Published - Tuesday, 17 May, 2011
Petronor, a Dubai-based oil services company, said Monday it has signed a contract with Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA) to provide offices and accommodation in its Energy City in the southern Iraq oil-hub of Basra.
Published - Monday, 04 April, 2011
Ministers in Kuwait are today expected to unveil a plan to overhaul the nation's oil industry in a bid to bring its economic fortunes more into line with those of its neighbours.
Published - Wednesday, 16 March, 2011
BG Group announced it will invest up to $30 billion in Brazil over the next decade, confirming the South American country as one of the most important locations worldwide for the London-based energy group, Chairman Sir Robert Wilson said Monday.
Published - Monday, 14 March, 2011
Fourteen employees of the Exploration and Engineering Departments of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), on Friday completed the first jubilee up-skill programme in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 07 January, 2011
Rio de Janeiro. Schlumberger inaugurated a new research and geoengineering center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazil Research and Geoengineering Center is designed to promote the integration of geosciences and engineering to improve hydrocarbon production and recovery from the complex deepwater reservoirs and pre-salt carbonates offshore Brazil.
Published - Monday, 22 November, 2010
Ms. Nihad Moosa who has been at the helm of the Iraq Ministry of Oil’s Training and Development Directorate for a number of years has handed over the position of Director General to Mr Iqdam M. R. Hashim who was formerly her deputy.
Published - Thursday, 14 October, 2010
A leading training partner has called for strong leadership in Ghana's fledgling oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
GCC members need to invest more in oil and gas training, according to the EIB.
Published - Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
President Obama has announced the immediate lifting of the ban on offshore drilling.
Published - Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
EagleBurgmann has broken ground at a landmark training centre in Jersey Village, Texas.
Published - Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
Petrofac shares were soaring yesterday after news of a major contract win in the UAE.
Published - Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
The NBSSI will work to promote training and employment for local workers in Ghana's energy industry.
Published - Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
First response teams in West Virginia are being offered oil spill and accident training.
Published - Wednesday, 13 October, 2010
Staff engagement and retention will be top priorities for HR executives in the energy industry.
Published - Monday, 11 October, 2010
Although there is tangible excitement about the production of oil in Ghana, the country must tread carefully, it has been claimed.
Published - Friday, 08 October, 2010
Petrofac has announced the completion of a state of the art training centre in Syria.
Published - Friday, 08 October, 2010
Polaris Labs has announced a second oil analysis training session for its Canadian and US clients.
Published - Thursday, 07 October, 2010
Honeywell has announced an expansion campaign in Iraq that will bring training to local workers.
Published - Wednesday, 06 October, 2010
Nigeria has vowed to support Uganda in its programme to establish a new oil training institute.
Published - Wednesday, 06 October, 2010
Eight Fabricom apprentices have finished their first year at CATCH in Lincolnshire.
Published - Tuesday, 05 October, 2010
Oil and gas transport workers need additional training to avoid potentially fatal accidents, according to Occidental Oman.
Published - Tuesday, 05 October, 2010
ITI is set to open a new crane and rigging training centre in Memphis, Tennessee.
Published - Tuesday, 05 October, 2010
Regional agencies are set to hold a joint oil spill training exercise in Bordeaux Harbour today.
Published - Monday, 04 October, 2010
The US navy is shifting focus in Iraq, aiming to undertake a more supporting role.
Published - Monday, 04 October, 2010
Shell Oil is continuing to support San Jacinto College in Pasadena, Texas.
Published - Friday, 01 October, 2010
Chevron has signed a new agreement with Angola's BIEF to provide training in 16 provinces.
Published - Thursday, 30 September, 2010
Vietnam has stressed the need for a broad collaborative framework with oil-rich Kuwait.
Published - Thursday, 30 September, 2010
The North Sea energy industry has invested in 30,000 MIST licences, according to Atlas Interactive.
Published - Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
BV Investment Group has announced that PetroSkills has been recapitalised.
Published - Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
Takoradi Polytechnic is set to make a new aircraft maintenance course available.
Published - Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
The chief of police in Dubai has called for greater environmental training across the GCC.
Published - Wednesday, 29 September, 2010
The NAE has placed the conclusions of BP's internal investigation of the Deepwater Horizon under close scrutiny.
Published - Tuesday, 28 September, 2010
Kuwait's oil minister has expressed an interest in buying a strategic stake in IOC.
Published - Tuesday, 28 September, 2010
Socar is focusing on improving training standards and environmental safety at the Kulevi oil terminal.
Published - Tuesday, 28 September, 2010
Ahead of next year's general election in Nigeria, officials should focus on making positive strides in the Niger Delta region.
Published - Friday, 24 September, 2010
Ghana's judiciary is ready to handle all legal disputes that may arise from oil and gas production, the country's chief justice assures.
Published - Friday, 24 September, 2010
The NIEHS has allotted $36 million to improving workplace safety through industrial training.
Published - Friday, 24 September, 2010
Three leading US oil and gas training experts have formed the Reese-Colston Energy Training partnership.
Published - Thursday, 23 September, 2010
Hollywood actor and spill response executive Kevin Costner has put a new oil cleanup proposal to Congress.
Published - Thursday, 23 September, 2010
The rector of the PSDI has called for greater investment in local oil and gas training in Ghana.
Published - Thursday, 23 September, 2010
ConocoPhillips' CEO James Mulva has donated $15 million to the ROTC at the University of Texas at Austin.
Published - Wednesday, 22 September, 2010
Liberia will avoid the so-called 'oil curse' by investing in training and development, the country's leader has assured.
Published - Wednesday, 22 September, 2010
Exprodat has announced that its GIS training division has achieved a significant milestone.
Published - Tuesday, 21 September, 2010
ConocoPhillips has completed an emergency security training exercise at its base in New Mexico.
Published - Tuesday, 21 September, 2010
Despite concerns about the future of Alaska's oil and gas industry, hiring and training programmes are still a high priority.
Published - Monday, 20 September, 2010
Opito is set to undertake a major new study assessing global training and safety standards.
Published - Monday, 20 September, 2010
Ghana must seek to develop its human resources potential if its oil and gas industry is to be successful.
Published - Monday, 20 September, 2010
Ghana's energy ministry has assured that the country's ambitious local content ambitions are attainable.
Published - Friday, 17 September, 2010
Ghana's Takoradi Polytechnic has announced a comprehensive oil and gas training programme which will commence next year.
Published - Thursday, 16 September, 2010
The programme to provide ex-rebels in Nigeria with oil and gas training is progressing well.
Published - Thursday, 16 September, 2010
BP has responded to a UK government report criticising its safety record in the North Sea.
Published - Thursday, 16 September, 2010
MOP and HELP have signed a landmark agreement to cross-promote each other's products in the spill response market.
Published - Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
BP's safety record has come under scrutiny again after a report claiming operational failures in the North Sea.
Published - Tuesday, 14 September, 2010
Nigeria's petroleum minister will need to balance domestic and international energy concerns from next month onwards.
Published - Tuesday, 14 September, 2010
Saudi Aramco is moving in new directions to ensure it remains the largest producer in the world.
Published - Tuesday, 14 September, 2010
Tullow has announced that there is a substantial skills shortfall in Uganda which is damaging the country's energy industry.
Published - Tuesday, 14 September, 2010
The NIH has announced the launch of a landmark study to assess the impact of the Gulf spill on workers' health.
Published - Monday, 13 September, 2010
Tullow has awarded four Ugandan students with scholarships to study overseas.
Published - Monday, 13 September, 2010
GE has signed a landmark training agreement to provide new technology centres in Alberta.
Published - Friday, 10 September, 2010
BP has published the results of its investigation into the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Published - Thursday, 09 September, 2010
The former rector of the RMU has called for an expansion of maritime security training in Western Africa.
Published - Thursday, 09 September, 2010
A new report has claimed that the US' offshore oil and gas regulator not trained inspectors sufficiently.
Published - Thursday, 09 September, 2010
Scottish offshore lifting specialist Sparrows has been awarded another multimillion-pound contract by BP.
Published - Wednesday, 08 September, 2010
The JITF has claimed that training spill response workers in the use of dispersants is essential.
Published - Tuesday, 07 September, 2010
Nigeria's president has inaugurated the NCDB to enforce local content legislation signed earlier this year.
Published - Tuesday, 07 September, 2010
Draeger is providing Talisman employees with induction training at its base in Aberdeen as part of the Turnaround programme.
Published - Tuesday, 07 September, 2010
Amerisafe has announced a new series of training courses addressing hydrogen sulphide safety.
Published - Monday, 06 September, 2010
Nigeria's government has announced that it will award $10 billion to the country's indigenous oil companies.
Published - Monday, 06 September, 2010
The IADC has warned that the US trade embargo with Cuba may impede effective spill response in the Florida Straits.
Published - Friday, 03 September, 2010
Ghana's EPA is training additional staff in preparation for the country's imminent production of oil and gas.
Published - Friday, 03 September, 2010
The OSHA has expressed concern that spill recovery workers in the GOM are not being trained sufficiently.
Published - Friday, 03 September, 2010
The US Coast Guard has praised the presence of mind of the 13 workers aboard a rig that exploded in the GOM yesterday.
Published - Thursday, 02 September, 2010
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin has paid a visit to Siberia's new oil and gas training academy.
Published - Thursday, 02 September, 2010
Chief Oil and Gas has announced that it will voluntarily submit samples of the additives used in gas fracturing in the Marcellus Shale.
Published - Wednesday, 01 September, 2010
Florida's NSU has received a new training grant that will expand an existing partnership with Shell.
Published - Wednesday, 01 September, 2010
The Obama administration has this week enforced rules that will block regulators from having ties to the energy industry.
Published - Tuesday, 31 August, 2010
The NCDMB has outlined the progress made since the incorporation of Nigeria's local content act.
Published - Tuesday, 31 August, 2010
The HSE has re-stressed the importance of oil and gas training for the UK offshore energy sector.
Published - Tuesday, 31 August, 2010
Authorities in the Niger Delta have urged a group of 50 rebels to embark on oil and gas training.
Published - Tuesday, 31 August, 2010
The family of a rig-worker who died in an offshore accident in Denmark have welcomed a new police inquiry.
Published - Friday, 27 August, 2010
The WPI has announced plans to offer new oil and gas training courses to support Ghana's oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 27 August, 2010
The PEF has called on the Ghanaian government to enact strict local content legislation for the oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 27 August, 2010
Mexico's president is struggling to push through extensive reforms to raise oil and gas production and create jobs.
Published - Thursday, 26 August, 2010
A cadre of young welders from Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta region have attained training instructor certification.
Published - Thursday, 26 August, 2010
A team of biologists at Auburn University has been awarded a research grant to investigate the long-term effects of the BP spill.
Published - Thursday, 26 August, 2010
The head of Ghana's TUC has called on the government to ensure that local employees are trained to work in oil and gas.
Published - Wednesday, 25 August, 2010
Petrofac has announced that its training services division has been awarded NEBOSH certification.
Published - Wednesday, 25 August, 2010
WOMCAS has completed training for 120 students looking to work in the Ghanaian oil and gas industry.
Published - Tuesday, 24 August, 2010
Nigeria's PTDF is phasing out its OSS programme in favour of domestic training.
Published - Tuesday, 24 August, 2010
Eight Baltic states are today cooperating in an oil spill prevention training exercise being held in Lithuania.
Published - Tuesday, 24 August, 2010
Training additional oil police in Iraq will help to increase the country's defence of vital oil infrastructure.
Published - Monday, 23 August, 2010
Nigeria's minister for commerce and industry has called on the ITF to lead the way in the provision of oil and gas training.
Published - Monday, 23 August, 2010
Petrofac's training and engineering has contributed to a 34 per cent rise in revenue during the second quarter.
Published - Monday, 23 August, 2010
The OSHA has announced that it is investigating claims that oil training companies are neglecting to provide Gulf cleanup workers with training certificates.
Published - Friday, 20 August, 2010
Fishing fleets in San Francisco have called for more training to deal with oil spills.
Published - Friday, 20 August, 2010
Shifts in regulatory conditions are likely, it has been claimed.
Published - Friday, 20 August, 2010
TTE has unveiled a new calendar of accredited technical training services for companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Published - Thursday, 19 August, 2010
A specialist team is set to offer training for possible drilling site problems.
Published - Thursday, 19 August, 2010
A focus on training for work with the offshore oil industry is taking place within Nigeria's Merchant Navy.
Published - Wednesday, 18 August, 2010
A new safety standard has been unveiled by oil and gas industry training body OPITO.
Published - Tuesday, 17 August, 2010
Oil and gas companies working in Aberdeen may be able to address skills shortages by training older workers, it has been claimed.
Published - Monday, 16 August, 2010
Calls have been made for Iran to provide more training to Ghanaian nationals as the country looks to build up a workforce for the oil industry.
Published - Friday, 13 August, 2010
The third batch of ex-militants from the Niger Delta region are set to begin their oil industry training next week, a report says.
Published - Thursday, 12 August, 2010
Increased levels of training for personnel in safety-critical roles within Australia's oil industry could be introduced.
Published - Thursday, 12 August, 2010
The Indian coast guard has teamed up with the AMET University to offer increased training for dealing with oil pollution.
Published - Wednesday, 11 August, 2010
A settlement between Plains All American Pipeline and the US authorities will see the firm implement a training programme.
Published - Tuesday, 10 August, 2010
Proposals to change regulations surrounding the capabilities of blowout preventers do not address training issues, an expert has claimed.
Published - Tuesday, 10 August, 2010
Experts have stated the introduction of reforms to the Nigerian oil industry could help to boost the country's economy.
Published - Tuesday, 10 August, 2010
Possible problems in the Ghanaian oil industry could be overcome by the introduction of new training, a report claims the country's vice-president has said.
Published - Tuesday, 10 August, 2010
There remains a need to boost offshore oil industry training, it has been claimed.
Published - Friday, 06 August, 2010
Iraq's navy is continuing to grow in size and expertise, the USF's deputy commanding general for training has claimed.
Published - Thursday, 05 August, 2010
Clean Harbors has more than tripled operating income in the second quarter, boosted by GOM operations.
Published - Thursday, 05 August, 2010
Scotland's TUV NEL has launched a new water management training programme to support Canada's energy industry.
Published - Thursday, 05 August, 2010
Naicom and CIIN are teaming up to hold a training session to prepare Nigerian insurers to work within the remit of the Local Content Act.
Published - Thursday, 05 August, 2010
An additional 106 ex-militants from Nigeria's Ondo State have commenced training as part of an amnesty agreement.
Published - Thursday, 05 August, 2010
The World Bank has approved a new $30 million grant to provide training in Ghana as the country prepares to achieve first oil.
Published - Thursday, 05 August, 2010
Human Synergistics has announced that it will donate a portion of its Survival Simulation sales to the NWF's spill restoration fund.
Published - Wednesday, 04 August, 2010
Training partnerships in the oil and gas industry are helping to ensure safety and preparedness in operations in the Black Sea.
Published - Wednesday, 04 August, 2010
The IPS is set to conduct an 18-month research project to develop oil and gas training initiatives in Ghana.
Published - Wednesday, 04 August, 2010
IT training will become an essential prerequisite for employees looking for work in the Nigerian energy sector, it has been claimed.
Published - Tuesday, 03 August, 2010
The Tanzanian government has insisted it will retain up to 65 per cent of domestic oil revenues.
Published - Wednesday, 28 July, 2010
Gippsland TAFE has announced plans to build a new gas training centre in Victoria, Australia.
Published - Wednesday, 28 July, 2010
Oil Search has announced that its LNG project in Papua New Guinea is moving ahead quickly.
Published - Wednesday, 28 July, 2010
An insurance expert has published a detailed report calling for a greater investment in oil and gas training in Nigeria.
Published - Tuesday, 27 July, 2010
Tony Hayward has announced his resignation as chief executive of BP, stepping aside for Robert Dudley.
Published - Tuesday, 27 July, 2010
The Resolve Maritime Academy in Florida has launched a new Hazwoper training programme.
Published - Tuesday, 27 July, 2010
GE has signed a long-term technology transfer and training deal with Kazakhstan's ZKMK.
Published - Monday, 26 July, 2010
BP is reportedly positioning Robert Dudley to replace current CEO Tony Hayward.
Published - Monday, 26 July, 2010
Azerbaijan must commit continual funding to education projects to avoid the 'natural resource curse', it has been claimed.
Published - Friday, 23 July, 2010
Emergency response workers in China are struggling to contain the oil spill off the country's northeastern coast, reports indicate.
Published - Friday, 23 July, 2010
New Orleans is prepared to respond swiftly and effectively to the severe weather front heading for the GOM.
Published - Friday, 23 July, 2010
A Norwegian training centre has become the first in the world to achieve DNV accreditation for an ice navigation course.
Published - Thursday, 22 July, 2010
The US should review deepwater operations in the GOM on a case-by-case basis, an expert in disaster response has claimed.
Published - Wednesday, 21 July, 2010
The governor of Texas has vowed to establish a new organisation to ensure oil and gas training and technology is of the highest standard.
Published - Wednesday, 21 July, 2010
GODAC has urged the Ghanaian government to legislate minimum training requirements for the energy industry.
Published - Wednesday, 21 July, 2010
The NNPC has committed to providing extensive oil and gas training to develop the organisation.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
CMCS and OGS have teamed up to conduct training to address critical skills and manpower shortages in the global energy industry.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
The government of Western Australia has signed a new training deal with Woodside, Sage and the CIT.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
SPDC has handed two marine services contracts to C&I Leasings and Maiden Systems.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
Siemens has opened up the possibility of increased energy technology transfer with Kazakhstan as part of a broad trade agreement.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
As the world's energy demands continue to grow, Scottish oil and gas firms will need to adapt their training strategies, Oil Technics has claimed.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
BP has announced that its latest effort to cap the Deepwater Horizon well has been successful.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
The Malaysian island of Sabah has trained its first batch of oil and gas students.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
Tullow is working with NADMO to ensure Ghana is prepared to cope with an oilfield disaster.
Published - Wednesday, 14 July, 2010
Nigeria will train at least 13,000 ex-militants to higher education standards, it has been announced.
Published - Wednesday, 14 July, 2010
Nigeria's president has claimed that technology and training will be vital to exploit resources in the Chad basin.
Published - Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
Abhisam has announced that it has updated its hazardous area instrumentation training programme.
Published - Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
Graduates of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy have undergone extensive testing undertaken by Azerkimya.
Published - Monday, 12 July, 2010
PetroVietnam has signed a series of cooperation agreement with Russian oil and gas firm Zarubezneft.
Published - Monday, 12 July, 2010
Saudi Aramco has warned that the upstream sector is facing a growing skills shortfall.
Published - Thursday, 08 July, 2010
The OSHA has warned that some oil spill response workers lack the 40 hours of mandatory hazmat training.
Published - Wednesday, 07 July, 2010
GE has announced that it is extending its Oil and Gas University programme to young technicians in Qatar.
Published - Wednesday, 07 July, 2010
Africa Re-Holds has developed a tailored training programme for local insurers looking to support the Ugandan oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 07 July, 2010
GE has graduated 26 oil and gas training students from 20 countries at a ceremony in Florence.
Published - Tuesday, 06 July, 2010
The programme to train ex-militants in the Niger Delta may usher in a new prosperity for the region.
Published - Tuesday, 06 July, 2010
Kuwait Petroleum Corp's PTC has agreed to admit a number of Yemeni students to its oil and gas training programmes.
Published - Monday, 05 July, 2010
The head of NIMASA has called on Nigerian banks to show greater support for the maritime sector.
Published - Monday, 05 July, 2010
South Korean companies are winning lucrative contracts in the Middle East due to their focus on training.
Published - Thursday, 01 July, 2010
Nigeria's president has vowed to fast-track training and development in the Niger Delta region.
Published - Thursday, 01 July, 2010
OTA has announced plans to build a leading-edge offshore training facility to support the US oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 30 June, 2010
EON Reality has launched a new VR training suite to promote safety in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 30 June, 2010
Nigeria's new president must strengthen the amnesty for rebels in the Niger Delta region with a focus on jobs and training.
Published - Wednesday, 30 June, 2010
Public delegates have met to discuss prospects for cooperation between the state oil firms of Azerbaijan and Syria.
Published - Tuesday, 29 June, 2010
Fund moves towards ensuring more Nigerian students can secure oil and gas industry jobs after graduation.
Published - Tuesday, 29 June, 2010
Training will be an integral part in developing a long-term solution to Iraq's electricity crisis.
Published - Tuesday, 29 June, 2010
Company offers training for cleanup workers to protect themselves, the public and the environment.
Published - Tuesday, 29 June, 2010
Training ex-militants in Nigeria will provide a boost for the local economy, according to a presidential advisor.
Published - Monday, 28 June, 2010
NCTC focuses on training field technicians for the oil and gas industry.
Published - Monday, 28 June, 2010
Deepwater operations set to begin in the Mediterranean next month.
Published - Monday, 28 June, 2010
Thousands of former militants will begin a two-week oil training programme in Nigeria today.
Published - Monday, 28 June, 2010
United Way advertises opportunity for volunteers to take oil training and help with the Deepwater Horizon cleanup operation.
Published - Wednesday, 23 June, 2010
Nigeria's new local content legislation will promote fundamental changes in the provision of oil and gas training.
Published - Wednesday, 23 June, 2010
Oil and gas companies will increase recruitment by 50 per cent next year to meet energy demands, an industry expert has stated.
Published - Wednesday, 23 June, 2010
Chesaspeake has received further plaudits for its IT working environment.
Published - Tuesday, 22 June, 2010
Nigeria's PTDF has vowed to reduce the reliance on overseas training in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Tuesday, 22 June, 2010
Elastec American Marine offers training to BP personnel and boat captains involved in Deepwater Horizon cleanup operation.
Published - Tuesday, 22 June, 2010
The oil-rich region of the Niger Delta will welcome Nigeria's Vision 20 policy action plan, according to one commentator.
Published - Tuesday, 22 June, 2010
BP is helping to boost training and knowledge transfer opportunities in southern Iraq.
Published - Monday, 21 June, 2010
BP is giving priority to local workers during its hiring and training programme to clean up the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Published - Monday, 21 June, 2010
OSHA director agrees with report that labels training for cleanup workers 'inadequate'.
Published - Monday, 21 June, 2010
American Right of Way Associates offers training for positions in Haynesville Shale, Eagleford Shale and the Barnett Shale areas.
Published - Monday, 21 June, 2010
Companies should invest in training and safety to protect against future disasters, Ed Markey states.
Published - Monday, 21 June, 2010
More than a dozen special needs students have completed a vocational training programme hosted by Enoc.
Published - Monday, 21 June, 2010
BP is training thousands of unemployed workers to tackle the Gulf oil slick.
Published - Friday, 18 June, 2010
Training of legislators, civil society groups and the media aims to promote sustainability and best practice in the sector.
Published - Friday, 18 June, 2010
The Deepwater Horizon spill has caused disruptions at the Mr Charlie training rig in Louisiana.
Published - Friday, 18 June, 2010
George Mitchell has been lauded by GTI for his lifetime commitment to the energy sector.
Published - Friday, 18 June, 2010
Russian state oil giant Gazprom has teamed up with refiner Axens and research and training centre IFP to develop new gas liquefaction technology.
Published - Thursday, 17 June, 2010
PFC Energy has advised the Ugandan government to enter a new three-way energy deal.
Published - Thursday, 17 June, 2010
PCI has seen interest in its rig simulation training courses increase considerably since the GOM spill.
Published - Thursday, 17 June, 2010
An international pressure group has warned that Europe is at risk of falling victim to an oil spill such as that seen in the Gulf of Mexico.
Published - Wednesday, 16 June, 2010
There is a need for a widening of the skills base to boost the oil and gas industry, it has been claimed.
Published - Tuesday, 15 June, 2010
A new module that highlights the right to access training has been introduced in the US.
Published - Tuesday, 15 June, 2010
MARINA has signed a new agreement to conduct maritime safety training for boat captains in the Philippines.
Published - Tuesday, 15 June, 2010
A new technical development project is being discussed by Norway and Russia.
Published - Tuesday, 15 June, 2010
The insurance industry in West Africa needs to develop its capacity to manage risks in the oil and gas sector, GNPC claims.
Published - Friday, 11 June, 2010
Inspectors working for the Minerals Management Service are going short on training, it has been claimed.
Published - Thursday, 10 June, 2010
Oil and gas will account for 20 per cent of Malaysia's GDP in 2015, according to new figures.
Published - Thursday, 10 June, 2010
Keyera Energy has signed a new agreement to establish a new oil training programme in British Columbia.
Published - Wednesday, 09 June, 2010
Presidential advisors in Uganda have called for a new law to govern local participation in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Tuesday, 08 June, 2010
Nigeria's new Local Content Act aims to expedite the training of local workers to serve the national maritime industry.
Published - Tuesday, 08 June, 2010
Nigerdock has celebrated the graduation of 40 oil and gas welders and fitters from its Snake Island training centre.
Published - Monday, 07 June, 2010
Exprodat has teamed up with ESRI to deliver GIS training targeted at the international upstream sector.
Published - Monday, 07 June, 2010
LWC helped to enlist the help of 1,800 Louisianans in the Gulf of Mexico cleanup operation last week.
Published - Friday, 04 June, 2010
The US government has organised a field trip to Iraq's southern oilfields to support the country's development plans.
Published - Thursday, 03 June, 2010
HQ Global has announced a new long-term partnership with the Shangdong Shengli maritime training school in China.
Published - Thursday, 03 June, 2010
Canadian regulators are insistent that training, equipment and procedural standards are sufficient to avoid a repeat of the Deepwater Horizon spill in Canadian waters.
Published - Thursday, 03 June, 2010
Pembrokeshire College has opened a new oil emergency training centre for students looking to enter the industry.
Published - Wednesday, 02 June, 2010
Uganda and Nigeria have signed a new three-year deal to increase cooperation in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 02 June, 2010
Uganda has expressed its support for a bid made by Eni to take on a 50 per cent stake in blocks in the Lake Albert basin.
Published - Wednesday, 02 June, 2010
Oil training is integral to managing engineering risks in the energy industry, experts have agreed.
Published - Tuesday, 01 June, 2010
BP has warned oil spill response workers to be vigilant against a new training scam.
Published - Tuesday, 01 June, 2010
RWI has launched a new initiative to train Ghanaian journalists in oil and gas reporting techniques.
Published - Friday, 28 May, 2010
Canada's Enbridge has submitted plans for the Northern Gateway pipeline to the NEB.
Published - Friday, 28 May, 2010
Professionals and volunteers are continuing to undertake training to tackle the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Published - Thursday, 27 May, 2010
Sonangol has announced plans to build a new maritime training centre as part of its effort to boost local employment.
Published - Thursday, 27 May, 2010
GE has signed a new contract to provide machinery and training to Saudi Aramco.
Published - Thursday, 27 May, 2010
BP Azerbaijan has presented 58 scholarships to gifted students at the SOAA institute.
Published - Wednesday, 26 May, 2010
EnerMech's training department has signed a new agreement with Saipem to support its global operations.
Published - Wednesday, 26 May, 2010
Nigeria's oil minister has stressed the need for high training standards to support exploration in the Gulf of Guinea.
Published - Monday, 24 May, 2010
Kimtech has been named as one of the primary institutions to provide oil and gas training in Ghana.
Published - Monday, 24 May, 2010
Iraq's envoy to the US has called for a strengthening of the country's oil export capacity.
Published - Monday, 24 May, 2010
Some 75 graduates of a training programme run by Dillard University and Clark Atlanta University are now working to clear up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Published - Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
Environmental researchers stationed along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico are undertaking emergency hazardous materials training.
Published - Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
Former rebels in Nigeria's Niger Delta have given their backing to the country's new president.
Published - Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
Rotary Engineering and TVTC have signed an agreement to build a new oil training institute in Saudi Arabia.
Published - Monday, 17 May, 2010
BP should officially recognise the importance of HAZWOPER training, according to one specialist training provider.
Published - Monday, 17 May, 2010
PDVSA has confirmed that Aban Offshore will retrieve the rig that sunk off the coast of Venezuela on Thursday.
Published - Friday, 14 May, 2010
Nigeria's new president has vowed to speed up oil training for ex-militants in the Niger Delta region.
Published - Friday, 14 May, 2010
Command Center is training hundreds of workers to tackle the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Published - Thursday, 13 May, 2010
Russia and Syria expect bilateral trade to increase substantially this year, particularly in the oil and gas sector.
Published - Thursday, 13 May, 2010
The Nigerian government is set to train 2,000 ex-militants who gave up their weapons in an amnesty last year.
Published - Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
Aberdeen's EnerMech has penned a new training deal with Saipem worth £1.4 million.
Published - Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
A US firm has found a way to rapidly manufacture oil boom, but is now racing to hire and train workers to support operations.
Published - Tuesday, 11 May, 2010
Russia's TNK-BP has announced a new landmark deal with the Iraqi Oil Company.
Published - Tuesday, 11 May, 2010
PDO has announced plans to halve gas flaring at its leading Block 6 concession.
Published - Tuesday, 11 May, 2010
Subsea 7 has announced the completion of its first DSV project in North Sea operations.
Published - Monday, 10 May, 2010
More students are seeking a place on spill response training courses at Online OSHA Safety Training in light of the recent BP oil spill, the company claims.
Published - Monday, 10 May, 2010
BP has so far spent $350 million in its bid to tackle the Deepwater Horizon spill.
Published - Friday, 07 May, 2010
Calls have been made for a standardisation of offshore training levels as part of a drive to boost safety across the sector.
Published - Thursday, 06 May, 2010
ADNOC remains committed to providing the training necessary to develop a fully qualified local workforce, a report states.
Published - Thursday, 06 May, 2010
A number of operators in the North Sea have been warned by the Health and Safety Executive that they are not operating rigs to high enough standards, a report says.
Published - Thursday, 06 May, 2010
Plans are being developed for a focus on training to plug skills gaps in the Iraqi oil sector, it has been claimed.
Published - Wednesday, 05 May, 2010
Authorities in Bahrain are investing in oil and gas training programmes to help tackle the effects of an ageing workforce.
Published - Tuesday, 04 May, 2010
Plans are in place to deliver new oil spill training to those situated on the northern coast of Canada.
Published - Friday, 30 April, 2010
Mondaq has put together an extensive guide to the new local content law in Nigeria.
Published - Friday, 30 April, 2010
Louisiana authorities are carrying out emergency training to respond to America's worst oil spill in forty years.
Published - Friday, 30 April, 2010
Aker Offshore has announced that it has received an unprecedented number of applications for its graduate training programmes.
Published - Friday, 30 April, 2010
Oliver Valves has opened a new office and training centre in Houston after winning a contract in Angola
Published - Thursday, 29 April, 2010
Newfoundland authorities have made considerable progress in improving offshore safety, but more can still be done, a leading official has claimed.
Published - Thursday, 29 April, 2010
Foreign oil companies working in Iraq have already made positive steps to increasing training opportunities in the country.
Published - Wednesday, 28 April, 2010
Enigma Data Solutions has business with four out of five oil and gas majors just five years after starting up.
Published - Wednesday, 28 April, 2010
The CESA training school in Queensland provides trainees with 'real-world' experience to improve emergency responses.
Published - Wednesday, 28 April, 2010
ESI has licensed its PipelineManager training simulator to Buckeye Partners to significantly reduce training and development turnaround times.
Published - Tuesday, 27 April, 2010
Bahrain's Bapco has signed a new training agreement with the Institut Francais du Petrole.
Published - Tuesday, 27 April, 2010
Russia's president has invited Norway's Statoil to explore the Prirazlomnoye field during a state visit.
Published - Tuesday, 27 April, 2010
The North Sea may provide a safer working environment than the Gulf of Mexico, according to OCS.
Published - Monday, 26 April, 2010
Scotland's expertise in oil and gas training boosts the local economy by around £4 billion every year.
Published - Monday, 26 April, 2010
Plans to develop a new oil and gas training hub at Charles Darwin University have moved a step closer.
Published - Monday, 26 April, 2010
Chevron's new chief executive John Watson is focusing on developing new talent at the company.
Published - Monday, 26 April, 2010
Turkmenistan has called on the European Union to help the country redevelop its oil and gas industry, according to sources.
Published - Friday, 23 April, 2010
The SQA and Opito have announced a new landmark partnership to strengthen UK oil and gas training.
Published - Friday, 23 April, 2010
Complete Safety Works specialises in rig explosion training to help save lives in events such as the blast off the Louisiana coast.
Published - Friday, 23 April, 2010
Bristow Helicopters has invested substantial sums in new training and technology initiatives to maintain leading safety standards.
Published - Thursday, 22 April, 2010
Diplomats have signed a memorandum of understanding that will pave the way for greater cooperation between Iran and Iraq.
Published - Thursday, 22 April, 2010
The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Authority has unveiled plans to open a new training centre in Kuantan.
Published - Wednesday, 21 April, 2010
Safety training specialists at Scotland's EnerMech are in high demand in the energy industry.
Published - Wednesday, 21 April, 2010
Azerbaijan's SOCAR has commenced a new training programme in Baku to ensure safety in gas supply operations.
Published - Wednesday, 21 April, 2010
BSS has completed an accredited oil training programme in Libya in conjunction with Green Land Oil.
Published - Tuesday, 20 April, 2010
The PIB legislation will help to transform Nigeria's local content laws, according to the NNPC.
Published - Tuesday, 20 April, 2010
The Libyan NOC has announced that it is to hire 157 deaf and dumb workers currently undergoing training.
Published - Tuesday, 20 April, 2010
Delegates from Jordan, Egypt Morocco, Syrian, Turkey and the European Commission have drawn up an agreement to establish a shale cooperation centre in Amman, Jordan.
Published - Monday, 19 April, 2010
Vladimir Putin has celebrated the work of students, faculty and employees at Gubkin University as it marks its 80th anniversary.
Published - Monday, 19 April, 2010
Vietnam and Russia have strengthened oil and gas training ties with the issuance of a Labour Order.
Published - Monday, 19 April, 2010
Trinity Consultants are set to hold an online training session for oil and gas companies to outline new emissions reporting practices.
Published - Friday, 16 April, 2010
Schlumberger is finishing work on a new centre of operations in Basra.
Published - Thursday, 15 April, 2010
Aberdeen's EnerMech has taken on the entire equity of Norson Power for £11 million.
Published - Thursday, 15 April, 2010
Higher crude oil prices and a greater demand for training are helping Japan out of a deflationary cycle.
Published - Thursday, 15 April, 2010
A new oil digger has been delivered to the Iraqi Oil Drilling Company in Kirkuk, the second of 24 contracted for construction.
Published - Wednesday, 14 April, 2010
The Northern Lights College is committed to the provision of community-led training in British Columbia.
Published - Wednesday, 14 April, 2010
Angola's minister for oil has stressed the importance of training in the provision of jobs for nationals.
Published - Wednesday, 14 April, 2010
Iraq's oil minister is pushing for greater national support for IOCs working in the country.
Published - Tuesday, 13 April, 2010
GE has penned a new MoU with PetroVietnam covering technology sharing and training cooperation.
Published - Tuesday, 13 April, 2010
Pakistan must adopt a multi-pronged approach to cooperation with CIS states holding large oil and gas reserves, one analyst has urged.
Published - Monday, 12 April, 2010
Electricians posted on rigs off the coast Australia are the highest paid trade workers in the country.
Published - Monday, 12 April, 2010
Azerbaijan and Vietnam are set to strengthen ties in the oil and gas industry after a four-day trade meeting between the two countries.
Published - Monday, 12 April, 2010
India's consul general has paid a visit to the Underwater Centre in Fort William, with both parties keen to strengthen ties.
Published - Friday, 09 April, 2010
Azerbaijan and Vietnam have strengthened ties in a number of areas during a state meeting.
Published - Friday, 09 April, 2010
A leading expert at KNUST has called for the creation of an independent body to regulate oil training in Ghana.
Published - Friday, 09 April, 2010
A Ghanaian defence committee has called for increased security in the Western Region to protect oil infrastructure.
Published - Thursday, 08 April, 2010
Alaska is increasing the scope of its oil spill training programmes to prepare for rising Arctic sea traffic.
Published - Thursday, 08 April, 2010
A dozen Iraqi sailors will arrive in Louisiana this week to carry out oil defence training.
Published - Wednesday, 07 April, 2010
Oman has a strong track record of invesment in new technologies to improve oil recovery rates, it has been declared.
Published - Tuesday, 06 April, 2010
Australia's APPEA has launched a new training programme for offshore workers.
Published - Tuesday, 06 April, 2010
Baker Hughes has been praised for its commitment to the Saudization programme.
Published - Thursday, 01 April, 2010
Alyeska has commenced oil spill prevention training in Alaska as part of its SERVS programme.
Published - Wednesday, 31 March, 2010
Abu Dhabi's oil reserves will last another 150 years, a new report from Isthmus Partners has claimed.
Published - Wednesday, 31 March, 2010
President Barack Obama is expected to introduce a new plan to commence drilling off the coast of Virginia.
Published - Wednesday, 31 March, 2010
IHRDC has added more than 250 e-learning training modules to its services, it has been announced.
Published - Tuesday, 30 March, 2010
SNEPCo has pledged its continued support for deepwater training and technology in Nigeria.
Published - Tuesday, 30 March, 2010
Aker has announced plans to create up to 100 new jobs in the energy industry in the north-east of England.
Published - Monday, 29 March, 2010
Alaskan authorities are taking steps to boost training and development programmes to support a landmark pipeline project.
