May 21- Halliburton Co, the world's second-largest oilfield services company, said on Tuesday that Mexican state oil company Pemex was delaying any significant activity at its Burgos and Chicontepec projects until next year.
May 3- Oilfield services provider Oil States International Inc, bowing to pressure from top shareholder Jana Partners LLC, said it was considering spinning off its accommodations business, possibly through a real estate investment trust.
*Offers $88.50/ share; 38 pct premium to Friday close. April 8- General Electric Co said it will buy oilfield services provider Lufkin Industries Inc for about $3.3 billion to expand its oil and gas business.
NEW ORLEANS, March 25- The officer in charge of safety on Transocean's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, destroyed in a BP well accident that caused the worst-ever U.S. offshore oil spill, said the post-blowout fire was too big to fight and the evacuation saved lives.
NEW ORLEANS, March 25- The Transocean Ltd officer in charge of safety on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, destroyed in a BP well accident that caused the worst U.S. offshore oil spill, said the post-blowout fire was too big to fight and that evacuation saved lives.
Outside North America, the number of rigs actually drilling for oil and gas averaged 1,277 in January and February, the highest since 1983, and more than double the number operating in 1999, according to rig counts published by oil field services company Baker Hughes International on its website.
*CNOOC expects higher output from UK North Sea assets. CNOOC has taken a controlling stake in the North Sea field central to the price of benchmark Brent crude and which, every time it shuts, can raise costs for some of China's oil imports. "We fully expect to increase production from the UK North Sea assets," CNOOC said in a statement to Reuters. "
Shares of Halliburton, the world's second-largest oilfield services company and the North American leader, rose nearly 5 percent on Friday to their highest levels for more than a year.
Jan 23- A glut of North American natural gas is weighing heavily on both drilling activity and pricing power for Baker Hughes Inc, the world's third-largest oilfield services company, which posted a 36 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday.
Jan 23- Baker Hughes Inc, the world's third-largest oilfield services provider, reported a 36 percent fall in quarterly profit as both activity and pricing decreased in its main North American market. Larger rival Halliburton Co will reveal how it fared in an especially tough quarter for the industry when it posts fourth-quarter results on Friday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 7- A recovery team has refloated a Shell oil drilling rig that ran aground last week near an Alaska island and stands ready to start towing it on Monday, weather permitting.