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Rosneft drops West Navigator contract

Mar 16, 2015

Rosneft sent North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL) a notice of termination for the West Navigator, in connection with a framework agreement between the two companies. The West Navigator. From NADL.   The…

Eni’s double discoveries

Mar 16, 2015

Eni made a significant gas discovery offshore Libya and found more gas than anticipated at its Merakes-1 well offshore Indonesia. Libya find Eni activity in Libya. From Eni.   Eni…

Total spuds Shango probe

Mar 16, 2015

Total has spudded exploration well 25/6-55, named Shango by partner Faroe Petroleum, in license 627 (Skirne East) in the Norwegian North Sea. Shango is on the northern part of the Utsira High about 5km from the producing Skirne field…

Anadarko dumps Dolphin drillship

Mar 13, 2015

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. sent Dolphin Drilling an early termination notice for the Belford Dolphin ultra deepwater drillship's charter contract off Mozambique. The Belford Dolphin. From Dolphin Drilling…

Statoil stops Veslefrikk production

Mar 12, 2015

Statoil and its partners temporarily halted drilling on the Veslefrikkin field in the North Sea. The Veslefrikkin field. From Statoil. Veslefrikk lies in Norwegian North Sea block 30/3 in production license 052…

Petrobras starts early at Búzios

Mar 12, 2015

Petrobras began early production at the deepwater Búzios field offshore Brazil. The Dynamic Producer. From Sembcorp Marine.   Búzios is located in the Santos basin, about 200km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro…

Cairn eyes Senegalese black gold

Mar 10, 2015

Cairn Energy is planning an up to six-well exploration campaign offshore Senegal, starting this year, after making potentially the largest global oil discovery in the country's waters last year. Image from Cairn…

Spanish Point probe setback

Mar 10, 2015

Drilling on the Spanish Point gas discovery in the northern Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland has again been set back.  Operator Cairn Energy said today (10 March) that the well, planned for 1H this year, had been 'deferred pending discussions…

BP in second Egypt find

Mar 09, 2015

BP made its second gas discovery in the East Mediterranean Sea at its North Damietta Offshore concession in the East Nile Delta. Image from BP.   The discovery was made at the Atoll…

Premier starts 2015 Falklands campaign

Mar 06, 2015

Premier Oil spudded its first 2015 Falklands drilling campaign well, 14/15-5, using the Eirik Raude semisubmersible drilling rig on the Zebedee prospect on 6 March. The well, on license PL004b, will test a total of seven stacked fan bodies…

VAALCO spuds Angola probe

Mar 05, 2015

VAALCO Energy has spudded the post-salt Kindele-1 well, its first exploration well on Block 5 offshore Angola using Transocean's Celtic Sea semisubmersible drilling rig. The well will be drilled to a planned total depth of 2250m in about 100m water depth…

Lundin starts Morkel probe

Mar 04, 2015

Lundin Petroleum started drilling exploration well 33/2-2S in PL579 on the Morkel prospect in the Norwegian Sea. Morkel is 180km west of Florø on the Norwegian west coast and approximately 40km northwest of the Snorre field. The main…

ITF members jointly fund US$6 million projects

Mar 03, 2015

Industry backing has been given to two projects, helping to develop seismic imaging and tropical storm prediction technologies. ITF CEO O'Brien. From ITF.   Through the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF)…

Eirik Raude arrives at Falklands

Mar 03, 2015

Ocean Rig’s Eirik Raude arrived in the North Falkland basin off the Falkland Islands and will be moved to begin drilling the first well, according to Rockhopper Exploration.   The six-well drilling campaign on the Zebedee prospect will…

IKM Ocean Design gets Johan Sverdrup SURF

Mar 03, 2015

Statoil awarded IKM Ocean Design the Johan Sverdrup SURF detail engineering and services 2015-20 contract. Johan Sverdrup rendering. From Statoil.   Johan Sverdrup field is a large oil discovery in production licenses PL265…

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