Published - Monday, 29 March, 2010
Infratil and the New Zealand Super Fund will invest in training following a Shell NZ buyout.
Published - Monday, 29 March, 2010
Inpex and Total have proudly opened a new trade training centre at the Inpex gas plant in Darwin.
Published - Monday, 29 March, 2010
Menadrill is celebrating the floating of the first of two jackup rigs being built by a UAE-based firm.
Published - Saturday, 27 March, 2010
Getenergy named IHRDC the training provider of the year at the 2010 Getenergy Conference and Awards Ceremony held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Published - Saturday, 27 March, 2010
Opito has welcomed chancellor Alistair Darling's investment in skills.
Published - Saturday, 27 March, 2010
The organisation responsible for protecting Abu Dhabi's energy assets will extend its operations across the UAE.
Published - Thursday, 25 March, 2010
CompactGTL's decision to relocate to the Tees Valley could establish the region as a major oil and gas training hub.
Published - Thursday, 25 March, 2010
Ghana's OGSRAP has published two new guides to educate nationals about the country's burgeoning energy industry.
Published - Wednesday, 24 March, 2010
Queensland will need to pay close attention to training to support a landmark LNG deal.
Published - Wednesday, 24 March, 2010
BP has been praised for its dedication to process safety after a blast at the Texas City refinery five years ago.
Published - Tuesday, 23 March, 2010
The Pearl GTL project in Qatar will come on stream by the end of the year, Shell and Qatar Petroleum have announced.
Published - Tuesday, 23 March, 2010
Keppel and SOCAR have broken the ground at a new shipyard development serving E&P operations in the Caspian Sea.
Published - Monday, 22 March, 2010
The KBTU oil and gas training centre has brought a new ten-teraflop supercomputer online.
Published - Monday, 22 March, 2010
A collaborative oil spill response training exercise held off the coast of Devon has been deemed a success.
Published - Monday, 22 March, 2010
Opito is working to target growth in the east of England with a new training partnership.
Published - Monday, 22 March, 2010
Alaska Chadux will work closely with state agencies to prevent oil spills during a new drilling campaign in Alaska operated by Shell.
Published - Friday, 19 March, 2010
Germany's RWE continued to achieve growth throughout 2009 with a focus on training and development.
Published - Friday, 19 March, 2010
Saudi Arabia's Saudization programme continued to increase opportunities for Saudi workers throughout 2009.
Published - Wednesday, 17 March, 2010
More than 100 federal and state authorities and private companies are gearing up for an extensive oil spill training exercise in Maine.
Published - Wednesday, 17 March, 2010
Ajilon has announced that its training and development operations have been given a boost from a new Woodside contract.
Published - Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
The GMA will hold all oil operators to high training and safety standards to reduce spill risks.
Published - Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
Statoil has announced a $200 million investment plan for Grand Bahama's South Riding Point oil storage terminal.
Published - Monday, 15 March, 2010
The ARA has announced plans for a new maritime and refinery training centre to support Africa's oil and gas industry.
Published - Monday, 15 March, 2010
Maersk has boosted the number of nationals working in Qatar's energy industry by 30 per cent in one year.
Published - Monday, 15 March, 2010
Invensys has unveiled plans to build a new training centre at its base in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to support growth in the Gulf Coast.
Published - Friday, 12 March, 2010
PetroVietnam has signed a landmark pipeline deal worth an estimated $1 billion.
Published - Friday, 12 March, 2010
The outlook for the Middle East's oil and gas sector remains positive for 2010, Ernst & Young reports.
Published - Thursday, 11 March, 2010
Employment authorities in Nigeria have approached Prosec to implement a new oil and gas training programme.
Published - Thursday, 11 March, 2010
BP is positioning itself as a unique operator in the global oil and gas industry through specialised training.
Published - Wednesday, 10 March, 2010
Yemen-based exploration firm Safer also promotes knowledge sharing in the national oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 10 March, 2010
Gabon is set to establish a new oil and gas training institute with the support of French finance.
Published - Tuesday, 09 March, 2010
The Ugandan government has set out plans to build a new oil training school in the Kigumba district.
Published - Tuesday, 09 March, 2010
The Nigerian Petroleum Training Institute has matriculated 1,000 students on to its ICE training programme.
Published - Monday, 08 March, 2010
Petrofac's oifield training services in Dubai have helped the company achieve stronger-than-expected results.
Published - Monday, 08 March, 2010
Fluor has secured a new engineering and management services contract with Samsung to support the Singapore LNG project.
Published - Friday, 05 March, 2010
Three senior employees have been awarded trainer status by the IOSH, facilitating in-house safety training.
Published - Friday, 05 March, 2010
Senior officials at a number of Ghanaian polytechnics have called for extensions to industrial training programmes.
Published - Wednesday, 03 March, 2010
Ghanaian authorities have set out ambitious new targets to ensure local workers benefit from oil discoveries.
Published - Tuesday, 02 March, 2010
The University of Aberdeen has invited iicorr to contribute to its MSc subsea engineering programme.
Published - Monday, 01 March, 2010
Honeywell has developed a new universal transmitter that will simplify safety training in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 26 February, 2010
Cogent has called on the UK energy industry to support an innovative new training framework.
Published - Friday, 26 February, 2010
Participants in the UK oil and gas industry are struggling to economise on exploration, it has been claimed.
Published - Thursday, 25 February, 2010
Maersk has proudly cut the tape at its new MOSAIC offshore training centre.
Published - Thursday, 25 February, 2010
French oil major Total's confirmation that it is to decommission its oil sands processing operations at the Joslyn lease in Alberta may spark the development of a new training operation.
Published - Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
The acting president of Nigeria has welcomed a $20 billion investment in the country's oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Zadco has signed a new training agreement with IT services group ICDL, it has emerged.
Published - Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
Training services provider Jee has seen increased interest in oil and gas training throughout the UAE.
Published - Friday, 19 February, 2010
Kurdish authorities have set out an ambitious expansion plan for the regional oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 19 February, 2010
The Ghanaian government has been urged to ensure local people benefit from the development of oilfields in the country.
Published - Friday, 19 February, 2010
Tullow has sent a 14-member delegation to Scotland to complete capacity training.
Published - Wednesday, 28 October, 2009
Ugandan authorities will need to focus on training and development and effective taxation if it is to benefit from the discovery of oil in the country, a leading academic has claimed.
Published - Wednesday, 28 October, 2009
ExxonMobil has developed an innovative development programme that will offer 26 women access to world-leading management training.
Published - Wednesday, 28 October, 2009
Weatherford and Al Shaheen have announced that construction of a new oil and gas training centre will be complete within three months.
Published - Monday, 26 October, 2009
CNPA and South Korea's KNOC have struck a deal that paves the way for cooperation in oil and gas projects.
Published - Friday, 23 October, 2009
Petrofac is on course to full-year growth of at least 20 per cent, an interim management statement has confirmed.
Published - Thursday, 22 October, 2009
The government needs to do more to encourage exploration and production in the UK North Sea, Total's chief executive has declared.
Published - Wednesday, 21 October, 2009
GE has announced a major recruitment drive for talented UAE nationals and expats looking to enter the energy industry.
Published - Wednesday, 21 October, 2009
K-MAS has achieved IBTA training partner status to administer course in Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines.
Published - Tuesday, 20 October, 2009
Rope access specialist AquaTerra has announced plans to invest in new headquarters in Aberdeen.
Published - Monday, 19 October, 2009
StatoilHydro is reaping the benefits of investment in technology and research.
Published - Monday, 19 October, 2009
Iraq's South Oil Co is rolling out a regional recruitment and training drive to support growth in the country's energy industry.
Published - Thursday, 15 October, 2009
Iraqi MPs have approved plans to allow the British navy to re-enter the country to conduct security training.
Published - Tuesday, 13 October, 2009
Petronas has handed out more than 2,600 scholarships to Malay students since its establishment in 1974.
Published - Tuesday, 13 October, 2009
The Qatari energy minister has mapped the changes seen in the global oil and gas industry of the last 125 years.
Published - Monday, 12 October, 2009
It is time for European governments to build stronger ties with Iraq in fields such as trade, education, security and infrastructure, the ECFR has urged.
Published - Friday, 09 October, 2009
TWMA has announced two additions to its in-house training programme on offer at its Aberdeen headquarters.
Published - Thursday, 08 October, 2009
Dolphin Offshore is set to establish a new diver training school in India, the company's chief financial officer has confirmed.
Published - Wednesday, 07 October, 2009
CounterFire has called for increased investment in fire prevention training throughout the Middle East.
Published - Tuesday, 06 October, 2009
Baker Hughes Netherlands has taken on a 40 per cent stake in JOA, developer of the JewelSuite geological mapping and modelling environment.
Published - Monday, 05 October, 2009
The heads of state of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have penned a number of new energy cooperation and training accords.
Published - Saturday, 03 October, 2009
There has been a steady flow of trainees embarking on the Bosiet course at the Marine Safety Centre in South Shields.
Published - Saturday, 03 October, 2009
Saudi Aramco has placed an order with VirTra to enhance its security training capabilities.
Published - Thursday, 01 October, 2009
Tullow has reiterated its focus on ensuring that all Ghanaians benefit from the discovery of oil in the West African country.
Published - Wednesday, 30 September, 2009
Dubai Drydocks World has celebrated the opening of the Batam Training Centre in Indonesia.
Published - Tuesday, 29 September, 2009
Vopak Horizon is bringing the first-ever focused oil training programme for residents in Fujairah.
Published - Monday, 28 September, 2009
Petrofac's work in the Middle East has helped it to secure profits in a dire macroeconomic environment.
Published - Monday, 28 September, 2009
PTC's chairman and chief executive has been commended for his commitment to maritime training in the Philippines.
Published - Friday, 25 September, 2009
C-SAM is holding joint celebrations after moving to a new HQ and securing a £250,000 oil and gas training contract.
Published - Thursday, 24 September, 2009
Dow Chemical has unveiled plans for new R&D and training facilities at KAUST in Saudi Arabia.
Published - Wednesday, 23 September, 2009
Saudi Arabia's KAUST will usher in a new era of educational and technological development, the institution's president insists.
Published - Wednesday, 23 September, 2009
Ghana will invest heavily in oil spill training programmes, the country's deputy minister for information has claimed.
Published - Monday, 21 September, 2009
Saudi Aramco will this week inaugurate the KAUST educational institute just outside of Jeddah.
Published - Saturday, 19 September, 2009
The world's oil and gas industry has much to gain from Qatar, it is claimed.
Published - Friday, 18 September, 2009
Saudi Aramco has ordered training equipment to allow the oil industry giant to protect its assets.
Published - Friday, 18 September, 2009
A new oil industry training initiative at Bahrain Petroleum Company focuses on security.
Published - Wednesday, 16 September, 2009
Oil and gas industry training in Iraq has been revealed as an area of focus for policy development in the country.
Published - Wednesday, 16 September, 2009
Engineer training undertaken by RasGas has seen 62,000 workers educated over the past three years.
Published - Friday, 11 September, 2009
New training provisions have been put in place by upstream gas producer MLNG Tiga.
Published - Monday, 07 September, 2009
Maurice Strong has been appointed as adviser to Ecology and Environment.
Published - Friday, 04 September, 2009
MyCelx and Siemens have teamed up to improve oil removal efficiency in Saudi Arabia.
Published - Friday, 04 September, 2009
The Oilfield Training Centre in Ghana has briefed media representatives on oil and gas laws in the country.
Published - Friday, 04 September, 2009
The IMCA is continuing to support the global oil and gas industry with new CMID systems and training programmes.
Published - Thursday, 03 September, 2009
Lamprell has managed to dramatically improve shipbuilding completion times after introducing a CAD training course for staff.
Published - Wednesday, 02 September, 2009
Argas has inaugurated a new technology training centre in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia.
Published - Wednesday, 02 September, 2009
Fox-Tek has completed a training course with Saudi Aramco, as well as finalising a sales agreement.
Published - Tuesday, 01 September, 2009
Saudi Aramco is investing in VR training to improve health and safety in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 28 August, 2009
Undertaking training for geoscientists may well help to boost Nigeria's oil and gas industry, it has been claimed.
Published - Friday, 28 August, 2009
C-MAR has opened another oil and gas training centre as part of its expansion campaign.
Published - Thursday, 27 August, 2009
SMEs will play a critical role in ensuring that the UAE's younger generation will be able to find work in the country, a report has concluded.
Published - Thursday, 27 August, 2009
Mustang International is set to take on a majority stake in Al-Hejailan Consultants.
Published - Thursday, 27 August, 2009
Teesside is witnessing an influx of international trainees enrolling on oil and gas courses run by TTE.
Published - Wednesday, 26 August, 2009
Iraq's second bidding round for oil and gas licences in the country will be held by December, oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani has announced.
Published - Wednesday, 26 August, 2009
The Ugandan government will invest oil revenues in specialist training institutes to ensure all citizens benefit from the find, the country's mineral development minister has announced.
Published - Tuesday, 25 August, 2009
The qedi group has announced plans to train an additional 60 members of staff after securing lucrative contracts with BP and Shell.
Published - Tuesday, 25 August, 2009
A new training and marine simulation centre has been opened by Kongsberg Maritime in Aberdeen.
Published - Tuesday, 25 August, 2009
Germany is celebrating 150 years in the oil and gas industry with a training module hosted by Wintershall.
Published - Monday, 24 August, 2009
Ghana's minister for employment has set out plans for investment in training in his department's annual statement.
Published - Monday, 24 August, 2009
Icon has secured a contract with Zee Labs to expand the training and development opportunities offered in Bahrain.
Published - Monday, 24 August, 2009
BP is living up to its responsibilities to local communities in Libya with investment in training and development.
Published - Friday, 21 August, 2009
CADD has announced that it will open a new training centre in Qatar in September.
Published - Friday, 21 August, 2009
The ARWA is holding a training and development programme for workers in Louisiana's oil and gas industry later this month.
Published - Thursday, 20 August, 2009
A groundbreaking training and development programme is helping to save lives in the UK oil and gas industry, the head of HSE's offshore division has claimed.
Published - Wednesday, 19 August, 2009
Gulf states need to develop closer ties with Iraq as its national institutions strengthen and opportunities for partnerships emerge, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi has claimed.
Published - Tuesday, 18 August, 2009
The University of Aberdeen has introduced a new MSc to help to repair the skills gap evident in the UK oil and gas industry.
Published - Monday, 17 August, 2009
Emirati women are taking up positions across all sectors of the UAE economy, a study from the UAE University has shown.
Published - Friday, 14 August, 2009
Ziol has been awarded a contract to provide oil training services to allow young people to benefit when production begins next year.
Published - Thursday, 13 August, 2009
The government of Uganda needs to work with educational institutions and the private sector to develop a strong training and development framework, a representative of NAPE has claimed.
Published - Thursday, 13 August, 2009
The ECER has launched a new human capital development training programme in Malaysia.
Published - Wednesday, 12 August, 2009
Nessco's founder Tom Smith has developed a leading oilfield telecoms services firm from the ground up and is continuing to reap the benefits of his hard work.
Published - Wednesday, 12 August, 2009
The Iraqi oil ministry has offered its support to legislation establishing a new national oil company in the country.
Published - Wednesday, 12 August, 2009
CGGVeritas has established a new technology training institute in Saudi Arabia.
Published - Tuesday, 11 August, 2009
The ENOC Challenge is helping to improve young Emiratis' prospects for employment with new training programmes.
Published - Tuesday, 11 August, 2009
OPITO has announced the completion of the inaugural oil and gas training programme conducted to international standards in Kazakhstan.
Published - Tuesday, 11 August, 2009
GE has delivered a gas turbine generator that can operate in temperatures of up to -60C for Rosneft's Vankor field in Russia.
Published - Monday, 10 August, 2009
To support its unprecedented growth, Saudi Arabia needs to invest in developing leadership talent, a Lebanon-based training centre has announced.
Published - Friday, 07 August, 2009
A small Canadian oil spill remediation firm is entering into a landmark deal with a Saudi prince.
Published - Thursday, 06 August, 2009
The Dutch arm of ADNOC has bought a stake in North Sea assets from a consortium of firms.
Published - Thursday, 06 August, 2009
Newcastle's TTE has strengthened its ties with China in a move which could lead to expanded overseas training and development opportunities.
Published - Wednesday, 05 August, 2009
It is vital that the focus on offshore safety training continues if the gains made in the industry are to be upheld and strengthened, the HSE has warned.
Published - Wednesday, 05 August, 2009
Ministers of east Asian countries have declared their commitment to energy management training initiatives.
Published - Monday, 03 August, 2009
Canadian firms are waking up to the broad growth opportunities extant in Brunei, the North American state's trade minister has claimed.
Published - Monday, 03 August, 2009
India's CGC has announced a major milestone in its development of an international training and education programme with a new contract with a Kuwaiti engineering firm.
Published - Friday, 31 July, 2009
Bapco has completed a skills development programme in the Bahraini capital of Alawi.
Published - Thursday, 30 July, 2009
Aker has launched a new two-day gas training programme designed to dramatically reduce instances of major gas leaks.
Published - Wednesday, 29 July, 2009
Bahrain's workforce has been particularly exposed to the fall in oil prices seen since the onset of the economic crisis.
Published - Tuesday, 28 July, 2009
Chevron's engineer training programme for Iraqi workers is progressing well, a senior representative has announced.
Published - Monday, 27 July, 2009
Saudi Arabia has strengthened ties with China with the signing of a new contract to build 200 new schools in the Middle Eastern country.
Published - Monday, 27 July, 2009
Indian Oil has hosted a training and development session at the air force base in Chandigarh.
Published - Thursday, 23 July, 2009
The Arab world needs to create around four million jobs every five years to accommodate its growing population and demographic shift.
Published - Thursday, 23 July, 2009
C-MAR Group has welcomed training expert Peter Aylott as its new chief operating officer.
Published - Tuesday, 21 July, 2009
Oman's ministry of education is helping to increase the number of domestic workers enrolled in training programmes.
Published - Tuesday, 21 July, 2009
Bahrain is proving its resilience through the downturn with a focus on wide-reaching reform.
Published - Monday, 20 July, 2009
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Programme for Leadership Development has played host to BP Kuwait's general manager in Dubai.
Published - Monday, 20 July, 2009
ROV trainees at the Underwater Centre in Scotland are securing lucrative jobs despite tough economic conditions, the institute has claimed.
Published - Friday, 17 July, 2009
Allweiler has established a new Middle East headquarters in Bahrain in order to better serve the regional oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 17 July, 2009
Saudi Aramco has announced that Huda Al-Ghoson will become the company's new general manager of training and career development.
Published - Thursday, 16 July, 2009
GE Oil and Gas has been awarded a new contract to supply integrated compressor line units for the Penta West gas pipeline in Austria, as well as training services.
Published - Thursday, 16 July, 2009
Ghana is preparing to capitalise on its recent oil discovery with new training and development infrastructure.
Published - Wednesday, 15 July, 2009
The Middle East needs to prepare for the challenges arising from the rapid growth in the size of its young population, James Wolfensohn has warned.
Published - Wednesday, 15 July, 2009
Subsea 7 has achieved accreditation from Opito allowing it to provide MIST support for its employees.
Published - Wednesday, 15 July, 2009
A cadre of managers at UAE-based Zadco Oil have achieved leadership certification from IPCM and SLS.
Published - Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
TTE has branched out from its core oil and gas training operations and has offered its services to healthcare professionals.
Published - Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
There is still room for improvement in the UK offshore oil and gas industry, the HSE has announced.
Published - Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
Qatar is keen to establish itself as the leading knowledge hub in the Middle East, it has been reported.
Published - Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
John Bryce has completed a new oil and gas training programme after signing a deal with PetroChina.
Published - Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
Opito has added the Petroleum Open Learning training module to its expansive portfolio.
Published - Monday, 13 July, 2009
Petronas in an array of training and development centres to provide educational support tailored to individual needs.
Published - Monday, 13 July, 2009
UNITAR is focusing on providing Nigerians with the skills to pursue a career in the country's oil and gas industry.
Published - Monday, 13 July, 2009
The Saudi Arabian authorities are joining forces with private sector companies to tackle unemployment through training and development.
Published - Wednesday, 08 July, 2009
Invensys has unveiled its new oil, gas and water well flow testing training simulator, developed in collaboration with SPT.
Published - Tuesday, 07 July, 2009
The authorities in Pernambuco, Brazil are looking to establish the region as a hub for oil and gas goods and services.
Published - Tuesday, 07 July, 2009
Bapco is revising it scholarship programme to address critical skills shortfalls.
Published - Tuesday, 07 July, 2009
Petrofac has appointed a former Shell business development expert as its new managing director.
Published - Monday, 06 July, 2009
A two-man team is helping to transform safety training in the Canadian oil and gas industry with new virtual reality simulation software.
Published - Friday, 03 July, 2009
SeaTrepid has established a new ROV training centre in Louisiana, serving the GOM oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 01 July, 2009
Petrobras spent more than $286 million promoting some 2,300 social, cultural, sport and environmental projects last year.
Published - Wednesday, 01 July, 2009
Companies operating cranes, lifts, rigs, towers and masts in the UAE have been urged to invest in working at height training.
Published - Tuesday, 30 June, 2009
Petrofac's oil and gas training services division is performing well, the company has announced.
Published - Monday, 29 June, 2009
Ernst & Young is expected to establish a new headquarters in Bahrain to train regional workers in the oil and gas industry, reports indicate.
Published - Monday, 29 June, 2009
Scotland is set to receive its own National Skills Academy, adding to the seven hubs located in England and Wales.
Published - Monday, 29 June, 2009
Saudi Aramco's R&D centre in Dhahran has achieved accreditation under the ISO 29001 standard.
Published - Friday, 26 June, 2009
Preparation will determine the efficacy of oil spill response activities, WCSS has announced.
Published - Thursday, 25 June, 2009
The US is suffering a shortage of skilled labour in the oil and gas industry and other sectors.
Published - Thursday, 25 June, 2009
Outreach has achieved accreditation from the American Bureau of Shipping.
Published - Wednesday, 24 June, 2009
Suraksha Marine has achieved accreditation for Opito's Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training module.
Published - Tuesday, 23 June, 2009
Tullow has called on MeetingZone to provide a consolidated audio and web conferencing system to control communication costs and host offsite training.
Published - Tuesday, 23 June, 2009
A new safety training centre has opened in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, preparing the country's youth for a career in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Tuesday, 23 June, 2009
The AMC campus in Tasmania is providing extensive maritime training to expand sea trade.
Published - Friday, 19 June, 2009
The API has teamed up with 15 workers' unions to form a new labour management committee for the US oil and gas industry.
Published - Thursday, 18 June, 2009
USAID has established a new training module to strengthen the skills of managers and executives working in Iraq's oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 17 June, 2009
Colfax has opened a new regional office in Bahrain, providing improved support and training for its Middle Eastern clients.
Published - Wednesday, 17 June, 2009
Capital Safety has launched new accredited safety training for companies working in the Canadian oil sands industry.
Published - Tuesday, 16 June, 2009
A team of engineers from Norway's Trondheim University are to host a training course in Angola.
Published - Tuesday, 16 June, 2009
Two Malaysian women are being taught new community leadership skills as part of ExxonMobil's GWIM course.
Published - Tuesday, 16 June, 2009
IBM subsidiary CODIS is ready to expand its operations in Libya with new regional headquarters and training programmes.
Published - Monday, 15 June, 2009
There is still a strong demand for subsea training programmes despite the prevalent weakened economic conditions hitting the industry.
Published - Monday, 15 June, 2009
The foreign minister for the UAE has completed his tour of Asia, further strengthening relations with the region.
Published - Friday, 12 June, 2009
The HSE has called on workers, employers and regulators to unite in raising safety standards in the UK oil and gas industry.
Published - Thursday, 11 June, 2009
Capital Safety has achieved full accreditation from the OSSA and will soon commence with new fall protection courses.
Published - Thursday, 11 June, 2009
The oil and gas industry is locked in a continual war for talent, PSN has claimed.
Published - Thursday, 11 June, 2009
A new schools initiative in Aberdeenshire has received the backing of Acergy and Nautronix.
Published - Thursday, 11 June, 2009
A new report from Nielsen has revealed that Indian engineering students view oil and gas as the industry of the future.
Published - Wednesday, 10 June, 2009
The GPRA will set out terms for development and training that will be binding for the emergent oil and gas industry in Ghana.
Published - Wednesday, 10 June, 2009
The governor of North Dakota has opened a new petroleum safety centre in Williston.
Published - Tuesday, 09 June, 2009
ENOC has proudly launched its third annual training scheme to help disadvantaged youths in the UAE further their career prospects.
Published - Tuesday, 09 June, 2009
Univation has become the primary training provider for PetroChina's offshore operations.
Published - Tuesday, 09 June, 2009
A third of national and international oil firms view overcoming training shortfalls as the biggest barrier to success in the future.
Published - Thursday, 04 June, 2009
ExxonMobil has proudly launched this year's Community Summer Jobs Programme in Dallas.
Published - Thursday, 04 June, 2009
RAK Petroleum and Oman PESCO have entered into a new training and spill response services contract.
Published - Wednesday, 03 June, 2009
Texas Mutual has published new training guidance to help keep workers in the oil and gas industry safe while they are on the job.
Published - Wednesday, 03 June, 2009
The US is looking to strengthen links with Iraq and Kuwait along economic, political and cultural lines, the US ambassador to Iraq has announced.
Published - Tuesday, 02 June, 2009
Saudi Arabia and Russia will strengthen their positions as the world's largest oil and gas producers by sharing advanced technologies and skills frameworks.
Published - Monday, 01 June, 2009
Bahrain's oil companies spent BHD9 million on training modules for their workers last year, Noga reports.
Published - Monday, 01 June, 2009
Caesar Systems is continuing to attract clients from the oil and gas industry as the sector brings operational efficiency under close scrutiny.
Published - Friday, 29 May, 2009
Petrofac has added another training module to its prospectus with the launch of new fabric maintenance courses.
Published - Friday, 29 May, 2009
A group of leading professors in Iraq is calling for greater cooperation with other regional state actors in the fields of science, economics and politics.
Published - Friday, 29 May, 2009
Champion has expanded its premises in Aberdeen in order to establish a greater presence in Europe and the eastern hemisphere.
Published - Thursday, 28 May, 2009
The Qatari oil minister has insisted that state-owned oil and gas firms must work together with international energy majors to ensure progress in the oil and gas industry.
Published - Thursday, 28 May, 2009
If Nigeria is to meet its expected gas sector growth then locals will need to be trained to obtain the required skills, a report has said.
Published - Wednesday, 27 May, 2009
Norfolk-based offshore design group CLS will move into specialist safety training this year.
Published - Tuesday, 26 May, 2009
Residents in Bayelsa state, Nigeria, have embarked on an intensive training programme at the Nigerian Institute of Oceanography and Marine Research in Lagos.
Published - Friday, 22 May, 2009
Earning the requisite training certificates to work in the commercial diving industry is no mean feat, one commentator points out.
Published - Friday, 22 May, 2009
Eni has announced a new framework for cooperation with the Egyptian oil and gas industry.
Published - Thursday, 21 May, 2009
Australian energy major ROC has conceded that 2008 was a year of unprecedented turbulence.
Published - Thursday, 21 May, 2009
ARWA will hold a training programme in Shreveport, Louisiana, to empower its agents with the skills necessary to serve the interests of the oil and gas industry in the northern area of the state.
Published - Thursday, 21 May, 2009
Abu Dhabi's GTSC has inaugurated the Middle East and North Africa region's first training well.
Published - Thursday, 21 May, 2009
Australian energy major ROC has conceded that 2008 was a year of unprecedented turbulence.
Published - Wednesday, 20 May, 2009
Oil and gas support industry body Subsea UK has called for a change to the national training programmes.
Published - Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
UK-listed firm Petrofac has confirmed that it has continued to perform to expected standards during the first five months of 2009.
Published - Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
In a gloomy business environment, one charitable training organisation is continuing to put in a strong performance.
Published - Monday, 18 May, 2009
Iraqi security forces will soon be handed full control of a key strategic offshore oil platform by the end of the year.
Published - Monday, 18 May, 2009
Nigerian oil firm NAOC has awarded micro-credit to 30 farmers' cooperatives in the country.
Published - Friday, 15 May, 2009
Pelita Maslaut has announced plans to increase the number of students eligible to enrol in its oil training courses.
Published - Friday, 15 May, 2009
USAID has teamed up with the Iraqi oil ministry and the ministry of electricity to train national workers looking to enter the oil and gas industry and managerial level.
Published - Thursday, 14 May, 2009
A number of oil firms operating on an international level are in search of fully trained and skilled workers to continue their operations.
Published - Wednesday, 13 May, 2009
Italian oil major Eni has agreed a deal with Egypt for new initiatives and projects in the hydrocarbon sector.
Published - Tuesday, 12 May, 2009
A skills consortium from Kualu Lumpur has teamed up with the Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry to offer training for young people on Borneo.
Published - Tuesday, 12 May, 2009
RBG last week welcomed the oil and gas industry to its headquarters in Aberdeen as it showed off its array of products and new rope access training facilities.
Published - Monday, 11 May, 2009
The Underwater Centre is rising to the challenge of providing the requisite training to allow commercial inspection divers to do their jobs safely and efficiently.
Published - Monday, 11 May, 2009
Two firms from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have teamed up to promote knowledge training throughout Gulf Cooperation Council member states.
Published - Friday, 08 May, 2009
Angolan oil Sonangol has confirmed it is to develop a new training centre.
Published - Thursday, 07 May, 2009
Britain's prime minister, Gordon Brown, is hopeful of developing a strong partnership with Iraq based on training and the protection of oil suppliesSpeaking following talks with Iraq's prime minister Nuri al-Maliki, Mr Brown said that the UK is looking to play a role in training and development within Iraq...
Published - Wednesday, 06 May, 2009
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria has completed an indigenous training programme that will promote sound project management in the country's oil and gas industryAs part of the government's local content policy, which aims to raise the number of national workers in the energy sector, the SPDC launched the training and development initiative last year and has now trained more than 100 workers...
Published - Tuesday, 05 May, 2009
Production Services Network (PSN) has reinforced the credentials of its learning and competence management system with a new accreditation from OPITO - the oil and gas academyThe academy commended the company's compliance with internationally recognised standards of best practice and announced that with the accreditation, all staff members using PSN's learning system would benefit from assessment based on clearly defined principles of performance...
Published - Friday, 01 May, 2009
Nigeria needs to embark on an aggressive training and development programme in order to increase the size and skill level of its national workforce, Philip Chukwu, group executive director of exploration and production at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC), has claimedAt a meeting in Abuja earlier this week, Chukwu told representatives of the oil and gas industry that there was an acute local skills shortage in the oil and gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 29 April, 2009
The US oil and gas giant Chevron has expressed its opposition to any training cost-cutting exercises in the maritime transport sectorIn a statement, Chevron Shipping operations vice-president Alexander Walker insisted that the macroeconomic conditions must have "zero impact" on the amount of time and funding that it is ploughed into tanker safety and training for seafarers...
Published - Wednesday, 29 April, 2009
Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) deputy chief executive Faisal Al Mahroos has been confirmed as the replacement for the departing chief executive Abdulkarim Al Sayed, who is set to retireSpeaking to Gulf Daily News, Al Mahroos said that it is a natural succession that is considerate of the 35 years of service he has given to the company...
Published - Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
Eurocopter has teamed up with HeliSim to install the world's first EC225 full-flight pilot training simulator at its base in Marignane, FranceFlight Global reports that the new training simulator is qualified to level D, the highest band achievable...
Published - Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
Young Nigerians can reduce the likelihood of suffering long-term unemployment by enrolling on a vocational or technical training course, claims Dr Nuru Yakubu, the executive secretary National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)The Punch reports that his comments were made at a meeting of the NBTE, in which members discussed preparations for the inauguration of new national vocational education institutes and industrial enterprise institutes later this week...
Published - Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
Singapore-based firm SGS has introduced new industrial rope access for firms looking to cut down on scaffolding and platform costsThe company explains that the service uses techniques borrowed from professional caving and allows companies to significantly cut down on costs for maintenance work, while operations are typically carried out much more quickly...
Published - Monday, 27 April, 2009
The Petroleum Geoscience Training Centre is enabling TNK-BP to ensure that it has a stable development of specialist talent to serve its operations, the director of the centre Mikhail Dvoynikov has told Oil and Gas EurasiaHe explained that the company decided to team up with London's Royal Holloway University to deliver the new training centre because of its exceptional faculty professionalism and knowledge base...
Published - Monday, 27 April, 2009
National oil firm Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is getting behind a new initiative championed by the Association for Early Intervention (AEI) that is designed to offer training to support disabled children and their familiesKhaleej Times reports that PDO managing director John Malcolm and Abdullah Al Kindi, chairperson for the AEI, have signed a memorandum of understanding decreeing that the oil company will be funding training programmes for staff who make house visits to disabled children..
Published - Friday, 24 April, 2009
Suh Woo-rack, a senior executive at Korea Marine Environment Management has announced that South Korea's oil spill response training framework will be fundamentally overhauled in the wake of the Hebei Spirit spillLloyd's List reports that the official said the spill had brought to light shortcomings between training scenarios and actual events, adding that the group would work to address this...
Published - Thursday, 23 April, 2009
The senior adviser on the US-led Iraqi reconstruction team has announced that Babel is ready to receive foreign investment after the military helped to rebuild a training institute in the provinceIn a statement obtained by Aswat Al-Iraq, the unnamed official said that the Al-Iskandariya training centre had been rehabilitated in cooperation with the US Army Corps of Engineers...
Published - Thursday, 23 April, 2009
Missan Oil Company has confirmed that it will begin a clear-up operation that will remove war debris from oil fields located along the Iran-Iraq borderSpeaking to Aswat Al-Iraq yesterday (April 22nd), the company's media director Ali Abbas Sadiq confirmed: "In cooperation with the Defense Ministry's military engineering, Missan's Oil Company has developed a plan to clear some oilfields along the border with Iran...
Published - Wednesday, 22 April, 2009
Speaking in the national parliament last week as a delegation of Japanese officials visited Baghdad, Mr Hammoudi also called for the two countries to cooperate in launching joint exhibitions to promote Iraq's dilapidated oil and gas industryAswat al-Iraq reports that the MP also urged Japanese officials, including the ambassador to Baghdad, to act quickly upon resolutions made during recent state talks...
Published - Tuesday, 21 April, 2009
The British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa) has expressed its concern at the Air Accident Investigations Bureau's preliminary examination of the fatal crash of a Super Puma craft in the North Sea at the beginning of AprilDue to put an emergency motion before the Scottish Trades Union Congress, the group has called for all models to remain grounded while the views of safety experts and those flying the craft are heard in an independent symposium...
Published - Tuesday, 21 April, 2009
Drillerscom has successfully re-launched with an expanded training suite featuring modules designed to allow oilfield services firms to react nimbly to the adverse economic conditions...
Published - Monday, 20 April, 2009
Minister for communications in Ghana Haruna Iddrisu has argued that there is a need for more training so modern surveyors can better support the country's oil and gas industrySpeaking to the Ghana School of Surveying and Mapping, Mr Iddrisu argued that the role of surveyors in the development of the oil industry cannot be over-emphasised, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) reports...
Published - Friday, 17 April, 2009
C-MAR Group's Dynamic Positioning Centre is investing in new training facilities for the offshore oil and gas industry in India and eastern EuropeA new base to cover the energy markets of eastern Europe is being created in Croatia, with both basic and advanced courses being on offer...
Published - Thursday, 16 April, 2009
Wood Group Logging Services has opened a new training facility for hands-on logging trainingThe oil industry training centre will be used to educate operators and engineers in a number of tasks, including cased hole logging and perforating, production logging techniques and well log interpretation...
Published - Thursday, 16 April, 2009
A new Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) training centre is being developed in Port Arthur as a result of a continuing boom in LNG energy demand, a report indicatesThe new centre was announced by the president of Lamar University-Beaumont, James Simmons, who said that the training centre will be pivotal in the development of the LNG sector in the area, the Port Arthur News reports...
Published - Thursday, 16 April, 2009
A training provider focussing on working at height services, AquaTerra Solutions, has been used by Rowan Drilling UK to train its staff in best practice when working on the jack-up rig Gorilla VThe rig sits in 400 ft of water in the North Sea and has a drilling depth of 35,000 ft...
Published - Wednesday, 15 April, 2009
Training and development within the oil industry is central to the desires of the so-called Generation Y employees who are currently at the beginning of their careers, a claim suggestsCommunications director at Oil & Gas UK Trisha O'Reilly spoke ahead of this year's Next Generation conference, which is to take place in Aberdeen on April 22nd...
Published - Wednesday, 15 April, 2009
Ongoing training and preparation for how to react to an oil spill emergency has been undertaken off the east coast of ChinaChina, Russia, Japan and the Republic of Korea all took part in the training drill, which was designed to address drifting oil leaks, the Xinhua news agency reports, citing an unnamed official from the Shandong Maritime Safety Administration...
Published - Tuesday, 14 April, 2009
A recent helicopter crash in the North Sea which has led to a number of oil majors suspending the use of Bond helicopter services pending an investigation into its safety and training record was caused by a gearbox failure, a report indicatesBritish air accident investigators examining the crash believe that the gearbox failure led to the aircraft's main rotor breaking away, hitting and breaking the helicopter's tail boom...
