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Petronas inks Ross Offshore for drilling services

Dec 04, 2015

Ross Offshore won a global umbrella contract with Petronas Caligari for drilling and well services, from single projects to engineering, well Studies, company representation, auditing, evaluation; to the full scope of total well management of drilling a well…

Lundin in Imbok-1 P&A off Malaysia

Jan 11, 2016

Lundin Petroleum subsidiary Lundin Malaysia has completed the Imbok-1 exploration well offshore East Malaysia. The well, located in Block SB307/308 encountered minor oil shows and was plugged and abandoned. The well was targeting hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands…

Lundin spuds Bombazon well

Jan 08, 2016

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling the Bambazon exploration well in Block SB307/SB308, offshore East Malaysia. The Bambazon prospect is in shallow water and lies to the north of a major producing field in offshore East Malaysia. The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands…

FPSOs: On the horizon

Jan 01, 2016

While the oil price has sucked much wind out of the sails of the FPSO industry, work must go on.  And there are still quite a few projects lined up from 2016-2018. Infield Systems presents this list of conversion and newbuild construction projects…

Lundin commences Imbok-1 drilling

Dec 07, 2015

Lundin Malaysia commenced drilling of the Imbok-1 exploration well in blocks SB307 and SB308, offshore East Malaysia. The Imbok prospect is in shallow water and lies to the east and south of two major producing fields in offshore East Malaysia…

PFLNG2 keel laid in Korea

Nov 09, 2015

Petronas has laid the keel of its second floating LNG vessel, the Petronas Floating LNG2, in Geoje Island, South Korea. JGC Group and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), the consortium leading the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning of PFLNG2…

Providence to take North Celtic Sea stake

Dec 03, 2015

Providence Resources has agreed an option with Petronas subsidiary PSE Kinsale Energy to take a stake in the southern portion of Offshore Petroleum Lease 1 (OPL 1) adjacent to the Barryroe oil field in the North Celtic Sea Basin.   Under the terms of the option…

Statoil in US$221 million TAP divesture

Dec 01, 2015

Following the divestment of its share in the Shah Deniz gas field in Azerbaijan, Statoil has agreed to sell its 20% interest in Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) to the Italian gas infrastructure company Snam SpA in a US$220.8 million (€ 208 million) deal…

Lundin abandons dry Malaysian well

Nov 26, 2015

Lundin Petroleum Selada-1 exploration well in Block PM308A, offshore Malaysia, has been plugged and abandoned after being found to be dry. The well was targeting hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands about 14km to the south of the Bertam field operated by Lundin Malaysia…

Airborne inks latest composite pipe contract

Nov 27, 2015

A West African operator selected Airborne Oil and Gas’s thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology as the preferred solution for injecting large volumes of stimulation fluids offshore in deep water offshore West Africa. Airborne Oil & Gas will supply a 1450m-long…

SKE gains Malaysia field approval

Nov 04, 2015

SapuraKencana Energy (SKE) secured the approval from Petronas for the field development plan (FDP) for the SK310 B15 gas field development project, offshore East Malaysia.   The B15 field, which was discovered in December 2010, is located…

BG Group, Woodside start Myanmar seismic

Nov 20, 2015

Two seismic acquisition campaigns are due to start offshore Myanmar in coming weeks according to reports of a notice in state media from the country. UK-based BG Group and Australia’s Woodside Energy will both start 3D campaigns later this month using the Ramform Sovereign and Ramform Titan…

Lundin spins Malaysian bit

Nov 09, 2015

Lundin Petroleum has started drilling the Selada-1 exploration well in Block PM308A, offshore Malaysia.  The well will target hydrocarbons in Miocene aged sands and is located 14km to the south of the Bertam field, operated by Lundin…

Lundin in small Malaysian gas find

Oct 26, 2015

Lundin Petroleum's Malaysian subsidiary, Lundin Malaysia, has made a small gas discovery with the Mengkuang-1 exploration well in license PM307, offshore Malaysia. Lundin announced the well had been spud in early October, and the operation…

JX Nippon picks Technip for Layang

Oct 22, 2015

JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (Malaysia) has awarded Technip a subsea contract for the Layang field, Block SK10, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of three flexible pipes totaling 9…

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