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Shell seeks arctic extension

Oct 30, 2014

Shell has asked the Obama administration for five more years to explore for oil off Alaska’s coast, saying set backs and legal delays may push the start of drilling past the 2017 expiration of some leases. In a letter to the Interior…

Shell begins Gumusut-Kakap off Malaysia

Oct 08, 2014

Shell began its first deepwater development in Malaysia with the Gumusut-Kakap floating platform. Shell's Gumusut-Kakap. From Shell.   The Gumusut-Kakap field is off the coast of Malaysia…

Oil flows from Shell's Cardamom

Sep 08, 2014

Shell started production from its Cardamom subsea oil and gas field located in the Gulf of Mexico.  The Cardamom system is tied back to Shell's Auger tension leg platform (TLP), marking the seventh subsea development to come onstream through the platform since first oil was achieved in 1994…

A deeper look into Cardamom

Sep 09, 2014

In Shell’s latest video, the supermajor shows how Cardamom is extending the life of Auger to provide as many as 50,000 more boe/d, increasing Auger’s production capacity to 130,000boe/d. OE reported earlier this week of Shell beginning…

Seeing seismic in 3D

Sep 01, 2014

Shell’s GeoSigns has helped the company find reservoirs like the pre-salt West Boreas field in the Gulf of Mexico and there is more to come. Elaine Maslin reports. Shell’s iScope facilities…

Shell's Prelude to receive largest turret piece

Aug 15, 2014

Weighing an impressive 4300-tonnes, the largest piece of the turret for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea.  When complete…

Shell discovers gas off Malaysia

Aug 26, 2014

Shell made a gas discovery at the deepwater Majoram-1 well 180km off the Malaysia coast. The Marjoram-1 well is located in Block SK318, in 800m of water. Shell says the addition of new natural gas resources this year ensures the company is able to continue to provide cost-effective…

Shell uses 3D WAZ seismsic technology in Canada

Aug 18, 2014

Shell's Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Project marks the first time 3D wide azimuth (WAZ) Seismic technology was used in Canada. This technology provides much clearer data in water depths of 1500m to 3500m, 250km to 350km offshore Nova Scotia…

Shell names new projects & technology director

Aug 07, 2014

Royal Dutch Shell plc has named Harry Brekelmans as projects and technology director, effective 1 October 2014. Brekelmans is currently Shell’s executive vice president operated, upstream international. He joined Shell in 1990 and has…

Shell hits Norphlet pay

Jul 15, 2014

Shell confirmed a third discovery at the Norphlet play in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the supermajor announced on 15 July 2015. The explorer hit more than 400ft (122m) of net oil pay at its Rydberg well, located 75mi (120km) off the Gulf Coast in Mississippi Canyon Block 525…

Drilling optimization offshore Sarawak

Jul 16, 2014

The Doo Sung rig was contracted in and brought to Shell standards to deliver the campaign. Doo Sung is Korea’s only semi- submersible drilling unit, built in 1984 by Daewoo Shipbuilding Co., and owned by KNOC…

Shell cuts stake in Woodside

Jun 17, 2014

Royal Dutch Shell is selling a major portion of its stake in Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd., raising AU$5.7billion. Shell is selling 9.5% back to Woodside, and another 9.5% to institutional investors, at a small discount to the closing share price on 16 June 2014…

Kings of the Gulf

Apr 23, 2014

Two of the major deepwater developments that have started production so far in the Gulf of Mexico belong to Shell and BP. Sarah Parker Musarra examines the technology behind two mammoth projects: Mars B and Na Kika. In Greek and Polynesian mythology…

Shell discovers DW gas off Sarawak

Apr 17, 2014

Shell announced a deepwater natural gas discovery off Malaysia. The successful Rosmari-1 well is 135km off the coast of Sarawak, in the South China Sea (Block SK-318). It was drilled to a total depth of 2123m and encountered a gas column of more than 450m…

Shell chooses Endeavor for Chukchi advising

Apr 01, 2014

Shell has appointed Houston-based consulting firm, Endeavor Management to advise the supermajor in preparation for a possible revamp of Shell's Chukchi Sea drilling campaign. Endeavor said it will provide support and advice for a third…

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