Tullow's TEN project nears completion offshore Ghana

The Tullow Oil PLC-operated Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) project offshore West Africa is now 96% complete and expected to begin oil production within 3-6 weeks. Source: News


Birchcliff to buy Encana's Gordondale assets for $625 million (Can.)

Birchcliff Energy Ltd. has agreed to acquire 100% of fellow Calgary firm Encana Corp.’s Gordondale assets in northwestern Alberta for $625 million (Can.) in cash. The deal is effective Jan. 1, and expected to close by July 28. Source: News


The tyranny of activism-Conclusion: Carbon tax context

To radical demands of climate-change protestors in dinosaur costumes, some oil and gas companies respond by supporting a carbon tax. That won’t make the issue or the activists go away. Activists want oil and gas companies to go away. Source: News


Offshore crane-transfer safety

A new milestone has been reached in the form of a guidance document aimed at supporting a global industry that performs millions of offshore personnel transfers every year. Source: News


BHI: US oil rig count records another double-digit increase

Again boosted by oil-directed units, the tally of active US drilling rigs gained 9 units to 440 during the week ended July 8, marking the fifth time in 6 weeks the overall count has risen, according to Baker Hughes Inc. data. Source: News