Statoil has started drilling at the Blåmann well in the Barents Sea, the first of five wells in its exploration program, the Norwegian giant announced today (22 May). Image of the Songa Enabler…
The second jacket for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms has set sail to the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan, the BP-led Shah Deniz consortium announced today (16 March). Sailaway of the QU jacket…
Ophir Energy's Ayamé-1X exploration well offshore the Ivory Coast found oil, but not in significant quantities. The well, in block CI-513, reached a total depth of 5394m true vertical depth sub sea. The well was targeting a number…
TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) have expanded their jointly owned multi-client library offshore Eastern Canada. Map of Cape Broyle 3D, from TGS. The new Cape Broyle 3D survey…
Offshore energy industry experts and leaders from across the world came together at NRG Park in Houston 1–4 May for the 2017 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). As it has since 1969, the 49th edition of the conference convened professionals…
Keppel Shipyard says it is on track to deliver the Catcher floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to BW Catcher following a naming ceremony of the vessel today (28 April). BW Catcher - the 11th FPSO Keppel has delivered…
China’s CNOOC is opening 22 blocks for bids to foreign companies this year. Map of the 22 open blocks, from CNOOC. The 22 blocks cover an area of 47,270sq km, and are available for cooperation between CNOOC and foreign companies…
A federal court in Brazil has suspended the transfer of Petrobras' stake in the BM-S-8 exploration block, which contains the Carcará field, to Norway's Statoil, and exploration of the field, until further deliberation, the Brazilian state-owned firm announced Monday (17 April)…
Lundin Petroleum has gained regulatory consents and approvals to complete the internal reorganization to spin-off its assets in Malaysia, France and the Netherlands into International Petroleum Corp. (IPC). The reorganization was completed on 7 April 2017…
BW Offshore has completed a deal with Harvest Natural Resources for its stake in the Dussafu production sharing contract (PSC) offshore Gabon. BW Energy Gabon (BWEG) now holds a 66.67% working interest in the Dussafu PSC, while Panoro Energy holds the remaining 33…
Despite the low cycle that the market is facing, a total of 30 oil and gas projects are expected to start operations in the North Sea by 2020. The UK will lead with 19 projects, followed by Norway with 10 and Denmark with a single project…
Lebanon has extended the deadline for the results of the second pre-qualification round in the country’s first-ever offshore licensing round, to give companies more time to respond to requests from the Lebanese Petroleum Administration (LPA)…
Mechanical services group EnerMech has strengthened its market position in the Caspian region by securing contracts with major operators valued at more than US$49.8 million (£40 million). The contracts involve a number of EnerMech service lines including cranes and lifting…
Serica Energy is targeting 2020 for first gas at its Columbus field in the Central North Sea, and reveals plans to begin drilling at the nearby Rowallan prospect next year. Map of Columbus, from Serica…
Recent rig count data suggests that there are no big moves over or under for offshore rig counts from February through end of March 2017. Baker Hughes released its latest US rig count numbers on Friday, 31 March, showing an increase of four units over week ago…
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