Statoil announced the opening of its new operations center for the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) that will see its workforce grow by 40; in addition its plans to drill three wells in the area. Scotland’s…
Quadrant Energy is planning formation testing on the Roc-2 well over the next 7-10 days, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum. Carnarvon announced a discovery on the well, in the North West Shelf, offshore Western Australia, earlier this month…
Mubadala Petroleum has completed drilling operations at the MNA-17 appraisal well in the Manora oilfield in the Gulf of Thailand, according to partner Tap Oil. The Manora Oil Development joint venture was able to appraise the 500 series sands and assess a separate untested fault block…
Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has advised BP that it will be taking additional time to assess the company’s environment plan proposing to drill the Stromlo-1 and Whinham-1 exploration wells in the Great Australian Bight (GAB)…
French operator ENGIE E&P has made a 25-70 MMboe discovery in the Cara well in the Norwegian North Sea. The well was drilled using the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible, in 349m water depth. It is 6km northeast of the ENGIE-operated Gjøa field (pictured)…
Cobalt International has agreed to terminate its long-term contract for the Rowan Reliance drillship. The drilling contract was originally due to terminate on 1 February 2018. Instead, it will now end on 31 March 2017. Cobalt says it…
Providence Resources is putting a tender for a rig contract for the 2017 Druid drilling program in the southern Porcupine Basin in FEL 2/14, off the south west coast of Ireland. It is expected that the rig contract will be signed during Q4 2016 to facilitate summer 2017 drilling…
Houston’s Vaalco Energy has run into more trouble offshore Gabon, with electrical submersible pumps (ESP) continuing to fail, leaving a well shut-in. Map from Vaalco. Vaalco has experienced several issues with ESPs in recent months…
Frank’s International provided its FA-1 casing running tool (CRT) for a project in the Gulf of Mexico that the company says established a new worldwide milestone in casing while drilling (CwD) operations. FA-1 was modified for 30in casing…
German oil firm Wintershall has made a minor discovery near the Vega field in the Norwegian North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The discovery was made as part of a four-well drilling campaign in production license 248 F…
Eni’s Nooros field offshore Egypt reached a new record in 13 months of 128,000 boe/d, with plans to drill more wells in the area. Image from Eni. The Italian giant confirmed production at Nooros reached 700 MMcf/d…
CNOOC Ltd. started production at the Weizhou 6-9/6-10 comprehensive adjustment project in the South China Sea. The Weizhou field is in the Beibu Gulf at about 35m water depth. In addition to fully utilizing the existing facilities of Weizhou 6-9/6-10…
Quadrant Energy has hit hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir within the Caley section in the Roc-2 well in the North West Shelf, offshore Western Australia, partner Carnarvon Petroleum confirmed. The results were confirmed during logging while…
SBM Offshore has released a video of the Turritella floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit, as the vessel started commercial production at Shell’s Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on 6 September. At Stones…
Hurricane Energy's pilot well on the basement reservoir Lancaster discovery West of Shetland has indicated resources 'significantly greater' than the firm's 200 MMbbl base case, the company said this morning. Hurriane has completed…