Published - Tuesday, 14 April, 2009
The "unprecedented" industry environment currently being experienced by oilfield services companies is forcing a change in strategy, experts claimIn a guest editorial for the Journal of Petroleum Technology, Don Painter and Debra Grandjean from Ernst & Young noted that locating and training a talented workforce is one of the long term strategies that oilfield services companies must employ in order to remain successful...
Published - Thursday, 09 April, 2009
The US Coast Guard is preparing to launch a new training programme the will instruct senior maritime officials in how to issue public response to events such as oil spills or piracyMaritime professionals serving the oil and gas industry and other key trade sectors are invited to take part in the three-day training programme beginning on May 13th at the International Maritime Officer's School in Yorktown, Virginia...
Published - Thursday, 09 April, 2009
Major players in the UK oil and gas industry have suspended use of Bond's helicopter services as investigations into the company's safety and training record are carried outWhile a report on the company is being drawn up by the Air Accident Investigations Bureau, BP has announced that it has suspended use of Bond's service while it carries out an internal investigation...
Published - Wednesday, 08 April, 2009
Safety experts in the oil and gas industry issued a warning about cutting back on manpower and training in the offshore sector days before the Super Puma helicopter crashed into the North SeaThe Times reports that the International Transport Workers Federation offshore taskforce group told an audience in London that reducing staff numbers could come at the detriment to worker safety in the offshore sector...
Published - Wednesday, 08 April, 2009
Falck Nutec is proud to announce the introduction of the new Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST) module to its training programmesThe new course, accredited by Opito, has been designed as an orientation and immersion programme aimed at entry level workers serving the UK offshore oil and gas industry...
Published - Tuesday, 07 April, 2009
The National Oil Spills Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) is making considerable headway in cutting out oil spills during production and processing, the organisation's director general Dr Bamidele Ajakaiye has told VanguardSpeaking at a training event hosted by NOSDRA and other partners, including the UK-based Oil Spill Response and the International Maritime Organisation, the head of the organisation said that it was important that it achieved its ambitions using the skills of the national
Published - Tuesday, 07 April, 2009
Upetrom subsidiary Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP) has put forward $7 million (£475 million) for a new oil and gas training centre and foresees a recruitment drive that will boost its employee base by around 200 workers in 2009...
Published - Monday, 06 April, 2009
Oil and gas firm Yengho Ventures has launched a new training initiative that will allow 24 local students from the Warri North and South council areas of the Niger Delta state in Nigeria to expand career opportunities with new clerical and analytical skillsInterns on the three-month training and development programme will focus on improving computer literacy in order to help them secure a stable job in the oil-rich region...
Published - Monday, 06 April, 2009
Oil and gas industry tech firms RSI and SPT Group will work together on the development of new dynamic lifecycle simulation training suitesCollaborating in fields such as marketing and sales, joint offerings, project execution and technology collaboration, more than 300 employees of the two companies will share the skills and experience in flow assurance, process, control, reservoir, drilling, programming and ICT...
Published - Monday, 06 April, 2009
The aging workforce in the Canadian oil and gas industry will force companies to invest in training and development to promote long-term growth, Raj Mehta, a professor with the Schulich School of Engineering, has insistedSpeaking to the Calgary Herald, he said that while many firms are scaling back their operational budgets and hiring programmes, there is still a strong recognition of the risks of encountering a skills and worker shortfall once there is an upturn in the economy...
Published - Friday, 03 April, 2009
The oil industry can benefit from more hands-on training, according to the Galveston County Daily NewsReaders of the publication are told that the stigma which sometimes surrounds vocational courses obscures the importance of the skills learned by participants...
Published - Friday, 03 April, 2009
Better training could be delivered to those entering the oil industry in Calgary thanks to new funding for the local universityFunding is to be directed towards Keyano College in Fort McMurray to help train students in issues related to the oil industry such as conservation and environmental science...
Published - Thursday, 02 April, 2009
Specialist oil and gas industry training provider Atlas Interactive has launched a major new contract to provide training for the UK offshore sectorIn a statement yesterday (April 1st), the company confirmed that it has achieved accreditation from Opito - The Oil and Gas Academy and Step Change in Safety to deliver Minimum Industry Safety Training to the UK oil and gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 01 April, 2009
Several senior managers at Abu Dhabi Gas Industries have been awarded certifications from Sun Learning Systems (SLS) and the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM)At a ceremony last month, around 15 managers were awarded the coveted Certified Manager credential after completing an intensive training programme organised by the two companies...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
The Angolan National Assembly has approved proposals that will enable the government to legislate on the provision of training and educational programmes to prepare workers for a career in the country's oil and gas industryAngola Press reports that the assembly has also authorised two new instruments that will allow for the development of a new non-associated gas concession and new fiscal policies governing tender agreements on energy prospects...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
The president of the University of Maryland Dr Thelma Thompson has travelled to Nigeria to help the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) establish a training programme for indigenous workers Dr Thompson headed up a delegation which also included deputy president Dr Emmanuel Acqua and Dr Stanley Nyerinda, head of statistics and administration...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is helping workers in the southern states of the US improve occupational safety with new training opportunities New courses have been launched east Texas, southern Arkansas and north-west Louisiana in cooperation with the US Department of Labor...
Published - Monday, 23 March, 2009
Open Range will commence with training programmes to ensure it is ready to implement International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)In its annual report, the company said that training will be managed on an ongoing basis and will cover a wide range of associated issues with the adoption of the new standards...
Published - Monday, 23 March, 2009
US rail services giant Burlington North Santa Fe (BNSF) has hosted a train derailment emergency response course in Lovell, WyomingSpeaking to local emergency response teams, training supervisor Ed Chapman explained that in addition to the personal safety risks posed by derailments, it was also important to develop response procedures for handling hazardous materials such as ethanol and other petroleum products that may have been in transit...
Published - Monday, 23 March, 2009
Cooper Industries has opened the doors of its new technology training centre in HoustonThe new 35,000 sq ft facilities feature an auditorium, conference room, numerous training suites and a full-scale refinery and wastewater processor and electricity grid, allowing trainees to hone their skills in an operational environment...
Published - Monday, 23 March, 2009
One of Abu Dhabi's largest property developers has set out plans to build satellite Brighton College campuses in 12 countries including Oman, Vietnam, India and the UAE capital itselfChief of Bloom's new education and training arm said that Brighton had been chosen for its commitment to both academic excellence and a comprehensive educational and personal development of its pupils...
Published - Friday, 20 March, 2009
The government of British Columbia has unveiled two new job development initiatives for workers in the regionThe Field Services Entrepreneur Training and Professional Driver Training for Women will both aim to create and support jobs in the oil and gas industry in the Canadian province by providing the practical, vocational skills needed to secure a job in this difficult economic climate...
Published - Friday, 20 March, 2009
Yemeni workers may soon have access to training and development programmes at Polish universities that will enable them to pursue a career in the oil and gas industryThe Yemen News Agency reports that the country's ambassador to Poland Ali Aqlan met with the head of the oil and gas department at the Polish economics ministry Maji Kaliski earlier today (March 18th) to discuss the possibility of training Yemeni cadres...
Published - Wednesday, 18 March, 2009
The delivery of training for subsea engineering firm MCS' Aberdeen-based facility is to be overseen by a new director, it has emerged Michael O'Sullivan is to take charge of the firm's training processes, helping to steer the delivery of staff coaching towards the needs of the expanding workforce...
Published - Wednesday, 18 March, 2009
Saudi Aramco has revealed plans to focus its oil training efforts on the international language of the utilities sector by helping its workforce to communicate more effectively in English Nabeel Al-Jama', general manager of training and career development for Saudi Aramco, explains the importance of English to the sector...
Published - Tuesday, 17 March, 2009
Palantir's economic modelling solutions are helping the oil and gas industry overcome historic problems of bad budget management and overspendingBart Willigers, senior consultant with the oil and gas financial modelling company, told the Digital Energy Journal that the sector has a poor track record of maintaining budgets and forecasting annual spends...
Published - Tuesday, 17 March, 2009
Petrofac has signed a new management solutions contract with BP that will see it provide high-level administrative training for the company's North Sea employee baseThe new $5 million (£3...
Published - Monday, 16 March, 2009
GE Oil and Gas has proudly announced that it has awarded 68 professionals with certifications as part of its university programme The first ever scheme of its kind in the region, the course provided a comprehensive grounding in leadership skills and technological development specifically within the oil and gas industry...
Published - Monday, 16 March, 2009
ExxonMobil 'honoured' to be involved in QSTPAs the Qatar Science and Technology Park (QSTP) opens today (March 16th), ExxonMobil's senior vice-president Rex Tillerson has expressed his pleasure at being involved in the projectSpeaking ahead of the inauguration, he said that the company is committed to establishing the country as a global scientific and educational hub that will be a driving force in the fight to accommodate future energy demands...
Published - Sunday, 15 March, 2009
In its January budget, the Canadian government approved a C$1 billion (£560 million) boost to help workers retrain during the downturnCBC reports that this funding is being handed out as a complement to the existing C$1 billion Community Development Trust, which aims to engage local workers with local industries through training initiatives and other programmes...
Published - Saturday, 14 March, 2009
The present is a time of incomparable importance for training energy professionals to avoid a widespread skills shortage, a new poll of industry executives conducted by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) has found In studies published by the group, 41 per cent of respondents said they expect to retire during the coming decade - potentially leaving the industry facing a skills gap...
Published - Friday, 13 March, 2009
Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the oil sector has historically depended on the advice of investment banks, according to a new industry report Research organisation GlobalData argues that, in recent years, oil companies have looked to investment banks to identify their best prospects for M&A deals...
Published - Thursday, 12 March, 2009
While it still faces a shortfall in skilled workers to serve the oil and gas industry, Cambodia has made gains in training of domestic employees, Pen Ngoeun, an adviser to the country's council of ministers has told the Pnomh Penh PostHe told state officials that Chevron will need 600 highly skilled staff to man its operations once they are brought on stream...
Published - Thursday, 12 March, 2009
Ten representatives of Sigma-Basestar Technical Services Ghana have presented the ahantahene Otumfuo Baidoo Bonsoe with a provisional document outlining the provision of training for Ghanaians looking to serve the country's burgeoning oil and gas industryGhana Broadcasting Corp reports that the company, which is a joint-venture between four oil and gas firms from Nigeria, Canada and Ghana, has developed the document to achieve seven core objectives pursuant to raising skill levels among Ghanaian
Published - Wednesday, 11 March, 2009
ExxonMobil has pursued a collaborative relationship with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) in order to ensure that maximum value is achieved for both company shareholders and Nigerian citizens, Exxon's general manager of deepwater operations Jide Ayo-Vaughn has commentedSpeaking to Business Day, the manager said that the partnership has led to considerable gains in the fields of domestic workforce training, technology and the environment...
Published - Wednesday, 11 March, 2009
Indian companies working in the oil and gas industry are set to get prioritised security consultancy services from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)Speaking to Business Standard, the organisation's director general N R Das said that plans for the administration of such services are currently being finalised with the ministry of home affairs...
Published - Tuesday, 10 March, 2009
City College Brighton and Hove has been extending its ties with Saudi Aramco to provide instructor training courses and other educational opportunities Four employees from Saudi Aramco, the largest oil firm in the world, recently enrolled in the college to develop teaching competencies in their specialist areas in order to lead in-house training and development for fellow workers...
Published - Tuesday, 10 March, 2009
The contingency plans enforced at Prince William Sound in the wake of the Exxon Valdez tanker spill in 1989 have greatly enhanced the Alaskan port's capacity to respond to such emergencies, the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (PWSRCAC) has claimed According to the Kodiak Daily Mirror, the organisation's director of administration Lisa Ka'aihue said that legislation phasing out the use of single-hull tankers by 2015 had reduced the likelihood and impact of a spill conside
Published - Monday, 09 March, 2009
Business leaders in the oil and gas industry need to continually expand their skill sets, Mohammad Ayoub, operations leader and Middle East region general manager at GE Oil and Gas has warnedSpeaking ahead of the graduation ceremonies of the company's inaugural university programme in Doha and Abu Dhabi, the spokesperson said that the training programme gave employees the opportunity to develop competences in both core and specialist areas to allow them to ascend the career ladder...
Published - Monday, 09 March, 2009
A focus on continual training and development has helped to push Nexen into the the Times top 100 companies to work forWith its focus on both training and the opportunity to work overseas, Nexen achieved a high score in professional development categories, with 78 per cent of workers stating that they had learned skills and expertise that would be valuable in their future careers...
Published - Friday, 06 March, 2009
The board members of Angola's National Oil Institute were sworn in at a ceremony held yesterday (March 5th)Angolan news agency ANGOP has learnt that the country's oil minister Botelho de Vasconcelos was in attendance to oversee the inauguration of the three directors...
Published - Friday, 06 March, 2009
ExxonMobil and Volunteer Houston have announced that applications for the Community Summer Jobs Programme 2009 are now being acceptedThe annual training programme aims to provide college students in the Houston area with valuable practical skills through paid placements with local third-sector companies...
Published - Thursday, 05 March, 2009
The UK oil and gas industry will maintain strong investment in the provision of safety training no matter how deep the recession cuts, a Scottish energy committee has heardRepresentatives from ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, Oil and Gas UK, Opito and Scottish Enterprise Grampian made this pledge during an investigation into the future of the Scottish energy industry...
Published - Tuesday, 03 March, 2009
Canadadian oil and gas major Harvest has re-pledged its commitment to excellence in health, safety and environmental training in its annual results for 2008The company announced that it achieved operating cash revenues of C$655...
Published - Monday, 02 March, 2009
International oil companies (IOCs) need to ensure that Libyan workers are integrated into engineering projects, the chairman of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) Shukri Ghanem has insistedSpeaking to industry representatives, he said that the country needs to reap long-term benefits from oil production and that currently, too many engineering contracts are being handled by non-domiciles...
Published - Friday, 27 February, 2009
Canadian energy major EnCana is helping to support education in Texas with a $486,000 (£341,400) donation to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF)In a statement at a recent TPWF meeting, EnCana vice-president Paul Sander said that the company would fund a new grant programme to help students in the area get involved with conservation and environmental protection projects...
Published - Friday, 27 February, 2009
Nigeria is struggling to boost the local content in its domestic oil and gas industry as a result of a training deficiency and inadequate infrastructure, Funso Esan, head of the energy department at the National Planning Commission, has claimedSpeaking to Reuters, Mr Esan said that the country is in need of more robust training and development programmes in order to boost the overall number of Nigerians serving the oil and gas industry...
Published - Thursday, 26 February, 2009
Petronas is continuing to invest in human capital through the downturn, having learnt early on that excellence in leadership is a key component to successThe Malaysian state-owned firm, which was established in 1974, first demonstrated its dedication to executive workforce training with the establishment of an in-house training and development programme that soon evolved into its lauded Petronas Management Training Sendirian Berhad (PTMSB) course...
Published - Thursday, 26 February, 2009
The Okyenhene of Ghana Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called on stakeholder institutions to provide funding for the training and development necessary to allow domestic workers to meet the needs of the country's emergent oil industrySpeaking in Accra, Mr Panin added that the discovery of oil would not automatically usher in an era of prosperity and growth, adding that it was vital that coherent, transparent management structure was established to oversee the development of the sector...
Published - Wednesday, 25 February, 2009
The number of workers receiving training at the Condet training hall in Jakarta is continuing to grow year on yearGhofar Ismail, head of business division at the training centre, told the Jakarta Post that the number of graduates in 2008 nearly doubled compared to the previous year...
Published - Wednesday, 25 February, 2009
The oil and gas industry offers graduates the opportunity to shape the way that the world uses energy, Maersk Oil's Ali Korotana has insistedSpeaking to the Times, the employee, who chose the energy industry over a job in the City because of its favourable travel opportunities and the geopolitical importance of the sector, said that many younger workers are highly environmentally conscious...
Published - Wednesday, 25 February, 2009
US-based pipeline operator Enbridge is defying the economic gloom with an impressive expansion strategy that will also include training of local workersThe company, which owns and operates the Superior oil processing hub, is responsible for supplying ten per cent of the nation's crude from Canadian reserves and also pumps money into Michigan's economy via its commitment to local employment...
Published - Tuesday, 24 February, 2009
Paragon Angola will work with oil firms and educational institutions to train more domestic engineers for careers in the oil and gas industryWorking in collaboration with the University of Houston, University Agostinho Neto and a consortium of international oil firms, AMEC will look to capitalise on the country's stability to nurture its workforce and reduce its reliance on foreign labour...
Published - Monday, 23 February, 2009
Oil and Gas UK has extolled the swift and expert response of the rescue crew which attended the ditching of the Super Puma helicopter in the North SeaIn a statement, Chris Allen, Oil & Gas UK's health, safety and environment director, said that BP has committed millions of pounds into establishing the Jigsaw safety training and response system, which is based on localised monitoring and recovery...
Published - Monday, 23 February, 2009
Cooper Industries has announced that it has opened the doors of its new flagship training facilities in Houston, TexasThe red tape was cut at a ceremony hosted by group chief executive Kirk Hachigan, who welcomed more than 250 people to a half-day inauguration last month which included tours of the training centre and discussions with industry heads...
Published - Thursday, 19 February, 2009
Since the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988, the UK offshore industry has come to view training and development as paramount, the Times reportsAll offshore rig workers now have to undergo an intensive health and safety course, while helicopter crews run drills to simulate the conditions of a downed aircraft...
Published - Wednesday, 18 February, 2009
The Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung has pledged his commitment to a broad agreement that will increase the flow of oil to the south-east Asian country from the Middle East and will also encourage greater training cooperationDuring a visit to the emirates, he met with top business representatives of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry and welcomed investment in business opportunities spanning construction, education, agriculture and the oil and gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 18 February, 2009
There is a risk that the global oil and gas industry will be hit by an acute skills shortage in the helicopter engineering sector unless training is increased and interest invigorated, Helicopter Association International (HAI) has warnedSpeaking to Flight Global, Patrick Corr, chairman of the organisation, insists that he cannot think of a single area of the globe where there is currently a surplus of skilled helicopter technicians...
Published - Wednesday, 18 February, 2009
The Kuwaiti-Yemeni ministerial joint committee has ratified 11 new protocols and agreements to increase cooperation in technical training, trade, security, culture and justice At a meeting held in Yemen's capital Aden, the country's foreign minister Dr Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi signed agreements with the Kuwaiti deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem, solidifying comprehensive bilateral relations...
Published - Wednesday, 18 February, 2009
The minister of Niger Delta affairs Chief Ufot Ekaette has called for invigorated cooperation with the international community to help develop and stabilise the region In an address earlier this week, Mr Ekaette said that in addition to the national energy firm Agip, the international oil and gas industry has a particularly important role in developing the region through training programmes and social funding initiatives...
Published - Tuesday, 17 February, 2009
The UK is setting a leading example in how to maintain strength by investing in training and development, Certex UK's training manager George Cuell believesWriting for Hoist, he states that by meeting and exceeding legal training requirements, lifting firms in the UK are ensuring the safety of workers and helping to sustain an excellent reputation...
Published - Tuesday, 17 February, 2009
The International Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) has trained more than 4,000 professionals in 50 different countries since first launching its lubricants certification programmes in 2001Over eight years, the group has developed specialised accreditations focusing on the career structure, job description, required training syllabus and certification exam structure of each individual trainee and the company now offers courses in eight different languages...
Published - Friday, 13 February, 2009
ExxonMobil has announced the 75 nonprofit organisations that will be involved in its annual Community Summer Jobs Programme (CSJP) in DallasThe initiative, which is in its 19th year locally and 38th nationally, was established to help undergraduates gain paid experience in the non-profit sector in order to enhance their education and contribute to the community...
Published - Friday, 13 February, 2009
The Canadian government is committed to ensuring that aboriginal people have equal access to training and development opportunities, the country's minister of Indian affairs and northern development Chuck Strahl has commentedSpeaking on behalf of the minister of human resources and skills development, Mr Strahl said that the pledge to provide this training had been firmly set out in national development programmes...
Published - Wednesday, 11 February, 2009
Petron and the Philippine Office of the Civil Defence (OCD) will jointly sponsor an expansive disaster preparedness training programme to improve responses to oil spills and similar eventsThe training and development programme has been ordered by the OCD after health infrastructure in the country was strained severely by the MT Solar 1 oil spill in 2006...
Published - Tuesday, 10 February, 2009
Italian oil major Eni has announced that it has signed three agreements with Angola's Sonangol to develop upstream, downstream and training opportunities in the east African countryEni confirmed that it has entered into an agreement to enhance energy infrastructure and industrial capacities in the country, while maintaining its environmental integrity...
Published - Monday, 09 February, 2009
Residents of Owaza in the Ukwa-West local government area in Nigeria have pledged to establish a dialogue with the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)The highest ranking community leader of the region Eze Young Ogbonna expressed his commitment to communication at a two day conference held over the weekend...
Published - Friday, 06 February, 2009
The vice-president of India has expressed his desire to strengthen links with Myanmar in the fields of energy and trainingSpeaking at a banquet in Yangon earlier this week, Shri M Hamid Ansari said that substantial gains had been made in increasing trade in the oil and gas industry, in addition to developing strong vocational training links...
Published - Friday, 06 February, 2009
Falck Nutec has announced that it will construct a new training centre in the Vung Tau province of Vietnam to support the country's oil and gas industryWan Shukry, regional managing director of Falck Nutec's Far East Asian activities, said that the new centre will help to end the sector's reliance on foreign skills and labour and allow up to 5,000 Vietnamese students to enter the industry each year...
Published - Thursday, 05 February, 2009
UK-based training provider for the oil and gas industry Oilennium has announced the development of a new minimum industry safety training course for Petans Kevin Keable, managing director of Oilennium, said that the MIST courses are a key requisite component of a safe offshore oil and gas industry in the UK...
Published - Wednesday, 04 February, 2009
Oil and gas academy OPITO has announced the appointment of a new skills director to support the institution as it continues its rapid growthLongstanding oil and gas industry expert Mike Duncan joins the team to build on the strong foundations laid in 2008, which culminated in the opening of a new £1...
Published - Tuesday, 03 February, 2009
The number of merchant fishermen and maritime security agencies enrolling on anti-piracy training courses has burgeoned in the wake of the surge in attacks on oil tankers and cargo shipsProfessor Donna Nincic, a course tutor at the California Maritime Academy, has told the Associated Press that new training and development programmes have been developed to arm the oil and gas industry and other key maritime transport sectors with a cognizance of the extent of the problem...
Published - Tuesday, 03 February, 2009
The Vermont Fire Academy is set to start construction of a new $17 million (£1...
Published - Monday, 02 February, 2009
There is a growing need for qualified engineers in the Gulf region, Saudi Aramco's vice-president for the King Abudullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) recently arguedAli al-Ajmi said that oil education and training was continuing to develop through partnerships with Saudi universities...
Published - Monday, 02 February, 2009
The offshore safety authority for Australia has highlighted that training and safety programmes must be central to all oil exploration and production at seaJohn Clegg, the chief executive of the Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (Nopsa), said that the oil sector should work to achieve its health and safety goals over the course of the coming year...
Published - Friday, 30 January, 2009
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has announced that it hopes to sign a raft of new deals with the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) now that Barack Obama has entered officeAt a press conference on Wednesday (January 28th), SOFAZ executive director Shahmar Movsumov said that the organisation is eagerly awaiting the approval of a development plan to help train management staff, manage assets and establish a permanent oil training centre in Azerbaijan...
Published - Thursday, 29 January, 2009
Petrofac has become the first company to sign up to OPITO's new minimum industry safety training courseThe module, which is aimed at new starters in the oil and gas industry, was designed in accordance with Step Change in Safety's framework to make the UK's offshore industry the least hazardous in the world by 2010...
Published - Wednesday, 28 January, 2009
In line with the dramatic growth of Belize's oil and gas industry, the Department of the Environment will host a three-day training course on oil spill response and ecological risk assessmentChief environmental officer Martin Alegria said that the country was targeting front-line companies and organisations and is in the process of developing a robust response strategy for both terrestrial and marine oil spills...
Published - Monday, 26 January, 2009
ETA Consultancy, a subsidiary of ETA Ascon, has extended its health, safety and environmental training programmes to the oil and gas industry and other key sectorsThe group, which has its foundations in construction, has moved to address the high fees that are paid by the oil and gas industry to bring in foreign training providers by utilising its own domestic HSE training facilities more widely...
Published - Monday, 26 January, 2009
The oil and gas industry operating in the North Sea requires a highly skilled workforce as the fields mature and extraction becomes more complex, the chief executive of Opito David Doig has warnedSpeaking at the opening of the new £1...
Published - Monday, 26 January, 2009
The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is capable of attracting the world's brightest student, Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali Al Naimi has told enroleesHis comments came as the university accepted its first campus-based students as the new state of the art facilities are opened after years of providing virtual courses...
Published - Friday, 23 January, 2009
Saudi Aramco has signed a memorandum of understanding with Technical and Vocational Training Corp (TVTC) to promote new training and development opportunitiesDr Ali N Al-Ghafiz, governor of TVTC, said that the new collaboration will help to improve the skills infrastructure of Saudi Arabia by integrating companies and major institutions into the training process so that workers are of the highest calibre...
Published - Friday, 23 January, 2009
Firms operating in the oil and gas industry have committed large sums of money to put rookie fire-fighters in Wyoming and the surrounding states through their paces at the Mid-Winter Fire schoolDavid Woolery, the school's chairman and the deputy fire marshal of the Riverton Volunteer Fire Department, told the Casper Star Tribune that the institute focuses on practical training and development that is responsive to current fire risks...
Published - Friday, 23 January, 2009
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Published - Thursday, 22 January, 2009
Ingenious has announced that it has been awarded a contract from Reliance Infrastructure to develop a new world class multisite training centre to serve the downstream oil and gas sector in IndiaReliance, which is the country's largest private sector enterprise, will benefit from signature training software solutions including Ingenious' ProDyn and ProLearn programs, allowing simultaneous access at multiple sites...
Published - Wednesday, 21 January, 2009
Embarking on an apprenticeship linked with the oil and gas industry provides workers with practical qualifications and experience which can be used to enhance career prospects, TTE Training has advisedAn announcement from the company comes as it launches a number of training workshops throughout the UK focusing on enabling young people to get ahead in the oil and gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 21 January, 2009
During times of recession, it is likely that training programmes will be hit by budget limitations along with other areas of operations, downstream training provider Noria has concededHowever, the firm is urging companies working in the oil and gas industry, particularly the lubricants business, to remember that the skills erosion that comes with a reduction in training and development schemes will be of detriment to the company when the world pulls out of recession...
Published - Monday, 19 January, 2009
UK industrial training and development specialist TQ has announced that it is forecasting a strong upturn in the need for robust employee education programmes during this period of economic adversity In a statement, Vic Keyworth, chief executive officer of TQ, has said that the UK's reputation as a top provider of education will also help build the firm's international client list as overseas firms look to nurture highly-skilled talent to ride out the downturn "In the 50 years the company h
Published - Monday, 19 January, 2009
Falck Nutec has unveiled plans for a new training centre to serve the Vietnamese oil and gas industryThe group expects to take its first students in April this year and will focus on providing internationally recognised emergency response and safety training modules tailored to the needs of the energy sector...
Published - Monday, 19 January, 2009
GE has announced that it is launching its trademark Oil and Gas University course in Abu Dhabi next monthThe company will offer the course from February 14th to 29th at the Petroleum Institute in the UAE capital and will focus on providing world class managerial and technical training for those working in the oil and gas industry...
Published - Monday, 19 January, 2009
Despite falling revenues at many firms working in the oil and gas industry, there will always be a strong requisite demand for oil spill training (OST), Markleen's sales director Stuart Duncanson has claimed Speaking to Emirates Business, the representative said that the weak macroeconomic conditions of recent months have had little effect on the Spanish firm, which specialises in providing OST for companies and state authorities around the world...
Published - Thursday, 15 January, 2009
The UK's largest oil and gas training provider has won a new consultancy contract with the Kwara state government of Nigeria, it has been announcedUnder the terms of the contract, the group will assess the feasibility of establishing a new training and development centre in the state to serve the oil and gas industry and encourage local employment...
Published - Thursday, 15 January, 2009
Al Qudra Holdings has unveiled a new $100 million (£683 million) training and simulation academy in Abu Dhabi...
Published - Tuesday, 13 January, 2009
CodaOctopus has announced that it has expanded its training suite into the field of antipiracy in response to the growing threat of maritime hijackings in the oil and gas industry and elsewhereThe decision to branch out into the tactical oil training sector comes amid escalating attacks on tankers travelling through the Gulf of Aden, with a Yemeni ship carrying 2,000 tonnes of diesel among the latest to be targeted, having reportedly been boarded by Somali pirates at the start of this year...
Published - Tuesday, 13 January, 2009
The Nigerian government has reportedly halted all foreign training and development programmes in reaction to sliding revenues coming off the back of a weak oil priceCommenting on the development, Nigerian daily the Guardian has reported that unless training courses are reinstated quickly, technically complex sectors such as the oil and gas industry could suffer irreparably...
Published - Monday, 12 January, 2009
The Angolan government expects companies working in the oil and gas industry to offer their support for the overhaul of the National Oil Institute (INP), the country's oil and gas minister Botelho de Vasconcelos has saidSpeaking last week at a meeting of oil and gas industry representatives, the minister said that the restructuring of the the facility would be conducted with long-term goals in mind...
Published - Thursday, 08 January, 2009
Lincoln Park school in Pensacola, Florida has received a $10,000 (£6,651) grant from ExxonMobil in order to further its science programme, it has emergedThe Pensacola News Journal has reported that the school will use the money to provide a hands-on science education and raise pass rates for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test...
Published - Thursday, 08 January, 2009
Pakistan's Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has been directed by the prime minister's energy adviser Dr Asim Hussain to ramp up production and provide training to ensure operations are secureThe Daily Times reports that the analyst told attendees at a company meeting held in Islamabad yesterday (January 7th) that it must expedite development of the Kunar, Pasakhi, Tando Allah Yar and Sinjhoro projects and complete them within the allocated time frame...
Published - Wednesday, 07 January, 2009
The Kwara state government has given its backing to a new training and development institute to help prepare Nigerians for a career in the oil and gas industry and other sectorsAfter a ten-week feasibility and consultation programme, the TTE Technical Training Group will submit conceptual designs for the new training and development centre and will also identify its core industry requirements...
Published - Wednesday, 07 January, 2009
Precious metals exploration firm Noront has called for impact and benefit agreements (IBAs) which bind all companies operating on aboriginal sites in Canada to be standardisedLaw...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
The International Human Resources Development Corporation (IHRDC) has announced that it has won a new contract to develop competency models for PetroVietnamIHRDC - an international training and development provider for the oil and gas industry - will develop skill competency models for 150 upstream workers in the fields of geology, geosciences, petroleum engineering and drilling...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
The provision of safety training for offshore workers serving the oil and gas industry has been a key contributor to the success of the OPITO academy, chief executive David Doig has commented A statement from the chief executive came as the company celebrated a successful first year in operation, during which it collaborated with Step Change in Safety to create a new set of training standards for workers on oil and gas installations on the UK continental shelf...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
The Nigerian economy needs to become based on the utilisation of a skilled workforce, Chimaobi Jonathan Ibeneche, chief executive of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), has claimed According to Vanguard, the boss called for greater training and development opportunities for workers looking to overcome poverty and hardship through the pursuance of a career in the oil and gas industry and other key sectors...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
Those working in the oil and gas industry may be interested to hear that Antrim Energy submitted a Field Development Plan to the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change Online resource Oil Voice reports that this is the first phase of the Causeway - the company's Northern sea property...
Published - Monday, 05 January, 2009
Irkutsk State University in eastern Siberia will benefit from the support of Paradigm, which will supply its students with world-class oil training softwareParadigm announced last month that it will donate its signature well log and petrophysical analysis software to equip Irkutsk enrollees with the skills necessary to excel in the oil and gas industry...
Published - Saturday, 27 December, 2008
If it goes ahead, a fifth cooperative agreement between Dow Chemicals and Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company will provide expanded training and development opportunities for domestic workers, Dow has confirmedIn a statement, the group said that it would extend educational opportunities to Kuwaitis working around the world, in addition to encouraging the development of skills to be utilised by the domestic market...
Published - Friday, 26 December, 2008
The Malaysian government will use revenue from the oil and gas industry to channel investment into training and development and the improvement of infrastructure as part of its fiscal stimulus package, Bernama has reportedAccording to the national news agency, takings from oil industry subsidies are expected to be in the region of RM7 billion (£1...
Published - Wednesday, 24 December, 2008
It is important that Arab states invest heavily in training and development in order to support the regional economy during a downturn, Mervat Tellawi, co-ordinator general of an upcoming crisis summit for Arab states, has told XinhuaSpeaking ahead of the Arab Economic, Development and Social Summit Ms Tellawi insisted that it providing the skills necessary to support employment and serve regional job markets - such as the oil and gas industry - is a key strategy in surviving the downturn...
Published - Tuesday, 23 December, 2008
A lack of research into Iran's oil and gas reserves has led many skilled engineers and technicians to seek work outside of the country, industry experts have heardIranoilgas...
Published - Tuesday, 23 December, 2008
Despite a significant fall in revenue arising as a result of the slide in oil prices, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia yesterday (December 22nd) announced a budget that will invest heavily in training and developmentAccording to Arab News, the move comes as part of the largest budget ever announced for the country, with investment in public services increasing 15...
Published - Tuesday, 23 December, 2008
The web-based Training Gateway hosted by York University has welcomed its 1,000th member as Hertfordshire University joins the networkAn extensive training and development forum launched six months ago, the Training Gateway has already distributed more than 300 tenders for training in sectors including oil exploration engineering, air traffic controllers and upper level public sector managers...
Published - Monday, 22 December, 2008
Oilennium has announced the launch of a new learning management system to serve the training and development requirements of the oil and gas industryThe new online education programme offers an extensive suite of practical learning tools that are designed to maximise retention, the company said in a statement...
Published - Monday, 22 December, 2008
Enbridge has supported local employment in North Dakota with the development of a 20-inch pipeline running between Neche and ClearbrookAccording to the Grand Forks Herald, more than 400 people have been working on the project, while the company has also announced that it will extend its operations in the state with the development of a new pipeline which could create further job opportunities...
Published - Friday, 19 December, 2008
It is the Timorese government's responsibility to provide more training and development opportunities for the national workforce, the country's secretary for youth and sport has claimedSpeaking to the Guardian Weekly, Miguel Manetulu said that the government has already cooperated with firms in the oil and gas industry to lead recruitment drives, in addition to supporting a work exchange programme with Korea, but that presently these have only had limited success because Timorese workers current
Published - Friday, 19 December, 2008
The prime minister of Malaysia Yab Dato' Seri Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi has warned that the oil and gas industry must not allow the same exodus of human capital witnessed in the 1990s to occur again In comments made at the start of the month, the Malaysian state head noted that the last time oil prices dropped, a slew of trained workers left the oil and gas industry and were not fully replaced...
Published - Friday, 19 December, 2008
The oil and gas industry needs to commit substantial investment in the development of human potential in order to weather the current economic storm, Nasser Al-Jaidah, chief executive officer of Qatar Petroleum International (QPI), has claimed Speaking earlier this month, the chief executive warned: "With the present economic downturn we have a real need for oil and gas companies to invest in human capital to cope with growing global energy demand...
Published - Tuesday, 16 December, 2008
Binary University (BU) Malaysia and UAE-based Al Khawarizmi International College (KIC) have signed an agreement that will allow students at the KIC to transfer to the Malaysian university more freelyStudents at KIC - which has provided computational training and development programmes for more than 40,000 individuals and employees of all the world's energy firms - will now be able to transfer to BU Malaysia after two years of study...
Published - Tuesday, 16 December, 2008
The Emirates International Maritime Academy (EIMA) is set to develop a new offshore safety training and development course for the oil and gas industryAccording to Al Bawaba, the EIMA has signed a memorandum of understanding with Malaysia-based Sribima Maritime Training Centre for the development of world-class offshore facilities in the Dubai Maritime City (DMC) campus...
Published - Friday, 12 December, 2008
The chief minister for the Northern Territories in Australia has told premier Kevin Rudd that East Timorese workers need to be provided with more training and development opportunities to serve the energy sector Paul Henderson spoke with the prime minister as he visited schools and community events in Darwin and Palmerston, according to ABC News...
Published - Friday, 12 December, 2008
Industry-leading training facilities located in the north of England have helped to support the growth of the offshore oil and gas sector According to the Journal, the northern offshore industry is now in a strong enough position to support the regional and national economy during this difficult period...
Published - Friday, 12 December, 2008
Flowserve has announced the signing of a new ten-year strategic contract with Saudi oil firm Aramco The supplier agreement will include Flowserve's entire product range of flow control devices, in addition to value-added services such the provision of local training and development programmes...
Published - Friday, 12 December, 2008
BG Group has been commended by the Foreign Investors' Council (FIC) of Kazakhstan for its commitment to diversification of the country's economyThe company was celebrated as the best foreign investor in Kazakhstan for 2008, with the FIC president Nursultan Nazarbayev celebrating 16 years of close cooperation between BG and the country...
Published - Friday, 12 December, 2008
Energy firms need to focus on growth-oriented projects in order to survive the downturn and meet future energy demand, Exxon chairman and chief executive Rex Tillerson has claimedFollowing the release of the company's energy management strategy up to 2030, Mr Tillerson said that Market-based policies focused on profitability would be key to continued economic success...
