Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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	Horizon Oil spuds Nama-1 exploration well Horizon Oil has spudded the Nama-1 exploration well in Papua New Guinea. The company said the well had encountered a total of 77metres of the target Early Cretaceious Elevala and Toro Sandstones and Late Jurassic Kimu sandstones

	Danny Alexander: UK Government will take time to get right measures in place Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said the UK Government will take the time until the Budget announcement on March 18 to get the right measures in place to support the North Sea

	OSM Offshore's Aberdeen division lands Mariner FSU deal Norwegian oil giant Statoil has awarded the management contract for the floating storage unit (FSU) for its £4billion-plus Mariner project in the UK North Sea to offshore service firm OSM Offshore Aberdeen

	Repsol pulls out of Canary Island exploration Spanish oil company Repsol has called off exploratory drilling in the sea around the Canary Islands. It said a discovery of oil and gas had been found but in water-logged subsoil and in small quantities

	Unions to hold oil crisis talks Unions and employers in the oil and gas industry are to meet to discuss the threat to jobs in the wake of the dramatic fall in oil prices. The move follows an announcement from BP of hundreds of job losses, sparking warnings of further cuts and calls for Government action

	BP shares rally on oil spill ruling BP shares were sharply higher today after a judge in the United States ruled that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill was smaller than government estimates. District judge Carl Barbier said that 3

	Sir Ian Wood: Major tax cut necessary North Sea oil expert Sir Ian Wood, who led a review of the industry for the Government which reported last year, said a major tax cut was necessary to give producers the confidence to keep their operations going

	French boost for troubled UK North Sea Better late than never as they say and yesterday’s announcement of start-up from Total’s West Franklin Phase 2 project more than a year behind schedule is a much-needed boost for the North Sea industry

	Northern Lights captured near Alaskan drilling rig This incredible image of the Northern Lights was captured by staff from oil major BP close to one of its rigs in Alaska. The photograph was taken earlier this week near to one of its facilities in the Northern state

	BP faces top fine of $13.7 billion after ruling on spill BP Plc (BP/) faces a maximum fine of $13.7 billion after a US judge ruled that the company dumped 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010

	Schlumberger to cut an estimated 9,000 jobs Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB), the world’s biggest oilfield-services company, took a $1.77 billion charge in the fourth quarter as it prepares for an “uncertain environment” after the collapse in oil prices