United Kingdom - Shares in London-based explorer Tullow Oil jumped 3 percent on rumours that oil major BP Plc was planning a 15 pounds/share bid, though BP's Chief Executive played down talk of acquisitions.

United Kingdom - Rheochem, the oil and gas business with oil services, production, development and exploration assets, has announced that its 50% owned subsidiary Zeus Petroleum, has been granted a twelve month extension to the initial term of its North Sea licence P1289 over Block 14/11. The initial term of the Licence is now extended to 21st December 2010 and Zeus is required to drill a well during this period to allow any further extension.

United Kingdom - South Hook Gas Company Ltd has signed a 25-year contract with Total Gas & Power Limited to provide import capacity access and regasification services at the South Hook Terminal at Milford Haven in Wales.

United Kingdom - The British bid to develop its offshore wind base has been boosted recently by a formidable multinational and multimillion agreement formalised through six equipment supply contracts for the first phase of the London Array project (630 MW) located close to the mouth of the River Thames in the south east of England and developed by Dong Energy (Denmark), E.On (Germany) and Masdar (Abu Dhabi). The contracts amount to a total of £1.8 billion (€2 billion).