Published - Friday, 12 December, 2008
Latin America will need to invest in training, employment and infrastructure schemes to ensure that the social gains made in Latin America in the last five years are not negated by the economic crisis, the chief economist of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has claimedSpeaking to the Economist, Santiago Levy warned that unless training and development programs and temporary work schemes are set up to protect employees entering unemployment, the economic growth witnessed in the last five
Published - Thursday, 11 December, 2008
Mining giant Vale has advised natural resources companies operating in South America to invest in training and development programmes to survive the downturnThe Washington Post has reported that numerous countries in South America have enjoyed rocketing growth as oil and other natural resources are identified and extracted...
Published - Thursday, 11 December, 2008
Providing training opportunities and promoting job creation has played a key part in helping China to sustain its economic growth, the director of the National Bureau of Statistics has claimedIn an article originally written for Qiushi, the director noted that 10...
Published - Wednesday, 10 December, 2008
The Australian Centre for Energy and Process Training in Munster has celebrated the graduation of its first students, according to reportsAustralian training minister Peter Collier handed out awards to the students, who received oil and gas training focusing on plant operations and engineering...
Published - Wednesday, 10 December, 2008
Nigeria needs to establish consolidated training and development programmes to help ensure that the country's energy industry is working efficiently in 2009, the managing director of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) has urged According to This Day, Mutiu Sumonu warned that the coming year is likely to be difficult for the oil and gas sector in Nigeria and called for greater adoption of training programmes to utilise the domestic workforce effectively...
Published - Wednesday, 10 December, 2008
The Venture Gulf training and development centre will sign a joint-agreement with a major Australian energy firm in the new year to expand its course offering, it has been claimed Speaking to the Peninsula, Javeed A...
Published - Tuesday, 09 December, 2008
Canada's burgeoning solar energy industry will be buoyed by governmental training and development programmes, the company's natural resources minister has insistedSpeaking yesterday (December 8th), Lisa Raitt said that the solar sector will play an important role in ensuring the future of Canada's energy supply while also furthering its commitment to the environment...
Published - Monday, 08 December, 2008
The spate of pirate attacks witnessed off the coast of Somalia in recent months has become a prominent topic at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy Captain Thomas Bushy, who leads training and development courses at the institute, has said that the recent attacks have provided a real-world backdrop to the courses...
Published - Monday, 08 December, 2008
Shell has held the opening ceremony of its new $21 million (£144 million) Northshore training and development centre in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana...
Published - Monday, 08 December, 2008
Malaysian national energy major Petronas has forged its success by focusing on the training and development of its workforce, the company's vice-president for education has explained Speaking to Bernama, Dr Rosti Saruwono said that the company has sought to expand its educational commitment to Malaysia by expanding beyond tertiary oil and gas training courses and offering primary and secondary education too...
Published - Monday, 08 December, 2008
The Samruk Kazyna National Welfare Fund will commit to the development of training and development centres to exploit Kazakhstan's oil and gas potential According to Kazinform, chairman of the fund Kairat Kelimbetov told attendees at a recent session of the Council of Foreign Investors that currently, the country lacks the intellectual infrastructure necessary to capitalise on its strategic proximity to the Caspian Sea...
Published - Monday, 08 December, 2008
ExxonMobil and Africare have announced the commencement of a three-year development programme to help African women expand their skills and access business and industry markets on the continent The new Educating Women and Girls initiative will provide training and development courses which focus on increasing entrepreneurial capacity and business skills...
Published - Wednesday, 03 December, 2008
Gazprom and Schlumberger have entered into an agreement which will see the companies cooperate in the provision of turnkey technologies The latter will provide the Russian state-owned oil major with signature technology which will enable it to improve output capacity and exploration efficiency in domestic fields and those overseas...
Published - Wednesday, 03 December, 2008
ATR Group has launched a new integrated solution to help oil and gas firms reduce instances of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) among the workforceThrough vibration monitoring systems and technical training and development support, the company seeks to significantly reduce the HAVS contraction rate, which currently stands at 3,000 new cases each year...
Published - Wednesday, 03 December, 2008
Jammu University is set to construct a new energy institute to offer its students world-class energy training and development programmes The new centre forms part of a collaboration between Jammu and University College London (UCL), which will work together to promote teaching, training and research in various branches of science...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
The Indiana County Technology Centre (ICTC) has won a contract which will see it train 2,500 staff for Halliburton by 2010 Once the trainees have completed the course, the US energy giant will then send them to work in stations along the eastern seaboard, from Canada to Georgia...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) has announced the expansion of its energy management courses after a popular and successful trial run UTPB Business dean Jack Ladd said that there was an immediate need to serve the oil and gas sector in west Texas with highly trained managers...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
A critical shortfall in skills needs to be addressed if Ghana is to capitalise on the recent oil find, the country's minister for ports, harbours and railways has warned Speaking at the 12th Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi warned that when service providers do not receive adequate training and development, they serve as a stumbling block to progress because they do not appreciate the wider economic agenda...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
UK-based Strategic Agenda Group (SAG) has entered into a partnership with Austrian firm Klima and Heinemann which will see some $10 billion (£65 billion) invested in the Nigerian oil and gas sector...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
Petrofac has announced that it will collaborate with the Surrey Science and Technology Regional Organisation to deliver oil and gas training courses in local schools Via a host of interactive workshops, pupils will be provided with a base understanding of the skills necessary to work in the energy sector, paving the way for the training and development of the petroleum engineers of the future...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
Global education standards firm ASTM International has announced the provision of a new training and development course for those interested in the testing, sampling and evaluation of crude A framework for technical and professional development, the new course focuses on automated and manual sample gathering, in addition to an examination of methods available to assess the quality of crude finds...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
French utility firm Areva has insisted that substantial training and development programmes will need to be implemented if the UK is to build more nuclear power stations The group, which is EDF's preferred supplier of nuclear technology, has noted that there will be a need for both skilled construction workers and operational staff...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (Ladol) has called on Nigerian citizens working overseas to return home to serve the oil and gas sector Public affairs manager at the company Anderson Salami called on skilled professionals to return to the country and invest in the education of its people...
Published - Monday, 01 December, 2008
Christie, the simulation display systems provider, has announced the launch of a new turnkey product to serve the oil and gas sector and other industries The Matrix StIM is designed to offer unparalleled realism and a highly scalable platform for the provision of training and development simulations...
Published - Friday, 28 November, 2008
Colorado workers have been running emergency gas training operations prior to plugging a well south-west of Silt that has been leaking natural gasAccording to the Daily Sentinel, preparations to "kill" the well were being made on Wednesday (November 26th), which included the planting of equipment and addressing logistics issues...
Published - Friday, 28 November, 2008
Representatives from Abu Dhabi travelling to Liverpool have expressed an interest in increasing collaboration in the provision of practical training and development programmes, in addition to working together on numerous other action areasThe Liverpool Daily Post reports that the delegation, which was mainly comprised of heads of various government departments, expressed a particular interest in learning how Liverpool had effectively brokered integration between public and private enterprise...
Published - Thursday, 27 November, 2008
SThe first point of action in reorganising the demographic structure of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is increasing provision of training and development programmes to reduce reliance on foreign and temporary labour, the federation's president has insistedSheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's statement came in a wide-reaching speech on the issues facing the UAE, in which he went on to state that the next tenet of the multilevel strategy was to promote a culture of self dependence in areas of ind
Published - Thursday, 27 November, 2008
A new radioactive disaster simulation zone has come online at the Dukovany nuclear facility, it has been announcedIn a report in Noviny, it was noted that in addition to creating a realistic leakage scenario, a fire was also staged at one of the site's oil generators...
Published - Thursday, 27 November, 2008
The Rocky Mountain Oil Testing Centre (RMOTC) has installed a wind turbine on a historic oil field for training purposesWorking in collaboration with Casper College, the centre has erected the turbine to provide students on oil training courses with a practical awareness of the growing importance of energy innovation...
Published - Thursday, 27 November, 2008
ASTM International has announced the availability of a new risk-based corrective action training and development course for handling petroleum release situations The course, which lasts two days and will be run for the private sector in May and October 2009 in Lansing, Michigan, provides a run down of petroleum release scenarios and a standard guide for handling such situations...
Published - Thursday, 27 November, 2008
Nigerian firms assisted Mobil in the training and development of local workers to serve the new East Area project in Nigeria The $3...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
Numerous executives in the Algerian oil industry have benefitted from training and development seminars hosted by GE Gas & Oil, the company's chief executive officer has claimedSpeaking at the opening ceremony of a new oil, gas and electricity maintenance and monitoring unit at Boufarik, near Algiers, Claudi Santiago said that GE had been committed to the transfer of technology and know-how to Algerian workers since 1962...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
Norwegian energy industry technology firm Roxar has signed an agreement with Hanoi Mining and the Geology University in Vietnam to provide training and development software and receive internsUnder the terms of the agreement, Roxar will extend its signature measurement solutions and software to Hanoi Mining while also receiving students from the university to offer them a practical oil education...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
A selected team of engineers are undergoing an intensive oil training course to prepare them to work at the Dung Quat refinery in VietnamOut of a pool of 1,046 workers, 68 have been accepted on to the course, which focuses on providing the training and development necessary to allow them to manipulate refinery operations...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
Flow control product provider Flowserve has announced that the signing of a new ten-year agreement with Saudi Aramco which will see it contribute to new oil training centres designed to provide the country's domestic workforce with new skillsIn a statement, Flowserve announced that it will provide oil education resources for the centres and help fuel the company's "Saudisation" programmes...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
The Dubai Industrial Academy (DIA) will begin training Emirati students for a number of energy firms including Dugas and Enoc, an official working for the institute has announcedSpeaking to Emirates Business 24-7, the representative said that the training and development scheme will accept students from the northern Emirates to provide them with the skills to work in the gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
GE Oil & Gas has announced that it has completed the installation of two of the final four compression stations being built as part of an expansion to the West-to-East gas pipelineThe first of the stations came online on October 11th, more than two months ahead of schedule, with the entire project being completed 46 per cent faster than any previous comparable operation...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
The British University in Dubai (BUiD) has welcomed the first enrolees to its Masters in Systems Engineering courseWith the course designed in collaboration with the University of Manchester, BUiD will provide students with the training and development necessary to address critical skills shortfalls throughout the Middle East, the university announced...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
The minister of petroleum and natural gas in India, Shri Murli Deora, has invited companies from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to participate in the oil and gas sector in IndiaAt the launch of a roundtable discussion between CIS countries and India in New Delhi today, Shri Deora said there were a number of areas that the two sides could work together on so that the country's oil and gas sector could be developed...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
UK-based Strategic Agenda Group (SAG) has entered into a partnership with Austrian firm Klima and Heinemann which will see some $10 billion (£65 billion) invested in the Nigerian oil and gas sector...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
A critical shortfall in skills needs to be addressed if Ghana is to capitalise on the recent oil find, the country's minister for ports, harbours and railways has warnedSpeaking at the 12th Annual General Meeting of the Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GIFF), Professor Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi warned that when service providers do not receive adequate training and development, they serve as a stumbling block to progress because they do not appreciate the wider economic agenda...
Published - Wednesday, 26 November, 2008
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB) has announced the expansion of its energy management courses after a popular and successful trial runUTPB Business dean Jack Ladd said that there was an immediate need to serve the oil and gas sector in west Texas with highly trained managers...
Published - Tuesday, 25 November, 2008
Atlas Interactive will utilise the services of Syberworks to provide its workers in the Middle East with comprehensive oil training programmes Harry van der Vossen, chief operating officer at Atlas Interactive, said that while the company is an industry leader in oil and gas training services, it needed to complement its own in-house facilities to ensure that its construction workers received both classroom-based and on-the-job training...
Published - Friday, 21 November, 2008
Rodeo Development has penned a deal with Drillerscom to provide engineering, logistics and management support for two appraisal wells to be drilled in Cameroon...
Published - Friday, 21 November, 2008
Petrofac Training has opened its fourth major emergency management (MEM) simulator in the UK, based in its Alten training and development centre in Aberdeen The newest MEM has been built in response to global demand for Petrofac's assessments and courses for offshore installation managers and control room operators...
Published - Thursday, 20 November, 2008
Saab Seaeye has hosted the opening ceremony for a new facility which will expand production capacity by 50 per cent and provide a training hub for its global workforceLocated in Fareham, Hampshire, the new facility will offer technical training courses to enable its staff to man its entire range of workclass and portable vehicles...
Published - Thursday, 20 November, 2008
E-learning is becoming an increasingly valuable tool for businesses trying to weather the current economic downturn, Total has claimedCommenting on a new report from Educa Berlin which indicates that remote training and development programmes are becoming a preferred option among many firms, Christophe Binot, e-learning manager at the French oil major explained that out of class courses deliver a better return on investment...
Published - Thursday, 20 November, 2008
Petronas has invested more than $18 billion (£1...
Published - Thursday, 20 November, 2008
Egyptian oil production has climbed to its highest level in 14 years as the country looks to revive the sectorFurthering this, the Daily News Egypt has reported that the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) has signed a number of lucrative new agreements with countries such as the UK, Italy, Malaysia and Kuwait...
Published - Wednesday, 19 November, 2008
Global process management firm Emerson has announced the opening of a new technology centre in China to provide hands-on training to serve customers in the regionThe Asia Flow centre in Nanjing significantly boosts the company's presence in the region and will train workers in process automation techniques to serve the oil and gas industry, as well as refining, marine, life sciences and metals and mining firms...
Published - Wednesday, 19 November, 2008
Representatives from Abu Dhabi's ADNOC and ADCO have come together with Oman's ministry of oil and gas to take part in an innovative oil training course run by BP in Muscat, OmanASSET is a business simulation training programme which focuses specifically on the oil exploration sector, providing people with practical skill sets acquired through a multi-disciplinary handling of a 10-year upstream simulation...
Published - Tuesday, 18 November, 2008
Texas-based Marathon has shown journalists a stripped down version of its offshore disaster training course at the Falck Nutec centre in AberdeenReporters from the Economist and other papers were asked to attend the oil training course before being flown out to one of Marathon's rigs in the North Sea...
Published - Tuesday, 18 November, 2008
Rotorcraft has announced that it will continue to provide top class aviation support services to oil and gas firms operating in the Mexican GulfIn a statement on the finalisation of the acquisition of Bristow Group, company founder and president Lloyd Marks said that it expanded on the firm's core mission: to provide first-class aviation services that focus on safety above all else...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
The Ghanaian civil service has called upon its management to encourage the development of the entire nation through training programmes, after the discovery of oil in the west African state Chief director of the office of the head of the civil service Mrs Rebecca Aboagye told middle-management executives at a recent ethical leadership training conference that the oil find needed to be handled properly to ensure maximum gains...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
Terasen has announced a new gas training boot camp which will provide young tribe members in British Columbia with the necessary skills to pursue a lucrative career in the utilities sector Jan Marston, Terasen Gas vice-president for human resources and operations governance, explained that the skills learned on the gas education courses will make students an attractive prospect to employers and set them on a path towards further skills development in the oil and gas industry...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas will not be put up for private auction, the country's parliament has confirmed According nst...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
International engineering and construction firm Subsea 7 has been awarded the Oil & Gas UK Award for Supply Chain Professional Development, it has been announced The awards, which aim to promote talent in the oil and gas engineering industry, were held on Wednesday evening (November 12th) and also celebrated the company's work in business innovation...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
Making sure employees in the oil and gas sector are well trained will become even more vital as oil becomes harder to extract, Honeywell has claimed The company, which helps companies improve operational efficiency using training and development software suites, has claimed that such tools have a growing importance for energy majors which are looking to lessen resource wastage and improve environmental credentials...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
Trainee firefighters have benefited from Chevron's oil training programme after being invited to battle a controlled refinery blaze at it's dedicated centre in El Segundo, California The company - which has its own fire department - allows firefighters throughout Los Angeles to use the facilities, which include tanker truck fires and oil storage tanker blazes...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
A sum of $10 million (£672 million) has been set aside to provide training and development opportunities for 2,569 workers in Nigeria, the Petroleum Training and Development Fund (PTDF) has announced...
Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
Petronas, Malaysia's state-owned oil firm, has said that it has commenced a training and development programme to provide nearly 500 locals in the Sabah region with the necessary skills to work on a proposed oil and gas terminal in the areaSpeaking to Malaysia Today, the company's president and chief executive officer Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican explained that the new facility will provide additional jobs for the local workforce, in addition to bringing great opportunities for workers in other s
Published - Friday, 14 November, 2008
AVEVA has announced that more students in Houston will be able to enrol on its accredited energy plant design training and development programmesThe group said that the extended availability of courses would address some of the key shortages in training witnessed in the US energy industry...
Published - Friday, 14 November, 2008
Absoft's IT resources for mid-market companies operating in the energy industry make it easier for firms to keep track of oil training standardsCommenting on the signing of a contract with Gulf Offshore, Absoft's business director Don Valentine said that by unifying training and development logs with other IT systems such as payroll and human resources, Gulf Offshore will be able to track and standardise its oil training programmes more easily...
Published - Friday, 14 November, 2008
A new joint venture by Production Services Network (PSN) and Kenson will help to maximise yields from mature fields off the coast of Trinidad, it has been claimedThe new company, Kenson-PSN, will bring local knowledge and specialist oil training expertise to help rigs get the most from reserves while keeping extraction costs to a minimum...
Published - Wednesday, 12 November, 2008
TTE Technical Training Group's training and development programmes have been awarded a 5 Star rating after a rigorous assessment by the British Safety Council (BSC)After receiving the accolade, the UK-based group can now rank itself as one of the best providers of training and development in the oil, gas, manufacturing and engineering sectors, the company claims...
Published - Wednesday, 12 November, 2008
By 2030, the deployment of robust training and development infrastructure will mean that Bahrain's domestic population will support its entire low-skilled workforce requirementsSuch is the claim of Dr Yousef Mashal, chairman of the Bahrain Export Development Society, who has told Gulf Daily News that as a result, only highly skilled foreign workers will be able to get work in the country...
Published - Tuesday, 11 November, 2008
Bahrain will overcome manpower challenges in the oil and gas sector through robust training and development, the country's oil minister and chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) has saidSpeaking at the opening of the Global Education and Training event in refining and petrochemicals, hosted by Get Energy at the Gulf Hotel in Bahrain, Dr Abdulhussain Mirza said the country will meet local employment challenges head on...
Published - Tuesday, 11 November, 2008
There is a need for formal training and development programmes to ensure safety standards in the natural gas pipeline industry in South Africa, Sapga has claimedAccording to the group, the sector opened up when a pipeline from Mozambique came on stream, creating a more lucrative market and greater opportunities...
Published - Tuesday, 11 November, 2008
Residents in Peru stand to benefit from invigorated training and development programmes as a result of a new funding deal between the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and BPZ Exploracion y ProduccionA subsidiary arm of BPZ Resources, the latter firm has a growing presence in Latin America and has iterated its commitment to helping the domestic workforce through oil education programmes...
Published - Tuesday, 11 November, 2008
A broad approach to training and development has helped Occidental to capitalise on the recent spell of increased stability which has been witnessed in ColombiaIn a recent report, News Blaze notes that while Colombia has typically been a dangerous country to operate in, the period of relative peace brought about by the election of Alvaro Uribe has allowed Occidental to integrate with the local community through training and development schemes and funding programmes...
Published - Friday, 07 November, 2008
While many women may have overlooked a career in the oil and gas industry, READ Well Services is keen to attract new female workersSuch is the claim of the Press and Journal, which has noted that the group has just hired two female engineers at its bases in Norway and Scotland...
Published - Thursday, 06 November, 2008
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has opened up bidding for the construction of the National College of Petroleum Studies in Kaduna, NigeriaAnnounced on October 5th, the bidding has invited tenders for 20 contracts to construct the new oil training facility, in addition to announcing plans to upgrade the existing Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) in Effurun Warri, Delta State...
Published - Wednesday, 05 November, 2008
Despite the current credit crisis, it is essential that training and development programmes continue in the shipping industry, Intermanager president Ole Stene has claimed Talking to Lloyd's List, Mr Stene claimed that a highly trained shipping workforce is essential to the downstream operations of oil and gas firms...
Published - Tuesday, 04 November, 2008
Virtualised environment software plays a key role in crisis simulation as part of oil and natural gas training courses, Second Places has claimedThe UK-based developer has created a simulated offshore environment to provide workers with a sandbox in which they can utilise their skills to handle crises and hazards on the virtual rig...
Published - Monday, 03 November, 2008
Training and development across a broad range of industries is essential if the Gulf region is to fulfil its potential in the coming years, Gordon Brown has claimedWriting in Saudi-based paper the National, the British premier explained that an estimated 70 per cent of people in the Gulf are under the age of 30, meaning that vocational education and training will need to be taken to unprecedented levels if the region is to capitalise on this manpower...
Published - Monday, 03 November, 2008
Petroleos Mexicanos employees who died while working on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico lacked adequate safety training, the company's chief executive officer has concededJesus Reyes Heroles' comments came during a press conference announcing the company's official verdict on the accident, which resulted in the death of 22 production platform workers last year...
Published - Monday, 03 November, 2008
The Bahrain Society for Training and Development (BSTD) has helped to maximise the human potential of the emirate's population, oil and gas minister Dr Abdulhussain Mirza has saidHe praised the organisation for its commitment to training and development during the World Memory Championships, which was held in Manama earlier this week...
Published - Friday, 31 October, 2008
The department of earth sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London has successfully opened a new geoscience training and development centre in SiberiaTargeting Russian students on its masters degree on petroleum sciences, the centre was built in collaboration with Tyumen State Oil and Gas University (TSOGU), with funding providing by TNK-BP...
Published - Friday, 31 October, 2008
Hess has moved closer to the development of a $5 billion (£3 billion) refinery facility on the Caribbean island of St Lucia, reports indicateAccording to Guy Joseph, communications and works minister, the New York-based company has undertaken substantial feasibility work in the region, suggesting that the firm is committed to going ahead with the project...
Published - Friday, 31 October, 2008
While the economic turbulence of recent months has created uncertainty in some oil and gas markets, Singapore's industry minister has iterated the country's commitments to long-term stabilityAccording to Xinhua, Lim Hng Kiang told attendees at the opening of a new Halliburton manufacturing and tech centre that the country was committed to investment in the infrastructure necessary to support its role as a key oil and gas hub in the region...
Published - Thursday, 30 October, 2008
Innovative approaches to oil training and development plays a key role in business profitability and productivity during times of economic turbulence, Total has claimedChristophe Binot, e-learning manager for the French energy major, said that by implementing remote learning, oil firms can broaden the scope of their education programmes and reach employees across the globe...
Published - Thursday, 30 October, 2008
Green Dragon Gas has announced that the upstream operations, training and development carried out by its wholly owned subsidiary Greka Technical Services (GTS) is continuing apace in ChinaOriginally launched in November 2007, the company has hired a total of 116 employees with upstream operations and has carried out extensive training and development programmes to aid its continual expansion...
Published - Thursday, 30 October, 2008
The Petroleum Technology Institute Ghana (PTIG) will help to address a severe local shortfall in skilled oil and gas workers, one of the centre's key proponents has claimedSpeaking to stakeholders, Ross Agazuma, vice-president of global maritime for west Africa, said that the PTIG would build bridges between industry, education systems and skills providers, allowing for the development of the wealth of under-qualified workers in Africa...
Published - Thursday, 30 October, 2008
With the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan set to come on stream within five years, the Oil Spill Training Company has insisted that the workforce will receive training in efficient downstream operationsSpeaking to New Europe, John Ostergaard, an analyst from the UK-based firm, insisted that an introduction to international trading and transit standards will be supplied, in addition to the effective implementation of these rules...
Published - Wednesday, 29 October, 2008
Russia will continue to strengthen its ties with Vietnam in oil and natural gas ventures and technical training programmes, Dmitri Medvedev has claimedOn a state visit to the south-east Asian country, he said that the country would continue to extend specialist educational training programmes to enhance the skill set of the Vietnamese workforce...
Published - Wednesday, 29 October, 2008
Shell has been a pioneer in providing training and development for Nigerian workers operating in the oil and gas industry, Mutiu Sumonu, managing director of the firm's petroleum development company in the countryThrough the regional learning hubs situated in Warri and Port Harcourt, the company has been to produce a stream of high-calibre technical and engineering graduates...
Published - Tuesday, 28 October, 2008
The Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) in New Zealand has announced that it will develop a new training and development centre for nationals looking to enter the oil and natural gas industryInitially providing health and safety courses, the multimillion dollar project will engage students with practical simulations played out in survival tanks and utilising offshore evacuation devices...
Published - Tuesday, 28 October, 2008
It is essential to provide funding for technical oil training programs so that current prospecting work and the management of future contracts in Mozambique can continue, the country's natural resources minister has claimedSpeaking in Pemba, Esperanca Bias told reporters that the country needed to develop a strong training infrastructure in areas such as geological and geophysical analysis...
Published - Tuesday, 28 October, 2008
EWI and Technical Toolboxes (TTI) have announced an agreement to deliver oil and gas training The two companies will jointly organise training for a broad audience in the energy industry, offering education units, and attendees will be able to obtain partial college credit for the courses they undertake...
Published - Friday, 24 October, 2008
Gazprom and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) are to work together in oil and gas training, it has emerged During the sixth meeting of the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) between the two companies, agreements were signed on interaction in staff training, as well as qualification upgrading...
Published - Friday, 24 October, 2008
Shell Qatar has won an award for its safety procedures, it has emerged After the Gulf Times revealed the body had received the Shell CEO Award, chairman of Shell Qatar Andrew Brown told the publication that the firm had many safety training programmes in operation...
Published - Thursday, 23 October, 2008
India and South Africa have formally discussed working together in the oil and gas industry Following the recent 3rd India Brazil South Africa Summit, Shri Murli Deora, minister of petroleum and natural gas in India, met with BP Sonjica, the minister for minerals and energy of South Africa, in New Delhi...
Published - Thursday, 23 October, 2008
The Russian deputy minister of industry and trade has said that his country is to offer help to Cuba in its energy industry Earlier this week, Stanislav Naumov told Novosti, a Russian news and information agency, that Russia would offer assistance to Cuba in the development of personnel in the energy industry, which could interest those concerned with oil and gas training...
Published - Wednesday, 22 October, 2008
Nearly 100 Nigerians have been given certificates by Shell after graduating from one of the company's schemes, it has been revealed Shell Petroleum Development Company's media relations officer Joseph Obari told This Day, a Nigerian newspaper, that 96 students had received certificates from the Shell Special Intensive Programme (SITP) Scheme II...
Published - Tuesday, 21 October, 2008
PetroChina has joined forces with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to work on a variety of issues in the oil and gas sector As part of the strategic agreement, CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, is to collaborate with the oil company on research activities, and the deal outlines potential for oil and gas training and development as well as the exchange of graduate students to enhance their skills in the sector...
Published - Tuesday, 21 October, 2008
The first two onshore drilling rigs in Nova Scotia in Canada are to be built, with oil and gas training part of the new developmentFollowing the announcement that Laurentian Energy is to build the rigs in a project worth $35 million (£20...
Published - Monday, 20 October, 2008
Nigeria is looking to bolster its oil and gas workforce after the federal government set a target of 70 per cent Nigerian content within the next two years The executive secretary of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Alhaji Kabir Mohammed said that 2,600 skilled oil and gas workers were needed to fulfil the government's requirements...
Published - Monday, 20 October, 2008
Vietnam is looking to expand its oil and gas workforce to work at the first refinery in the country At the Human Resource Development for the Dung Quat Economic Zone in the Integration Period seminar held earlier this month, economists and managers in Vietnam were told that the Dung Quat Economic Zone is in need of skilled workers It was argued at the meeting that training was needed to meet the demands for skilled labour at the plant...
Published - Monday, 20 October, 2008
MIS Training Institute has revealed that is to run its Auditing for Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals training course in Abu Dhabi next month The five-day seminar, which starts on November 2nd, has been tailored for oil, gas and petrochemical companies in order to provide guidance auditing...
Published - Monday, 20 October, 2008
Coastal Training Technologies has announced the launch of a new environmental protection training programme The document, titled Spill Prevention & Control: Insuring A Safer World, looks at the procedures in place to prevent and limit the damage caused by oil spills...
Published - Thursday, 16 October, 2008
Delegates from an oil and gas producer and distributor in China have undertaken a tour of Texas's training facilities, it has emerged Chu Tianshun, one of the managers at Petrochina, told MyWestTexas...
Published - Thursday, 16 October, 2008
Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLC) has won a "prestigious" award at the Seatrade Middle East and Indian Subcontinent Awards The city won the Energy: Oil and Gas Award earlier this month after a panel of judges considered the candidates' attributes, looking at six essential fundamentals, one of which was the development and training of personnel...
Published - Wednesday, 15 October, 2008
The Netherlands and Saudi Arabia are to work together to educate the latter's youth in the oil and gas industry Maria van der Hoeven, the Netherlands minister of economic affairs, who is currently visiting Saudi Arabia, said that the two countries should work together in education...
Published - Wednesday, 15 October, 2008
Iraq is to open its oil and gas industry to foreign investment, which could mean local areas benefit from training On Monday, officials met to discuss the rules that would determine what foreign energy companies would be allowed to do in taking advantage of Iraq's oil and gas supply...
Published - Tuesday, 14 October, 2008
An initiative has been set up to encourage students into maths and science subjects The programme, the Education Collaborative, is run by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) of Santa Maria and provides grants as well as organising contests to inspire creativity within the classroom...
Published - Tuesday, 14 October, 2008
A training programme has been established for those in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and ABS have set up a joint training initiative that will see classroom instruction take place this month in St Petersburg, Russia, followed by field training at shipyards on ABS-classed, trading LNG carriers...
Published - Tuesday, 14 October, 2008
Nigeria should focus on developing the local content of its oil and gas industry, it has been claimed Writing for Business Day, Olusola Bello said that it is necessary for the country to develop the local oil and gas industry, adding there are certain steps towards doing this...
Published - Monday, 13 October, 2008
Brunei should advertise its oil and gas industry to create an effective workforce, it has been claimed The minister of energy for Brunei Pehin Dato Awang Haji Mohammad made his comments at the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO) Conference, BruDirect...
Published - Friday, 10 October, 2008
A new education centre that will support the oil and gas industry in Florida has been celebratedSiemens has worked with the University of Central Florida (UCF) to build the Siemens Energy Centre, situated near the Robinson Observatory in the American city, that will look into the effectiveness of power generation equipment and reducing costs...
Published - Friday, 10 October, 2008
An energy company in Ecuador has pledged to support oil and gas training in the country Speaking after an agreement was confirmed between Ivanhoe Energy Ecuador and Petroecuador to develop the Pungarayacu oil field, a representative for Ivanhoe said the firm was to aid training in the sector...
Published - Friday, 10 October, 2008
A new energy course is being created at an institution in Denver, Colorado The new Global Energy Management (GEM) degree at the University of Colorado Denver campus will train those in the sector, including those in the oil and gas industry, and will focus on how to solve issues...
Published - Wednesday, 08 October, 2008
Eni has signed a long-term partnership with Papa New Guinea to explore the possibility of oil in the region and to help with training The company will support the formation of a trust fund for future fenerations which will provide training schemes for local technical and managerial positions in the oil and gas sector...
Published - Wednesday, 08 October, 2008
A new centre in Ghana is to train those in the petrochemical industry, it has emerged The Centre for Petroleum Studies, it will supply training and research services for the oil and gas industry, with programs including an Introduction to Oil and Gas Industry, Fundamentals of Petroleum, Financing Petroleum Projects and International Petroleum Accounting, the Daily Graphic reported...
Published - Tuesday, 07 October, 2008
An investment is to be made in oil and gas training in Nigeria, it has emerged The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) is to invest N17...
Published - Tuesday, 07 October, 2008
An export terminal in the Barents Sea has held tanker accident and oil spill management training International integrated training exercises have been held at the Varandey terminal in a venture run by RF EMERCOM and All-Russia Political Party United Russia, entitled Development of Security Systems to Implement Economic and Infrastructure Projects...
Published - Tuesday, 07 October, 2008
Denali Pipeline is to improve its training measures next year, according to its vice-president Bud Fackrell Mr Fackrell voiced his concerns over training and whether or not the company would have enough trained personnel to build the pipeline that goes through Alaska...
Published - Monday, 06 October, 2008
A new oil and gas training centre is to be opened in Nigeria, creating jobs and offering courses The skill centre will be situated in Ipara and has been set up by the Falck Nutec and Prime Atlantic partnership...
Published - Monday, 06 October, 2008
New courses are to be offered to students in Malaysia, including ones about oil and gas training, it has been revealed University College Sedaya International is to build a new campus as well as its own training hospital in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, with additional courses to be made available, according to the Star Online...
Published - Friday, 03 October, 2008
Young people need to be attracted to the oil and gas industry, an expert has said First prorector at Moscow's Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, Viktor Martynov, told Oil & Gas Eurasia that youths should be made aware of career opportunities available in the sector as well as professional advancement...
Published - Friday, 03 October, 2008
Following a 20-day driller program in Rankin Inlet, workers are now ready to work in the oil and gas industry, it has been reported According to Northern News Services Online, Kivalliq Drilling coordinated the training program, which was the first the company had undertaken, and successfully helped 11 Inuit prepare for employment in the sector...
Published - Thursday, 02 October, 2008
Maersk Oil is to use a shutdown period at its Janice facility to provide oil training for its workforce Earlier this year oil production re-commenced at the North Sea site after an extended period of repair work and upgrading...
Published - Thursday, 02 October, 2008
The Pazflor oil training centre in Angola will complement the government's efforts to upgrade the country's manpower, according to the national director of oil Amadeu Correia de Azevedo says the industry demands technically qualified staff in all fields and people must be given oil training and education to help them achieve working excellence...
Published - Thursday, 02 October, 2008
Some 30,000 oil and gas jobs are available in Alberta, according to the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Most of the people needed in Alberta are professionals for the oil and gas industry, as well as construction workers for infrastructure projects, says department secretary Marianito Roque...
Published - Thursday, 02 October, 2008
Nurturing Nigeria's development in the oil and gas industry will ensure there are people who can contribute to the future of the sector, one industry expert has said Dr Ibilola Amao, chief executive officer of Lonadek Oil and Gas Consultants, says her role in oil and gas training will help enable Nigerians to become competent and have the required skills and capacity to contribute to the industry...
Published - Thursday, 02 October, 2008
The United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to promote competition in India's oil and gas industryAwarded to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), the money will be used to develop a more transparent regulatory environment...
Published - Thursday, 02 October, 2008
A North Dakota oil and gas training facility has opened at a "vital time" for the area's industry, according to the region's governor Opening the BSC National Energy Center of Excellence, governor John Hoeven said the $18...
Published - Wednesday, 01 October, 2008
Coastal Training Technologies has released an environmental protection training programme to provide oil and gas education Entitled Spill Prevention & Control: Insuring A Safer World, it examines the safeguards and procedures to prevent and contain oil spills and leaks...
Published - Wednesday, 01 October, 2008
Singapore's minister for trade and industry has announced a five-year development of the country's offshore petroleum services facility Lee Yi Shyan said the $280 million (£157...
Published - Wednesday, 01 October, 2008
Oil and gas training is important as it helps to refine the leadership skills needed for developing oil fields in challenging, and sometimes violent, locations, one industry expert states Project manager Hogne Pedersen says he learned through education and training how to navigate the Nigerian government and establish local business ties in order to develop oil fields...
Published - Wednesday, 01 October, 2008
Italian energy company Eni has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Russian autonomous region of Yamalo-Nenets The firm says the agreement represents a further token of its approach towards the countries in which it operates and is aimed at encouraging economic and social development of local communities...
Published - Tuesday, 30 September, 2008
Total is to collaborate with Education City for oil and gas training and development in the Middle EastQatar Foundation and the oil giant will work together on identifying European universities offering highly-ranked post graduate degrees and training programmes that can be implemented at the campus...
Published - Tuesday, 30 September, 2008
Plans for a deep sea pipeline and petrochemicals plant in East Timor could cut the country's unemployment rate Alfredo Pires, secretary of state for natural resources, says tapping into the underwater oil and gas in the 11,000-feet-deep Timor Trough "means a lot for this little country"...
Published - Monday, 29 September, 2008
The UK's only integrated Emergency Response Service Centre (ERSC) has passed a recent quality audit Run by oil and gas education provider Petrofac Training, the Aberdeen centre provides a range of customers within the oil and gas industry with an integrated response capability...
Published - Monday, 29 September, 2008
Royal Dutch Shell says Abu Dhabi will continue to be a leader in world energy matters Abu Dhabi has an impressive record of serving global customers, according to Malcolm Brinded, executive director of exploration and production at Royal Dutch Shell...
Published - Monday, 29 September, 2008
Triton Group is increasing its presence in the US oil and gas industry with the launch of UKPS Offshore in Houston A $2 million (£1...
Published - Monday, 29 September, 2008
Energy minister Malcolm Wicks has vowed to help build Iraq's oil and gas sector capacity, saying the industry is vital to the country Speaking at the end of a visit to Iraq, Mr Wicks said: "Iraq's energy sector is fundamental to the country's reconstruction and economic development, as well as to raising the living standards of Iraqi people...
Published - Wednesday, 24 September, 2008
Indian oil and gas companies must become proactive and adopt innovative methods to build a robust workforce, it has been reportedDr Sujaya Banerjee states that there is a paucity of talent at both upstream and downstream levels...
