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Spectra Energy Schedules Webcast and Conference Call for Third Quarter 2009 Earnings Announcement

October 17th, 2009

HOUSTON, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE - News) will announce its third quarter 2009 earnings results before the market opens on Thursday, November 5, 2009, and will hold an analyst conference call at 9:00 a.m. CT that same day.
The webcast can be accessed via the Investors Section of Spectra Energy’s Web [...]

Strategic American Oil Corporation Closes $2.5 Million Financing

October 17th, 2009

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Strategic American Oil Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: SGCA - News; the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, effective on October 15, 2009, the Company completed a private placement (the “Private Placement”) financing involving the sale of an aggregate of 12,500,000 units of the Company (each a “Unit”) to [...]

Halliburton Wins Talisman Deal

October 15th, 2009

Yesterday, oilfield service provider Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL - News) announced the receipt of a two-year, $229 million contract from the Norwegian subsidiary of Talisman Energy Inc (NYSE: TLM - News). The deal calls for Halliburton to provide drilling fluids and related services to all Talisman-operated fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Halliburton further said [...]

CGGVeritas Announces Largest Marine Seismic Contract

September 10th, 2009

PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News:
CGGVeritas (ISIN: 0000120164 – NYSE: CGV) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Pemex to acquire and process 75,000 km2 of 3D seismic data offshore Gulf of Mexico. The program is expected to start in October 2009 and extend through 2013. Total contract value is approximately $465 million.
The day rate [...]

Trico Marine Group Awarded $50 Million in Contracts

September 10th, 2009

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Sept. 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Trico Marine Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:TRMA - News) (the “Company” or “Trico”) today announced new contract awards representing $50 million in value, approximately $35 million of which are new subsea contract awards for projects in Norway, Mexico, and the United States.
In the Company’s Towing and Supply division, [...]

Chevron Announces First Oil From Tombua-Landana Project

September 10th, 2009

SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX - News) announced today that its subsidiary, Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd. (CABGOC) and its partners, commenced crude oil production at the Tombua-Landana project located 50 miles (80 kilometers) offshore Angola.
Located in approximately 1,200 feet (366 meters) of water in Block 14, the $3.8 billion development is expected to [...]

ExxonMobil Progresses Point Thomson Project Development

September 10th, 2009

ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ExxonMobil Production Company announced today that it has completed drilling and casing the surface section on the second well at Point Thomson. The well reached its target surface-section depth of 4,875 feet. Both wells are planned to be completed to their final depths by year end 2010. Additionally, construction work is progressing on [...]

Exxon: New Drilling in North Sea

September 10th, 2009

ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM - News) will start drilling at the Beryl field in the northern North Sea. The field is jointly owned by Mobil North Sea LLC (Exxon’s subsidiary and the operator — 50%), Hess Limited (NYSE: HES - News) — 22.22%, Enterprise Oil Limited (a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell [RDS.A] plc — [...]

MarkWest Energy Partners Announces Public Offering of Common Units

August 13th, 2009

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE - News) announced today that it is commencing a public offering of 4,700,000 primary common units. In addition, an entity controlled by a director of the general partner of the Partnership is selling an additional 300,000 secondary common units. The Partnership has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to [...]

Provident Announces 2009 Second Quarter Results, Acquisition of Sarnia Fractionation Capacity, Decision to Sell Saskatchewan Upstream Assets and August Cash Distribution

August 13th, 2009

All values are in Canadian dollars and conversion of natural gas volumes to barrels of oil equivalent (boe) are at 6:1 unless otherwise indicated.
Provident Energy Trust (Provident) (TSX:PVE.UN - News) (NYSE:PVX - News) today announced its 2009 second quarter interim financial and operating results, the acquisition of additional fractionation capacity at Sarnia, its decision [...]