| Virtual CIPPE 2010 Launched at GulfOilandGas.com China >> 1/13/2010 - GulfoilandGas.com (GOG), the leading e-marketplace for Oil & Gas, has reached an agreement with China International Petroleum & Petrochemical Technology and Equipment Exhibition (CIPPE), the largest p... EDC Announces New LUKoil Framework Agreement Russia >> 1/12/2010 - Eurasia Drilling Company Limited announced that it has signed a new long-term framework agreement for well construction services with Open Joint Stock Company “Oil Company LUKoil” (LUKoil). ... Stena Bulk Orders New Generation Suezmax Tankers South Korea >> 1/12/2010 - Stena Bulk has confirmed an order for two in-house designed Suezmax tankers from Samsung, South Korea for delivery in 2011. The 158,700-dwt vessels, with a length of 274 metres and a beam of 48 metres... Shawcor Announces JVA for Pipe Coating Russia >> 1/11/2010 - ShawCor Ltd. announced its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has entered into a joint venture agreement with OOO ArkhTekhnoProm, an affiliate of OAO Mezhregiontruboprovodstroi, the leading Russian o... Russia s Output Of Crude Oil Up, Gas Down in 2009 Russia >> 1/11/2010 - During the past year, Russia s crude oil output increased while the gas output plunged, said the state enterprise Central Dispatching Department of Fuel Energy Complex (CDU TEK). ... Tethys Provides Update on Activities in Uzbekistan Uzbekistan >> 1/11/2010 - Tethys Petroleum Limited gave an update on activities in Uzbekistan. Tethys is honoured to announce that the President of Uzbekistan, his Excellency President Karimov, has issued an Order that include... CB&I Awarded Contracts from Jilin China >> 1/8/2010 - CB&I announced that Petrochina Jilin Petrochemical Company (Jilin) has awarded a contract to Lummus Technology, a CB&I company, for the license and process design of a grassroots ethylbenzene and styr... Nippon Constructed Hachinohe LNG Terminal in Japan Japan >> 1/7/2010 - Nippon Oil Corporation is pleased to announce on the final decision to construct an LNG importing terminal (hereinafter “Hachinohe LNG Terminal”) in Port Island, Kawaragi District, Port of Hachinohe, ... Neon Awarded Offshore Exploration Block 105-110/04 Vietnam >> 1/6/2010 - Neon Energy Limited is pleased to announce the award of exploration Block 105- 110/4 (“Block 105”) in the Song Hong Basin offshore Vietnam, through its wholly owned subsidiary Neon Energy (Song Hong) ... PrimeGen Setting Oil Production Record of 1,745 bpd Russia >> 1/4/2010 - PrimeGen Energy Corp. released new production figures as of December 31, 2009 resulting from the recent completion production of ten wells in the Timan-Pechora field and one well in Rodnikovskogo proj... Petochina Transaction Acquisition Of City Gas Business China >> 12/31/2009 - The Board announces that Kunlun Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, participated in an open tender in respect of the sale of the equity interest in Zhongqing Gas held by Daqing Petroleum Ad... TNK Will Increase Oil Production in Uvat in 2010 Russia >> 12/31/2009 - The Russian-British company TNK-BP is going to increase its oil production in the framework of the Uvat project in 2010 by 37%, compared to 2008, up to 4 mln tons, the press service of the company quo... CNOOC Announces New Fields Brought on Stream China >> 12/30/2009 - CNOOC Limited announced that JinZhou 25-1 South (JZ25-1S) and Caofeidian (CFD) 18-2 oil and gas fields in Bohai Bay have commenced production ahead of schedule. Another two oil fields BoZhong (BZ) 13-... TNK Reduced the Number of Oil Spills by 14% in 2009 Russia >> 12/30/2009 - TNK-BP has significantly reduced the leak rate of its pipeline systems in 2009. In particular, according to preliminary results of the year, the number of oil spills from pipelines has dropped by 14% ... Eurasia to Acquire Workover Assets from LUKoil Russia >> 12/30/2009 - Eurasia Drilling Company Limited announced that it has finalized an agreement to acquire 100% interest in OOO “Kogalym Well Workover Division” (KWWD) and OOO “Urai Well Workover Division” (UWWD) from ... TATNEFT Discovered 16 Fields in 2009 Russia >> 12/30/2009 - TATNEFT and enterprises with the Company s share in the capital discovered sixteen fields in 2009, including ten fields in the Republic of Tatarstan, while three fields were discovered in the Samara D... Salamander Provides Operational Update in Thailand Thailand >> 12/30/2009 - Further to the Operational Update of the 8th December 2009, Salamander Energy plc, the Asia focussed independent oil and gas exploration and Production Company, provides an operational update on the A... Petrofac Appointed by Turkmengas on South Yoloten Turkmenistan >> 12/30/2009 - Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been engaged by Turkmengas, the state-owned national gas company of Turkmenistan, to provide services in relation to the developm... Kazakhstan May Buy into BG Gas Venture Kazakhstan >> 12/29/2009 - Kazakhstan is in talks with a group of foreign companies led by BG and Eni to buy a stake in their Kazakh gas condensate project Karachaganak, Prime Minister Karim Masimov said. ... Swiber Secures LOI Award $75 m for IRM Services Singapore >> 12/29/2009 - Swiber Holdings Limited (“Swiber” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”), a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore oil and gas industry, announced a... RIL Successfully Completes Assessment of KG D6 Facilities India >> 12/28/2009 - Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announces that it