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Important step in Indian gas development
British oil giant, BP and India’s Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced the acquisition of a 30 per cent stake in 21 oil and gas production sharing contracts (PSCs) that Reliance operates in India, including the producing KG D6 block.
read more... 02/09/2011
Eni to acquire stakes in Ukraine’s Cadogan Petroleum
Cadogan Petroleum, an oil and gas company operating in Ukraine announced yesterday that it has inked with the major Italian energy firm Eni a strategic agreement for the acquisition of an interest in the company's Pokrovskoe and Zagoryanska licenses in the east of Ukraine, both licenses being located in the Dniepr-Donetz basin.
read more... 14/04/2011
Lukoil eyes the acquisition of new assets in the Middle East
The Lukoil president, Vagit Alekperov declared to reporters on Friday that the giant is looking to fully change its reserves in Russia and enter other markets in the years to come, thus the company is interested in acquiring Middle East assets, even if Russia is full of assets.
read more... 01/03/2011
BP to buy a $7.2 billion stake in India’s Reliance Industries
The British oil giant BP declared on Monday that it is interested in buying a stake in oil and gas blocks into India’s Reliance Industries. The total amount of the transaction is estimated to around $7.2 billion and with this acquisition BP hopes to gain a significant position in the Asian country after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
read more... 22/02/2011
SSE acquires gas assets from Hess
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) agreed to perform an acquisition of natural gas production assets in the North Sea from Hess Corporation’s European unit. The cost of the transaction is £278 million and will include 18% stakes hold by Hess Corporation in a gas pipeline operated by BP.
read more... 03/02/2011