Oil

Statoil and partners have proven a small, non-commercial gas volume in the Korpfjell well in the Barents Sea southeast. Korpfjell is the first exploration well drilled in the Norwegian section of a formerly disputed area between Norway and Russia.

Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TSX:TDG) (Trinidad) is pleased to announce that it has acquired RigMinder Operating LLC. (RigMinder). Through this acquisition, Trinidad acquired significant technology rights that are complementary to its industry-leading drilling fleet

PJSC Tatneft (the “Company”) announces today that it published on its web-site the unaudited consolidated interim condensed financial statements (the “Financial Statements”) for the three and six months ended 30 June 2017.

A regular meeting of the Board of Directors of PJSC TATNEFT, chaired by R.N. Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, was held in Kazan on August 24, 2017.

OPEC Secretary General, Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has visited Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner – Abuja House.

Russia's largest oil producer Rosneft said on Monday it had successfully closed a deal to buy a 49 percent stake in Indian private refiner Essar Oil Limited (EOL)

A programme of Gazprom Neft short-term exchange-traded bonds (series 002P, total volume RUB50 billion, assigned number 4-00146-A-002Z-02E) has been registered on the Moscow Exchange.

Gazpromneft Lubricants, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has increased sales of G-Energy products by 26 percent in H1 2017, to 24,000 tonnes. Sales of various premium lubricants, moreover, are up 16 percent on H1 2016, to 140,000 tonnes.

The controlling shareholders of Essar Oil Limited (EOL)—Essar Energy Holdings Limited and Oil Bidco (Mauritius) Limited, both companies incorporated and managed under the laws of Mauritius—are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the sale of 98.26% of EOL

Alta Mesa Holdings, LP (“Alta Mesa) and Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II (“Silver Run II”) (NASDAQ:SRUN) (NASDAQ:SRUNU) (NASDAQ:SRUNW) today announced that, subject to certain conditions, it has entered into definitive agreements to combine with Kingfisher Midstream, LLC 

The competitive selection of innovative projects under the “Gazprom Neft Innovation Challenge” has started at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skolkovo).

Husky Energy announces it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the Superior Refinery, a 50,000 barrel per day permitted capacity facility located in Superior, Wisconsin from Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. for $435 million US in cash