
Looking at the European oil and gas industry
A brief look at some of the recent refinery news from the European oil and gas industry.
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A brief look at some of the recent refinery news from the European oil and gas industry.

FMC Technologies, Inc. has signed an agreement with Total Exploration and Production Angola for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment.

Following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian in Falkland waters on 19 February 2010, Desire Petroleum has announced that the Liz 14 /19-A exploration well has been spudded.

With the drilling of a single well (6-BR-63A-RJS) Petrobras has discovered two new oil accumulations in reservoirs located in the Campos Basin, one in post-salt and the other in a pre-salt region.

China is to focus more heavily upon developing renewable energy sources under a ten-year renewable energy promotion campaign.

The Indian minister of coal, Sriprakash Jaiswal, has called for the adoption of clean coal technologies and the increase in coal production levels in order to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and meet future energy demand.

Schlumberger Ltd and Smith International, Inc. have announced a definitive merger agreement in which the companies would combine in a stock for stock transaction.

March 2010: Kay Sever outlines invisible barriers that can sabotage change.

The UK energy market is in danger of falling short of energy demand and needs tighter controls to ensure enough extra capacity comes online.

Gulfsands Petroleum plc provides an update on the company's drilling and production operations in Syria.

Deloitte, the business advisory firm, has produced its first ranking of UK upstream independent oil companies.

One of the largest mining groups in the world, Anglo American, has announced its results for 2009. Operating profits stood at US$ 5 billion, dropping 50% on 2008. Coal operations also suffered big drops in profit, with met coal down 59% and thermal coal down 33%.