Precision Drilling Trust’s released a report that its cash distribution has been approved by the board of trustees of $0.13 per trust unit of Precision. The distribution will be payable on August 15, 2008 to unitholders of record on July 31, 2008. The ex-distribution date is July 29, 2008. Holders of Class B limited partnership [...]
SBM Offshore N.V. is pleased to announce the following contract awards:
1. BP Angola FPSO
A call off frame contract has been obtained from BP Angola in support of a development programme offshore Angola. The initial contract call off has been signed for early engineering and fabrication works to support enhanced local fabrication capability in the region.
Subject [...]
Natco Group Inc, An oil services company, said Wednesday is has received a $24.9 million contract to provide membrane technology for an oil field off the Libyan coast. As part of the deal awarded in May, the company will supply a Cynara membrane system to capture carbon dioxide for re-injection into Bouri, Libya’s largest offshore [...]
A mining offshore company, W&T Offshore Inc released the report on its second quarter 2008 financial and operations results at approximately 6:00 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday, August 5, 2008 to the press. In relation to the report, the W&T Offshore Inc has scheduled a conference call, which will also be broadcast live over the Internet, [...]
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, today announced a U.S. $30 million initial investment in Salt Investment S.A. (SI). The company is a new Djibouti-based salt production and export company that will harvest, wash and export salt extracted from Lake Assal, the largest undeveloped salt [...]
The answer to the title question is that the best deal in the sector of energy today is the one which is undone. However it does nor necessarily mean that the Transocean shereholders has nothing to proud of. The company has just scored fresh contract of four from Petrobras. Generally every single contract of Offshore [...]
Seadrill is pleased to report the delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillship West Polaris from Samsung Heavy Industries. The drillship will leave Korean waters tomorrow after completing fuelling and some general mobilisation activities en route to its first drilling assignment for Exxon in Brazil. West Polaris was delivered 10 days after original contract schedule with a [...]
Austral Pacific Energy Ltd. Austral announces the results of its Cheal-A7 well which reached a total depth of 1848m on July 10th, 2008. The well intercepted 7 meters of oil-bearing sands in the MM3 Formation as prognosed at approximately 1695m MD and the MM2 sand at 1730m.
The current Cheal wells program was designed to test [...]
SunOpta Inc. (NasdaqGS:STKL - News) (Toronto:SOY.TO - News) today announced Opta Minerals Inc. has acquired 67% of the outstanding common shares of MCP Mg-Serbien SAS (“MCP”) of France. The transaction includes an option to acquire the remaining 33% minority interest on similar terms. For fiscal 2007 MCP recorded revenues of approximately US$6.3 million selling ground [...]
In response to inquiries, Precision Drilling Trust (”Precision”) clarified today for its unitholders that it will immediately re-approach the board of directors of Grey Wolf, Inc. (”Grey Wolf”) with its June 24, 2008 US$10.00 per share proposal if the merger agreement with Basic Energy Services, Inc. (”Basic”) is terminated.
Precision will await the outcome of [...]
