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Vaalco resumes Etame off Gabon

Aug 29, 2014

Vaalco Energy has resumed production from the Etame Marin block after completing maintenance work on its leased floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.  The vessel had the fire and gas detection systems upgraded along with other routine maintenance work…

No oil on Heimdalshø for Det norske

Aug 29, 2014

Det norske oljeselskap's wildcat exploration well 2/9-5S on the Heimdalshø prospect found no hydrocarbons. Det norske said the well, the first in production license (PL) 494, about 30 km east of the Norwegian North Sea Valhall field…

Luno II revised down

Aug 29, 2014

Lundin Petroleum's latest Luno II appraisal well found oil but with lower than expected reservoir properties, leading the firm to revise down its resource estimate for the field to between 27 and 71MMboe.  Lundin said the target of appraisal well 16/4- 8 S in the Luno II discovery…

Good GoM news for Noble

Aug 28, 2014

Noble Energy announced successful results for the Katmai exploration well and the Dantzler-2 appraisal well in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Katmai exploration well Noble is reporting great news at Katmai with total gross resources for the well estimated between 40 and 100MMboe…

Oil shows in Senegal well

Aug 28, 2014

Oil samples have been recovered in the FAN-1 exploration well being drilled offshore Senegal, said partner in the project by FAR Ltd.   The well is being drilled by Cairn Energy (operator), ConocoPhillips, Far and Petrosen - the Senegalese national oil company…

Cairn finds oil in Senegal

Aug 27, 2014

Carin Energy found oil samples in the FAN-1 exploration well offshore Senegal, according to joint venture partner, FAR Ltd. FAN-1 and SNE-1 in 3D seismic. From Far. FAR says elevated gas…

DNV GL enhancing BOP maintenance

Aug 27, 2014

DNV GL has established a joint industry project (JIP) to develop a risk-based maintenance methodology with the aim to deliver more effective and cost-efficient blowout preventers (BOP) maintenance. The maintenance of BOPs has significant financial…

Energean buys tender assist rig

Aug 27, 2014

Greece-based exploration firm Energean Oil & Gas has launched a US$225 million investment program to develop 30MMbbl of reserves in North West Greece and to increase production from the Prinos, Prinos North and Epsilon fields to 10,000bbl/day by 2016…

Petrobras, Foro partner on laser drilling technology

Aug 26, 2014

Petrobras and Foro Energy signed a technology cooperation agreement (TCA) for high power laser drilling research and development. The program with the Leopoldo Americo Miguez de Mello Research & Development Center (CENPES) will focus on developing…

ONS: Aasta Hansteen on schedule

Aug 26, 2014

The Aasta Hansteen project, one of biggest and most complex industrial projects in Europe, is on schedule to begin production in 3Q 2017, says Statoil. Statoil, which made a presentation about the project at ONS, in Stavanger, this week…

OMV’s Whoi-1 disappoints

Aug 26, 2014

OMV New Zealand will plug and abandon its Whio-1 well in the Southern Taranaki basin offshore New Zealand as a dry hole, announced partner Horizon Oil on 26 August 2014. The semisubmersible drilling rig Kan Tan IV drilled the Whio-1 well…

Pacific Drilling’s Nigeria contract extended

Aug 26, 2014

Lagos-based Star Deep Water Petroleum signed a contract extension for Pacific Drilling’s Pacific Bora. The Pacific Bora is currently drilling offshore Nigeria. The contract extension increases the drillship’s backlog by approximately US$439 million…

Rosneft, NADL strengthen ties

Aug 22, 2014

Rosneft, Seadrill Ltd. and North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL) entered into a framework agreement. The cooperation would see the Russian producer exchanging assets for shares in the Norwegian drilling company, which specializes in harsh environment operations…

Pulse support Martin Linge drilling

Aug 22, 2014

Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with Total E&P Norge AS to provide a real time integrity monitoring system, to measure platform displacement during drilling operations.  The two-year contract…

Cairn enters Barents Sea exploration

Aug 20, 2014

Cairn Energy has farmed in to the Statoil-operated Ensis prospect in the Barents Sea, marking a new entry into the Barents region for Cairn.  Statoil is drilling a well on Ensis at the moment - well 7125 4-3 - in production license 393…

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