Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

13 May 2015

	Fracking bids decision next month Decisions will be made on two controversial fracking applications in Lancashire in late June, the county council has said. Lancashire County Council’s development control committee had originally been due to make decisions in January on applications by shale company Cuadrilla to drill, frack and test gas flows at two sites on the Fylde Coast between Preston and Blackpool

	Lukoil begins production tests in Uzbekistan Lukoil has begun production tests of two gas treatment plants at the Kandym early gas project in Uzbekistan's Bukhara region. The work is being implemented together with National Holding Company Uzbekneftegaz

	Premier Oil sees production fall but output increases Premier Oil saw its first quarter production fall by 8.5% in the first quarter of this year. The company, whose operations stretch from the Falkland Islands to Indonesia, produced less oil in the first few months of 2015 but said its output of 60,200 barrels of oil equivalent per day, were above guidance

	Marine firm acts to capture assets Marine service company James Fisher and Sons has bought more assets from companies left stricken by the collapse of Norwegian group Reef Subsea. Reef went into liquidation in February after its backers withdrew their support due to the drop in oil prices, plunging Aberdeen-based subsidiaries Specialist Subsea Services (SSS) and X-Subsea into administration

	Opinion: Get off the log If 14 frogs sat on a log and three decided to jump into the water, how many would be left? I know what you’re thinking – 11. It’s simple arithmetic, right? Wrong

	Wood Group's joint venture with Massy Holdings wins $250million BP contract Massy Wood Group has been awarded a five-year contract worth up to $250million by oil major BP to provide services to its operation in Trinidad and Tobago

	McDermott International reduces headcount by more than 1500 McDermott International has reduced its headcount by almost 1,700 as a result of losses in its first quarter. The Houston-based company suffered a loss of $14

	Ecopetrol profit drops 91% from year ago after crude price slump Ecopetrol SA, Colombia’s state-controlled oil producer, said first-quarter profit fell 91 percent from a year earlier as the slump in oil prices weighed on the company

	Maersk profit misses estimates as container line loses share AP Moeller-Maersk A/S, Denmark’s biggest company, reported first-quarter profit that missed analyst estimates after its shipping line lost market share