The 13/23c-9 pilot well on i3 Energy's 100% owned Liberator field has been plugged and abandoned as planned following completion of the vertical seismic profile ('VSP') survey and shear wave sonic logging, the independent oil and gas company said in an operations update on Friday…
Allseas announced on Friday it has been awarded an EPRD contract from Repsol Norge to remove, transfer, load-in to shore and dispose of the Gyda platform in the Norwegian North Sea.The contract covers both the 18,000 t topsides and 11,200 t jacket…
Talos Energy announced it has entered into two separate agreements with BP and ExxonMobil related to new exploration opportunities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company said it will work with BP to drill and evaluate the Puma West prospect…
A new 5,080-square-kilometer wide-azimuth (WAZ) multiclient survey has commenced in the Salina del Istmo Basin in the Gulf of Mexico Bay of Campeche, providing the first 3D coverage over this shallow-water target area that includes the recent Zama-1 discovery…
The newbuild P-68 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) has left the shipyard and will be deployed to the ultra-deepwater Berbigão and Sururu fields in Brazil’s Santos Basin, builder Sembcorp Marine announced.The vessel was…
Egypt's Baltim South West offshore gas field backed by BP and Eni has started production of 100 million cubic feet of gas a day, the oil ministry said on Tuesday.Output will rise to 500 million cubic feet of gas by the second quarter of 2020 when five wells are expected to be online…
Norway's Equinor has discovered a gas field in its Eagle prospect in the Norwegian Sea, the energy company said on Tuesday, adding that it plans to extract resources via existing platforms in the areaThe company discovered the gas field along with Norwegian partners Aker BP and Wellesley Petroleum…
Norwegian energy company Equinor said it has started production from the Utgard gas and condensate field, spanning the Norwegian-UK border in the North Sea. Recoverable resources are estimated at around 40 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) and daily production on plateau will be around 43…
Tullow Oil plans to drill three or more oil exploration wells in Guyana next year, Chief Executive Officer Paul McDade said on Monday after the firm's second oil discovery in the country.Following the Jethro-1 discovery last month, London-listed…
ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery in the the closely watched Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the supermajor announced on Monday.The discovery in the Tripletail-1 well in the Turbot area adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable…
Tullow Oil announced it has made a second oil discovery on the Orinduik block, opening a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana offshore basin.The Joe-1 exploration well was drilled by the Stena Forth drillship to a total depth of 2,175 meters in 780 meters water depth…
VAALCO Energy said it has spud the Etame 9P appraisal wellbore at the Etame field to kick off its 2019/2020 drilling campaign offshore Gabon.Drilling of the Etame 9P appraisal wellbore is expected to take approximately four weeks, after which…
Ukraine's new government on Thursday stripped U.S.-based Trident Acquisitions of the right to explore and develop oil and gas reserves in the Black Sea shelf, prompting the company to say Ukraine had lost out on $1 billion in new investment…
Oilfield services company Weatherford announced it has secured an $87 million contract for fishing and intervention services with Brazilian-based multinational corporation Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., more commonly known as Petrobras.Weatherford…
Spain's Repsol believes it can start producing oil at the Norwegian Yme oilfield in the first half of next year, a partner in the field said on Wednesday.'Repsol, the operator of the field, is confident that Yme could start production in the first half of 2020…