Tag: BP

BP plans Central North Sea gas project

BP has announced the successful start-up of the Devenick gas project in the central North Sea, a subsea tie-back to Marathon Oil’s East Brae platform, which provides an important new source of domestic gas for the UK.

BP selling Jonah gas operations in Wyoming

newsitem BP has agreed to sell its interests in the Jonah and Pinedale upstream operations in Wyoming to LINN Energy, LLC.

BP gains Angola acreage for deepwater exploration

newsitemBP has gained access to an additional five production and deepwater exploration blocks offshore Angola, giving the company a leading position in the country with interests in 32,650 square kilometers over nine blocks.

TNK-BP invests USD 10 billion

newsitemTNK-BP, the Russian joint venture of BP, is set to invest USD 10 billion in its Arctic oil fields, enabling export of its huge reserves in the region to Chinese markets by 2016.

Reliance and BP join forces

According to MarketWatch, U.K.-based BP PLC is spending USD $7.2 billion to buy a 30% stake in oil and gas blocks controlled by Reliance Industries in India.

BP Venezuelan interests

BP is selling its upstream businesses and associated interests in Venezuela and Vietnam to TNK-BP for USD 1.8 billion in a cash only deal.

World’s deepest oil and gas well

Transocean Ltd has announced that its ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig Deepwater Horizon has drilled the deepest oil and gas well ever while working for BP and its co-owners on the Tiber well in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Caspian Acreage exploration

BP and SOCAR (the State Oil Co. of the Republic of Azerbaijan) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly explore and develop the Shafag and Asiman structures in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea.

BP wins Iraq oilfield contract

Due to a rival bidder dropping out of a televised auction in a disagreement with the country's oil ministry over fees a BP-led consortium has won the rights to develop Iraq's biggest-producing oilfield.

Angola: 18 field subsea contract

BP has announced that it has awarded FMC Technologies a USD 140 contract for the manufacture and supply of subsea equipment for the BP and Sonangol Sinopec International block 18 field development offshore Angola.