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Kurdistan’s sales agreement with Baghdad bodes well for Genel Energy in 2015
Oil pipeline from Kurdistan through Turkey to Ceyhan

Kurdistan’s sales agreement with Baghdad bodes well for Genel Energy in 2015

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By Stewart Dalby This year could mark a turning ­­­­­­­point in the fortunes of the Kurdistan oil industry in general and Genel Energy in particular. The share price of the £1.65billion London-listed mid- cap group which often operates more like a major, was in the doldrums for the second half of last year and the…

That Was The Week That Was … In Australia
The ASX

That Was The Week That Was … In Australia

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Minews. Good morning Australia, it seems to have been another good week for your market with gold again leading the way. Oz. It wasn’t a bad week, but much of what happened down this way was a direct result of events in Europe, especially the after-shocks of the Swiss going deeper into negative interest rate…

Singapore’s KrisEnergy gets the nod for Lengo gas development
Developing gas fields in Indonesia

Singapore’s KrisEnergy gets the nod for Lengo gas development

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By Amy McLellan KrisEnergy was established in 2009 by the former team behind Pearl Energy, the Asia-focused E&P that listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange with a market cap of US$240 million in 2005, was acquired by Aabar Petroleum for US$500 million one year later before being bought by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Petroleum for US$833…

Oil prices remain weak as over-supply situation worsens
Eithne Treanor

Oil prices remain weak as over-supply situation worsens

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By Eithne Treanor The over-supply on the oil market just got worse this week when the Energy Information Administration said that American supplies were at a higher level than seen in the past 80 years. In early trading on Friday, Brent crude was priced below US$49 with WTI close to US$47 a barrel. The oil…

Faroe Petroleum targets Pil and Bue look-alikes with new acreage awards in Norway
Drilling offshore Norway

Faroe Petroleum targets Pil and Bue look-alikes with new acreage awards in Norway

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By Amy McLellan AIM-quoted Faroe Petroleum has extended its already substantial portfolio in Norway, picking up five new exploration licences under the 2014 APA awards. Importantly, this includes three new licences that are not only near the company’s Pil & Bue discoveries, which were among Europe’s exploration highlights last year with a resource range of…

Amara Mining Raises £14.5 Million Of New Money In Anticipation Of A Favourable Pre-Feasibility Study At Yaoure

Amara Mining Raises £14.5 Million Of New Money In Anticipation Of A Favourable Pre-Feasibility Study At Yaoure

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By Alastair Ford “We applaud the company for raising capital in the current difficult market environment”, wrote analysts at Canaccord, after Amara Mining announced it had completed on a £14.5 million fundraising. The raise was anticipated by Minesite in the article we wrote just a few short weeks ago – here – and fits right…

Egdon Resources emphasises its UK conventional drilling prospects as well its shale gas potential
Egdon's shale and conventional licences onshore the UK

Egdon Resources emphasises its UK conventional drilling prospects as well its shale gas potential

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By Stewart Dalby For most of 2014 reporting on AIM listed Egdon Resources seemed dominated by the company’s entry as a significant player in the UK’s embryonic shale gas business. The idea that the UK might replicate the US’s shale “revolution”, which has meant import substitutionand security of supply for the US, has gripped the…