35 offshore projects and 100 rig years have slipped after the oil price collapse. Oddmund Føre, Analyst, Rystad Energy, explains. The market for oilfield services is hurting and offshore drilling is no exception. The global market for…
EOG awarded Rowan a contract to utilize the Ralph Coffman jackup, offshore Trinidad. The rig will mobilize from the US Gulf of Mexico and is estimated to commence operations in Q3 2016 for five wells with an estimated duration of one year at a rate of US$135…
Current oil prices does little to support exploration and expanding developments. However, keeping an eye on the future, sub-saharan African nations show promise. Western African countries, such as Nigeria, have already seen the benefits…
Global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company Harkand signed a new joint venture agreement with ESOPEG Lda in Angola, its first strategic partnership in the country and third in the region. The newly formed company Harkand Angola Lda…
Orca Exploration Group has successfully completed its offshore workover and drilling program, of the Songo Songo main field development, offshore Tanzania. The workover and drilling program at Songo Songo included workovers on three existing wells (SS-5…
The first development offshore Mozambique in the Rovuma basin has been given the thumbs by the country's government. Eni is planning a six-well subsea to 3.4 MTPA floating LNG development for the Coral discovery, in Area 4 in the Rovuma basin…
Fugro has won a contract to provide offshore survey and positioning services at the Kaombo oil development offshore Angola. Under the contract awarded by Technip, Fugro will provide offshore deepwater survey and positioning services to…
ExxonMobil added 1 billion boe of proved oil and gas reserves in 2015 for a total of 24.8 billion boe that was a result of new developments, and a significant discovery offshore Guyana. Image from ExxonMobil…
Tullow Oil is reducing how much its Jubilee floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel can rotate after discovering an issue with the vessel's turret bearing. The Kwame Nkrumah FPSO vessel, which started production from the field…
French cables firm Nexans has been selected to supply the cabling for Total's deep water Egina floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries under a Euro 2.8 billion turnkey contract - its largest FPSO contract to date…
Tullow Oil’s TEN project is more than 85% complete and is set for production start-up between July and August 2016, which will help the company drive further reductions in operating costs and capital expenditure. Image from Tullow…
Golar LNG Ltd. entered into a purchase agreement to sell the Golar Tundra, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), to Golar LNG Partners for US$330 million. In connection with the closing, the Golar Partners will receive a daily fee plus operating expenses…
Qatar Petroleum has reached an agreement with Chevron Morocco Exploration, a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., to acquire a 30% participating interest from Chevron’s 75% share in three deepwater offshore leases in the Kingdom of Morocco: Cap Rhir Deep…
The SNE oil field offshore Senegal contains more oil than initially estimated, according to a new report commissioned by field partner FAR Ltd. FAR's previous estimates for so-called 2C contingent resources in the Cairn Energy operated field were 330 MMbbl…
Panoro Energy announced that the final works on the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, for the Aje field operations, have been completed. The vessel has left Singapore and is expected to arrive in Nigeria mid-March 2016…