Mexico Exxon Mobil won the first three oil and gas leases for an area straddling the U.S.-Mexican border in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Interior Department said. ... more		Oil tensions with China highlight Vietnam's economic vulnerabilities Amid tensions over a Chinese oil rig in disputed waters, an economic policy center in Hanoi said Vietnam needs to take steps to reduce its ties to China. ... more		Collision of equal sized bodies may explain Mercurys unique composition Gravitino emerges as contender in dark matter search Molecular 'fossils' offer microscopic clues to the origins of life - but they take care to interpret		Algeria eager to replicate U.S. success with shale oil and gas The Algerian government views shale oil and natural gas as a way to add diversity to its energy sector, Algerian Energy Minister Youcef Yousfi said. ... more
Army must do more to protect pipeline: Iraq deputy PM Iraq's army must do more to protect a northern oil pipeline and should pay as much attention to it as it does to fighting militants, Iraq's top energy official told AFP Sunday. ... more		Turkey 'driven by greed' in Kurd oil row: Iraq deputy PM Ankara has been "driven by greed" in an escalating row over oil pumped from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and shipped overseas via Turkey, Baghdad's top energy official told AFP Sunday. ... more		More than a year after security scare, Austria's OMV to invest in Tunisian gas Austrian energy company OMV said Friday it was investing $680 million in the Nawara gas field development project in Tunisia. ... more		Deliveries could begin in 2019 from natural gas export facility in Texas U.S. gas company Cheniere Energy said Friday its Spanish counterpart, Iberdrola, agreed to buy liquefied natural gas from a planned export terminal in Texas. ... more

	Libya's oil company has new outlook The chairman of the Libyan National Oil Corp. said the government aims to hold an auction for new oil licenses once political hurdles are cleared. ... more		Norway removes Greenpeace ship from contested Arctic drill site Norwegian coastguards on Friday removed a Greenpeace ship from a controversial Arctic drilling site where it was trying to prevent oil explorations, the environmentalist group said. ... more

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