Well control and engineering services company Wild Well Control said it has added a new 10,000 psi-rated capping stack to its WellCONTAINED group of subsea containment equipment.The 10,000 psi-rated (10K) stack is rated to water depths of 10…
Irish based oil and gas company Providence Resources informs it has received permission from Irish authorities to perform a site survey later this month at its operated Barryroe field within the within SEL 1/11 license offshore Ireland.SEL 1/11…
Ireland's offshore Oil and gas company Providence Resources has again pushed back a deadline to receive $9mln of funding from Apec, its farm-in partner in the key Barryroe site off the south west coast.The loan from Barryroe's Chinese backer was due by June 14…
Ireland-focused oil and gas exploration company backed by Seacrest Capital AzEire has been awarded an extension of a frontier exploration license (FEL) and a conversion of a license option to an FEL.'The Minister of State at the Department of Communications…
Nearly 100 applications covering 239 blocks were made by 68 companies in the 30th offshore licensing round on the UK Continental Shelf, the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has revealed. Applications came from companies ranging from multinationals to new country entrants…
Providence Resources has been given consent to farm out stakes in the the Helvick and Dunmore Lease Undertakings (LU), in the North Celtic Sea Basin, and Dunquin South, in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04, in the southern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland…
Providence Resources will proceed with drilling plans for its Barryroe appraisal project offshore Ireland, despite failing to consummate a farm-in agreement with Total. Providence's Ireland acreage in SEL 1/11…
Providence Resources and its partners on the Barryroe field offshore Ireland have been given a two-year license extension as the firm continues its farm-out efforts. Barryroe is in Standard Exploration License (SEL) and is operated by Providence subsidiary Exola DAC (80%)…
Offshore Ireland focused Lansdowne Oil & Gas has relinquished license SEL 4/07 following disappointing results from the Midleton prospect well. Lansdowne had 20% interest in the license, alongside Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads, with 80%…
AzEire Petroleum has been awarded an extension to its 100% working interest FEL 1/13 license in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. Map of FEL 1/13, from AzEire. The extension…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded four new contracts worth about US1.25 million (£1 million) to supply more than 10,000km of reprocessed proprietary 2D seismic data of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) as part of the UK Government funded seismic acquisition program…
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded two contracts worth more than £2.5 million to Schlumberger WesternGeco and DownUnder Geosolutions (DUG), in collaboration with Geopartners, to supply around 15,000km of reprocessed multi-client…
Ireland’s Lansdowne Oil & Gas has failed to farm out of two licenses off the south coast of Ireland, due to industry conditions that will prevent drilling at the prospects. “Due to adverse industry conditions, attempts to farm-out SEL 5/07…
The UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has invited seismic companies to tender for its 2016-2017 UK Government funded seismic acquisition and processing program. The contract will cover survey work over South West Britain, including the Celtic Sea…
Irish independent Providence Resources is eying a potential risk sharing alliance with a drilling firm and contractors to help it move forward on its Barryroe oil field offshore Ireland. Providence, 80% owner and operator of the Barryroe field…