Defence sales buoy Tasmanian company for the Oil & Gas Industry

Defence sales buoy Tasmanian company for the Oil & Gas Industry

Global success in the Defence industry has given a small Tasmanian, Australian business
Fiomarine, the confidence to take its popular Fiobuoy to the Oil and Gas market.The innovative technology has been proven by consistent and major sales to the Royal Australian and United States Navies which the Company hopes to replicate in the Oil and Gas market. Full text

Lundin awarded 6 exploration licences in UK

2008.11.14 - Industry

Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that in the United Kingdom's 25th Licensing Round it was awarded six exploration licences of which five are operated licences. The licence interest ranges from 25 percent to 100 percent.

The awards cover 14 blocks or part-blocks in the Central and North Sea basins. Several prospects identified have seismic anomalies consistent with hydrocarbon accumulations in the region.




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