Published - Wednesday, 24 September, 2008
Major projects in the Alberta oil sands are to use a new initiative from dominKnow Learning SystemsThe Safety-Know-How scheme is a customisable learning and training collaboration with North Safety by Honeywell...
Published - Wednesday, 24 September, 2008
Gas and oil exploration and production firm Kuwait Energy Company is urging young scientists to enter the country's first national science fair competitionOrganised along with Kuwait City, ExxonMobil Exploration & Production and three other organisations, the Kuwait Science Fair: The Best 100, aims to generate student interest and excitement in science and maths...
Published - Wednesday, 24 September, 2008
India provides an ideal setting for gas and oil training, according to one educational organisation Announcing a course in petrochemical economics and the feedstock/price inter-relationships affecting market competitiveness, the Oxford Princeton Programme said it is committed to India building its competency both upstream and downstream...
Published - Wednesday, 24 September, 2008
Petrofac's training and consultancy arm has signed a global agreement with e-learning company Atlas InteractiveThe deal will enhance Petrofac Training's ability to deliver generic and customised e-learning courses to the international oil and gas industry, the firm says...
Published - Tuesday, 23 September, 2008
American universities are to offer scholarships to Ghanaians to train in the petrochemical industry, it has been reported Masters degrees will be on offer to 100 students from next year as part of the US government's support for Ghana as it prepares to start drilling oil from the country...
Published - Tuesday, 23 September, 2008
Oil and gas companies in central and South America looking to improve workforce competence could be aided by a consulting and solutions firmRWD Technologies has opened an office in Colombia, which it says will help oil and gas, refining and chemical companies accelerate workforce competency and overcome cultural barriers...
Published - Tuesday, 23 September, 2008
LUKOIL and Falck Nutec, a Norwegian company, have reached an agreement to build a corporate offshore training centre for oil and gas facilities Technical and psychological training, emergency survival skill guidance and education of administrative personnel will be focused on at the facility...
Published - Tuesday, 23 September, 2008
The US needs to encourage young people into a career in science or engineering to support the oil industry, it has been claimed US energy secretary Samuel W Bodman told members of the National Petroleum Council at its annual meeting that they must focus on education to make sure that the most intelligent youths choose careers in science or engineering...
Published - Thursday, 18 September, 2008
Companies are looking to universities to find those with the skills they need, according to a study Research from the manufacturers' organisation EEF entitled the Innovation Monitor showed that firms are collaborating successfully with outside bodies...
Published - Thursday, 18 September, 2008
The workforce in the oil industry in Alaska has peaked, it has been revealedAccording to a recent publication from the Alaskan Department of Labour and Workforce Development entitled Alaska Economic Trends, last January saw oil industry employment go above 12,000, which is a record for Alaska...
Published - Wednesday, 17 September, 2008
Iran and Ecuador have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding oilAs part of the agreement Iran will help upgrade Ecuador's refineries and will also train the South American's oil industry employees...
Published - Tuesday, 16 September, 2008
The lack of industry expertise in the oil industry could threaten the sector as a whole, it has been claimedRonald Chan, the founder and chief executive of private investment agency Chartwell Capital, made his comments to the Standard newspaper based in Hong Kong...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
A skills shortage in the oil industry could be to blame for a rise in the price of oil, it has been claimed Christophe de Margerie, the chief executive of Total, told the Times an acute skills shortage and growing costs are potentially jeopardising oil developments, meaning that the price of the fuel could go up further...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
The Oil & Gas Academy's (Opito) intake for its Modern Apprenticeship scheme is now completeAll 87 trainees started the course on 1st September as they begin a four-year programme...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
Education for geophysicists will be improved with new funding, it has been revealed TGS-NOPEC Geophysical and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Foundation announced a $500,000 (£281,738) commitment to the Advancing Geophysics Today, Inspiring Geoscientists for Tomorrow campaign...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
Education for geophysicists will be improved with new funding, it has been revealed TGS-NOPEC Geophysical and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Foundation announced a $500,000 (£281,738) commitment to the Advancing Geophysics Today, Inspiring Geoscientists for Tomorrow campaign...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
A skills shortage in the oil industry could be to blame for a rise in the price of oil, it has been claimed Christophe de Margerie, the chief executive of Total, told the Times an acute skills shortage and growing costs are potentially jeopardising oil developments, meaning that the price of the fuel could go up further...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
The Oil & Gas Academy's (Opito) intake for its Modern Apprenticeship scheme is now completeAll 87 trainees started the course on 1st September as they begin a four-year programme...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
An annual challenge began over the weekend for pupils to learn about the oil and gas industryNorthsound 1 Energy Schools Challenge 2008 puts children's knowledge to the test, with rounds on entertainment, sport and music, as well as a special round on the energy sector...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
A skills shortage in the oil industry could be to blame for a rise in the price of oil, it has been claimedChristophe de Margerie, the chief executive of Total, told the Times an acute skills shortage and growing costs are potentially jeopardising oil developments, meaning that the price of the fuel could go up further...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
Education for geophysicists will be improved with new funding, it has been revealedTGS-NOPEC Geophysical and the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Foundation announced a $500,000 (£281,738) commitment to the Advancing Geophysics Today, Inspiring Geoscientists for Tomorrow campaign...
Published - Tuesday, 09 September, 2008
More should be done by industry and education to encourage young people to do science-based subjects, it has been claimed The Oil & Gas Academy (Opito) has said that not enough is being done to promote the career opportunities that are available through scientific subjects...
Published - Monday, 08 September, 2008
With recent studies revealing that employability levels among Indian graduates is now as low as ten per cent, a new training initiative aimed at providing emerging oil and gas professionals with specialist management skills has been launched Under the scheme to be operated by the Bangalore-based 24X7 Learning Solutions, graduates within the sector will benefit from industry-specific training content such as drilling engineering processes and health and safety issues...
Published - Monday, 08 September, 2008
Chevron has confirmed that it is to work alongside the government of Indonesia in the construction of a planned technical training college in the province of Aceh Under the new agreement, the firm will contribute some $6 million towards the $16 million project, with assistance to also come from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the country's National Education Department...
Published - Monday, 08 September, 2008
Brazil is to use money raised from oil to spend on education and poverty, it has been announced. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva claimed that funds from a recent discovery of offshore oil-reserves will be used for "the eradication of poverty" as well as education...
Published - Tuesday, 02 September, 2008
Ongoing concerns about the high rate of pipeline explosions in Nigeria have prompted the oil and gas sector to roll out a new training scheme for welders and inspectors According to recent studies, while some of the explosions are the result of illegal tapping of pipes, many are caused by poor welding practices, a fact that had led the government to step up training in the field...
Published - Monday, 01 September, 2008
One of the leading industrial training colleges in the United States has welcomed a funding boost as it looks to meet growing demand for skilled workers in the Texas oil and gas industry In a statement released by the Kilgore College, it was confirmed that the Longview Economic Development Corp has provided a $200,000 grant for the construction of new facilities aimed at enabling students with on-site oil and gas training...
Published - Friday, 29 August, 2008
The international oil and gas services provider Petrofac has announced the opening of its latest operations centre in Dubai Coming on the back of long-standing cooperation between the firm and the state-owned oil Dubai Petroleum Establishment (DPE), the Dubai Petroleum Training Centre (DPTC) is geared towards equipping professionals with skills relevant to the modern industry...
Published - Thursday, 28 August, 2008
Despite the current boom being seen in the oil and gas industry of the United Arab Emirates, there remains a shortage of technical training facilities, it has been claimed Recent estimates from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) show that oil resources in the UAE are likely to last for a further 100 years and generate a total net wealth of around $1...
Published - Wednesday, 27 August, 2008
Businesses operating in the oil and gas industry are facing a "hiring dilemma", as the number of skilled workers is far outstripped by the vacancies being created by ongoing growth in the sector That is according to John Breed, a spokesman for Global Corp, one of the largest offshore drilling firms in the world, who explained that years of underinvestment in the recruitment and training of workers has left the industry seriously short of skilled workers...
Published - Wednesday, 27 August, 2008
The PetroSkills Member Alliance has been further strengthened with the news that Swift Energy, PTTEP and Woodside have all opted to join its oil and gas training initiative Created seven years ago through the merging of BP, Shell and OGCI training programmes, the alliance has swiftly grown to be seen as a global benchmark for oil and gas skills education, with some of the biggest names in the industry already on board...
Published - Tuesday, 26 August, 2008
Women living in some of the most remote areas of the United Arab Emirates are being given the opportunity to learn about careers in the oil and gas industry as businesses look to develop the next generation of managers, it has been reported Under a number of pilot projects being run by the Emirates Foundation, in collaboration with several oil and gas exploration and production firms, women are being given hands-on experience on industry sites alongside classroom training...
Published - Tuesday, 26 August, 2008
The oil and gas training provider PetroSkills is set to further its operations across the United States and beyond with the acquisition of PetrEX International, it has been confirmed According to a statement released by the Oklahoma-based firm, the move will help it to meet the soaring demand for skilled oil and gas workers across the globe, with the company already providing 1,000 public and in-house training sessions each year...
Published - Tuesday, 26 August, 2008
Scotland's Wood Group has confirmed that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Australian oil and gas safety training firm Marine & Offshore Group (M&O) Presently, M&O is involved in training operations in a number of oil and gas industries, including projects in Australia, New Zealand, Kazakhstan, Nigeria and Singapore, while it is also in the process of setting up initiatives in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia...
Published - Thursday, 21 August, 2008
With demand for oil and gas training programmes continuing to increase across the world, Morgan International and IASeminars have confirmed that they are to expand their course offerings within the next few months Presently the two firms operate in Dubai, New Delhi and Warsaw, with the number of courses on offer to oil and gas professionals now set to rise to 90 from the start of autumn...
Published - Thursday, 21 August, 2008
Bahrain's economic growth is set to continue for the foreseeable future, thanks largely to ongoing increases in labour productivity and a commitment to producing a well-educated national workforce That is according to a new report from the international economic monitor, the Conference Board...
Published - Thursday, 21 August, 2008
Acknowledging a shortage of skilled workers in the oil and gas sector, Nigeria and the UK have signed an agreement to cooperate in the training of employees and future industry professionals According to a statement released on the back of Nigerian minister of state for energy Odein Ajumogobia's meeting with UK energy minister Malcolm Wicks, the two countries will work together through the International Energy Forum and OPEC to both build skills and to develop new technology aimed at improving e
Published - Wednesday, 20 August, 2008
Shell's ongoing plan to promote indigenous involvement in its oil operations in Nigeria will enable the country to boost its output in the long-run, the company's director there has stated Coming as he unveiled plans for the further development of the firm's oil and gas plant at Rumukwurrushe, Port Harcourt, Mutiu Sunmonu, the progress being made by subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) represents "a bold step" that would "allow for an eventual takeover of operatio
Published - Monday, 18 August, 2008
The government of the Pakistani province of Punjab have announced plans to spend some two billion rupees (£14 million) on offering vocational training course for up to 100,000 youngsters To be rolled out as part of the Prime Minister's Special Initiative Programme, the funding would place particular emphasis on developing the skills of youngsters looking to work in some of Pakistan's leading industries, including the oil and gas sector, construction and light engineering...
Published - Monday, 18 August, 2008
The University of Malaysia at Sabah has opened a new academy aimed at providing specialised training for students looking to work within the country's oil and gas industry The new institution comes on the back of an agreement made towards the end of last month between the university's commercial arm, UMS Link Holdings, and the private oil and gas firm Silver Kris...
Published - Monday, 18 August, 2008
A charity in the north-east of England is set to invest millions of pounds over the next few years in providing training for students and workers looking to develop careers within the oil and gas industryUnder the plans put forward by Middlesbrough-based The TTE Technical Training Group, a number of apprenticeships are to be offered to youngsters from the region, with support to come from both businesses operating within the sector as well as the Learning and Skills Council...
Published - Friday, 15 August, 2008
Employees of the Dubai Natural Gas Company (DUGAS) are to benefit from a new training initiative aimed at enabling them to approach plant processing tasks more analytically, it has been announcedUnder the new range of programmes launched by training group TTE International, workers in the sector will be taught effective troubleshooting and fault diagnosis techniques, both at the Dubai Industrial Academy (DIA) as well as on site...
Published - Thursday, 14 August, 2008
The Texas A&M University in Qatar (TAMUQ) has reached an agreement with Schlumberger aimed at bringing 'cutting-edge' oil and gas training programmes to one of the world's leading energy sectorsCurrently, the university offers dozens of courses across nine technology areas related to the energy industry, with this number set to be boosted to 210 through the incorporation of Schlumberger's Network of Excellence in Training (NExT) initiative...
Published - Wednesday, 13 August, 2008
Oil industry leaders in Aberdeen have called a new round of education cuts "extremely worrying", arguing that the move could exacerbate the existing skills gap within the sector According to a new report from the city's Press and Journal newspaper, more than 30 teachers have been released from Aberdeen secondary schools over the past few weeks as the local education authorities look to cut back on spending...
Published - Wednesday, 13 August, 2008
A new set of safety training standards is to be rolled out across the UK's offshore oil and gas industry, it has been confirmed Coming soon after a number of concerns were raised about the basic safety competence levels of new workers on rigs in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS), the industry's prominent training initiative, Step Change in Safety, has announced changes to its programmes...
Published - Wednesday, 13 August, 2008
The provincial Sindh Assembly has given the green light to two new resolutions aimed at promoting the employment of local residents in the oil and gas industry, it has been announced Under the initiative, which was unanimously approved by Dr Sikandar Mandhro and Nadeem Ahmed Bhutto of the ruling Pakistan Pakistan People's Party (PPP), new legislation will be put into place to address the 'failings' of the 30 years since oil and gas instillations were established in the Sindh province...
Published - Tuesday, 12 August, 2008
The engineering and technical services firm Furmanite has established a new West Africa operation aimed at assisting businesses working within the burgeoning oil and gas industry to improve efficiency levels Coming just weeks after the company announced the incorporation of Furmanite West Africa Limited, it has been confirmed that US-educated and former operations director of Sulzer Pumps Nigeria Bulus Sambo, will take up his position in Lagos, and will be tasked with building good relations wit
Published - Friday, 08 August, 2008
Iraq's oil industry needs greater infrastructure investment, including more training for key personnel, a new report has stated Coming as new figures from the country show crude export levels to have fallen from 1...
Published - Wednesday, 06 August, 2008
Contractors working within the North Sea offshore oil industry have moved to veto plans aimed at increasing the amount of funding they contribute for the training of workers Coming soon after it was rued that offshore workers have to be covered by Working Time Regulations, giving them the same legal minimum holiday pay as on-shore contractors, engineering firms have argued that they cannot afford to bear any further costs for the foreseeable future...
Published - Monday, 04 August, 2008
The Dubai Natural Gas Company (Dugas) has confirmed that it has reached an agreement with the Dubai Industrial Academy (DIA) for the future specialist training of oil and gas sector employees Under the new joint initiative, workers within the industry will be offered on-site training aimed at giving them a greater appreciation of the mechanisms of gas processing plants, with a particular focus on fault diagnosis and troubleshooting...
Published - Monday, 04 August, 2008
The ongoing need to train specialists for the burgeoning subsea oil and gas industry has been cited as the principal factor behind Scottish diving centres being fully booked for the foreseeable future That is according to a new report out of Scotland, which has highlighted the case of the Fort William-based Underwater Centre, which has reported that it has trained a record 350 students over the past 12 months, with this rate set to continue for the next few years at least...
Published - Monday, 04 August, 2008
Ghana's emerging oil and gas industry is set to benefit from expert help from Trinidad and Tobago after the two countries agreed to the establishment of a joint Chamber of CommerceThe initiative comes on the back of Ghanaian president John Agyekum Kufuor's visit to the capital of the islands, Port-of-Spain, where he met with his counterpart prime minister Patrick Manning to discuss ways to bring the industries of the two countries closer together...
Published - Thursday, 31 July, 2008
Plans for a new training academy aimed at addressing the shortage of skilled port workers serving the oil and gas industry in Nigeria's Delta State have been unveiled by local officials Coming soon after the government of the African state gave the go-ahead to plans to construct an oil and gas servicing terminal in the town of Warri, state governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has explained that the new academy will play a crucial role in addressing the ongoing manpower needs of the sector...
Published - Thursday, 31 July, 2008
Oil companies may struggle to develop complex new fields in deep water sites due to a shortage of skilled engineers, the chief executive of Schlumberger has warned Coming as industry observers expect offshore deep water drilling rates to double within the next five years, Andrew Gould, who is also the chairman of the world's largest oil services company, warned that many future projects could be hit by delays as a result of the industry failing to invest in the recruitment and training of key wo
Published - Thursday, 31 July, 2008
Growing numbers of Canadian students are dropping out of school and college to gain employment in the country's booming oil industry, meeting short-term demands but potentially leading to a long-term shortage of skilled professionals, official new figures show According to data on public education enrolment released by Statcan, just 67...
Published - Tuesday, 29 July, 2008
Kurdistan's regional government has given the green light to plans for a massive Gas City aimed at training thousands of oil and gas industry professionals and boosting the economy of the region The companies behind the development, privately-owned Dana Gas and its partner Crescent Petroleum, only recently unveiled their plans for the site, which will be the first of several such initiatives to be constructed within the Middle East, South Asia and North Africa...
Published - Tuesday, 29 July, 2008
The Canadian government has announced the launch of a new initiative aimed at providing training and development for aboriginal people working within the country's oil and gas sector Under the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Partnership (ASEP), the central government is to provide as much as $2...
Published - Monday, 28 July, 2008
Colleges and universities across the United States are turning their attention to training their students in skills related to the burgeoning oil and gas industry As an example, while the University of Santa Cruz offers graduate and undergraduate petroleum engineering courses and the University of California likewise has a graduate petrochemical engineering programme, energy companies across the state are now targeting younger students as they look to meet rising demand for trained professionals
Published - Monday, 28 July, 2008
Kazakhstan's oil and gas industry boasts a greater potential than that of the Middle East to multinational companies, the country's ambassador to the UK has claimed Speaking on the back of his first visit to Aberdeen, where he addressed the Scottish Kazakh Trade Desk (SKTD), Kairat Abusseitov, noted that, while the UK is currently the second-largest foreign investor in the Central Asian state, working relationships between the two countries can be built upon further...
Published - Friday, 25 July, 2008
Iranian oil minister Gholam Hossein Nozari has confirmed that a significant oil discovery has been made in the south of the country Speaking at a press conference in the capital, Tehran, the minister revealed that the new field, located close to the city of Arvand in the province of Khuzestan, could hold reserves of up to 500 million barrels of oil...
Published - Thursday, 24 July, 2008
A move away from traditional classroom courses and towards electronic alternatives has been cited as a major factor behind the growing success of training schemes targeting offshore oil and gas industries in the North Sea According to the Norfolk-based training company Oilennium, the move towards e-resources is being driven largely by the demand from oil and gas production companies keen to ensure that new employees are fully trained prior to starting work on site, while students themselves are
Published - Wednesday, 23 July, 2008
The managing director of Nigerias Success Empowerment Limited has revealed that his company is to concentrate on oil and
Published - Monday, 21 July, 2008
A group of sixteen employees from China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) have become the first graduates of the Certified Safety and Health Official (CSHO) programme run by the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)With China looking to develop the skills of its national oil and gas workforce as it continues to expand its industrial operations, the company has sent hundreds of professionals overseas, including to the United States, to benefit from such training programmes...
Published - Monday, 21 July, 2008
The prime minister of Vietnam has granted his approval in principle to plans to construct the country's first oil and gas university, it has been confirmedUnder the proposals, the Ministry of Education will work to set up the institution in the Hoa Binh province, in the mountainous north of Vietnam...
Published - Friday, 18 July, 2008
In spite of the significant progress made so far, more needs to be done to encourage the development of managerial professionals to supervise the growth of the oil industry in the Western Region of the United Arab Emirates, it has been argued At a forum of Western Region Municipality (WRM) managers held this week, general manager H E Hamoud Humaid Al Mansouri pointed to the achievements which have already been made in developing industry professionals over the past few years...
Published - Friday, 18 July, 2008
Australia's federal resources minister has told a national oil and gas conference that not enough progress has been made on employing indigenous workers in the industrial sector Speaking at the Darwin event, Martin Ferguson argued that, with the indigenous population growing at a faster rate than the non-indigenous population in the north of the country, and with demand for oil and gas professionals steadily rising, employers need to make a greater effort to shift their recruitment policies...
Published - Thursday, 17 July, 2008
Nigeria's Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has announced further changes to its funding of students developing oil and gas industry-related skills overseas Under the new initiative, the PTDF will no longer maintain the doctorate degree component of its Overseas Scholarship Scheme, with a University Lecturers' Enhancement Programme to take its place...
Published - Thursday, 17 July, 2008
The chief executive of Malaysia's national oil company Petronas has hit out at the practice of Middle Eastern corporations 'poaching' trained workers from the country Speaking at a press conference where he reported on the company's performance over the past year, Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican argued that the practice of multinational firms signing up skilled workers is not merely restricted to Malaysia, but rather is a problem currently facing large parts of the Eastern Asia...
Published - Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
The head of the Ghanaian production firm Amaja Oilfield Services has made the first move towards establishing a new oil and gas technical training facility in the western region of the African country Afrikanus Mensah, who is a member of the Essikado royal family in addition to an experienced petroleum engineer, announced the initiative at the Western Regional House of Chiefs in Sekondi this week, handing over a cheque for $10,000 to allow work to begin...
Published - Friday, 11 July, 2008
Dubai's national human resource development and employment authority, Tanmia, has this week reached a memorandum of understanding with the country's Ministry of Economy and the Dubai Industrial Academy (DIA) aimed at providing specialist training for native professionals working within the industrial sector Coming on the back of a seminar hosted by the three organisations, entitled 'Challenges and Objectives in the Industrial Sector', the decision was made to cooperate more closely in ensuring t
Published - Thursday, 10 July, 2008
Nigeria's Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has announced plans to open a new Oil and Gas Industrial Skills Training Centre in the Niger Delta region of the country Speaking at a press conference in the city of Abuja, ITF director general Professor Longmas Wapmuk explained that the proposed centre would go a long way to addressing the current problem of a lack of skilled local workers within the industry...
Published - Wednesday, 09 July, 2008
The offshore energy consultancy Petrotec has started talks with Mexico's state-run oil company, Pemex, regarding the possible construction of a new £25 million training centre in the Latin American country...
Published - Wednesday, 09 July, 2008
Operators and contractors working within the UK offshore oil sector have reached an agreement regarding the sharing of best practice and the development of new educational tools for workers Under the new arrangement, the Oil & Gas Academy (OPITO) will work alongside the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Offshore Contractors Association...
Published - Tuesday, 08 July, 2008
Turkmenistan's president Gurbanuly Berdimuhamedov has confirmed that a branch of the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas will open in Ashgabat at the start of the next academic year Mr Berdimuhamedov made the announcement after meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitriy Medvedev in a summit held between the two nations in the capital aimed at improving relations and furthering both economies...
Published - Monday, 07 July, 2008
Oil companies working in Nigeria will be required to employ at least 40 per cent of the annual beneficiaries of the Overseas Scholarship Scheme (OSS) under new legislation due to take effect within the coming weeks Established by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund in 2002, the OSS provides grants for Nigerian nationals to study for oil sector-related masters and doctorate degree programmes in ten UK universities...
Published - Monday, 07 July, 2008
Nigeria's oil and gas industry is still the most popular career field for job seekers in the country, though a lack of adequately skilled workers mean that many positions are filled by overseas applicants, studies show New research in the sector has found that it continues to boast the highest average wages, beating the burgeoning telecommunications and banking industries, with this leading to a surge in competition for jobs both on the engineering and service side...
Published - Wednesday, 02 July, 2008
The head of Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has stated that a lack of skilled labour continues to be a "big challenge for the country"Coming as president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has predicted a sustained period of growth for the South American nation, with gross domestic product set to grow by five per cent a year between now and 2010, Jose Sergio Gabrielli pointed to a widespread lack of civil and construction engineers affecting the prospects of the oil and gas industry in
Published - Friday, 27 June, 2008
University students in Abu Dhabi are to be better prepared for future employment within the oil and gas industry with the launch of a special education programme this summer Named 'Maabar Al Najaah', which translates as 'Bridge to Success', the new initiative has been developed by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO) in partnership with the British Council and Dolphin Energy as a means to addressing the skills shortage brought about by a burgeoning energy sector...
Published - Thursday, 26 June, 2008
GE Oil and Gas's new Qatar Service Centre has officially been opened by the country's minister of energy and industry as the company looks to improve employment levels among the local workforce The new centre, which is located within the Ras Laffan Support Services Zone, is expected to employ around 40 specialist workers at its peak and is equipped with advanced centrifugal and processing plant equipment...
Published - Wednesday, 25 June, 2008
The Anglo-Irish oil exploration company Tullow Oil has announced that it is to set up a number of educational initiatives in the areas surrounding its ongoing operations in the west of Uganda At present, illiteracy levels in the Buliisa district of the African country are estimated to stand at around 63 per cent, with just 143 schools established when observers believe that around 270 are needed to provide adequate levels of education...
Published - Tuesday, 24 June, 2008
New Zealand's government has been urged to give the go-ahead to plans for a multi-million dollar oil and gas training school in order to address shortage of workers facing businesses operating in the Taranaki region Already talks have taken place between the department of labour, the Tertiary Education Committee and a number of private enterprises, including Origin Energy and Shell Todd...
Published - Tuesday, 24 June, 2008
Higher levels of native employee retention are crucial to ensuring Qatar's oil and gas industry retains a competitive edge, recruitment and development experts in the country have argued At a recent forum held in the Emirate and organised by a local recruitment website, delegates were told that customised training and development programmes within all sectors are essential for optimising local participation levels...
Published - Friday, 20 June, 2008
Nigeria's oil and gas industry is being bolstered by a new initiative aimed at training native construction professionals Organised by the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) and the Nigerian Institute of Welding (NIW), the training programme comes on the back of a recent directive from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which stated that oil companies working in the country are to use locally-produced equipment in the exploration, processing and transportation processe
Published - Wednesday, 18 June, 2008
With Houston's oil industry currently suffering from a shortage of skilled design and engineering graduates, the plant and marine design company AVEVA has announced a new educational grant to Texas Southern University's College of Science and Technology Due to start later this year, the initiative will see the institution benefit from the company's PDS software, allowing students to develop 3D-design skills while working alongside oil industry and IT professionals...
Published - Wednesday, 18 June, 2008
Azerbaijan's national oil company has confirmed that it is well on the way to improving the working conditions of thousands of its workers, with work starting on another new apartment block in the capital city, Baku At a ceremony awarding new living accommodation to workers, Rovnag Abdullayev, president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) revealed that it is looking to expand its recently-constructed Oil Workers Settlement as part of the company's social responsibility progra
Published - Tuesday, 17 June, 2008
Energy giant BP has recognised the achievements of small-to-medium sized oil and gas companies operating in Azerbaijan with its third annual Best of Business awards Coming just days before the company is due to launch its multi-million pound Enterprise, Development and Training Programme in the Asian country, it confirmed that this year's awards had attracted a record number of participating firms...
Published - Tuesday, 17 June, 2008
Vietnam's national oil and gas group PetroVietnam has announced the launch of a new subsidiary company aimed at training thousands of workers for the country's first oil refinery At present, the Southeast Asian state boasts just one oil refinery, the Dung Quat plant located in the Binh Son District, though an additional two are planned for the Thanh Hoa and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provinces over the coming years...
Published - Monday, 16 June, 2008
Work has started on a new oil refinery in the Hoima District of Uganda, the country's minister of state for energy has confirmed Speaking at the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers' National Technology Conference, Simon D'ujanda revealed that the African state is on course to produce its first oil products by August 2009...
Published - Monday, 16 June, 2008
Nigeria's oil and gas industry is being bolstered by a new initiative aimed at training native construction professionals Organised by the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) and the Nigerian Institute of Welding (NIW), the training programme comes on the back of a recent directive from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which stated that oil companies working in the country are to use locally-produced equipment in the exploration, processing and transportation processe
Published - Thursday, 12 June, 2008
The College of the North Atlantic has officially opened its Oil and Gas Training Centre in Qatar After several months working alongside representatives of the local oil and gas industry, the new college now boasts eight process pilot plants, giving students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience of chemical processes, alongside a thorough classroom education...
Published - Wednesday, 11 June, 2008
Malaysia's domestic trade and consumer affairs minister Datuk Shahrir Samad has confirmed that the state-run oil company has been funding welfare and education programmes across the country Over recent months, a number of objections have been raised to the price increases introduced by Petronas, with many arguing that the company is not doing enough to shield people from soaring wholesale costs...
Published - Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
The president of the Brazilian energy company Petrobras is in New York to pick up an award for the firm's commitment to supporting educational projects across Latin America Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo is due to receive the Education Leadership Award from the World Education and Development Fund (Worldfund) for Petrobras' long-standing educational initiatives across the continent...
Published - Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
The high levels of employee training and development within the Middle Eastern oil and gas industry could benefit the clean energy sector in the long-run, a new report has concluded Research carried out by the global executive research firm Heidrick & Struggles revealed that, while the amount of money put into clean energy development grew by 60 per cent to around £175 billion over the course of 2007, the sector is still hindered by a shortage of human capital...
Published - Thursday, 05 June, 2008
Having already established a strong presence within the Middle Eastern oil and gas industry, General Electric Company (GE) has unveiled a new initiative aimed at strengthening its local workforce in the region At present, the US firm employs some 1,500 workers within the Middle East, including in energy industry operations as well as in a number of other sectors including healthcare, and aviation...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
Oil and gas industry professionals in Aberdeen are to benefit from a new drive aimed at improving the standards of human resources software used in the sector Following the recent opening of its specialist training facility for industry workers in the Scottish city, Absoft has confirmed that it is to concentrate on the oil and gas sector in particular as it rolls out its new generation of SAP software...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
New figures from the oil and gas industry in Bahrain show it to have a higher percentage of nationalised workers than any other sector in the countryHighlighting the ongoing drive to educate and train domestic workers, the new statistics from the National Oil and Gas Authority (Noga) reveal that 85 per cent of workers in the oil and gas industry are Bahraini nationals...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
Shell has announced that it is to offer training and support to four Chester sixth-form students as it looks to further promote engineering in UK schools To date, more than 40 students have benefited from the company's scheme, which enables pupils to gain hands-on work experience at its sites and gain a fuller appreciation of the oil industry...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
Youngsters in the Canadian city of Medicine Hat are to be offered funding to help them develop skills which could be utilised in the state of Alberta's burgeoning oil industry The city's MP and Canadian minister for human resources and social development, Monte Solberg, announced the new scheme, entitled Oilfield Worker 2008, at the national parliament...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
Britain's oil and gas industry has learnt significant lessons over the years from the Piper Alpha disaster and has used them to instil comprehensive health and safety training for workers in the sector That is the conclusion of a new report into the long-term effects of the tragedy by the industry body Oil & Gas UK...
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Published - Monday, 12 October, 2009
Leading Management Trainers launch 2010 programme in Istanbul.
London Corporate Training, one of the UK’s leading management training organisations, has chosen the Getenergy IRAQ exhibition (16th - 17th October) at the Sheraton, Ataköy, Istanbul, to launch its 2010 Training Programme.
Published - Monday, 07 September, 2009
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Published - Tuesday, 31 March, 2009
London, March 27th 2009 - Getenergy Ltd, the truly independent facilitator of a global marketplace in education and training services for the oil and gas industry, has announced the winners of the Getenergy Awards 2009 Building on the success of the first annual awards in March 2008, this year's awards again celebrate the contributions that companies and individuals have made in promoting excellence in energy training...
Published - Friday, 27 March, 2009
Investing in training in the oil and gas industry is not merely a fair-weather luxury that can be scaled back with impunity when the economic tides change, Phil Andrews, chief executive officer of Get Energy, has told attendees at Get Energy: Exploration and Production 2009In the opening address to representatives of the energy industry from more than 30 countries, Mr Andrews explained that while the financial sector can cut back on networking parties and the automotive industry can reduce its c
Published - Tuesday, 17 February, 2009
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Published - Monday, 05 January, 2009
The Angolan government has introduced new laws which will require oil firms working in the country to hire domestic workers in all job categories and positions within the firm, it has been announcedAccording to Agencia AngolaPress, the decision to officiate the legislative document was made in a bid to address the critical skills shortfall in the country...
Published - Monday, 05 January, 2009
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Published - Friday, 19 December, 2008
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Published - Monday, 17 November, 2008
There has never been a greater demand for well trained local workers in the oil and gas industry, Bahrain's National Oil and Gas Authority chairman has claimedSpeaking to delegates at the recent Global Education and Training event in refining and petrochemicals held in the country, Dr Abdulhussain Mirza explained that global oil firms are becoming increasingly focused on providing oil and gas training courses for the local populace...
Published - Wednesday, 06 August, 2008
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Published - Thursday, 31 July, 2008
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Published - Friday, 27 June, 2008
Bahrain's minister of oil and gas affairs has expressed his delight at Getenergy's decision to hold its first event on education and training within the refining and petrochemical industries in the countryDr Abdul-Hussain Ali Mirza, who also serves as the chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA), pledged to provide all the necessary help to ensure that the two-day event, which is due to take place on 10th and 11th of November 2008, is a success...
Published - Wednesday, 11 June, 2008
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Published - Monday, 08 October, 2007
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Petroleum giant Chevron Corporation formally opened its research, development and technical service centre in Perth, viewing the city as its hub for Asia-Pacific operations.
Oil/Gas Refining & Petrochemical News
Published - Monday, 13 December, 2010
Worldwide oil demand hit its highest level ever on the back of explosive growth in the developing world, according to preliminary figures in a recent report.
But the world's thirst for the hot commodity is unlikely to lead to the price spike witnessed in 2008 - largely due to oil field investments made during the last bubble, analysts say.
Published - Friday, 03 December, 2010
The Iraqi governing coalition led by Nouri al Maliki, the prime minister, will create a new senior energy post for Dr Hussein al Shahristani, who is currently serving as both the minister of oil and the acting minister of electricity.
Published - Tuesday, 30 November, 2010
Oil dropped from the highest price in two weeks amid concern that the European Union may have to bail out more member states after Ireland agreed to a rescue package from the EU and the International Monetary Fund.
Published - Tuesday, 24 August, 2010
Nalco has announced the acquisition of Fabrication Technologies, based in Wyoming.
Published - Thursday, 08 July, 2010
Nigeria's NNPC has offered its support to Uganda's emergent oil and gas industry.
Published - Monday, 24 May, 2010
Canadian authorities have confirmed that no oil will be used during an upcoming Arctic spill training exercise.
Published - Tuesday, 18 May, 2010
Four fire and rescue services in Scotland are preparing for a large-scale fire training exercise at the Grangemouth oil refinery.
Published - Wednesday, 12 May, 2010
The Samsum-Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey will cost around $3 billion to build.
Published - Tuesday, 27 April, 2010
US training specialist GSE Systems has bought out Stockton-based TAS Engineering Consultants.
Published - Friday, 23 April, 2010
Cenovus is launching new training programmes as part of an expansion to support oil sands development.
Published - Friday, 16 April, 2010
India's Triveni Engineering has partnered with GE Oil and Gas to deliver new products and training in the national and international market.
Published - Wednesday, 17 March, 2010
Total's decision to close its Dunkirk refinery may be the first of many shutdowns across Europe.
Published - Thursday, 11 March, 2010
MSQ's response to the Pacific Adventurer oil and chemical spill in March 2009 has been praised by the AMSA.
Published - Wednesday, 24 February, 2010
SOCAR has announced the completion of a training programme to support Azerbaijan's oil and gas industry.
Published - Monday, 26 October, 2009
Energy companies in the Asia Pacific region are investing heavily in refinery expansion, a report has found.
Published - Friday, 23 October, 2009
Saudi Arabia's Petromin has announced plans to bring a new blending plant on-stream by mid-2010.
Published - Friday, 23 October, 2009
The British Navy is set to return to Iraq to help train the country's fledgling naval forces.
Published - Monday, 19 October, 2009
Kuwait may recommence bidding on a project to build the country's fourth oil refinery, reports indicate.
Published - Monday, 19 October, 2009
Total has brought the Yemen LNG plant on-stream, with exports to Asian and Atlantic markets to begin imminently.
Published - Thursday, 15 October, 2009
IPIC and OOC have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of a new refinery in Duqm, Oman.
Published - Thursday, 15 October, 2009
The Borouge II petrochemical plant in Abu Dhabi will be brought on-stream by 2010.
Published - Monday, 12 October, 2009
GWC has built a new hazmat facility in the heart of Qatar's oil and gas hub.
Published - Thursday, 08 October, 2009
The deputy head of Gubkin Oil has warned that the Russian oil industry will languish unless the country invests in technical training and development.
Published - Wednesday, 07 October, 2009
Sipchem and KFUPM have announced plans to develop a new polymers research base in Dhahran.
Published - Monday, 05 October, 2009
Nakilat has chartered a Q-Flex LNG carrier to Qatar LNG on a long-term basis.
Published - Thursday, 01 October, 2009
Borouge has kicked off a major expansion drive in anticipation of heightening demand from Asian clients.
Published - Wednesday, 30 September, 2009
Major upgrades have helped Saudi Aramco improve operations at facilities in the Ras Tanura Sea Islands.
Published - Tuesday, 29 September, 2009
The number of fires witnessed at commercial and industrial premises in Sharjah has fallen after a training drive.
