Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

18 November 2014

	UK strikes carbon deal with Canada The UK government has signed an agreement with Canada to work together on research and knowledge sharing for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). Both countries released a joint statement which identifies how they plan to work together and build on stride already made

	CorEnergy to acquire million-dollar pipeline CorEnergy is to acquire ownership of  a multi-million dollar pipeline central to natural gas in St Louis. The MoGas pipeline, worth $125million, is 263 miles long and maintains key connections on three natural gas transmission pipelines

	Senex gas well ready for first sales A Senex Energy gas well is ready for first gas sales. The Hornet-1 gas well has been completed for production and is in pre-commissioning, ahead of first gas sales for the Australia-headquartered  firm

	Iraq's biggest oil refinery to reopen Iraq’s biggest oil refinery at Baiji is set to reopen after government troops forced Islamic State militants further from the facility, according to state-sponsored Iraqiya television

	S&P 500 notches up another high, oil resumes slide Major US indexes managed to close marginally higher, setting another high for the Standard & Poor’s 500 index. Energy stocks fell as the price of crude oil resumed its slide

	'Landmark' accreditation for SUBC Engineering An Aberdeen-based offshore training provider has become the only Scottish company to receive an industry recognised accreditation. SUBC Engineering has been certified by the International Association of Drilling Contractors Drilling Industry Training (IADC), a body that authorises training providers in delivering courses, ensuring that the design and delivery meet industry standards

	Finland and Estonia strike LNG deal Finland and Estonia have reached an agreement on a road map for creating a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal between the two countries. The Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb and Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas said the two countries will implement the LNG projects when it is both “technically and economically feasible” to do so

	Wentworth Resources secures loan agreement Wentworth Resources Limited has secured $26million in loan agreements from the Tanzanian Bank for the development of a well and loan repayments. The company said it had also signed a long-term gas sales and purchase agreement to supply discovered natural gas at a price of $3 per mmbtu (million metric British thermal units) for its Mnazi Bay concession

	How Halliburton and Baker Hughes reached a deal After a bitter two days, Dave Lesar drove out to Martin Craighead’s headquarters Sunday, taking the final play in a tense merger negotiation straight to his counterpart

	SeaBird in double contract win Seabird Exploration has won two contracts in South East Asia and West Africa worth a combined $15million. The company said it had received two Letters of Intent (LOI) for 2D seismic surveys for both projects