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Lindarormen a dry hole

Dec 30, 2014

Lundin Petroleum's exploration well 6405/12-1 on the Lindarormen prospect is being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well was in production license 584, 150km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast, about 80km northeast of the Ormen Lange field…

Sedco Express arrives at Oyo field

Dec 29, 2014

Transocean's Sedco Express semisubmersible drilling rig arrived at the Oyo field in oil mining lease (OML) 120 to begin operations for CAMAC Energy, offshore Nigeria. The Sedco Express. From Transocean…

Transocean Winner to drill on Alvheim field

Dec 29, 2014

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has given Det norske oljeselskap ASA consent to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility to drill two new subsea production wells on the Alvheim field. The Transocean Winner…

BG ok’d for Jordbær Sør

Dec 29, 2014

The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) is giving BG Norge the go-ahead to drill the exploration well 34/3-5 in the Jordbær Sør prospect, in the northern North Sea.  The exploration well is located in production license PL 373 in the Tampen area…

Indonesian green light for KrisEnergy

Dec 29, 2014

Indonesian authorities have approved a plan of development (POD) for the Lengo gas field in the Bulu production sharing contract (PSC) offshore East Java. Approval of the POD paves the way for the operator, KrisEnergy, to pursue formal…

Cooper Energy’s Tunisia exit delayed

Dec 24, 2014

Australian explorer Cooper Energy said while it still intends to divest its Tunisian portfolio, the exit may take longer than expected.  Cooper Energy originally announced plans to divest its Tunisian assets in June 2013 in order to focus on its Australian assets…

New BPZ Corvina well online

Dec 23, 2014

BPZ Energy completed the Corvina CX15-14D development well offshore Peru. Block Z-1 map. From BPZ.    The CX15-14D well is located in Block Z-1 and is to the west of the six previously drilled CX-15 wells…

North Energy assesses options

Dec 23, 2014

Norwegian oil exploration firm North Energy has launched a strategic review after being approached over potential strategic opportunities as market conditions remain difficult.  The firm says the continued low oil price presents challenges…

Storm prospect sub-commercial

Dec 23, 2014

Swedish exploration and production firm Lundin Petroleum says it has made a sub-commercial discovery on the Storm prospect, offshore Norway. The Storm wildcat well 33/2-1 on production license 555 was drilled 200km northwest of Florø…

Operators eye well intervention vessels

Dec 22, 2014

Subsea well intervention activities are expected to flourish over the next five years, predicts analysts Douglas Westwood. Despite the recent plunge in oil price, the firm says it expects the global subsea wellstock to increase over the period by 41%…

Transocean loses claim against Providence

Dec 22, 2014

Offshore Ireland focused exploration firm Providence Resources has confirmed that it has received a judgement in its favor in a ruling over costs Transocean was claiming against it.  The case related to cost claims made by Transocean…

API sets new structural integrity management RP

Dec 19, 2014

The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a new recommended practice for structural integrity management to emphasize the importance of understanding topside structural integrity in order to maintain the offshore structures used in oil and natural gas drilling and production operations…

Schlumberger inks Mariner deal

Dec 19, 2014

Schlumberger Oilfield UK has been awarded the contract to provide integrated drilling and well services on the Statoil-operated Mariner heavy oil development in the UK North Sea. Mariner is the largest field development on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) in more than a decade…

Statoil adds to Krafla reserves

Dec 19, 2014

Norwegian exploration firm Statoil has made a 6-9MMboe discovery on the Krafla North prospect in production license (PL) 035 in the North Sea, according to partner Det Norske, increasing the Krafla area overall estimates to 75-143boe. The 30/11-10 well…

Dry North Sea well for RWE

Dec 19, 2014

RWE Dea Norge is to plug and abandon its wildcat well 35/9-12 S on the Atlas prospect in production license (PL) 420 in the North Sea after it was classified dry.  The well was drilled about 20km southwest of the Gjøa field in the North Sea and about 80km southwest of Florø…

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