EGYPT: Shell completes sale of Western Desert assets to Cheiron Petroleum Corporation and Cairn Energy

Shell Egypt N.V. and Shell Austria GmbH, subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell, have completed the sale of their upstream assets in Egypt’s Western Desert to a consortium made up of … Read More

Cairn Energy, FAR announce oil discovery Senegal

Cairn together with its joint venture partners FAR ConocoPhillips 35% and Petrosen have announced that the FAN-1 exploration well, offshore Senegal, has discovered oil. The well, located in 1,427 metres water depth and approximately 100 kilometres offshore in the Sangomar Deep block reached a Target … Read More

Oil & Gas UK statement on Scottish Referendum result

In light of the ‘No’ vote in the Scottish Referendum, Oil & Gas UK looks forward to continuing working closely with both the UK and Scottish Governments towards the shared … Read More