Oil and Gas Exploration and Drilling

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Baker Hughes, BJ Services to reconvene meetings

AP News yesterday

Baker Hughes, BJ Services to reconvene meetings at end of month about sale Shareholders of oil services company Baker Hughes Inc. and BJ Services Co. voted Friday to adjourn their meetings until the end of the month, as both sides continue to ...

Arrow shares halted; Shell/PetroChina to sweeten bid?

Reuters US Online Report Business News yesterday

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy Ltd <AOE.AX> asked for trading in its shares to be suspended on Friday, stoking speculation that Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> and PetroChina <0857.HK> would sweeten their joint $3 billion offer for the coal-seam gas producer. Arrow's ...

Pemex says new Mexico fields hold 2bln barrels of oil

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Mexico's state-owned Pemex oil company said that the new oil fields it discovered two years ago in the Gulf of Mexico could yield more than two billion barrels of oil. Pemex director Juan Jose Suarez said the Ayatzil-Tekel reserves consisted of heavy ...

More regulation needed for Canada oil sands: report

Reuters Environmental Online Report 2 days ago

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Steam-driven projects to extract crude from Canada's oil sands, often held up as more environmentally friendly than mining, have major drawbacks of their own that require more stringent regulation to fix, an environmental think tank said on Wednesday. ...

Arrow to reject Shell, PetroChina $3 billion bid: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News 5 days ago

PERTH (Reuters) - Australia's Arrow Energy is set to reject as too low a $3 billion joint takeover offer from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina, a newspaper reported, a move that could prompt the bidders to return with a higher, hostile bid. ...

China oil firm takes $3.1B stake in SAmerican firm

AP News 5 days ago

Major Chinese oil firm CNOOC paying $3.1 billion to form joint-venture in South America Leading offshore producer China National Offshore Oil Corp. said Sunday it has agreed to pay $3.1 billion to form a joint-venture with a major Argentine energy firm, helping ...

BP to pay $7 billion for Devon exploration rights

AP News 8 days ago

BP to buy exploration rights in Gulf of Mexico and Brazil from Devon Energy for $7 billion BP is expanding its dominant oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico and dropping anchor off Brazil with a $7 billion deal to ...

BP to pay $7 bln for Devon Energy assets

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

British oil giant BP said Thursday it would pay US firm Devon Energy 7.0 billion dollars (5.1 billion euros) for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico. "BP today announced a transaction that will deliver a material exploration position in ...

AFP European Edition 9 days ago

BP to pay 7 bln dlrs for Devon Energy assets

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

British oil giant BP said Thursday it will pay US firm Devon Energy 7.0 billion dollars (5.1 billion euros) for assets in Brazil, Azerbaijan and the Gulf of Mexico. "BP today announced a transaction that will deliver a material exploration position in ...

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