ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP - News), JSC National Company KazMunayGas (KMG) and Mubadala Development Company PJSC (Mubadala) today announced that they have signed project agreements allowing the joint exploration and development of the Nursultan Block (N Block) located in offshore Kazakhstan.
KMG as majority owner will hold a 51 percent interest in the subsoil use contract and [...]

IRVING, Texas, Nov 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) announced today its affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Turkey B.V., has signed an agreement with Turkish national oil company, TA 1/4rkiye Petrolleri Anonim OrtaklAAYA (TPAO), to explore in two large deepwater blocks offshore Turkey, marking ExxonMobil’s entry into Black Sea exploration.
ExxonMobil will become [...]

PetroChina Company Limited will increase its investment in its oil and gas business from 60 to 70 percent in 2009, said company chairman Jiang Jiemin on Tuesday.
PetroChina’s losses during the global financial crisis are “limited and under control”, Jiang told reporters after a shareholders meeting. He said it’s because the company has focused the majority [...]