has successfully carried out an assessment of the design capacity of the KG D6 deepwater gas production facilities on December 23rd, 2009. ... Gazprom and CNPC Sign Agreement for Gas Supply Russia >> 12/28/2009 - On December 22–27 the Gazprom s delegation, led by Alexander Medvedev, held in China the year s final round of commercial talks with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) relevant to arrangi... Germany Approves Nord Stream Pipeline Russia >> 12/28/2009 - Nord Stream AG received the permit to construct the 31-kilometre section of the natural gas pipeline in Germany s Exclusive Economic Zone. The permit was granted by the Federal Maritime and Hydrograph... Gazprom, Uzbekistan Signs Conditions for Gas Supply Uzbekistan >> 12/28/2009 - Led by Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, a Gazprom delegation paid a working visit to the Republic of Uzbekistan today. As part of the visit, Alexander Medvedev met with... China North East Orders New Deep Well Drilling Rig Source: www.gulfoilandgas.com 12/4/2009, Location: Asia Rigs China North East Petroleum Holdings Ltd., a leading independent oil producing and oilfield services company in Northern China, announced that its oilfield services subsidiary, Song Yuan Tiancheng Drilling Engineering Co. Ltd. ("Tiancheng") has ordered a 4,000 meter drilling rig to add to its operational fleet. This new rig will be delivered this month and is expected to be fully operational by January 2010. Once the drilling rig is delivered, Tiancheng will have eight operational drilling rigs, including two with a drilling depth of 4,000 meters, three that can drill up to 3,000 meters and three with the ability to drill up to 2,000 meters. Mr. Hongjun Wang, President of China North East Petroleum commented, "We believe the addition of a new deep well drilling rig is the right strategic move for our business at this time. PetroChina has recently decided to expand its oil refinery in the northern province of Jilin and their refining capacity is expected to increase to 10 million metric tons per year, or approximately 200,000 barrels a day, up from 7 million tons annually. PetroChina is a major customer of ours and we believe that a second deep-well rig in our fleet could allow us to drill deeper into the Jilin oilfield on their behalf, potentially benefiting both our drilling services and oil production segments." Manas 1st Year Mongolian Program Completed Early Source: www.gulfoilandgas.com 12/4/2009, Location: Asia Oil Field Services Manas Petroleum Corporation is pleased to report that DWM Petroleum, its 100% owned subsidiary, has completed its year-1 work program on blocks 13 and 14 in Mongolia, ahead of schedule. The work was originally expected to be completed on April 21, 2010. The operation was managed by Boris Goldinshtein, Manas General Manager for Central Asia, with operations being performed by Manas Gobi ltd., located in Ulan Bataar. The technical work entailed the collection and processing of: - geological data from previous exploration campaigns, - geological mapping, - geological structural sections, and, - paleontolic stratigraphical work and gravimetry. The resulting technical data were merged into a data base which was then queried to identify geologically interesting structures. The results produced definitive and interesting anomalies which is planned to be further analyzed through acquired seismic studies. The Mongolian government has acknowledged their satisfaction with the technical work performed to date and have subsequently released, as of December 1, 2009, DWM s $ 2 Million Dollar Bank Guarantee. A portion of this money will be used for ongoing operational purposes with the remainder to be used to repay a debt obligation linked to the original Bank Guarantee. Manas owns a 74% interest in blocks 13 and 14, which cover an aggregate of over 20,000 square kilometers, or almost five million acres, of land located on Mongolia s southern border. Manas 1st Year Mongolian Program Completed Early Source: www.gulfoilandgas.com 12/4/2009, Location: Asia Oil Field Services Manas Petroleum Corporation is pleased to report that DWM Petroleum, its 100% owned subsidiary, has completed its year-1 work program on blocks 13 and 14 in Mongolia, ahead of schedule. The work was originally expected to be completed on April 21, 2010. The operation was managed by Boris Goldinshtein, Manas General Manager for Central Asia, with operations being performed by Manas Gobi ltd., located in Ulan Bataar. The technical work entailed the collection and processing of: - geological data from previous exploration campaigns, - geological mapping, - geological structural sections, and, - paleontolic stratigraphical work and gravimetry. The resulting technical data were merged into a data base which was then queried to identify geologically interesting structures. The results produced definitive and interesting anomalies which is planned to be further analyzed through acquired seismic studies. The Mongolian government has acknowledged their satisfaction with the technical work performed to date and have subsequently released, as of December 1, 2009, DWM s $ 2 Million Dollar Bank Guarantee. A portion of this money will be used for ongoing operational purposes with the remainder to be used to repay a debt obligation linked to the original Bank Guarantee. Manas owns a 74% interest in blocks 13 and 14, which cover an aggregate of over 20,000 square kilometers, or almost five million acres, of land located on Mongolia s southern border. | 
