Red Emperor Resources is raising US$4.4 million (AU$5.76 million) for its upcoming drilling a appraisal program offshore the Philippines. The Maersk Venturer. From Maersk. The activity will take place in the deepwater Block SC55…
Lundin Norway commenced the drilling of its second Alta appraisal well in the Barents Sea South, and the drilling of an appraisal well on the Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea. Drilling has also commenced on the partner-operated…
Suncor Energy will plug and abandon the Niobe exploration prospect after failing to find significant hydrocarbons, according to partner Trap Oil. Niobe is located in license P.1989, in Blocks 12/26b and 27b in the UK North Sea. The…
Anadarko's Heidelberg truss spar has set sail from Ingleside, Texas, to its future home at Green Canyon block 859 in the US Gulf of Mexico. The journey is some 390mi off the Texas coast. The US independent confirmed the news via Facebook on Tuesday…
TAM International introduced a new V0-rated cementing port collar to complement their extensive cement integrity product line. For casing integrity, the metal-to-metal (MTM) design port collar meets the industry’s latest and most rigorous standard…
Statoil will cancel the contract with the China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) vessel, COSL Pioneer, about 13 months before the expiry date of August 2016, reports the company. COSL Pioneer has been suspended since 8 October 2014 and Statoil…
Drilling to further grow the resources around the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea has started, with more expected this year, helping firm up plans for the greater Njord area, according to partner Faroe Petroleum. Concept selection for…
Swedish headquartered Lundin Petroleum has started spinning two drill bits on the Norwegian Continental Shelf - on Alta, in the Barents Sea, and one on the Edvard Grieg discovery, in the Norwegian North Sea. Both are appraisal wells.…
Suncor Energy Norge's Niobe exploration well has been classified as a dry well, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The well, 25/10-13 S, in production licence 571, was drilled in 119mm water depth, in the central part of…
Every project is different and comes with its own unique challenges, however ADIL has developed a set of golden rules which provide the industry with a best practice approach to delivering value in brownfield developments in an increasingly constricted marketplace…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate granted Wintershall Norge a drilling permit for exploration well 10/4-1 in the North Sea. Well 10/4-1. From NPD. 10/4-1 is located in production license 734…
Statoil has awarded Tenaris the contract for the supply of casing, tubing and all related services for the Mariner project. Discovered in 1981, Mariner is the largest field development on the UK Continental Shelf in more than a decade…
Edison Norge spudded its first well as operator in the Norwegian Continental Shelf on the Haribo prospect. Exploration drilling started 21 June 2015 in the production license PL616 in the southern portion of the Norwegian North Sea at 8km southwest of the Valhall Field…
Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads has agreed a contract to drill on the Midleton prospect offshore Ireland starting in August, according to partner Lansdowne Oil & Gas. PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy will…
Premier Oil is hoping to spud an exploration well on the Baguss prospect in Block 13/24c in the UK North Sea in H1 2016, according to partner North Sea Energy. The Bagpuss well targets lower cretaceous sands, jurassic sands and a granite wash formation about 1400ft subsurface…