Latest Energy News
Drilling operations start on Shaikan-3 appraisal well
Kurdistan-focused oil and gas explorer Gulf Keystone has said that the drilling has begun on its Shaikan-3 appraisal well in Kurdistan.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Energate, OPA partner on deployment of demand response systems
Energate, a provider of demand response and home energy management systems, has entered into an agreement with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to be a delivery partner in a pilot deployment of residential and small commercial demand response systems.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Cisco Systems to acquire Arch Rock
Cisco Systems, a network equipment manufacturer, has said that it plans to acquire Arch Rock Corporation, a provider of internet protocol (IP)-based wireless network technology for smart-grid applications.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Ofgem investigates four UK energy firms over potential mis-selling
UK energy regulator Ofgem has launched investigations into four retail energy suppliers to determine whether they are complying with new obligations to prevent mis-selling.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Harland and Wolff to build substations for UK offshore wind farm
Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries has won a contract from Siemens to design and build two substations for the 576MW Gwynt y Mor wind farm off the coast of North Wales, UK.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Pressure testing performed on MC252 well in Gulf of Mexico
BP in response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico, has said that after the cementing operations were completed on the well on 5 August, pressure testing was done, which indicated there is an effective cement plug in the casing.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
OGX Maranhao finds new gas shows in Parnaiba Basin OGX-16 well
Brazilian oil and gas company OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes subsidiary OGX Maranhao has encountered additional evidence of gas in the Devonian section of well 1-OGX-16-MA, in block PN-T-68, in the onshore basin of Parnaiba.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Drilling begins on Caza 158 #1 well at Windham Prospect
Caza Oil & Gas has said drilling has begun on the initial test well, Caza 158 #1, at the Windham (Wolfberry) prospect in Upton County, Texas.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Soco reaches total depth on Nganga 1 well in Congo
UK oil explorer Soco International subsidiary Soco Exploration & Production - DRC SPRL has reached the total depth on the wildcat exploration well, Nganga 1 (NGA-1), in the Nganzi Block, onshore the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa).
Published: 03-Sep-2010
Origin Energy consortium wins geothermal project in Indonesia
Australian electricity retailer Origin Energy, in consortium with India-based Tata Power and PT Supraco Indonesia, has been awarded the Sorik Marapi geothermal exploration concession in northern Sumatra following a competitive bidding process.
Published: 03-Sep-2010