Published - Friday, 25 September, 2009
Saudi Arabia's leading plant construction firm has pledged to increase inward investment to the Philippines.
Published - Tuesday, 22 September, 2009
Invensys has unveiled the EYESim training suite for the global oil and gas industry.
Published - Tuesday, 22 September, 2009
Qatar's LNG industry has helped to drive FDI inflows up 43 per cent, figures from the UN have shown.
Published - Wednesday, 16 September, 2009
The world's oil and gas industry is built around the GCC countries, it is claimed.
Published - Wednesday, 16 September, 2009
Inward investment to Egypt's economy was largely centred on the oil industry in 2008.
Published - Monday, 14 September, 2009
A deal with GE Energy sees Kuwait look to gas for its future energy requirements.
Published - Friday, 11 September, 2009
Upstream gas firm Qatargas has made further inroads on the Common Sulphur Project.
Published - Friday, 11 September, 2009
Downstream oil processes developer Axial Vector Energy Corporation has launched a global awareness programme.
Published - Thursday, 10 September, 2009
Downstream gas supplier RasGas has contracted logistics firm Agility to handle freight forwarding and customs clearance issues.
Published - Tuesday, 08 September, 2009
Workers in Iran and Pakistan's oil and gas industry could soon be engaged in the construction of a gas pipeline between the two countries.
Published - Thursday, 03 September, 2009
Saudi Aramco is working with Dow to develop a manufacturing programme for the Ras Tanura project in Saudi Arabia.
Published - Tuesday, 01 September, 2009
APPEA has offered its support of the government of Western Australia's decision to establish the new DTWD.
Published - Tuesday, 18 August, 2009
Shipping commerce in the UAE and the wider Middle East is facing unprecedented challenges, one industry veteran has claimed.
Published - Monday, 10 August, 2009
The SUG had drawn up a training programme and best practice guidance that is responsive to amendments being made to the IEC 61511 safety standard.
Published - Tuesday, 04 August, 2009
India's BPCL has invested in software architecture and professional training that will allow it to support its aggressive growth.
Published - Monday, 27 July, 2009
Germanischer Lloyd has been awarded a new consultancy contract covering collection and purification at the Puguang gas field in China.
Published - Thursday, 23 July, 2009
Eppco has signed a new deal with Alserkal for the provision of lubricants and free training support.
Published - Wednesday, 22 July, 2009
ELNG has completed its first health and safety partnership programme with GE Oil & Gas.
Published - Friday, 17 July, 2009
Petrofac has been awarded a new $2.1 billion contract covering the construction of a new gas train at the Ruwais complex in Abu Dhabi.
Published - Thursday, 16 July, 2009
Petrobras has invested heavily in training the local population in the Itaborai region of Brazil in preparation for the start of the Comperj project.
Published - Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
Workforce training will continue during a planned closure of the Aruba oil refinery in Brazil, a spokesman for operator Valero has confirmed.
Published - Monday, 06 July, 2009
Saudi Aramco is considering cutting the cost of oil exports in order to support subdued demand from Asia.
Published - Friday, 03 July, 2009
BMT has signed an agreement to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the impact of the Yemeni oil and gas industry on the environment.
Published - Thursday, 02 July, 2009
Qatar has become the first GCC member to ship LNG to Eastern Europe.
Published - Tuesday, 30 June, 2009
Shell has signed a general cooperation agreement with Russian shipping firm Sovcomflot.
Published - Friday, 26 June, 2009
Oil training is vital in reducing production losses arising from downtime caused by poor lubrication, Dow Corning has announced.
Published - Thursday, 25 June, 2009
GE has opened a new water processing and technology centre in Saudi Arabia.
Published - Wednesday, 24 June, 2009
PetroBru has completed a detailed feasibility report into building a new oil refinery in Brunei.
Published - Monday, 22 June, 2009
The ExxonMobil Oil Search project in Papua New Guinea will create 7,000 new jobs, a senior executive has claimed.
Published - Friday, 19 June, 2009
SNC Lavalin has announced the latest in a string of major gas and electricity contracts awarded by Middle Eastern energy majors.
Published - Thursday, 18 June, 2009
Saudi Aramco has completed a trial of a new inline water separator technology.
Published - Wednesday, 17 June, 2009
State authorities in Trinidad and Tobago are finalising plans to construct a pipeline to Barbados, reports indicate.
Published - Friday, 12 June, 2009
PetroVietnam is planning to build its relationship with Saudi Aramco with new upstream and downstream contracts.
Published - Tuesday, 26 May, 2009
Russia's pre-dominance in the delivery of gas to Europe is beginning to be tethered by other gas-rich actors in central Asia.
Published - Friday, 22 May, 2009
Shaikha Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa has praised Bahraini oil major Bapco for its strong environmental record.
Published - Monday, 18 May, 2009
Indonesian and Vietnamese authorities have paved the way for intensified cooperation in the energy and mining sector.
Published - Friday, 24 April, 2009
Iraqi oil minister Hussein al-Shahristani has called on Iran to assist in the construction of five new refineries in the country, including one in the holy city of Karbala, a senior Iranian official has announcedFars News Agency reports that Nureddin Shahnazizadeh, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, told reporters in Tehran that the duo had also reached agreement on the commissioning of a new pipeline...
Published - Wednesday, 22 April, 2009
The Iraqi government is seeking bids for the redevelopment of an old pipeline running from Iraq's northern fields down to Syria's Mediterranean coast, officials have confirmedSpeaking to Reuters, oil ministry spokesperson Asim Jihad said that a Russian firm had been contracted to carry out the work but had reneged on its duties...
Published - Thursday, 02 April, 2009
Saudi Aramco is set to sign a deal with Sumitomo Chemical for the expansion of the Petro Rabigh plant, Aramco president and chief executive Khalid A Al-Falih has claimedAddressing the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Dammam, the boss announced that the two companies are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding to oversee the second phase of the refinery project...
Published - Wednesday, 01 April, 2009
The Oil Spill Training Company has launched a new software tool that will allow the oil and gas industry to make quick, accurate and standardised calculations of the size of oil slicksCompanies using the software will be able to use key input data to assess how much oil has been spilled and can pass the information to response teams and regulators in either statutory or international formats, as required...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
Flowserve and Al-Rushaid have proudly opened the largest hydraulic pump manufacturing, repair and training facility in the Middle EastAt the inauguration ceremony, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Rushaid, chairman of the Al-Rushaid Group, and Lewis King, president and chief executive officer of Flowserve, jointly opened the facilities, which will serve the oil and gas industry and the power, water, desalination and chemicals sector in Saudi Arabia...
Published - Friday, 20 March, 2009
GE Oil & Gas has moved its entire staff into new head offices in Houston to centralise its US operationsOffshore magazine reports that it is the first time that the company has housed its staff in one location since it acquired PII Pipelines in 2002...
Published - Friday, 13 March, 2009
US energy training major GSE Systems has announced that its fossil fuelled power plant training simulation business is growing well, while its process simulation services are continuing to address the needs of the oil and gas industryIn a revised annual statement, the company said that its fossil fuels arm has been expanding rapidly in the past three years as obsolete analogue plant controls are replaced with new digital systems, a process which requires substantial investment in retraining...
Published - Thursday, 12 March, 2009
The winners of a hard-fought competition in Kazakhstan are set to enrol in the Chinese University of Petroleum (CUP) to learn the skills necessary to begin work on a pipeline between the two countriesA total of 24 Kazakh workers are taking part in the training and development programme, which will involve work on two 106...
Published - Thursday, 05 March, 2009
Saudi Arabian authorities have prequalified eight local firms and six internationals to bid for a construction and ownership contract for a new refinery in JizanIn a statement to the press, the Saudi minister of petroleum and mineral resources Ali Al-Naimi said that a list of eight domestic companies had been approached to prepare a bid for the refinery, which has a completion date scheduled for 2015...
Published - Monday, 02 March, 2009
Invensys Process Systems (IPS) has unveiled its new virtual reality human-machine interface to representatives of the Nigerian oil and gas industrySpeaking for the company, Stephen Ballard, of Ballard Communications Management, said that the new system will revolutionise the way Nigerian workers are trained in plant processes and controls...
Published - Friday, 27 February, 2009
Accurate Marine Environmental has been travelling throughout Virginia testing their oil spill equipment and holding training sessions to keep their workers up to speedThe company is an official spill response organisation and has a duty to maintain training standards and carry out regular equipment checks to ensure optimum readiness in the event of a spill...
Published - Thursday, 26 February, 2009
Senergy has stepped up to meet the growing need for carbon capture technologies with the establishment of a groundbreaking training programme for the UK oil and gas industryThe company predicts that the carbon capture sector will need to grow as quickly in one year as the oil and gas industry has grown in five and it has delivered the new training schedule to orient energy sector workers with a grounding in the importance of integrating carbon capture technology into their operations...
Published - Tuesday, 24 February, 2009
The Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung has lauded the opening of the new Dung Quat refinery after 44 months of workAt a televised opening ceremony, the Vietnamese premier said that the facility, which will process 6...
Published - Tuesday, 24 February, 2009
According to Kazinform, during a session of government earlier today (February 24th) Mr Massimov told his peers that public investment works were important during times of economic difficulty"We should construct particular facilities where we could invest money during this period," he told the Parlamenti...
Published - Monday, 23 February, 2009
Scottish and Southern Energy has announced that it will invest another £3 billion in the Scottish energy network in the next three yearsA large portion of this money will be spent on building its Scotia Gas Networks subsidiary, which operates around 74,000km of gas mains, while additional funds will also be ploughed into renewable energy sources...
Published - Wednesday, 18 February, 2009
The economic stimulus package engineered by Barack Obama could help refinery workers in Kern County, California, find their way back into employment Since the Big West refinery started cutting its operating capacity and reducing staff numbers, many have found it difficult to get back into work, local media outlet 17KGET...
Published - Tuesday, 17 February, 2009
Hazmat Plans & Programs (HP&P) is promoting a new three-day outreach programme to provide a grounding in the identification of hazardous materialsThe US-based group offers courses accredited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and has more than 85 years experience in the provision of fire safety, hazardous materials and workplace safety training programmes...
Published - Monday, 16 February, 2009
A new training centre at a ConocoPhillips refinery in Illinois will help to circumvent localised side effects of the economic downturn, the site's manager Herman Seedorf has insistedSpeaking to the Telegraph, Mr Seedorf said that the training and development centre will undertake a substantial ramp-up in the number of enrolees admitted to the courses, which will provide craft orientation training for diverse operations in the oil and gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 11 February, 2009
KIC Chemicals will look to train workers and develop technological infrastructure that will allow Malaysia to address its oil and gas storage capacity internally, the company's executive chairman Abdul Rashid Mohamad Isa Al-Qadiry has saidSpeaking to Bernama, Mr Al-Qadiry said that the group has already made great strides to achieving storage independence since it began operations in Malaysia six years ago...
Published - Tuesday, 10 February, 2009
IMO Qatar, a subsidiary of Aamal, has announced that it will open a new prefabricated pipe production plant and a training centre to enhance processing expertise in the oil and gas industrySpeaking to the Peninsula, Yanni Fuad Jouaneh, chief operating officer of Al Faisal Holding, said that the plant will be built in Mesaieed Industrial City and will hope to add value to the downstream oil and gas market in Qatar...
Published - Monday, 09 February, 2009
International Fire World (IFW) has announced that it will hold a gas training symposium in conjunction with the Beaumont Emergency Response Training centre (BEST) next monthThe Texas-based firm will launch two days of orientation training on March 24, which will include blaze demonstrations at the BEST facilities...
Published - Friday, 06 February, 2009
The north-eastern oil and gas industry has proved remarkably resilient in the economic storms of recent months, the chief executive of Nof Energy has claimedSpeaking to the Northern Echo, George Rafferty said that while no sector will be able to escape the constraints of the current economic climate entirely, the regional oil and gas industry is likely to out-perform other sectors such as manufacturing and construction...
Published - Tuesday, 03 February, 2009
COADE has announced the launch of its new CAESAR II software suite to serve the oil and gas industry in pipe stress analysisThe group will aim to consolidate its position as the sector's most widely used supplier of pipe stress testing software with the simultaneous launch of a training and development programme to familiarise workers with the new suite...
Published - Thursday, 29 January, 2009
IT solutions firm Universal Systems has been in the process of certifying its staff to carry out work in the oil and gas industry after the acquisition of BioStarKevin Chambers, chief executive officer of Universal Systems, said that he is excited about the takeover, adding that BioStar will help to complement the company's corporate profile with their suite of microbial, enzymatic, chemical products and technology for the petroleum, refining and pipeline industries...
Published - Wednesday, 28 January, 2009
Planet Resource Recovery has announced that it has completed its first training and development seminar in Denver, Colorado as it looks to expand its presence in the US with its trademark Petroluxus brandThe fluid is used widely in oil sands projects, oil farm cleaning and oil spill clean-ups and is a safe and efficient method of recovering all petroleum-based products...
Published - Friday, 23 January, 2009
China and Norway have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see the two countries collaborate more closely to promote long-term environmental and energy security interestsThe MoU was penned earlier this month following a discussion of various environmental technologies and carbon capture processes...
Published - Thursday, 22 January, 2009
India will look to expand bilateral relations with Kazakhstan through training and cooperation in the oil and gas industry, India's plenipotentiary ambassador to Kazakhstan Ashok Sadzhanhar has announcedSpeaking exclusively to Kazinform, the diplomat identified the energy industry as one of the key sectors which will allow both countries to enjoy the considerable growth they have witnessed in recent years through this period of economic difficulty...
Published - Wednesday, 14 January, 2009
Technology solutions provider Emerson has announced its intention to establish a new training and development centre in Doha to support the regional oil and gas industry and other key sectorsGulf Times reports that the group expects that the new centre will be open next year, aiming to serve pupils from the northern parts of the Middle East...
Published - Tuesday, 13 January, 2009
Three US oil processing plants could face fines from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to fulfil their responsibility to preventing oil spillsIn a meeting last week, the organisation ruled that DDLC Energy of New London and Taylor Energy of Broad Brook, both of Connecticut, and Northeast Products of Fall River, Massachusetts should face levies for their neglect of responsibilities to maintain spill prevention, control and countermeasure strategies...
Published - Friday, 09 January, 2009
CCuba's revenue from the export of services in 2008 topped $9 billion, more than double that which was recorded prior to a 2004 cooperation agreement signed with VenezuelaReuters reports that the deal has allowed the island to balance its external finances despite running up a trade deficit of $11...
Published - Friday, 09 January, 2009
Citation Oil and Gas will commit to enhanced safety training for its workers after a spill at its Cellars Ranch production fieldThe firm has been fined $280,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Justice as a result of the incident at its Wyoming facility...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
Subsea 7 has launched and installed its 60th pipeline bundle with success, continuing its commitment to oil and gas industry operations in the North Sea According to internet resource Oil Online, the bundle consists of a 1...
Published - Monday, 05 January, 2009
As the Lepetkata gas project gets underway, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has insisted that local youths will be first in line for work and trainingIndian daily paper the Telegraph has reported that National Construction Academy is already offering training and development programmes for selected youths from areas surrounding Lepetkata, providing them with the skills to ensure the mega project is completed smoothly...
Published - Monday, 22 December, 2008
Building and operating an oil refinery requires an enormous commitment to training and development, Petrovietnam's chairman Dinh La Thang has saidAccording to Vietnam News, Mr Thang's comments came last week as the group announced that the Dung Quat refinery is on schedule to begin operations on February 25th...
Published - Friday, 31 October, 2008
Iran and Germany have entered into a €25 million (£198 million) contract for the construction of a petrochemicals processing plant in the Middle Eastern country...
Published - Tuesday, 16 September, 2008
Petrobas is participating in the Rio Oil & Gas Expo and Conference this week and will focus on central issues that the sector is facing, such as exploration and productionMaking production in the pre-salt cluster sustainable, the refining industry and progression in the biofuel market are just some of the topics that will be touched upon in 15 presentations at the Riocentro Conventions Centre in Rio de Janeiro...
Published - Monday, 08 September, 2008
Iran's Oil Ministry has stated that it is to roll out a programme of construction of new heavy and extra-heavy crude oil refineries as it looks to modernise its national energy industry Earlier this week it was reported that as many as 15 European and Asian countries, including France, Germany, India and China are eyeing up oil and gas investment opportunities in Iran's burgeoning industry, with priority expected to be given to those operators with the technology and financial resources needed f
Published - Thursday, 04 September, 2008
Brazil's energy minister has declined an offer from Iran to join the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Coming just weeks after the state-owned oil production and exploration company Petrobras reported a significant new find in the Santos Basin, off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Edson Lobao told a press conference that the invitation was extended just days ago...
Published - Tuesday, 26 August, 2008
Indonesian state-owned oil company PT Pertamina is to begin construction of a new refinery in collaboration with its Iranian counterpart, it has been announced According to a statement released by Pertamina director Ari Soemarno, a preliminary study for the new facility, which is to be located in Bojanegara, Banten, will be completed by October at the latest...
Published - Friday, 15 August, 2008
The Chinese national producers PetroChina has confirmed that work has begun on its latest oil shale refinery in the north-eastern province of HeilongjiangAccording to a release from the state press agency Xinhua, the new plant, which is to be located in Mudanjiang city, will be capable of producing 100,000 tonnes of oil products a year, in addition to around 1...
Published - Monday, 11 August, 2008
Libya's National Oil Company (NOC) has reached an agreement with a consortium of private companies from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) regarding the planned upgrade of its largest oil refinery Under the new deal, the state-owned producer will work alongside the Star Consortium, which includes TransAsia Gas International and Star Petro Energy, the latter a subsidiary of ETA Ascon Star Group...
Published - Friday, 08 August, 2008
The Iraqi government has give the go-ahead for a multi-million pound upgrade to one of the country's leading oil refineries as it looks to arrest a decline in export rates According to a senior official at the country's Oil Ministry, an $81 million agreement has been reached with the US-based Colorado Industrial Construction Services Co...
Published - Thursday, 07 August, 2008
China's largest oil refiner, Sinopec, has reportedly launched a takeover bid for Imperial Energy as it looks to expand its overseas presence Just recently, Imperial announced that it was in talks with an unnamed third-party – believed to be India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Company (ONGC) – over a takeover, with its shares being valued at £12...
Published - Thursday, 07 August, 2008
Bahrain's oil and gas affairs minister has explained that ongoing investment in the country's oil and gas industry will work to boost other areas of the national economy Speaking ahead of the awarding of the tender for the exploration of the oil-rich Block-1 at the Bahrain Field, Dr Abdulhussain Mirza - who is also chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) - revealed that he has just published a book outlining his plans for improved relations between the national industry and oversea
Published - Thursday, 07 August, 2008
Bahrain's oil and gas affairs minister has explained that ongoing investment in the country's oil and gas industry will work to boost other areas of the national economy Speaking ahead of the awarding of the tender for the exploration of the oil-rich Block-1 at the Bahrain Field, Dr Abdulhussain Mirza - who is also chairman of the National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) - revealed that he has just published a book outlining his plans for improved relations between the national industry and oversea
Published - Wednesday, 06 August, 2008
Canada's InterOil Corporation has confirmed that its ongoing operations in Papau New Guinea have revealed a significant natural gas discovery According to a statement released by the firm, the finding was made at the Elk-4 discovery well, with initial testing pointing to a gas flow potential of around 63 million standard cubic feet per day and a condensate rate of up to 1,130 barrels per day...
Published - Monday, 04 August, 2008
The prime minister of Kuwait has headed to Cambodia for talks aimed at increasing the levels of cooperation between the two nation's oil and gas sectors, it has been confirmed Recent discoveries off the coast of the south-east Asian country have led the Cambodian government to establish a target of 2011 for the first oil to be produced from offshore sites...
Published - Monday, 04 August, 2008
The Egyptian oil minister has confirmed that $9 billion is to be invested by the country's state-owned producer in the construction of a new refinery According to Sameh Fahmy, the five-year project is necessary as heavy overseas consumers, most notably the United States and Europe, have failed to establish new refineries in the country for almost 20 years, prompting Gulf states to invest in emerging producers, such as China and Egypt...
Published - Monday, 28 July, 2008
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has confirmed that it is to close a major unit at its largest crude oil refinery at the end of October for general maintenance work At present, while Iran is the fourth-largest exporter of oil in the world, it is lacking in refining capacity, forcing its government to rely upon imports of gasoline, a situation Tehran is looking to address as relations with the West remain shaky...
Published - Monday, 28 July, 2008
Noor Petroleum has confirmed that it has completed an economic feasibility study of the Deer Al-Zour oil refinery in the east of Syria, with the results pointing to strong production potential The Kuwait-based company carried out the assessment with the approval of the Oil Refining Committee in the Syrian Ministry of Oil and Minerals as the Damascus government looks to meet rising domestic demand for oil derivatives...
Published - Tuesday, 22 July, 2008
Officials at the China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) have revealed that operations on its first oil refinery are likely to be delayed by up to two months after heavy summer rains The country's third largest oil and gas company now expects to open its 240,000 barrel per day plant, which is located in the southern Guangdong province, in November, rather than at the end of September, as was originally anticipated...
Published - Monday, 21 July, 2008
The Iraqi Oil Ministry has confirmed that production has resumed at a major refinery in the west of the country after being stopped for more than three years due to Sunni insurgencyIn a statement released by government officials, it was revealed that the 51-year old refinery, which is located in the Anbar province close to the border with Syria, will be operating with an initial production capacity of 16,000 barrels of oil a day...
Published - Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has reached an agreement with his Ecuadorian counterpart Rafael Correa over the planned construction of a major new oil refinery ion the Pacific Coast Announcing the deal after a meeting in the city of El Arono, Mr Chavez explained that Venezuela's state-owned producer PDVSA will take a 49 per cent stake in the new $30 million site, with Petroecuador to hold a controlling 51 per cent share...
Published - Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
The Iraqi government has stated that it has earmarked $82 billion for construction projects over the next few years as it looks to achieve stability reinvigorate its national economy Speaking at a press conference at the Iraqi embassy in Manila, the Philippines, ambassador Falih Al-Assadi explained that, over the course of 2008, 43 training courses operated by foreign specialists will be offered to professionals in the country, with a particular focus on diplomatic missions as well as the oil an
Published - Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
Following a series of delays, the Saudi Arabian Oil Ministry is expected to finally issue a tender for bids for a new oil refining plant in September, it has been reported Plans to open bidding for the refinery, to be located in the Jizan province, on the Red Sea coast in the south of the country, were due to be put forward in the middle of last year, though the process was delayed due to ongoing concerns regarding the financial feasibility of operating a new refinery in such a remote region...
Published - Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
Petrofac has become the firm favourite to win the contract for the construction of a £195 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Algeria...
Published - Friday, 11 July, 2008
Around £5 billion is likely to be invested in a new petrochemical refinery in the south of Vietnam, it has been announced Presently construction is well under way of two refineries in the Asian country, with the first, at Dung Quat, expected to be in operation at the start of 2009, with an estimated processing capacity of up to 6...
Published - Thursday, 10 July, 2008
Five businesses, including Total and Oil India have been given until December to decide whether or not they wish to push ahead with a planned £3 billion refinery at Vizag in India Last October, the two firms signed an agreement along with Mittal, Hindustan Petroleum and GAIL, regarding the establishment of a new 15-million tonne refinery as well as a one-million tonne petrochemical complex in the region...
Published - Wednesday, 09 July, 2008
Revenues generated from Uganda's oil industry will be used to develop the national infrastructure and human resource capacity, president Yoweri Museveni has stated Speaking at a two-day seminar organised by Uganda, alongside Norway and the African Development Bank, Mr Museveni explained that a petroleum fund would be established so as to utilise oil revenues properly, including using them to fund crucial public investments...
Published - Thursday, 03 July, 2008
Training and developing local workforces in producing countries is one of the key long-term challenges facing the oil and gas industry across the globe, the chief executive of the Middle Eastern arm of manufacturing firm SABIC has explained to a conference in DubaiAccording to recently published statistics compiled by The Economist, consumers within emerging economies such as China, Brazil, Mexico and the Middle East have accounted for around 80 per cent of the growth seen in global oil demand o
Published - Wednesday, 02 July, 2008
Delays to projects caused by increasing construction costs are likely to mean that the global oil market will see as much as 40 per cent less additional refining capacity in 2012 than may have originally been expectedThat is according to the latest analysis from the advisory firm International Energy Agency (IEA), which has just released its Medium-Term Oil Market report for the period 2008 to 2013...
Published - Wednesday, 02 July, 2008
Pakistan's Economic Coordination Committee (EEC) is expected to give the go-ahead to a new incentive package for a proposed petrochemical unit at Port QasimWith the body's first major meeting of the current financial year due to take place within the next few days in the city of Karachi, industry chiefs are confident prime minister Syed Raza Gilani will announce a number of incentives, including a tariff protection of 20 per cent against imports of petrochemicals to the country, in order to enco
Published - Monday, 30 June, 2008
Indian Oil is set to move one step closer to opening its Paradip refinery as it looks to appoint a project management contractor for the work within the coming days Though the company just recently reported "historic increases in margins" in May and June on the back of the volatility in global diesel and aviation fuel prices, it is nevertheless looking to keep the financing of the Paradip plant in check...
Published - Friday, 27 June, 2008
PetroChina has announced it has reached a preliminary agreement with Qatar Petroleum International and Royal Dutch Shell regarding the possible construction of a new integrated petrochemical facility within China Under the arrangement, China's national firm will take a 51 per cent controlling stake in any future development, with the two other companies to each have a 24...
Published - Thursday, 26 June, 2008
The independent Italian refinery firm ERG has confirmed that is has reached a new agreement with Russia's Lukoil which will see the two companies cooperate on joint refining ventures In a statement released to investors, it was revealed that Lukoil paid around £1 billion for ERG's Priolo refinery in the east of Sicily, which is currently capable of producing 320,000 barrels a day...
Published - Thursday, 26 June, 2008
Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has unveiled plans to construct a biomass unit at its proposed refinery in the state of Ceara, in the north-east of Brazil Earlier this month, the state-owned company confirmed that it is to start work on the £5...
Published - Tuesday, 24 June, 2008
Saudi Arabia's national oil company Saudi Aramco is set to announce a new deal with Total aimed at establishing a new refinery in the city of Jubail as it works to meet growing global demand While the two companies reached an agreement over the development of the new plant last month, Aramco is likely to use the opportunity of this week's International Energy Summit to confirm the details...
Published - Wednesday, 18 June, 2008
India's Reliance Industries has announced plans to increase crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia as it moves towards becoming the world's largest refiner Citing the ongoing rise in demand for fuel across India and the rest of Asia, company president Ali al-Naimi has revealed that it is to increase purchases by more than 90,000 barrels a day...
Published - Monday, 16 June, 2008
The government of the Dominican Republic has confirmed that it has acquired Royal Dutch Shell's share in the country's Refidomsa oil refinery as it moves to stabilise rising fuel prices Over recent months, residents of the Caribbean nation have launched a series of demonstrations against soaring energy prices, with gas prices currently standing in excess of $5 a barrel...
Published - Monday, 16 June, 2008
Brazil's national oil company Petrobras will need to invest around $11 billion if it is to succeed in its plans to build a new refinery in the state of Ceara Coming as the company carries out a series of oil and petrochemical processing and refining investments across the country in a bid to raise its downstream capabilities, it has been announced that the new plant in the north-east of the country will be both costly and technologically challenging...
Published - Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has stated that it plans to launch 12 new petrochemical projects by March 2009 According to the latest figures set out by the country's Oil Ministry, it intends to increase annual production levels of ethylene to 12 million tonnes, with 8...
Published - Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
Malaysia's state-owned oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has announced that it has put its plans for a new refinery in Sudan on hold as a result of rising costs Speaking at a press conference at the 13th annual Asia Oil & Gas Conference, the company's chief executive officer Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican confirmed that it was following the trend set by its counterparts across the world and deferring future investment times due to the current economic climate...
Published - Friday, 06 June, 2008
Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corp Ltd (Tidco) has announced plans to spend around $14 billion developing petrochemical and gas production infrastructure in the Cuddalore-Nagapattinam belt in India...
Published - Friday, 06 June, 2008
Russian energy giant Rosneft has confirmed that it is looking into increasing its oil refining capacity across Europe and Asia so as to reduce export levels While the chief executive of the state-controlled producer, Sergei Bogdanchicov, has recently confirmed that capitalisation exceeded the $129 billion mark at the end of May...
Published - Friday, 06 June, 2008
Exports from Kuwait's second-largest oil refinery have not been impacted by this week's explosion and fire, officials have confirmed According to reports coming out of the Mina Abdullah port in the Opec member state, leaking fumes caused a minor blast and then a fire at a chemical and paint plant, with one local worker suffering from burns...
Oil/Gas Exploration & Production News
Published - Wednesday, 07 September, 2011
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced a new oil discovery at the Moccasin prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Published - Monday, 27 June, 2011
Salamander Energy plc today provides the following update on its current drilling activity in Thailand, including the announcement of a material oil discovery in the East Terrace prospect.
Published - Friday, 17 June, 2011
North America will become the fastest growing oil-producing region outside OPEC during the next five years, with output estimated to jump 11 percent, according to the International Energy Agency.
Published - Thursday, 26 May, 2011
The Block Arguni I covers an area of 5,386 square km in the Bintuni Basin, a mainly gas prone, prolific hydrocarbon province, with several giant gas discoveries already in production.
Published - Monday, 23 May, 2011
Woodside advises that the Xeres-1 well has intersected approximately 51 metres of gross gas within the Triassic target. The well is located about 12 kilometres ESE of the Pluto-1 discovery in licence WA-34-L,
Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia.
Published - Monday, 16 May, 2011
Total announced an agreement with ExxonMobil to farm into the Chelm and Werbkowice exploration concessions with a 49% interest, subject to the approval of the Polish authorities.
Published - Friday, 13 May, 2011
Iraq and Royal Dutch Shell have settled most of the pending legal issues that have delayed a USD 12 billion gas deal for more than two years, an Iraqi deputy oil minister said on Tuesday. Since the signing of an initial agreement in 2008, Iraq has been working to finalise a joint venture between its South Gas Co, Shell and Mitsubishi to capture associated gas at southern oilfields.
Published - Thursday, 12 May, 2011
Oil has been proven by Statoil and its partners Det norske oljeselskap ASA and Svenska Petroleum Exploration AS on the North Sea Krafla prospect.
Published - Monday, 09 May, 2011
Total subsidiary, TEPA Limited, and Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola (Sonangol E.P.), have discovered hydrocarbons in the north-eastern area of the deep offshore block 17/06.
Published - Thursday, 05 May, 2011
KBR has been awarded a $65m contract for a base oil expansion project at Chevron's refinery in Pascagoula, Miss., the global engineering and construction firm announced on Wednesday.
Published - Wednesday, 04 May, 2011
Petrobras on Monday presented the annual review of the Integrated Development Master Plan for the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Area (Plansal) to the Board of Directors. The Master Plan is reviewed annually, incorporating information from newly drilled wells and from the implementation of different commercial strategies.
Published - Monday, 02 May, 2011
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) presented ExxonMobil Development Company with a special citation for the development and implementation of the "Design One, Build Multiple" strategy that successfully delivered large-scale deepwater projects offshore Angola on Block 15 that achieved peak production of over 700,000 barrels of oil per day.
Published - Tuesday, 26 April, 2011
(Reuters) - China has spent tens of billions of dollars buying into energy resources from Africa to Latin America to slake the unquenched thirst for fuel from its growing industry and burgeoning cities.
Published - Wednesday, 20 April, 2011
What a difference a year makes. Or does it?
Published - Tuesday, 19 April, 2011
Halliburton Company's first-quarter net income attributable to the company grew to $511 million or $0.56 per share from $206 million or $0.23 per share last year. The first quarter of 2010 results were negatively impacted by $41 million, or $0.05 per share, associated with the devaluation of the Venezuelan Bolívar Fuerte.
Published - Friday, 15 April, 2011
Tullow Oil plc reported success with the Tweneboa-4 appraisal well offshore Ghana and the commencement of a major exploration and appraisal campaign in the Lake Albert Rift basin, onshore Uganda.
Published - Wednesday, 06 April, 2011
BP has been given permission to restart deep drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, one year after the Deepwater Horizon explosion killed 11 workers and caused the worst oil spill in history. The group plants to drill 10 existing wells from this summer, following a deal with US regulators to continue work halted by a moratorium imposed after 200 million gallons of oil were leaked into the Gulf.
Published - Wednesday, 06 April, 2011
Saudi Arabia, which holds one-fifth of global oil reserves, aims to pursue renewable energy and nuclear power to help reduce by half the crude and natural gas it burns now to generate electricity.
Published - Tuesday, 05 April, 2011
BG Group announced yesterday its third Tanzanian gas discovery with the Chaza-1 well, located in Block 1 approximately 18 kilometres offshore southern Tanzania in a water depth of around 950 metres. The discovery is some 200 kilometres south of BG Group’s Pweza and Chewa discoveries, previously announced.
Published - Monday, 04 April, 2011
Shell Iraq Petroleum Development BV let a $240 million contract to Petrofac Services Ltd. for engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction management services for the development of a new early production system that includes two trains, each with a 50,000 bo/d capacity, along with upgrading of existing brownfield facilities.
Published - Friday, 01 April, 2011
The partners in the Shah gas development are shifting mountains of sand to keep the strategic project on schedule after finalising their joint-venture agreement yesterday.
Published - Wednesday, 30 March, 2011
Technip was awarded an engineering services contract by ZADCO for the UZ 750 project, one of the major offshore field development projects in the United Arab Emirates.
Published - Monday, 28 March, 2011
Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA (STO, STO.OS) has gained approval to drill a deep-water well in the Gulf of Mexico, the sixth such approval granted by federal regulators since such operations were halted last year in response to BP PLC's (BP, BP.LN) Deepwater Horizon spill.
Published - Tuesday, 22 March, 2011
London. Royal Dutch Shell is drilling 17 wells in China, including for tight gas and shale gas, Chief Executive Peter Voser told Reuters on Sunday. If the drilling is successful, Shell aims to spend $1 billion a year over the next five years on shale gas in China, he said on the sidelines of a forum, adding that it was already spending $400 million on unconventional gas in China this year.
Published - Friday, 18 March, 2011
Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) reported a significant new oil discovery in the coastal waters of the south-east Asian sultanate.
Published - Friday, 14 January, 2011
The Rumaila Operating Organisation (ROO) has met a major milestone in the re-development of the super-giant field in Southern Iraq by increasing production by more than 10 per cent above the 1.066 million barrels a day (b/d) initial production rate agreed in December 2009.
Published - Friday, 14 January, 2011
BP has signed a joint venture with Russian energy firm Rosneft to exploit five billion tonnes of oil and 10 trillion cubic metres of gas in Russia's Arctic shelf.
Published - Wednesday, 22 December, 2010
Iraq's parliament on Tuesday appointed deputy oil minister Abdul Kareem Luaibi as oil minister after confirming previous Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani as the new deputy prime minister for energy.
Published - Monday, 20 December, 2010
Iraq forecast a 17 percent rise in oil output next year and invited companies from South Korea and Kazakhstan to sign immediately a delayed contract for the Akkas gas field, Oil Minister Hussain al-Shahristani said.
Published - Thursday, 09 December, 2010
Indonesian state oil and gas company Pertamina has selected ExxonMobil as its partner to develop the Natuna (D-Alpha) Field in the South China Sea, one of the world's largest yet most difficult gas fields to exploit.
Published - Wednesday, 01 December, 2010
Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Anglo-Dutch oil company Royal Dutch Shell have agreed to expand co-operation in Russia and in global energy markets.
Published - Monday, 29 November, 2010
Final contract yet to be signed with Schlumberger
Exxon, partners raised plateau to 2.825 mln bpd
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil and its partners have awarded a contract to oil services firm Schlumberger Ltd to drill 10 wells in Iraq's West Qurna Phase One oilfield, industry sources familiar with the matter said.
Published - Monday, 29 November, 2010
Production from Iraq's prized West Qurna Stage 1 oil field should more than triple to 750,000 barrels a day in three years time, an oil official said Sunday.
Published - Sunday, 28 November, 2010
Iraq will sign by the end of January an agreement with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Mitsubishi Corp. for the capture of associated gas at oil fields in the country’s south, the director-general of Iraq’s South Gas Co. said.
Published - Thursday, 25 November, 2010
The independent company Energy XXI has agreed to buy $1 billion in oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico from Exxon Mobil. The deal, announced on Sunday, includes nine shallow-water fields on the Gulf of Mexico shelf, located primarily between Energy XXI's two main drilling operations there. Energy XXI is the operator of 94 percent of the assets being acquired.
Published - Thursday, 14 October, 2010
Relations between the US and Cuba could be transformed if the latter begins to explore offshore fields.
Published - Friday, 01 October, 2010
The US Interior Department has introduced two new reforms to improve training and offshore safety.
Published - Thursday, 30 September, 2010
The IMCA has published a new technical review to familiarise new offshore workers with digital video capture.
Published - Thursday, 30 September, 2010
The reorganisation of the MMS may not be sufficient to ensure full oversight, according to one US policymaker.
Published - Tuesday, 28 September, 2010
America's six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling may be lifted early.
Published - Friday, 17 September, 2010
The offshore drilling ban in the US is having a less severe impact on rigworker jobs than many had feared, according to a new report from the Obama administration.
