Camfil business has worldwide presence

The level of crude theft at Nembe Creek Trunkline "can no longer be tolerated", said the managing director of the oil major's operations in Nigeria.

AquaTerra Training Ltd has strengthened its management team with a key appointment to help streamline the company's rapid growth.

Aminex and Solo Oil are waiting on drill results before working out whether to proceed with drilling.

Fugro-Jason announced that Mike Eyre has joined the company as Global Sales Manager.

Petrobras will look to borrow in currencies other than the U.S. dollar if it decides to sells bonds again this year, although Chinese yuan-denominated bond will likely have to wait.

Oando Energy Services Limited has announced the deployment of one of its swamp rigs, OES Passion, to execute a two year drilling contract with Shell in the Niger Delta.

Atwood Oceanics announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a drilling services contract by Shemen for the Atwood Beacon.

Brent and WTI crude traded up Tuesday on the Iranian parliament's threat to stop selling oil to EU nations that voted for sanctions on January 23.

Chief Executive Bob Dudley maintains he is prepared to settle "on fair and reasonable terms" ahead of the limitation and liability trial scheduled to begin in New Orleans at the end of this month.

The president of Encana's Canadian division, Mike Graham, has resigned his position at the Calgary natural gas producer, said a company spokesman.

The capital of Petropuli, which owns a 50% participating interest in the Morichito Block located in the Llanos Basin, Colombia, was acquired by Deep Core Inc.

The 2012 to 2013 drilling program is designed so that Kodiak is positioned to have nearly all of its acreage held by production by mid-2013, eliminating leasehold expiry across much of its 155,000 net acre position in the Williston Basin.

Leni Gas & Oil announced a short delay to the start of drilling operations at the Eugene Island Field ("EI-184") in the US Gulf of Mexico.

"We continue to make substantial progress with our first quarter exploration program," said Luciano Biondi.

Cambodia plans to issue a license this year to Chevron allowing it to produce oil at the country's Block A, said Deputy Prime Minister Sok An.

Riglogix provides its 2012 projections for land and offshore rig demand.

Ofon Phase 2 is scheduled to come on stream in 2014.

"We will build further momentum in fiscal 2012 by setting new drilling records, with 85 gross (37 net) oil wells currently on our drilling schedule," said Michael D. Davis.