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...While we’re at it, there’s another Spac deal that landed today — Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp, backed by Apollo Global Management, acquired electric carmaker Fisker in a $2.9bn deal....
...Coty shares popped in extended trading after the S&P Dow Jones Indices said the company would replace Diamond Offshore Drilling on the S&P 500....
...Shale wells are much faster to drill and complete than large developments such as offshore oilfields....
....”* The US shale oil boom of the past five years has been led by small and midsized companies, which have generally spent more on drilling wells than they have earned in cash from operations, meaning that...
...Separately on Monday, Transocean, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, said chairman Michael Talbert planned to step down this year, in another last-minute concession before its annual...
...The company said it made a significant oil discovery at the deepwater Pão de Açúcar well offshore Brazil – one of the world’s three largest oil finds so far this year....
...The company holds five onshore and offshore blocks in Cameroon and said last month it was in discussions to raise debt finance to fund drilling aimed at delivering “homegrown production and cash flow in...
...The Edinburgh-based company holds five onshore and offshore blocks in Cameroon and said last month that it was in discussions to raise debt finance to fund its drilling programme aimed at delivering “homegrown...
...The accident on the Deepwater Horizon rig that was drilling for BP led to 15 people dying and the worst offshore environmental disaster in US waters....
...The accident raises further questions about the safety of drilling and producing oil offshore in the Gulf of Mexico The Vermillion 380, owned by Mariner Energy, a small operator, exploded just before at...
...The state-owned chemicals group, Sinochem, emerged victorious with its $3.1bn offer, even though it had less than a decade of offshore drilling experience....
...Just days before the BP disaster, Apache agreed a $2.7bn cash-and-stock deal to take over Mariner, the Houston-based oil and gas company that has about 85 per cent of its production offshore, with significant...
...Before becoming an analyst, he spent six years in industry – most of that as an offshore-based drilling engineer for a major oil company....
...It failed to secure stakes in large offshore fields in Angola and Ghana. It appears, however, to be having more success in Uganda....
...But in the past weeks the Ghanaian government has delayed the sale by making ever-increasing demands – a fate that oil executives say could also befall Ghana’s neighbours as the true value of their offshore...
...China National Offshore Oil Corporation , the Chinese state oil company, and ONGC of India have indicated they will bid, sources close to the companies say....
...Mr McCain seized the initiative on energy by backing calls for an end to the ban on fresh offshore oil drilling in US waters....
...Tierra del Fuego and offshore....
...ODS-Petrodata, which provides market intelligence to the offshore oil and natural gas industry, said it expected a shortage of rigs in the US Gulf this year....
...Eastern Drilling, an offshore drilling company, raised $200m in its stock market debut on June 28....
...“But damage to offshore pipelines and production facilities now becomes paramount to the gas market.”...
...A positive drilling update from its offshore Mauritania drilling programme helped the oil exploration company Hardman Resources gain 10.3 per cent to 84.25p....
...Abbot Group, the biggest faller in the FTSE 250, dropped 11.8 per cent to 185.5p after the oil explorer warned of uncertain prospects for drilling in offshore UK sites....
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