Published - Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
Opec's general secretary has forecast that the oil industry will undergo some transformational shifts in the coming years.
Published - Wednesday, 15 September, 2010
Terra Energy has signed a new exploration contract with Argentina's PCR.
Published - Monday, 13 September, 2010
Tullow has confirmed another significant oil discovery in Ghana's Deepwater Tano licence.
Published - Wednesday, 08 September, 2010
Chevron's recent acquisition of three new plays in China demonstrates the efficacy of an international training strategy.
Published - Monday, 06 September, 2010
Tullow has guaranteed it will meet its schedule to achieve first oil in Ghana by the end of the year.
Published - Thursday, 26 August, 2010
Shell is seeking to reassure an investigative committee that drilling in Alaskan waters is safer than deepwater operations in the GOM.
Published - Wednesday, 25 August, 2010
Tullow announced another strong operational performance in Ghana and Uganda during the first half of 2010.
Published - Monday, 23 August, 2010
Fabricom is embarking on a hiring and training campaign after securing a lucrative North Sea contract.
Published - Wednesday, 18 August, 2010
Eni has confirmed it is to begin operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Published - Tuesday, 17 August, 2010
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Kuwait Petroleum Company and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation for work to boost oil recovery.
Published - Tuesday, 03 August, 2010
The US military is helping to ensure that efforts to boost oil production in Iraq progress smoothly.
Published - Tuesday, 03 August, 2010
BP has announced that injectivity testing will take place on the Micondo well in the GOM later today.
Published - Monday, 26 July, 2010
Tullow has struck high-quality oil in the Deepwater Tano licence in Ghana, continuing its remarkable success in the country.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
Tullow has announced the completion of another successful appraisal well in Uganda's block 2.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
Colombia's Ecopetrol has set a $80 billion budget to more than double production by 2020.
Published - Tuesday, 20 July, 2010
GE has secured a lucrative contract to build two new FPSO vessels for Brazil's Petrobras.
Published - Wednesday, 14 July, 2010
Aberdeen's EnerMech has secured a £24 million finance line to go on an acquisitions spree.
Published - Tuesday, 13 July, 2010
Petrom has signed a 15-year oil training and technology transfer deal with Petrofac to boost production.
Published - Friday, 09 July, 2010
US-based RWI has claimed that Uganda's proposed oil bill is in need of further development.
Published - Friday, 09 July, 2010
Chesaspeake is looking for Asian partners to develop gas projects in the US.
Published - Friday, 09 July, 2010
Nigeria's president has sought to make downward revisions to the state's assumed oil output estimates.
Published - Thursday, 08 July, 2010
Tullow has announced that it is still on target to achieve first oil in Ghana by the end of the year.
Published - Tuesday, 29 June, 2010
Shell has welcomed US district judge Martin Feldman's decision to lift Obama's six-month ban on drilling.
Published - Tuesday, 29 June, 2010
Russian oil companies are taking increasing interest in new projects in Turkmenistan.
Published - Wednesday, 23 June, 2010
The OSHA has confirmed that it is working with BP to boost safety training for offshore spill teams.
Published - Thursday, 17 June, 2010
Tullow has pledged $7 million for new infrastructure and training projects in the DRC.
Published - Thursday, 17 June, 2010
Agreements with ex-militants have so far been successful but for development to continue there must be peace in the country.
Published - Thursday, 17 June, 2010
New offshore operations could also increase oil and gas industry training.
Published - Wednesday, 16 June, 2010
A delegation of Ghanaian students has travelled to Pittsburgh to undertake oil training.
Published - Wednesday, 16 June, 2010
Oiltest is inviting Nigerian graduates to apply for a competitive engineering training programme.
Published - Friday, 11 June, 2010
Improved safety and training standards for US offshore drilling have been revealed.
Published - Thursday, 10 June, 2010
The IFC has offered GAC a $35 million loan to develop operations in Kazakhstan, Africa and the Middle East.
Published - Wednesday, 09 June, 2010
Plans to increase the number of North Sea rig inspections have been outlined by the UK's energy secretary Chris Huhne.
Published - Tuesday, 08 June, 2010
Petronas has warned that national oil and gas companies may face an acute talent shortage.
Published - Monday, 07 June, 2010
The British government will need to introduce more favourable tax rules if it is to attract investment in the UK Continental Shelf, according to Subsea IQ.
Published - Monday, 24 May, 2010
Iraq made $4 billion in revenues from oil exports last month, according to an oil ministry spokesperson.
Published - Monday, 24 May, 2010
Iraq's council of ministers has agreed to export oil from fields in Kurdistan once more, it has been confirmed.
Published - Monday, 24 May, 2010
The dynamic positioning sector recognises the importance of training workers to support the oil and gas industry, the IMCA has claimed.
Published - Friday, 14 May, 2010
The national oil companies of China and Turkey are set to sign new agreements to drill in Iraq, it has been confirmed.
Published - Thursday, 13 May, 2010
The White House has drafted a new bill governing repayments for oil spills in the US.
Published - Tuesday, 11 May, 2010
The Kremlin has praised the crew of a hijacked Russian oil tanker after their actions allowed security forces to retake the vessel.
Published - Monday, 10 May, 2010
The 244-km gas pipeline linking Taweelah in Abu Dhabi with power plants in Fujairah will help address the latter's fuel shortage, it has been claimed.
Published - Monday, 10 May, 2010
Kuwait will look to increase oil output to four million barrels per day through training and development.
Published - Thursday, 29 April, 2010
Nigerian companies are set to receive a substantial boost from the new local content bill for the oil and gas industry.
Published - Wednesday, 28 April, 2010
Nigeria's acting president Goodluck Jonathan has signed the landmark local content bill into law.
Published - Wednesday, 21 April, 2010
Some of the world's largest oilfield services firms are establishing bases in Iraq to support industry growth.
Published - Wednesday, 14 April, 2010
The government of the Russian state of Sakhalin expects strong investment in energy projects as a result of ties with South Korean firms.
Published - Wednesday, 24 March, 2010
Abu Dhabi's Adco will award $12 billion in new contracts over the next seven years, the general manager has announced.
Published - Tuesday, 23 March, 2010
Malaysia must invest in training and technology to support the oil and gas industry, a minister has urged.
Published - Tuesday, 16 March, 2010
BP has reached a landmark asset purchase agreement with Devon Energy that will increase its ultra-deepwater exposure and expertise.
Published - Monday, 08 March, 2010
GE has been awarded a second technical services contract to support the Gorgon LNG project.
Published - Friday, 05 March, 2010
China's Cnooc is set to be awarded an exploration and production license for Iraq's Missan field.
Published - Tuesday, 02 March, 2010
Saudi Arabia has announced that it will double crude supplies to India and extend training support.
Published - Tuesday, 02 March, 2010
Yemen's oil and gas minister has pledged a commitment to expanded exploration and training in the country.
Published - Tuesday, 02 March, 2010
Petrobras will need to boost its oil and gas training funding to support the company's expansion.
Published - Friday, 26 February, 2010
Iraq has made further progress with oil and gas negotiations with Halliburton, Weatherford and a Korean consortium.
Published - Tuesday, 27 October, 2009
Ghana's GAEC has identified radiotracer technology as a key instrument in exploiting the country's oil assets.
Published - Monday, 26 October, 2009
Saudi Arabia is undertaking negotiations with Belgian authorities to strengthen cooperation in CCS.
Published - Thursday, 22 October, 2009
A consortium led by ExxonMobil is the frontrunner in bidding for the West Qurna field in Iraq, it has been announced.
Published - Thursday, 22 October, 2009
The costs of expanding the Upper Zakum field have fallen in the wake of the economic crisis, one official has declared.
Published - Wednesday, 21 October, 2009
Technip has declared that around $21 billion worth of oil and gas contracts will be tendered in the UAE within the next nine months.
Published - Tuesday, 20 October, 2009
Zadco has set down an exploration strategy that will tender $4 billion worth of contracts over the next 18 months.
Published - Monday, 19 October, 2009
Iraq's petroleum and licensing directorate has set a date for the second round of bidding for rights to operate in the country's vast fields.
Published - Thursday, 15 October, 2009
The Iraqi oil ministry has struck an initial production deal with a consortium of firms led by Eni.
Published - Thursday, 15 October, 2009
Petrobras has announced plans to ramp up investment in the Angolan oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 09 October, 2009
ExxonMobil is set to take on a major stake in Ghana's offshore fields, sources indicate.
Published - Wednesday, 07 October, 2009
The energy ministers of Qatar and Turkey have agreed to create a new joint energy working group.
Published - Tuesday, 06 October, 2009
Italian oil giant ENI has pledged to develop training and technology transfer links with Pakistan.
Published - Monday, 05 October, 2009
BP and CNPC are entering the final stages of negotiations over the licence to develop Iraq's vast Rumaila oilfield.
Published - Saturday, 03 October, 2009
The Nabucco pipeline will tap gas from Iraq and Azerbaijan for sale in Europe, the head of the project has announced.
Published - Wednesday, 30 September, 2009
Cnooc is in the running for exploration and production licences being reissued by the Nigerian government.
Published - Friday, 25 September, 2009
BP plans to commence drilling in the Sirte basin in northern Libya next year, a spokesperson has confirmed.
Published - Friday, 25 September, 2009
Kuwait's KUFPEC is set to win a new E&P contract in Vietnam, further strengthening cooperation between the two countries.
Published - Thursday, 24 September, 2009
Vietnam and Timor-Leste are set to enjoy greater cooperation in the fields of oil and gas exploration.
Published - Thursday, 24 September, 2009
The Iraqi oil ministry may extend the deadline for the establishment of the Basra Gas Investment Firm, it has been confirmed.
Published - Tuesday, 22 September, 2009
Kuwait is set to secure a lucrative exploration contract tendered by state oil and gas firm PetroVietnam.
Published - Monday, 21 September, 2009
Permissions for development of Iraq's al-Mansoriya gas field have been secured three years ahead of schedule.
Published - Monday, 21 September, 2009
StatoilHydro is exploring upstream opportunities in the UAE, the company's CEO has confirmed.
Published - Saturday, 19 September, 2009
A positive outlook has been forecast for the Middle East oil industry leading into the new year.
Published - Tuesday, 15 September, 2009
The Indian oil industry could be set for tie-ups with PetroTel and BP.
Published - Friday, 11 September, 2009
Oil and gas industry workers in Iraq and Russia could find their fortunes linked through a pair of new gas pipelines.
Published - Wednesday, 09 September, 2009
OPEC's MMC will recommend that existing production quotas are maintained, Kuwaiti oil minister Sheikh Ahmed al-Abdullah al-Sabah asserts.
Published - Wednesday, 09 September, 2009
The Iraqi Ministry of Oil is expected to soon sign a contract with oil companies from Japan to develop the Nassiriya oilfield.
Published - Tuesday, 08 September, 2009
Tethys Petroleum, a provider of oil industry training in Tajikistan, has updated on its exploration and production in the region.
Published - Tuesday, 01 September, 2009
Proclad has confirmed that it will create around 500 new jobs during its move to a new manufacturing facility in Dubai.
Published - Thursday, 27 August, 2009
Iraq's prime minister has urged BP to commit more heavily to development in the country.
Published - Wednesday, 26 August, 2009
USS Thach is providing training and security support at Iraq's Al Basrah oil terminal.
Published - Friday, 21 August, 2009
The Basra Investment Commission is set to create around 700 jobs in the state's oil and gas industry, it has been claimed.
Published - Thursday, 20 August, 2009
Mott MacDonald has been awarded a new engineering and training contract by Occidental of Oman.
Published - Monday, 17 August, 2009
The Iraqi security forces are continuing to make progress under the instruction of US forces.
Published - Monday, 17 August, 2009
A cadre of leading specialists from Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry have completed a training programme with Germany's RWE.
Published - Monday, 17 August, 2009
Ship management firm Fleet Management has admitted liability for an oil spill in San Francisco Bay in November 2007.
Published - Friday, 14 August, 2009
Bids for tenders in the upcoming licensing round need to be less driven by greed, NOC has claimed.
Published - Thursday, 13 August, 2009
Iraq's two oil export terminals remain secure despite the departure of the British Navy at the end of June.
Published - Monday, 10 August, 2009
The US will continue to invest in training and technology to help prevent gas flaring in Africa, Hillary Clinton has announced.
Published - Friday, 07 August, 2009
Harvest has identified a new exploration deal in Oman as a highlight of its second-quarter operations.
Published - Thursday, 06 August, 2009
Malaysia's prime minister has an expressed interest in working with Brunei to carry out new oil exploration projects.
Published - Wednesday, 05 August, 2009
ConocoPhillips and Adnoc have made a final investment decision on the development of the Shah gas field in Abu Dhabi.
Published - Tuesday, 04 August, 2009
IOCs are hoping that the next bidding round on oil licences in Iraq will prove successful.
Published - Tuesday, 04 August, 2009
The GCC states will enjoy a surge in investment in new industrial projects over the coming years, Goic has claimed.
Published - Monday, 03 August, 2009
KNM has signed a broad memorandum of understanding with Chad's NOCC covering the development of the Sedigi oilfield.
Published - Monday, 03 August, 2009
ExxonMobil has announced a 66 per cent year-on-year drop in earnings for the second quarter.
Published - Monday, 03 August, 2009
Tullow has announced that it is on target to achieve first oil in Ghana's Jubilee field by the end of 2010.
Published - Thursday, 30 July, 2009
Saudi oil production has hit 12 million barrels per day, the head of Saudi Aramco has claimed.
Published - Wednesday, 29 July, 2009
Oman's PDO yesterday closed qualification for companies looking to bid on $7 billion worth of oilfield services contracts.
Published - Wednesday, 29 July, 2009
Iraq's oil revenues and export volumes rose once more in June, extending an upward trend seen since February.
Published - Tuesday, 28 July, 2009
North-east based AIS has taken its first step into the Middle Eastern oil and gas market with a series of new contracts.
Published - Monday, 27 July, 2009
SOCAR is nearing completion of preparatory training and infrastructural work before embarking on Azerbaijan's first independent drilling campaign in 28 years.
Published - Wednesday, 22 July, 2009
ExxonMobil has moved forward with its drilling campaign off the coast of Libya.
Published - Tuesday, 21 July, 2009
Petrofac has become the first company in the US to achieve Opito accreditation for its offshore emergency response training programme.
Published - Tuesday, 14 July, 2009
BSP has completed work on Bugan, the new ultra-modern remotely-operated platform off the coast of Brunei.
Published - Wednesday, 08 July, 2009
Tullow's drilling campaign in Uganda has helped to establish the country as a leading oil producing nation.
Published - Monday, 06 July, 2009
Cosco has celebrated the new Sevan driller at a naming ceremony in Jiangsu Province, China.
Published - Friday, 03 July, 2009
A delegation of French statesmen and businessmen has set out terms for increased activity in Iraq.
Published - Thursday, 02 July, 2009
After continual strengthening of bilateral trade agreements, the Arab world is now the fourth biggest export market for Brazil.
Published - Wednesday, 01 July, 2009
Lukoil has not given up hope on entering Iraq's oil and gas industry, despite stalled bidding on the West Qurna 1 field.
Published - Friday, 26 June, 2009
Gas prices will play a crucial role in the outcome of upcoming elections in Trinidad and Tobago, the finance minister has announced.
Published - Wednesday, 24 June, 2009
IOCs are awaiting the results of a fiercely fought bidding round for exploration licences in Iraq.
Published - Monday, 22 June, 2009
Oil output from Brazilian reserves was up 0.7 per cent in May, Petrobras has announced.
Published - Friday, 19 June, 2009
Libya National Oil Co is renegotiating the terms of contracts signed with a number of IOCs, reports indicate.
Published - Thursday, 18 June, 2009
Eurocopter has announced that it has delivered its 100th EC155, with Dancopter taking ownership of the new craft at the Paris Air Show.
Published - Monday, 15 June, 2009
Petrobras has its eyes set on BP and ExxonMobil as it looks to establish itself as a major player in the global oil and gas industry.
Published - Friday, 12 June, 2009
Iraq's SOC will increase production in the south of the country by 500,000 barrels per day, a senior official has announced.
Published - Thursday, 11 June, 2009
Training academies in Iraq are helping the country develop a stable internal security force, the MNSCTI has claimed.
Published - Thursday, 11 June, 2009
Iraq's oil minister is being called to account for failing to bring oil to market more quickly.
Published - Wednesday, 10 June, 2009
China is looking to strengthen its ties with Saudi Arabia in order to stabilise oil supplies in the coming years.
Published - Wednesday, 10 June, 2009
Total expects that the latest round of bidding on exploration licences in Iraq will be complete by the end of the summer.
Published - Tuesday, 09 June, 2009
SINTEF has warned that information systems on offshore oil rigs are vulnerable to attacks from hackers.
Published - Tuesday, 09 June, 2009
KBR has reduced the number of training programmes held to fill contracted positions in Iraq.
Published - Thursday, 04 June, 2009
Shares of Heritage Oil have been suspended pending the resolution of buyout talks.
Published - Wednesday, 03 June, 2009
Topaz Energy and Marine has been awarded a $100 million Kazakh maritime contract by Agip.
Published - Tuesday, 02 June, 2009
Swedish diplomats have expressed their interest in building commercial ties with Iraq.
Published - Monday, 01 June, 2009
The mapping of gas and oil reserves in the Arctic circle may extend Russia’s strategic control of gas resources, it has been suggested.
Published - Monday, 01 June, 2009
As relations between the two countries improve, Syria is looking to strengthen economic ties with Iraq.
Published - Monday, 01 June, 2009
Brazil may be set to adopt a production sharing model to help obtain oil from a salt-rich offshore field.
Published - Thursday, 28 May, 2009
Oil from the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has left Iraqi soil for the first time in years, the country's oil minister has confirmed.
Published - Wednesday, 27 May, 2009
Iraq and Egypt have entered into a new partnership that will help to strengthen the Iraqi oil industry.
Published - Tuesday, 26 May, 2009
Iraqi authorities are pushing for new legislation that will allow foreigners to own land in the country.
Published - Thursday, 21 May, 2009
Senior Iraqi officials are receiving training in evaluating applications for exploration and production licences.
Published - Wednesday, 20 May, 2009
The latest gas deal signed by the semi-autonomous Kurdish government has been criticised by the Iraqi government.
Published - Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
Houston-based upstream firm Parker Drilling has established a new office and training base in Anchorage, Alaska.
Published - Tuesday, 19 May, 2009
LUKoil is likely to get the chance to renew its contract with the Iraqi oil ministry governing its operations in the West Qurna-2 field, a lawmaker has claimed.
Published - Thursday, 14 May, 2009
Two leading figures from the Iraqi oil scene have urged international oil companies to seize the opportunities currently available in Iraq.
Published - Wednesday, 13 May, 2009
Despite the recent approval of plans for the export of crude oil from Kurdistan, produce from the region is still considered illegal, it has been claimed.
Published - Tuesday, 12 May, 2009
The Iraqi authorities have paved the way for Kurdistan to begin exporting oil to world markets.
Published - Monday, 11 May, 2009
The IOEC has launched the second stage of a land survey in the al-Gharraf oil field in the Thi-Qar province of Iraq.
Published - Friday, 08 May, 2009
The drilling of a new well in the al-Ahdab oil field in the Wassit province of Iraq is to begin.
Published - Thursday, 07 May, 2009
International oil majors such as BP and Royal Dutch Shell are preparing to return to Iraq in order to tap the country's vast oil reserves, it has been claimedAccording to the Financial Times, the two oil companies are among a number of international oil majors expected to bid for service contracts over the next month...
Published - Wednesday, 06 May, 2009
Heritage Oil has completed testing on the Miran West-1 well drilled earlier this year and has encountered a structure holding between 23 billion and 4...
Published - Tuesday, 05 May, 2009
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is close to completing renegotiations over a deal that it struck with Saddam Hussain's regime to develop an oil field in Iraq, an official close to the talks have claimedSpeaking to Reuters, a source inside the investment arm of the Indian company said that talks concerning the development of block 8 in the south of the country were progressing steadily...
Published - Friday, 01 May, 2009
Pakistan is seeking greater energy independence with a wide-reaching funding programme overseen by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural ResourcesSpeaking to the Associated Press of Pakistan, a senior official at the ministry said that the country's new petroleum policy for 2009 includes an expanded budget for oil training that will focus on building the skills of the national workforce...
Published - Friday, 01 May, 2009
Part of the extensive development of Iraq's oil field may need to be funded by soft loans provided by oil and gas companies, the country's oil minister Hussain al-Shahrastani has announcedSpeaking in London yesterday (April 30th) as a high level delegation led by Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki canvassed UK businesses in the capital promoting development opportunities, al-Shahrastani said that the low price of oil has created a large funding gap in the country's budget...
Published - Thursday, 30 April, 2009
Companies in the UK are at risk of being left without a stake in the rapid economic development planned in Iraq in the next few years, Sir Claude Hanke, an adviser to the Iraqi government, has warnedSpeaking to the Times ahead of the arrival in London of a delegation led by Iraqi president Nouri al-Maliki, the trade specialist said that the country would become an "economic dynamo" for the Middle East...
Published - Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
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Published - Tuesday, 28 April, 2009
Central Petroleum is setting its sights on operations in Alice Springs, in Australia's Northern Territory after bringing a new drilling manager into the foldCentral Petroleum is readying itself to begin work in the Northern Territory's hydrocarbon sector after appointing Timothy Green to the role of drilling operations and production manager...
Published - Monday, 27 April, 2009
Iraqi oil firm Missan has commenced work on a new well located around 40km east of Amara, the firm's information director Ali Abbas Sadeq has told Aswat al-IraqHe confirmed that workers began digging at the al-Halfaya field yesterday (April 26th)...
Published - Friday, 24 April, 2009
Representatives of the UK offshore oil and gas industry have offered a cautious welcome to the schemes announced in the Budget to help bolster production in the near and medium termSpeaking to Offshore Mag, Andrew Ogram, oil and gas partner with Deloitte, said that measures such as the introduction of a field allowance to offset corporation tax had been anticipated, but were still welcomed...
Published - Thursday, 23 April, 2009
Leaders of the Iraqi government and Kurdish regional authorities have been handed copies of the UN's long-awaited report into the territorial disputes over the country's oil rich northern territoriesAlthough the study avoids prescriptive judgments, it does aver that Kirkuk, one of the most territorially contested regions in the country and an oil-rich province, must remain unified and under control of Iraqi authorities...
Published - Thursday, 23 April, 2009
With a preponderance of small, state-run Asian firms in the ranks of foreign firms lining up to commence operations in Iraq, Manoucher Takin of the Centre for Global Energy Studies has told Agence France-Presse that flexibility and a tolerance of risk is key to success in the bidding processHe said that Asian companies such as KazMunaiGas, JOGMEC, Oil India, Pakistan Petroleum and PetroVietnam have all shown themselves to be prepared to take risks and to adapt to conditions of exploration and pr
Published - Wednesday, 22 April, 2009
Oilfield services firm Weatherford has confirmed that it will begin servicing its two drilling contracts for fields in southern Iraq next monthSpeaking to Reuters in Abu Dhabi, the company's area manager for Middle East operations Rex Cramer said that it will also begin drilling in semi-autonomous Kurdistan later this month as the development of the country's oil and gas industry gathers momentum...
Published - Tuesday, 21 April, 2009
Royal Dutch Shell is at an early stage of negotiations with national oil majors China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and Sinopec as it pursues upstream opportunities in Iraq, a spokesperson for the company has confirmedSpeaking to the Independent, the unnamed representative said that the company was considering prospects for a joint venture in the country, which is beginning to open up its vast reserves to foreign development...
Published - Saturday, 18 April, 2009
After successfully completing 100 years of business, BP is looking to build on its successes in the futureSpeaking at the firm's annual general meeting yesterday, group chief executive Tony Hayward said that BP has always operated at the frontiers of the industry and is looking to continue in this manner in the future...
Published - Thursday, 09 April, 2009
Australia's third largest oil and gas firm Oil Search has insisted that there is a "big future" ahead for workers in Papua New Guinea as the company invests heavily in new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the countryIn its annual report for 2008, Oil Search pledged to invest in improving the labour skills of the nation's workforce to ensure that local communities can benefit from the expansive LNG projects planned in the country...
Published - Wednesday, 08 April, 2009
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sent a delegation of workers to the CosmoSeis training centre in the capital of the UAE to take part in an intensive seismic processing and analysis orientation programmeADNOC employees began the training and development programme at the end of March and will remain on the course until April 16th, after which time they will have been briefed on how to bring high-potential fields on stream in the most cost-efficient way possible...
Published - Tuesday, 07 April, 2009
Investment in Pakistan's oil and gas industry is set to receive a welcome international boost from a series of road shows planned for Canada, the US and the UKThe Pakistani Daily Mail reports that while the venues have not been finalised, a senior official from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources (MNPR) has revealed that the tour will be designed to make the international community aware of Pakistan's favourable exploration and production taxation laws...
Published - Thursday, 02 April, 2009
Kongsberg has been awarded a new contract to develop a digital oil field tool (DOFT) for Petrobras AmericaThe advanced technology company will provide a DOFT for the Cascade and Chinook floating storage, production and offloading (FPSO) vessel which will be located in the Walker Ridge Block of the Gulf of Mexico...
Published - Thursday, 02 April, 2009
Nine international oil companies (IOCs) have made it through to the second stage of the bidding process for the development of 11 oil and gas fields in the countryA statement from the Oil Ministry announced that 38 companies had submitted their applications earlier this year and that nine had been successful...
Published - Wednesday, 01 April, 2009
BP has opened a new $20 million (£139 million) training and development facility in Louisiana to secure more jobs for Americans looking to work in the oil and gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 01 April, 2009
Invensys has announced that it has signed a new multimillion dollar contract with Waha Oil to upgrade technology at the Libyan company's oil fields in Gialo, Waha, Dahra, Samha and DefaUnder the terms of the agreement, Invensys Process Systems (IPS) will deliver its signature InFusion enterprise control system technology to replace five legacy systems at remote-area control centres in the fields...
Published - Monday, 30 March, 2009
Kuwait's oil minister, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, has said that a $50 price per barrel "goes with the economic situation" at presentHe suggests that economic conditions within the oil industry make the price per barrel an acceptable one for the current climate...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
Suncor has made a successful bid to merge the operations of Petro-Canada with its own, bringing to the fore a globally competitive Canadian energy companyThe new group will trade under the Suncor brand but will retain Petro-Canada's line of refined products, Suncor announced earlier this week...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
The Gulf Petrochemicals Industries Co (GPIC) has announced record net profits for 2008In an announcement to shareholders, the Bahraini state firm's chairman Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa said the company had generated $301 million (£206 million) in profits for the year ending December 31st...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
Aberdeen-based upstream firm Venture Production has struck commercial gas at the Carna field in the UK North SeaThe company announced that the well, in which it has a 56 per cent unitised interest, encountered a gas column that is expected to flow at a gross rate of nine million cubic feet per day...
Published - Wednesday, 25 March, 2009
As many of the world's oil fields are reaching maturity and decline, energy majors such as Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP are turning to new technology to improve extraction rates Speaking to Dow Jones, Dan Ranta, director of knowledge sharing for ConocoPhillips, said that while technology is vital in ensuring operational efficiency, the company has identified an urgent need to capture and share the skills and experiences of its workforce to make the most of its employee pool...
Published - Friday, 20 March, 2009
Specialist global and marine energy services provider C-MAR has launched a new training syllabus that will help to address a skills shortfall in the hydraulics engineering sector and help firms reduce offshore downtimeWorking in conjunction with Tullos Training, the group has developed the new four-day learning programme to give maintenance staff a sound understanding of fluid power systems...
Published - Friday, 20 March, 2009
Italian oil major Eni has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistani authorities to strengthen its operations in the country's oil and gas industryThe company acquired interests in Pakistan with the takeover of British Borneo, an independent upstream firm which had small non-operating interests in a number of fields, in 2000...
Published - Wednesday, 18 March, 2009
Marathon has once again called on Christie to deliver next-generation display solutions for its upgraded visualisation centreBased at its headquarters in Houston, the Visionarium has been used to give employees a realistic visual analysis of complex geologic formations to aid the company in its ambition to achieve greater upstream success...
Published - Tuesday, 17 March, 2009
GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies is marketing the very latest in its high-tech oil and gas analytics devices to the Gulf regionThe company's commercial leader for the Middle East Suhel Aboobacker said that the Sentinel LNG Flowmeter, the Sentinel LCT and the Aurora gas moisture meter provide the oil and gas industry with "healthcare" for its infrastructure...
Published - Monday, 16 March, 2009
The income generated from domestic oil reserves has allowed the United Arab Emirates to invest heavily in public infrastructure and private enterprise, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, president of emirates has claimedSpeaking to Arabic business daily Al Roya, the ruler said that the record revenues generated in the first nine months of 2008 allowed the country to invest heavily in furtherance of its ambition of becoming a global economic hub...
Published - Saturday, 14 March, 2009
Rock will be investing to train its accounting department in International Financial Reporting Standards, which will be fully implemented by the start of 2011, in line with new Canadian accounting legislationThe announcement came as the upstream exploration company detailed another year of strong operational performance through the pursuance of a strategy based on targeting probable wells and maximising production at existing wells...
Published - Friday, 13 March, 2009
In response to the invigorated interest in upstream investment in East Africa, Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki has set out his social and environmental parameters that will dictate exploration activitiesSpeaking on his behalf in Mombasa, vice-president Kalonzo Musyoka said that environmental sustainability was a prerequisite to social and economic development and must be an utmost consideration for upstream companies looking to gain a footing in Kenya...
Published - Friday, 13 March, 2009
Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil firm Saudi Aramco has awarded a lucrative new gas contract to McDermott that will license the construction of four new platforms and a 110 km pipelineJ Ray McDermott, a subsidiary of McDermott International, won the contract for an undisclosed sum and will now begin work on extracting and transporting gas from the Karan field...
Published - Wednesday, 11 March, 2009
An ION Geophysical subsidiary has signed a new contract with Polarcus to deliver a complete seismic testing serviceUnder the new arrangement, ION's GX Technology will provide onboard quality control and data processing, land-based data processing with hardware, software and geophysicists to interpret the seismic information gathered in Polarcus' upstream operations...
Published - Tuesday, 10 March, 2009
ExxonMobil has become the latest energy major to invest heavily in new exploration and production projects in the medium term, despite concerns about the current health of the global economy Speaking to investors at an annual briefing to the New York Stock Exchange, Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of the firm, said that the company would be investing between $25 and $30 billion annually over the next few years in order to meet the anticipated growth in energy demand...
Published - Monday, 09 March, 2009
The National Association of Professional Divers (Naprod) has called on foreign oil companies working in the country to repeal legislation that is limiting exposure to the offshore diving sector for Nigerian workersIn a recent rally in Warri, the president of the organisation Thompson Ogegbene told reporters that some domestic divers were more skilled than those divers shipped in by foreign oil firms, adding that Nigerians need fairer access to the sector...
Published - Friday, 06 March, 2009
Total will provide training and development opportunities for 80 Yemeni workers, the company's general director of Yemeni operations Martin Defunten has confirmedAccording to the Yemen News Agency, the director announced that the French oil major will be running 18-month training programmes for Yemeni engineers in a move that will create opportunities to join the company and service rigs in the Block 10 area in Angola...
Published - Thursday, 05 March, 2009
The Marcellus Shale project in Pennsylvania will provide expansive job opportunities for local workers when it comes on streamServicing the reserve will be the Marcellus Shale Education and Training Centre, which has robust growth plans that will help to secure local employment through the recession, the Times Leader reports...
Published - Tuesday, 03 March, 2009
The Houston-based well data analysis firm Paradigm has enjoyed rapid success in the Indian market and has seen its staff size and client base expand substantially in the past five yearsAlong with other representatives of the Texan oil and gas industry, including Schlumberger, Transocean, Baker Hughes and Halliburton, Paradigm is picking up a healthy stream of new contracts from India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC)...
Published - Tuesday, 03 March, 2009
The University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) has attracted one of the world's most experienced offshore engineers to head up its new training and development programme for the oil and gas industryAngus Jamieson, an expert in oil technology services, will help the institution develop new leading-edge training and research facilities and will teach at the university as a visiting professor...
Published - Monday, 02 March, 2009
Cuba's hopes of becoming a regional oil powerhouse are still at the starting line more than four years after US firms identified large potential reserves in the country's territorial watersThe Associated Press reports that the country has been unable to develop its resources internally because it lacks the technology and training capacity to do so, while longstanding trade sanctions have choked any hopes of calling for outside help...
Published - Friday, 27 February, 2009
Iraq has awarded a new exploration and development license to Britain's Mesopotamia PetroleumThe company has just finalised a new $400 million (£277 million) contract to begin drilling in the country, a development which prompted British foreign minister David Miliband to declare Iraq "open for business"...
Published - Thursday, 26 February, 2009
General Robotics Limited (GRL) has proudly opened a new subsea remotely operated vehicles (ROV) training and assessment centre in AberdeenThe company reports that it can be extremely difficult to provide the requisite training for both pilots and technicians before they head offshore to serve the oil and gas industry...
Published - Wednesday, 25 February, 2009
South Korea has been handed exploration and production rights for fields in Iraq's oil-rich south as part of a deal worth $355 billion (£2...
Published - Tuesday, 24 February, 2009
Russia's air transport giant UTair has signed an agreement with Eurocopter to build a new maintenance centre and develop new interiors for a fleet of EC 175 helicoptersAINOnline reports that the company is also looking to build a new EC 175 training centre in Russia to serve the domestic oil and gas industry...
Published - Monday, 23 February, 2009
A group of engineers from India has conducted a tour of rigs and platforms in the Gulf of Mexico during training operations organised by the US Minerals Management Service (MMS)The federal agency has been working in conjunction with India's ministry of petroleum and natural gas oil industry safety directorate to carry out routine examinations in the region...
Published - Monday, 23 February, 2009
With Barack Obama now one month into his presidency, it is clear that energy security will be a cornerstone of his domestic policy agenda, the Journal of Energy Security reportsAnd in order to be successful in differentiating between the various tenets of a successful energy security policy, the president will need to act along military, domestic and economic lines, the journal insists...
Published - Thursday, 19 February, 2009
Venezuela and China have entered into 12 new cooperation agreements that will result in an increase in oil trading between the two countries and the construction of a refinery in China and training and development facilities in VenezuelaChina's vice-president Xi Jinping met with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to finalise the deals, which also include the pledge to double the China-Venezuela investment fund to $12 billion (£8...
Published - Thursday, 19 February, 2009
Training efficiencies can help companies working in the oil and gas industry to improve oil recovery rates, Petroskills has claimedAccording to the Alberta, Canada-based firm, between one-third and half of the total oil in a reservoir will remain in place as it nears abandonment, usually because of natural limitations and a management strategy that is not optimised to get the most out of the well...
Published - Wednesday, 18 February, 2009
The days when service rigs were seen as the simple workhorses of the oil and gas industry are well and truly over, claims Concord Well Services (CWS) founder Gordon VivianSpeaking to the Oil and Gas Inquirer, he says that when he established the company in 1979, the rigs were relied on to carry out important jobs but were always thought of as "dumb iron"...
Published - Monday, 16 February, 2009
India's largest upstream oil group the Oil and National Gas Corp (ONGC) has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Weatherford, according to ReutersThe news agency reports that ONGC will call upon Weatherford to develop mature fields in the country and increase domestic output...
Published - Wednesday, 11 February, 2009
BP chief executive Tony Hayward has urged industry heads to invest through the economic downturn, assured in the knowledge that "the future is not cancelled"Speaking in Houston, he iterated that if the doubling of energy demand that is expected in the next 50 years is to be met, the oil and gas industry will need to invest $26 trillion over the period...
Published - Tuesday, 10 February, 2009
By pursuing production sharing agreements (PSA) governing the extraction of Ghana's newfound oil reserves, the country will be able to secure training and development of the national workforce, GhanaWeb reportsPSAs have become a popular alternative to development licenses because they empower nations to keep control of their natural assets, while simultaneously attracting the investment and expertise of the international oil and gas industry...
Published - Monday, 09 February, 2009
Yemen's minister of oil and minerals Amir Salim al-Aidrous has called on the US to commit to further upstream operations in the Middle Eastern countryIn a statement delivered to national media yesterday (January 8th), the minister insisted that the country still has large oil, gas and mineral reserves to be explored...
Published - Thursday, 05 February, 2009
Offshore helicopter services firm Aerogulf is expanding its base of operations beyond the oil and gas industry in support of Dubai's infrastructural developmentAviation Week reports that the company, which was formed in the 1970s to support the oil sector in Dubai and has grown to become the second largest helicopter operator in the Middle East, is now offering civil flight services and offering support for the burgeoning construction industry...
Published - Thursday, 05 February, 2009
Demand for Bristow Group's offshore helicopter services is continuing to see steady growth despite a sharp downturn elsewhere in the aviation industryWriting for the Independent, Aerospace International deputy editor Tim Robinson reports that with its diverse fleet, the company is well positioned to serve the offshore oil and gas industry in an array of operating conditions...
Published - Wednesday, 04 February, 2009
The Angolan environment minister Fatima Jardim has extolled Total's commitment to the sustainable development of the countrySpeaking at a conference focusing on upstream environmental management hosted by the French oil major, Mr Jardim called on the company to continue to allocate funds for the training of new personnel to ensure the development of a modern, safe and sustainable oil and gas industry in the country...
