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The shares purchased by DNB on behalf of Statoil ASA (OSE: STL, NYSE:STO) on 15 August 2017 for use in the group's Share Saving Plan have on 18 August 2017 been distributed to the employees in accordance with their savings amount.

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Whiting Petroleum Corporation has agreed to sell its Fort Berthold Indian Reservation area assets, located in Dunn and McLean Counties, N.D., to RimRock Oil & Gas Williston, LLC. The cash purchase price is $500 million, subject to customary adjustments. Whiting will use the net proceeds from the sale to repay $500 million of its current $550-million bank debt. ...

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CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vital Energy Inc. (“Vital“) (TSX-V:VUX) is pleased to announce the following update on their S.W. Saskatchewan Core Project Areas: Gull Lake Project Area: The 02-29-13-19 W3M vertical test well that was targeting oil production from the Roseray, Cantuar and Upper Shaunavon formations was completed and placed on [Read More…]

Source: BOE Report

HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sanchez Energy Corporation (NYSE:SN) (the “Company”), today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Javelina asset in the Eagle Ford Shale for approximately $105 million in cash.   The transaction is subject to customary terms and conditions and is expected to close in the [Read More…]

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Malaysian state oil firm Petronas[PETR.UL] is looking to buy a stake in Indian Oil Corp's Ennore liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, the Indian firm's chairman said on Wednesday.

IOC aims to start operating the 5 million-tonnes-a-year terminal in the southern state of Tamil Nadu in 2018-19.

Companies including Petronas have shown an interest in taking a stake in ...

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DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pioneer Natural Resources Company (“Pioneer”) (NYSE:PXD) today announced its third quarter 2017 earnings news release is scheduled to be issued after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. A conference call is scheduled for Thursday, November 2, 2017, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time to discuss the [Read More…]

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HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mesa Royalty Trust (NYSE: MTR) announced the Trust income distribution for the month of August 2017. Unitholders of record on August 31, 2017 will receive distributions amounting to $0.104317951 per unit payable on October 31, 2017. The Trust received $66,559 and $49,638 from the New Mexico and Colorado portions of the San Juan Basin Properties. Royalty income [Read More…]

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Thursday as renewed attention was put on U.S. oil stockpile declines after an industry report suggested oil inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma hub were declining. Inventories at Cushing, the delivery hub for U.S. crude futures, declined more than a million barrels in the week to Aug. 15, [Read More…]

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LONDON, Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Noble Corporation plc (NYSE: NE) today announced that its report of drilling rig status and contract information has been updated as of August 17, 2017.  The report, titled “Fleet Status Report,” can be found on the Company’s Website www.noblecorp.com, under the “Investor Relations” section of the Website. About Noble Corporation [Read More…]

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DUBLIN, August 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The “Global Process Oil Market 2017-2021” report has been added to Research and Markets’ offering. The global process oil market to grow at a CAGR of 2.56% during the period 2017-2021. The report, Global Process Oil Market 2017-2021, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs [Read More…]

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RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Virginia Petroleum Council Executive Director Miles Morin released the following statement in response to Governor McAuliffe’s comments on the Interior Department’s oil and gas leasing program.  “It’s high time Virginians felt the benefits of harnessing our state’s vast energy resources. As the Governor has previously stated, safe and [Read More…]

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CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwired – Aug. 17, 2017) – US Oil Sands Inc. (“US Oil Sands” or the “Company“) (TSX VENTURE:USO), an innovator of oil extraction technologies, announces that it has filed its unaudited interim financial statements (“Interim Report“) for the three and six-month period ended June 30, 2017 (“Q2 2017“) along with the management discussion and [Read More…]

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CASPER, Wyo., Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Secretary of Defense James Mattis and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) have selected Mesa Natural Gas Solutions, a generator service company founded and led by veterans, as a 2017 recipient of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. Mesa, which specializes in natural gas or liquid propane [Read More…]

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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Peabody Energy Corporation (“Peabody”) (NYSE: BTU) announced today that certain of its existing stockholders affiliated with Discovery Capital Management, LLC (the “selling stockholders”) intend to offer 12,800,000 shares of Peabody’s common stock in an underwritten secondary offering, of which Peabody intends to repurchase from the underwriter a number of shares having [Read More…]

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U.S. shale oil will prevail over OPEC as the two rivals compete in an oversupplied world market, Citigroup Inc.’s head of research said.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies may have boosted oil prices by cutting production, but they’re losing revenue in the process and their position “is not sustainable over a long period,” Citigroup’s ...

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HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Kirby Corporation (“Kirby”) (NYSE: KEX) today announced that C. Andrew Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kirby, has informed Kirby that he is resigning from his position effective September 7, 2017 to accept another opportunity. David Grzebinski, Kirby’s President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Andy has been [Read More…]

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Mergers among offshore oil drillers are raising hopes that consolidation could bring relief to a sector struggling to emerge from an industry downturn triggered by low crude prices.

Transocean Ltd, one of the world's largest offshore drilling contractors, on Tuesday agreed to buy Norwegian rival Songa Offshore SE for $1.1 billion. The deal follows Ensco Plc's pending purchase of ...

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Russia’s team took first place in the Arc Cup 2017 International Welding Competition held in Shanghai, China. The team, which was composed of 16 welders, competed in five major categories: Shielded Metal Arc Welding, Gas Metal Arc Welding, Gas Tungsten Arc Welding, Oxygen Fuel Arc Welding, and Finished-Product Arc Welding.
Gazprom Dobycha Nadym’s Sergey Silantyev was declared the winner in ...

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Pipelines make a HUGE difference in the price drillers can get for their gas. When more pipelines get built to haul gas out of an over-saturated/producing area, like the Marcellus/Utica, the higher the price drillers can get for their gas. It’s simple Economics 101. Right now we have too much supply and not enough demand. […]

Source: Marcellus Drilling News