Construction workers who had occupied facilities at Argentina’s largest oilfield, Cerro Dragon, have stood down after an order from the provincial government, operator Pan American Energy said Friday.
Construction workers who had occupied facilities at Argentina’s largest oilfield, Cerro Dragon, have stood down after an order from the provincial government, operator Pan American Energy said Friday.
Hydraulic fracturing has brought together greens and growers in California through a shared concern about the impact of the practice on water in a state where it is often in short supply.
Services company ShawCor said its pipe-coating division, Bredero Shaw, has signed a $100 million deal with McDermott’s Australian unit to provide pipeline coatings and related services for the flowlines and tie-in spools of the Ichthys LNG project.
Oil surged on Friday in heavy trading to the fourth biggest daily gain on record, as a deal by European leaders to shore up euro zone banks triggered frantic short-covering by funds that had been riding crude’s price collapse over the last quarter.
Nigerian authorities said on Friday they had arrested the leader of a network of crude oil thieves in the Niger Delta responsible for several pipeline bombings against oil majors including Shell and Eni.
Statoil has shut oil production at its Gullfaks A oil platform in the North Sea due to a leak in a ballast tanker, according to a report.