Published - Wednesday, 04 February, 2009
The Scotland-based Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) has teamed up with Ghana University to offer students in the country a new e-learning course to prepare them for employment in the oil and gas industryWorking with 20/20 Business Insight and goodpractice...
Published - Friday, 30 January, 2009
Yokogawa has secured a new contract with BP Angola to supply an integrated control and safety system (ICSS) for new floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSO)South African industry journal Instrumentation Control reports that the new contract comes as the country's FPSO industry is burgeoning, with the vessels becoming increasingly common at small and geographically remote fields where pipeline shore links are impractical...
Published - Thursday, 29 January, 2009
Public and private helicopter distributor Eurocopter has announced that it is to build a new flagship technical support and training centre in Aberdeen to serve the North Sea oil and gas industryIn addition to housing a flight simulation suite, the centre at Kirkhill Commercial Park in Dyce will also provide key logistical and technical support to the offshore sector...
Published - Wednesday, 28 January, 2009
Global geodetics software supplier Blue Marble has announced that it will run a week-long training schedule for workers in the oil and gas industry and other core sectors such as mineral exploration and miningHeld in conjunction with the fifth annual Map Middle East Conference in Dubai, the seminars are aimed at both entry-level workers and experienced geospatial mappers in need of a refresher course...
Published - Tuesday, 27 January, 2009
Petrofac has been awarded a new $23 billion (£1...
Published - Tuesday, 27 January, 2009
Delegates from Norwegian energy major StatoilHydro have visited north-west Russia to award education grants to two schools in Murmansk and ArkhangelskSignatory Bengt-Lie Hansen, company president for Russian operations, said that the new grants would help to secure youths in the region a productive career in the oil and gas industry and develop prospects in the arctic region...
Published - Tuesday, 27 January, 2009
Qserv will offer students at Robert Gordon University's Energy Centre in Aberdeen the chance to gain an expert understanding of coiled tubing and well control technologyIn January and February, the company will offer two lectures to around 120 students enrolled on the Advanced Completion and Subsea Engineering module of the university's masters engineering course...
Published - Friday, 23 January, 2009
Samir Al-Fouzan Group (SFG) will team up with Geofizika Croatia to provide oil training services for Saudis focusing on conducting seismic testing for the oil and gas industryThe Saudi-based company has signed an agreement with the Croatian firm that will result in the development of technical competences that will allow workers to serve the Gulf Cooperation Council region...
Published - Thursday, 22 January, 2009
The American Right of Way Associates (ARWA) will hold its first training workshop this weekend to arm workers in the oil and gas industry to ensure that access rights for new pipelines needed for the Haynesville shale project are securedIn a statement, the group said that there is a lucrative career in the oil and gas industry for skilled ARWA workers, with agents in the area typically earning between $45,000 (£32,496) and $90,000 a year...
Published - Tuesday, 20 January, 2009
In the latest in a string of cooperative manoeuvres, the US Navy is embarking on a training programme in Equatorial Guinea to ensure that the country is able to ramp up security in order to support its burgeoning oil and gas industryAnton Smith, the US charge d'affaires, told the Stars and Stripes that the country has been able to punch above its weight since establishing an energy sector...
Published - Tuesday, 20 January, 2009
The shipwrecks which have proliferated off the coast of Nigeria in recent years as pirates and rebel groups look to destabilise the oil and gas industry and other key maritime sectors must be removed, Nigerdock's port facility security officer Emmanuel Eyo has saidSpeaking to This Day, he called for an immediate removal of the wreckages in order to maintain safe navigation in Nigeria's waters, while also calling for increased naval security patrols...
Published - Monday, 19 January, 2009
More than 60 full-time jobs are to be created in Donegal with the establishment of a new training centre to provide engineers with the skills to work in the upstream oil industry The Irish Independent reports that the Feidm Mara Teoranta training and development centre will be based in the Falcarragh business park and will offer five day immersion courses in addition to refresher training...
Published - Monday, 19 January, 2009
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced that it will bankroll Salamander to pursue upstream oil ventures in Laos and Thailand Under the remit of the World Bank, the IFC will commit $25 million (£16...
Published - Thursday, 15 January, 2009
US oil major National Oilwell Varco (NOV) will this year focus on targeted acquisitions and the establishment of a new training and development centre in Brazil, Reuters reportsLoren Singletary, director and vice-president of global corporate accounts at NOV, told investors at a recent company conference that the recent shortfall in credit had left some firms wanting of liquidity, thereby presenting substantial acquisitions growth opportunities for companies with strong balance sheets...
Published - Wednesday, 14 January, 2009
Aberdeen-based CETCO has confirmed that it has entered into a water treatment deal with Libyan partners operating in the oil and gas industryIn addition to providing leading-edge waste water treatment technology to APSCOP, the group will also extend training and development programmes to local employees in order to expand the skill set of the local community...
Published - Monday, 12 January, 2009
The oil and gas industry has spent large amounts of money on training and development courses in order to reduce the number of accidents that happen on the job, Joe Hurt, vice-president of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC), has commentedSpeaking to the Times-Picayune, he explained that oil training must be developed continuously in order to ensure that risk is lowered for those working in both the onshore and offshore sector...
Published - Monday, 12 January, 2009
Upstream oil software developer SMT has announced that it has penned a deal with the Indian Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to provide its full Kingdom suite of geoscientific interpretation softwareThe company insisted that the ONGC's upstream subsea operations could be significantly enhanced by the software, which will also provide backwards compatibility with legacy software systems...
Published - Friday, 09 January, 2009
The Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies (NOFO) has announced that it will provide training and development for 50 permanent workers to man the country's coast to deal with any oil spills quickly and efficientlyAccording to the Norway Post, the oil and gas industry will also work in closer collaboration with municipal bodies to ensure that there is an understanding of the roles and responsibilities to be assumed should a spill occur...
Published - Thursday, 08 January, 2009
Nor-Asian is nearing completion of a deal with the Philippines department of energy governing the rights to begin drilling off the country's coastSpeaking to BusinessMirror, energy department director Vicente Labios said that draft memorandums have now been sent to relevant governments in Argao and Sibonga, in the south-east of Cebu...
Published - Wednesday, 07 January, 2009
Caterpillar has announced plans to build a new road grader plant in Arkansas to consolidate its operations as the world's largest supplier of construction and mining equipment and industrial gas turbinesAccording to Arkansas News, the company will bring 600 jobs to North Little Rock when the facility is opened, all of whom will also be able to benefit from training and development courses run by the Pulaski technical college...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) has begun operations in the al-Ahdab field in the Wasit province of eastern Iraq, making it the first foreign oil company to work in the country for three decadesWasit governor Latif al-Tarfa told Reuters: "The Chinese engineers have located the spot where they will construct a field work site and all the company's equipment will reach the southern port of Basra soon...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
UK-based energy firm Cairn has helped put India in a strong position to weather the economic storm with the discovery of substantial oil fields in RajasthanThe Economic Times reports that the Barmer discovery, which was made in 2004 in a field abandoned by Royal Dutch Shell and taken over by Cairn India, is set to change the face of the country's energy industry at a time when it cannot afford to be so reliant on the overseas oil and gas industry...
Published - Tuesday, 06 January, 2009
Helicopter pilots serving the offshore oil and gas industry need to be provided with more robust simulation training to enable them to handle disaster scenarios effectively, the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has found The group's conclusion comes in the final report into the crash of a Dauphin 2 operating in the Irish Sea in December 2006...
Published - Wednesday, 31 December, 2008
Dana Gas has announced its discovery of a "significant" gas and condensate reserve at its El Basant-2 well in the Nile Delta Concession in Egypt, it has been reportedOnline resource energyme...
Published - Thursday, 25 December, 2008
The Baku-based branch of Gulf Drilling is set to expand its use of a mobile drilling rig which will allow it to begin searching for oil and gas wells at a depth of up to 3km, the company has announcedIn a statement, the group also said that it was committed to the regular training and development of Azerbaijani workers involved in drilling projects and has already trained 200 permanent staff and 100 additional workers on a temporary basis...
Published - Friday, 19 December, 2008
Guilherme Estrella, Petrobras' exploration chief, has claimed that the company is Brazil's space programmeIn an interview with Bloomberg earlier this year, Estrella claimed that the national spirit is contained within the company, which is itself now fighting for the right to retain control of the country's vast offshore oil and gas reserves...
Published - Wednesday, 17 December, 2008
Caesar Systems and Decisions Frameworks have announced that they will enter a cooperative agreement to extend training and development opportunities for the upstream oil and gas industryIn a joint statement, the companies said that the PetroVR and DTrio software suites would help to improve workflow management and decision making practices in the upstream industry...
Published - Wednesday, 17 December, 2008
The China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) expects to receive state approval for a new exploration project in the South China Sea, investor relations head Xiao Zongwei has saidAccording to Xinhua, the new CNY 200 billion (£18...
Published - Tuesday, 16 December, 2008
African workers will benefit from oil training courses run by Venezuelan energy experts to streamline upstream operations, a Venezuelan state official has declaredAccording to Afrik, foreign affairs vice-minister Reinaldo Jose Bolivar told journalists that the country had signed more than 150 training and development pacts with various African countries under the remit of the South America-African Union partnership...
Published - Thursday, 06 November, 2008
Although progress has been made in the areas of health, environment and safety in the exploration and production sectors of the oil industry, there is still work to be done, it has been claimed In an article for the latest edition of the Journal of Petroleum Technology, consultant Lyn Arscott said that surveys conducted at the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) International Health, Safety and Environment Conferences have shown that industry members believe good progress has been made in a num
Published - Thursday, 06 November, 2008
The importance of safety on oil fields has been highlighted following an oil spill at the Tordis field in the North Sea earlier this year A report into the incident by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has found that lessons learned from the spill should be communicated to the industry to ensure that storage in geological formations remains safe in future...
Published - Wednesday, 05 November, 2008
The oil ministry in Iraq has called on parliament to pass the country's oil law, which has stalled a number of timesA spokesperson for the ministry, Assem Jihad, said that the law would help to rebuild the oil infrastructure in the country, the Associated Press reports...
Published - Wednesday, 05 November, 2008
The global oil industry risks facing a severe shortage of highly skilled technicians and engineers as easily accessible reserves are depleted Such is the claim of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, which has insisted that the sector has not kept pace with other industries in the training and development of highly skilled workers...
Published - Monday, 22 September, 2008
Reliance Industries Limited has risen to the challenge of finding technical manpower and started production of crude oil at its KG-D6 block of Krishna Godavari Basin The company says from the time of discovery, oil production began in just over two years, making it one of the fastest green-field deep water oil development projects in the world...
Published - Thursday, 18 September, 2008
A new gas discovery has been made in Egypt, it has been announcedRWE Dea, an operator in the exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil sector, discovered that the South Sidi-Ghazy 1x-well found the Messinian formation to be gas bearing for a second time...
Published - Wednesday, 17 September, 2008
Norwegian firm Aker Solutions is to invest heavily in its Brazilian operation following subsea developments in Brazil's pre-salt fairwayThe funds will go into the Curitiba manufacturing plant for subsea trees in Brazil...
Published - Wednesday, 17 September, 2008
Norwegian firm Aker Solutions is to invest heavily in its Brazilian operation following subsea developments in Brazil's pre-salt fairwayThe funds will go into the Curitiba manufacturing plant for subsea trees in Brazil...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
Rowan Companies confirmed that it has entered into three-year contract with EnCana for four new 2000-horsepower land rigs The first rig is scheduled for May 2009, with each additional rig to follow approximately every three months thereafter...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
BP Exploration has awarded Technip and its subsidiary Angoflex two major frame agreements for oilfield projects in AngolaThe agreements are part of BP’s deepwater development programme in the African country and each frame agreement is worth around 80 million euros (£64 million)...
Published - Monday, 15 September, 2008
Rowan Companies confirmed that it has entered into three-year contract with EnCana for four new 2000-horsepower land rigsThe first rig is scheduled for May 2009, with each additional rig to follow approximately every three months thereafter...
Published - Friday, 12 September, 2008
RWE Dea has made a sixth and seventh discovery in the Libyan Sirte Basin, it has emerged Two exploration wells in the concession NC193 found oil-bearing reservoirs...
Published - Thursday, 11 September, 2008
Members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) earned more in 2007 than 2006, it is thought The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has estimated that member countries earned $671 billion (£378 billion) in net oil export revenues in 2007, a ten percent increase from the previous year...
Published - Thursday, 11 September, 2008
Petrobras has discovered a substantial amount of light oil in the pre-salt reservoirs in the Santos Basin in Brazil, it has emerged Covering an area of approximately 300 km2, the total estimated recoverable volume is between three and four billion barrels of light oil and natural gas...
Published - Wednesday, 10 September, 2008
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) welcomed non-member countries at its 149th meeting this week Opec greeted the minister of petroleum of Egypt, the deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation, and the minister of energy and mining of the Republic of Sudan at the meeting, which convened in Vienna, Austria, on 9th and 10th September...
Published - Wednesday, 10 September, 2008
Tullow, an oil and exploration company, has announced the discovery of an oil well in Uganda It was discovered at the Kigogole-1 exploration well located in the Butiaba region of Uganda...
Published - Wednesday, 10 September, 2008
Gulfsands Petroleum has announced that oil production through the Khurbet East Early Production Facility has increased Production is now coming through three vertical and two horizontal wells with 500 barrels of 25...
Published - Tuesday, 09 September, 2008
Energy company GDF Suez is in talks with Dutch oil company Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM) to acquire oil and gas assets in the North Sea The deal will cost the French company 1...
Published - Tuesday, 09 September, 2008
The Iraq government is to sign a deal with Royal Dutch Shell, it has emergedOn Sunday, the Iraqi cabinet announced the decision to invest in the joint venture that will involve the tapping of natural gas in the southern region of the country...
Published - Monday, 08 September, 2008
Ecopetrol has announced the discovery of a new oil well in Colombia, MercoPress has revealedSituated in the province of Hulia, in the south-east of the South American country the well showed initial tests of 900 barrels a day, the news agency reported...
Published - Monday, 08 September, 2008
Officials from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have completed a successful visit to Moscow and signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia's Gazprom Under the new initiative, the Russian gas giant will work alongside the state-owned NNPC in a number of exploration, production and transportation projects within the African country's oil and gas industry...
Published - Monday, 08 September, 2008
French oil company Total has confirmed that it has signed three major new refining and exploration deals with the Syrian energy industry In a statement released on the back of a visit to Damascus by President Nicolas Sarkozy, it was announced that the firm will work alongside the state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company and the Syrian Gas Company to achieve a long-term strategic partnership...
Published - Thursday, 04 September, 2008
The independent oil and gas production company Faroe Petroleum has reported that drilling has started at a major new well located off the coast of Norway Located some 65 metres beneath the bed of the North Sea, the company's Marsvin Well, Licence PL289, is expected to significantly improve its exploration potential in the region, though no predictions regarding the size of the reserves have yet to be released...
Published - Thursday, 04 September, 2008
A number of British oil and gas exploration companies have joined Malaysian and Canadian firms in expressing an interest in the development potential of Bosnia's oil fields Coming on the back of steadily-rising crude oil prices, the Sarajevo government has announced that it is to revive long-standing oil and gas exploration plans...
Published - Tuesday, 02 September, 2008
Venezuela is set to reach an agreement to supply alternative energy sources to South Africa's booming industrial sector Coming just days after President Hugo Chavez confirmed that his country would also be supplying Paraguay with affordable crude oil exports, he is now in talks with his South African counterpart Thabo Mbeki regarding a similar arrangement...
Published - Tuesday, 02 September, 2008
Brazil's state-owned oil exploration and production firm Petrobras has confirmed that it has the necessary technology in place to extract newly-found resources in the Santos Basin Since last November, the firm has announced a series of new discoveries within the offshore subsalt reserves, with initial estimates pointing to possible reserves of up to eight million barrels of oil...
Published - Monday, 01 September, 2008
Shares in the UK oil and gas exploration and production firm Bowleven have soared by almost 20 per cent on the back of the announcement that it has made a significant new find in the west of Africa A statement released by the Edinburgh-based company confirmed that initial testing at its IF-1r well off the coast of Cameroon has yielded "impressive results", with light sweet oil flowing at 3,371 barrels a day...
Published - Friday, 29 August, 2008
The China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has confirmed that it is to spend around $66 billion on doubling the capacity of one of its major refineries...
Published - Friday, 29 August, 2008
The oil and gas industry in the north-east of England has been given a further boost after £4 million worth of new contracts were awarded to several companies there Just days after the charity TTE Technical Training Group confirmed that it is to invest millions of pounds for training youngsters looking to break into the industry, it has been announced that Gateshead-based Express Engineering has reached an agreement to supply sub-sea components...
Published - Thursday, 28 August, 2008
Norway's StatoilHydro has confirmed that it is on course to increase production rates to 22 million barrels of oil per day, thanks to a number of recent discoveries...
Published - Thursday, 28 August, 2008
Recent rises in global fuel prices have made the UK's onshore resources more viable, with industry leaders arguing that they could play a vital part in meeting future demand, it has been reported While the UK is believed to have just 0...
Published - Tuesday, 26 August, 2008
Revus Energy has reported a further new find in the North Sea, with drilling at its wells in the Ipswich prospect revealing significant reserves Though the exact size of the new discovery has yet to be determined, the Norwegian firm has called the initial testing at its exploration well 1/3-11 "encouraging", pointing to an oil column of some 60-metres...
Published - Thursday, 21 August, 2008
Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA is to join forces with its Vietnamese counterpart for the further exploration of the Orinoco basin, in the east of the Latin American country Following a meeting of the two parties in Caracas, it was confirmed that two joint refining companies will be established with the aim of fulfilling the potential of the region, in which PetroVietnam already holds a concession...
Published - Wednesday, 20 August, 2008
Japanese oil and gas engineering group Chiyoda Corp is to launch a joint bid with Samsung Engineering for the planned construction of two major new export refinery plants in Saudi Arabia, it has been announced Coming as the company moves to reduce its commitments in Qatar and concentrate on developing new fields and petrochemical production facilities across Asia and Latin America, Chiyoda has confirmed that these latest contracts are valued at around $1...
Published - Wednesday, 20 August, 2008
The Canadian international oil exploration and production firm Gran Tierra Energy has announced that it has made a significant new discovery in central Colombia Coming just three months after the company started drilling the Popa-2 exploration well in the Rio Magdalena of the Middle Magdalena Basin, tests have pointed to a production potential of some 8...
Published - Monday, 18 August, 2008
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has confirmed that it intends to bring a further 63 new rigs into operation over the coming years as it looks to expand its deep water operations Coming soon after the company announced a significant new discovery in the Santos Basin region, chief financial officer Almir Barbasa has stated that 59 of the new rigs will be positioned so as to drill in very deeps waters, and in particular in the pre-salt layers found off the coast of Rio de Janeiro...
Published - Monday, 18 August, 2008
The UK-based oil and natural gas production and development firm Bow Valley Energy has announced news of a new discovery within the North SeaThe find, which was made by its fully-owned subsidiary Bow Valley Petroleum, was made at its Blackbird site, located within Block 20/2a, just six kilometres south of the Ettrick field...
Published - Friday, 15 August, 2008
Exxon Mobil has confirmed that its subsidiary Esso Exploration Angola has started production at a pair of new sites within the central African countryA statement released by the firm reveals that oil is now being produced at the Saxi and Batuque fields, both of which are located within the Kizomba C project...
Published - Tuesday, 12 August, 2008
BG Group has announced that it has made a "significant" North Sea oil discovery off the coast of Norway, with initial testing pointing to a production capacity of around 7,500 barrels a day The Snorre field discovery was made in cooperation with BG's consortium partners, namely Norway's Regus Energy, Japan's Idemitsu and RWE of Germany...
Published - Friday, 08 August, 2008
BG Group has confirmed that it has made a new oil discovery off the coast of Brazil In a statement released by the UK-based oil and gas producer, it was explained that the new find is located at its Iara well, in the pre-salt Santos Basin, currently one of the most promising regions of the burgeoning South American sector...
Published - Thursday, 07 August, 2008
US oil company Chevron has revealed that expects to produce as much as 250,000 barrels of oil and gas per day from its new offshore oil field in Nigeria According to a statement released by the company, its Nigerian affiliate Stap Deep Water Petroleum, has now started work at the Agbami field, located just 70 miles from the centre of the Niger Delta district and believed to hold a potential of some 900 million barrels...
Published - Wednesday, 06 August, 2008
Tullow Oil has reported an "excellent" new oil discovery at its exploration wells in Uganda After tests were carried out at the Kasamene-1 well, located within the Butiaba region of the country, it was confirmed that it holds the potential of in excess of 31 metres of net oil pay, alongside more than six metres of net gas pay...
Published - Tuesday, 05 August, 2008
Sonatrach, Algeria's state-owned oil production company, has reported making three new discoveries in the south of the country In a statement released by the firm, it has been confirmed that the three new finds were made at the Tinerkouk West-1, Tinzaouatine-1 and Reg Mouaded-1 wells, all located within the Sahara Desert...
Published - Tuesday, 05 August, 2008
Brazil's national oil company Petrobras has confirmed that it is to cut back on exploration projects overseas so as to concentrate on developing its own offshore resources At present, the producer operates a number of projects across South America as well as in Asia and several leading African oil states, including Angola and Nigeria...
Published - Tuesday, 05 August, 2008
Exxon Mobil has announced that it has stated operations at its $13 billion project in Nigeria as it looks to increase its production of natural liquid gas out of the African country...
Published - Monday, 04 August, 2008
The world's national oil companies (NOCs) are increasingly turning to third-party oil services groups, rather than forming partnerships with their peers, to assist them with the development of new fields According to the chief executive of Schlumberger, Andrew Gould, this trend has come on the back of a number of the world's biggest companies shedding their own oil services departments and cutting down on the number of specialist engineers and geologists they employed in times of low prices...
Published - Thursday, 31 July, 2008
The Mexican national oil producer Pemex has announced plans to construct a new refinery aimed at cutting the country's growing reliance on crude importsPresently, the Mexico City government is being forced to spend billions of dollars on importing fuel from overseas so as to meet steadily increasing consumer demand, a situation which prompted the country's president Felipe Calderon to call on Pemex to draw up plans for a possible new refinery...
Published - Wednesday, 30 July, 2008
Canadian oil producer Verenex has confirmed that it has made a new discovery in Libya The new find, which has also been announced by the Libyan National Oil Corporation, is located in the production Area 47, within the Ghadames Basin and, according to the two firms, represents confirmation of the resource potential of the Lower Acacus part of the region...
Published - Tuesday, 29 July, 2008
The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) has made public its plans to double European oil production over the next five years, it has been reported Currently, the company pumps 55,000 barrels of oil daily across its various European plants, but would like to see this rate doubled to a similar level of that which they extract from North America; 100,000 barrels per day...
Published - Monday, 28 July, 2008
The French independent oil company Maurel & Prom has made a new discovery in Gabon, it has been reported After selling its stake in the Republic of Congo fields just last year, the firm has been looking to replenish its production capacity through further investment in Africa...
Published - Monday, 28 July, 2008
The outgoing Pakistani ambassador to Abu Dhabi has explained that the initial cost estimates for a joint oil refinery project look set to increase substantially as the project is expanded Speaking at a press conference organised by the Pakistan Business Council (PBC) and hosted in the Emirate, ambassador Ahsan Ullah Khan revealed that the planned Khalifa Coastal Refinery, to be located close to the city of Karachi, will now contain a major petrochemical city as well as a port and a power generat
Published - Friday, 25 July, 2008
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has confirmed that his country has reached a deal to develop a further three oil fields with Belarus The two countries reached a development agreement last year after Mr Chavez met with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, though up until now the joint venture has been limited to a production capacity of two million tons of oil a year...
Published - Thursday, 24 July, 2008
Trinidad and Tobago will turn to Canada for help developing its oil and gas industry, a government official has stated Presently, the Caribbean country is working towards its plan of becoming a developed nation by the year 2020, with its oil and gas resources seen as a key means of achieving this...
Published - Thursday, 24 July, 2008
BP has confirmed that it has withdrawn a number of engineers from Russia and reassigned them elsewhere as corporate relations at its projects within the country continue to deteriorate The British company had been working alongside Russia's TNK in bringing skilled workers to help boost production levels at a number of exploration and production projects in Siberia...
Published - Tuesday, 22 July, 2008
Mexico's state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has indicated that it may take the unprecedented step of drilling for new crude reserves outside of its national borders should the existing laws concerning foreign workers not be changed According to the company's chief executive, Jesus Reyes Heroles, it needs to turn to outside help for deep water drilling operations as it currently lacks the necessary technology and skilled workforce...
Published - Tuesday, 22 July, 2008
The Swedish oil and gas exploration and production company Lundin Petroleum has confirmed that its drilling operations in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) have led to a significant discovery within the Torphins prospect A statement released by the firm confirmed that the oil and gas reserves find was made on the back of a month-long drilling project at its exploration well 21/8-4Z, located in block 21/8, within the central North Sea sector...
Published - Friday, 18 July, 2008
The oil and gas exploration and production firm Aminex Plc has confirmed that it will be developing its recent Kiliwani North discovery in Tanzania as a commercially viable gas field Following on from last month's successful tests, which saw the Kiliwani North-1 well produce 40 million cubic feet of gas a day, the company has decided to fast-track operations at the site with the aim of commercialising it as soon as possible...
Published - Thursday, 17 July, 2008
US exploration and production firm Noble Energy has confirmed that it has made a new natural gas discovery off the coast of Equatorial Guinea According to a statement released by the firm, the find was made at the Diega offshore site, though as yet no figures have been released regarding the production potential of the multiple hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs...
Published - Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
India's Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) has confirmed that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Western Australia's Department of Industry & Resources (DoIR) regarding the future development of their respective oil and gas industries Under the agreement, the two sides will work together to exchange information and share expertise in the fields of exploration and production, as well as oil field abandonment...
Published - Wednesday, 16 July, 2008
Russia's state energy company Gazprom has confirmed that it has reached an agreement which will see it cooperate in the development of Iranian natural gas and oil reserves Under the new deal, which was signed by the company and Iran's oil minister Gholam Hossein Nozari, greater investment will be put into projects in both the Azadegan region as well as fields located around the Caspian Sea...
Published - Tuesday, 15 July, 2008
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has reported the discovery of new oil reserves in the Espirito Santo Basin, on the South Atlantic coast Initial estimates point to a potential of around 150 million barrels of recoverable, good quality oil, with the reserves located in the area currently being used for the Golfinho field, around 40 miles from Vitoria, the capital city of the Espirito Santo region...
Published - Monday, 14 July, 2008
The Sri Lankan government has announced the details of its Petroleum Resources Agreement, reached with Cairn India in regards to the exploration of the Mannar basin Under the new deal, the Indian company, which has already provided a $1 million up-front payment for the commencement of the digging, will receive as much as 65 per cent of total commercial oil and gas revenues from the basin...
Published - Friday, 11 July, 2008
The contracts for the construction of two new oil refineries in the south of Iraq are likely to be signed within the next few weeks, an official from the country's Oil Ministry has stated Coming soon after the government confirmed that it is to offer up around a dozen oil and gas refining sites to international companies over the remainder of the year, one senior official has revealed that it expects to sign two new contracts by the end of the month...
Published - Wednesday, 09 July, 2008
As much as £750 billion worth of oil and gas reserves remain untapped in the North Sea and the Atlantic frontier just west of the Shetland Islands, a new report from Oil & Gas UK has concluded According to the industry trade body's chief executive Malcolm Webb, it is estimated that there are between 16 and 25 billion barrels of oil and gas to be recovered from the region, equivalent to almost half of that extracted from the North Sea to date...
Published - Wednesday, 09 July, 2008
Lundin Petroleum AB has confirmed that one of its Caspian Sea exploration wells has made a significant oil discovery, though added that the find is likely to be smaller than was initially believed In a statement released by the company, it revealed that the find was made at the Morskaya-1 test well, located in the Lagansky block in the north of the sea...
Published - Wednesday, 09 July, 2008
Bahrain's Labour Fund (LF) and national Tender Board have signed a memorandum of understanding concerning a new initiative aimed at training private sector employees in electronic tenderingWith the government keen to allow enterprises to develop independently of the state and for professionals to acquire skills relevant to modern global commerce, the deal was reached between LF chairman Dr Nizar Al Baharna and Dr Abdulhussain Mirza, the Bahraini minister for oil and gas affairs as well as chairm
Published - Monday, 07 July, 2008
The overseas arm of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC Vadesh (OVL), has put forward plans to work alongside the Angolan state oil firm Sonongal and expand on offshore exploration effort in the African country Under the deal proposed by Indian petroleum minister Murli Deora at the recent World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, OVL would work to help development at up to ten separate offshore exploration blocks in order to help Angola build on its current production levels of around 1...
Published - Wednesday, 02 July, 2008
Shares in the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) rose in value by 16 per cent on the back of reports revealing that the company is close to securing a deal with the Iranian government for the development rights of a significant gas find...
Published - Wednesday, 02 July, 2008
Seven Iraqi oil and gas fields are to be offered up for development by foreign companies, the country's oil minister Hussain al-Shahristani has announcedWith the contracts set to be awarded either later this year or at the start of 2009, the minister confirmed that the fields to be opened up to tender include Rumaila, Zirkuk, Zubair, West Qurna Phase 1, Bai Hassan and the three sites making up the Maysan fields, namely Bazargan, Abu Gharab and Fakka...
Published - Wednesday, 02 July, 2008
Gulfsands Petroleum has confirmed the construction of its Khubert East Early Production facility in the north of Syria has been completed ahead of scheduleComing just five months after approval was granted for the development of the site, which is located in Block 26 of the region, the company now expects oil production at the plant to begin at the start of August...
Published - Monday, 30 June, 2008
Oilexco has confirmed that it has made a "significant" due oil and gas discovery at Moth in the North SeaThe finding, which is located in Block 23/21 in the north of the sea, was made following a programme of drilling into hydrocarbon-rich reservoir sands with a thickness of around 600 feet...
Published - Monday, 30 June, 2008
Dana Gas has announced that it has made a new discovery within its Egyptian oil drilling concession zoneThe find, which represents the first significant discovery of the year under the company's $170 million exploration campaign, has been taken as further proof of the presence of a strong hydrocarbon system within upper Egypt...
Published - Monday, 30 June, 2008
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has stated that the proposed exploration of a new offshore area will enable the country to more than triple its oil reserves over the coming yearsComing soon after it was announced that the largest discovery made in the Western Hemisphere since 1976 was made off the coast of the South American country, Lula explained that he intends to push the sector forward to enable it to join the top ten global nations in terms of oil supplies...
Published - Monday, 30 June, 2008
Talisman Energy has confirmed that it has made a small oil discovery close to the Varg field, off the coast of NorwayAccording to a statement released by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Canadian firm's made the find while drilling its wildcat well 15/12-20 S, just half a kilometre away from the developed field in the North Sea...
Published - Friday, 27 June, 2008
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has stated that the proposed exploration of a new offshore area will enable the country to more than triple its oil reserves over the coming years Coming soon after it was announced that the largest discovery made in the Western Hemisphere since 1976 was made off the coast of the South American country, Lula explained that he intends to push the sector forward to enable it to join the top ten global nations in terms of oil supplies...
Published - Friday, 27 June, 2008
Talisman Energy has confirmed that it has made a small oil discovery close to the Varg field, off the coast of Norway According to a statement released by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Canadian firm's made the find while drilling its wildcat well 15/12-20 S, just half a kilometre away from the developed field in the North Sea...
Published - Thursday, 26 June, 2008
Canada's Talisman Energy has finally completed the signing of two oil contracts with the government of the autonomous Kurdish region, in spite of prolonged opposition from the Iraqi central government In return for the new contracts, the firm has announced that it will invest around £110 million as part of its ongoing social responsibility programme in Kurdistan, aimed at improving the infrastructure in a region which suffered especially heavily under the Saddam Hussein regime...
Published - Wednesday, 25 June, 2008
The prime minister of Japan has confirmed that his country is close to reaching an agreement with China over long-disputed offshore natural gas reserves Coming ahead of next month's summit of leading industrial nations in Tokyo, Yasuo Fukada explained that a deal is due to be made concerning the reserves in the East China Sea...
Published - Wednesday, 25 June, 2008
Indonesia's national oil and gas producer PT Pertamina has announced that it has reached an agreement with Talisman Energy to work together to increase the output of the country's old wells using enhanced oil recovery technology (EOR) Under the deal, it is hoped that the current 15 per cent annual decline being seen in the productivity of the country's wells could be cut to just seven per cent, thereby offering increased protection against soaring global oil costs...
Published - Wednesday, 18 June, 2008
Iraq's Oil Ministry has confirmed that it is in talks with Royal Shell Dutch over the possibility of jointly developing new natural gas resources in the south of the country According to Munadhil Abid Khanjar, the head of the Basra Economic Development Committee, Iraq is currently losing around £20 million worth of natural gas a day purely as a result of a lack of adequate infrastructure to facilitate its consumption or export...
Published - Wednesday, 18 June, 2008
British gas exploration company BG Group has confirmed that it has made another new discovery in the Santos Basin, off the coast of Brazil Coming just days after the company announced an earlier find within its BM-S-9 concession area, in which it holds a 30 per cent interest, it has now revealed that its Guara well has discovered new reserves...
Published - Tuesday, 17 June, 2008
Norway's Statoilhydro has announced that it has made a gas discovery at the Galtvort prospect in the Norwegian Sea Situated 30 kilometres north-east of the Njord field and nine kilometres north-west of the Draugen field, the new discovery will be 30 per cent owned by Statoilhydro, with a number of other domestic and foreign companies also holding an interest...
Published - Tuesday, 17 June, 2008
Researchers from Aberdeen University have announced that they are to undertake a two-year investigation of potential new oil fields in the Faroe-Shetland basin According to the scientists the 117 square mile stretch of sea, located between the two groups of islands, could be home to reserves which have remain undiscovered and untapped for more than 40 million years, largely due to the thick layer of lava found on the sea bed...
Published - Wednesday, 11 June, 2008
The UK's gas supply capabilities look set to be doubled after the Italian energy group ENI announced that it has reached an agreement to take control of the Hewett Unit field in the North Sea In a £210 million deal, ENI will acquire Tullow Oil's 52 per cent stake in the field, thereby bringing its own overall stake to 89 per cent, and it has confirmed that it is now looking to develop a storage facility capable of holding up to five billion cubic metres of gas by 2013...
Published - Wednesday, 11 June, 2008
The Philippines Department of Energy (DoE) has announced that production is set to begin at the Galoc oil field next week as the country moves towards energy autarky Speaking at a news conference in the city of Malacanang, department secretary Angelo Reyes confirmed that the $120 million oil field, which is located in the Palawan district, is expected to produce between 17,000 and 20,000 barrels a day, talking total output for the region to 30,000 barrels, equivalent to ten per cent of total dem
Published - Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
Marathon Oil has confirmed that it has produced the first oil from its Alvheim field, located around 140 miles off the coast of Stavanger, Norway The Texas-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company expects the field to reach its full net production potential of 13,500 barrels a day by the end of the year, with six wells having already been drilled and completed...
Published - Tuesday, 10 June, 2008
The head of Australia's Roc Oil has described its first discovery in a major Angolan field for almost four decades as "encouraging" The new oil and associated reserves were discovered at the end of last week during routine testing of the company's Coco 1 onshore well and comes as it carries out a seven-well drilling programme at the Mossambala field, also in the African nation...
Published - Friday, 06 June, 2008
The volume of the remaining North Sea oil reserves could exceed current estimates by around 20 per cent, geological experts have claimed With some 37 billion barrels having already been extracted from the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) since oil was discovered there, it had been widely believed that there are as much as 25...
Published - Thursday, 05 June, 2008
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is likely to be forced to invest as much as 50 per cent more than originally anticipated in new gas projects within the emirate as construction costs continue to rise, it has been predicted With domestic demand currently rising fast and demand for exports as strong as ever, the company is keen to invest in the development of sour gas resources at a number of sites, most notably its mega Shah field project...
Published - Thursday, 05 June, 2008
The Iraqi government needs to invest in widespread training programmes and infrastructure improvements so as to treble its crude oil export capacities, the leader of the semiautonomous Kurdish region has argued With the Kurds and the central government currently discussing oil contract signing rights, Nechirvan Barzani has called for six million barrels a day to be exported in order to drive the national economy forward...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
Oil fields off the coast of Brazil have a high production potential while also being relatively risk-free, the head of the state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) has stated Just recently, the company made the biggest oil discovery in the Western Hemisphere for more than 30 years in the pre-salt region off the coast of Rio de Janeiro...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
Shares in the oil and gas exploration company Dana Petroleum rose in value by three per cent as it announced news of a "significant" gas discovery off the coast of Egypt At present, the Scottish firm produces around 11,000 barrels of oil a day in the West El Burullus area, in which it holds a 50 per cent share...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
With the rising cost of oil driving forward exploration efforts in the North Sea, observers have predicted that the energy sector in the north-east of England is likely create thousands of specialist jobs over the next few years New research has revealed that the oil and gas industry in the region currently employs some 5,000 people, while there are also around 1,730 job vacancies needing to be filled...
Published - Wednesday, 04 June, 2008
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has stated that it is successfully overcoming a number of environmental challenges as it awarded notable achievements in the sector this week For the third year in succession, the professional body used the opportunity of its annual Steward of Excellence Awards to recognise innovation and ongoing commitment to environment issues, corporate social responsibility and health and safety training...
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