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Rosneft starts drilling at Khatangsky

Apr 06, 2017

Rosneft started drilling the Tsentralno-Olginskaya-1 well, the northernmost well at the Russian Arctic shelf, in the Khatangsky license area. Image of Rosneft workers drilling the northernmost well at the Russian shelf…

ERD wells push distance boundaries

Mar 01, 2017

Scott Weeden looks at new developments in extended reach drilling, which include managing vibrations, thereby allowing the BHA and bit to stay on bottom longer and get the well to total depth. The…

Gazprom to start Okhotsk Sea drilling

Feb 22, 2017

Russia's Gazprom Neft is set to drill the first exploration well on the Ayashsky Block in the Sea of Okhotsk after signing a contract for use of a Japanese drilling rig. Gazprom acquired a license for the exploration, development and…

KCA Deutag inks Sakhalin extension

Feb 20, 2017

Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. awarded KCA Deutag a four-year contract extension for platform drilling services on three platforms offshore Sakhalin Island in Russia.   The contract extension is effective from 1 June 2017 to 31 May 2021…

Polarcus, Sovcomflot ink vessel deal

Feb 09, 2017

Polarcus has signed a heads of agreement with Russia's SCF GEO AS (Sovcomflot) to charter a vessel on bareboat terms with delivery scheduled for March 2017, a deal that comes with an option for Sovcomflot to buy the vessel. Image of the Polarcus Nadia…

Exxon to start 5 projects by 2018

Jan 31, 2017

US giant ExxonMobil announced it will start five major offshore projects in 2017-2018, in addition to a Q4 2016 earnings of US$3.7 billion, which took a $2 billion impairment charge from its upstream sector. Image from Exxon…

BP: Renewables to quadruple by 2035

Jan 25, 2017

BP is forecasting that renewables will become the fastest growing fuel source by 2035, nearly quadrupling over the next 20 years, according to the UK oil giant’s latest Energy Outlook. Image from BP…

Gazprom Neft gets Ayashsky license

Jan 25, 2017

Gazprom Neft subsidiary, Gazpromneft Sakhalin, has acquired a license for the exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons at the Ayashsky block, on the continental shelf of the Sea of Okhotsk. Map of the Ayashsky block…

Two new wells, ESP first at Prirazlomnoye

Jan 23, 2017

Gazprom Neft has commissioned two new production wells at its Prirazlomnoye field in Russian arctic waters.  The new wells bring the total number of wells currently in operation at the Prirazlomnaya platform to 10, six of which are production wells…

Lundin writes off Malaysian and Caspian Sea resources

Jan 19, 2017

Lundin is to take a non-cash impairment charge of US$632 million after deciding to take some 170 MMboe contingent resources in Malaysia and the Caspian Sea off its books.  The Sweden-headquartered explorer said it was removing the resources…

HHL completes NSR crane delivery

Jan 04, 2017

Hansa Heavy Lift (HHL) has successfully transported two ship-to-shore (STS) cranes via the Northern Sea Route (NSR), relocating them from the port of St. Petersburg to the port of Vostochny, spanning both the European and Far East regions of Russia…

Slim pickings

Jan 01, 2017

There are slim pickings for fabricators in oil and gas sector, but as Steve Hamlen reports offshore wind fabrication has given firms some sustenance. Dudgeon jacket. Photos from Sembmarine SLP…

Light at the end of the pipeline

Jan 01, 2017

Is the subsea market poised for a comeback? Jon Fredrik Müller, of Rystad Energy, sets out the detail. An oil and gas Xmas tree. Photo from GE Oil & Gas. The subsea market has…

Japanese firms, Rosneft, link up for offshore exploration

Dec 16, 2016

Three Japanese companies have agreed on a project to jointly explore for oil and gas southwest of Sakhalin Island, working with Russia's Rosneft.  The firms, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. (JOGMEC), Inpex Corp and Marubeni Corp…

Gazprom to get stake in OMV Norway

Dec 14, 2016

Gazprom and OMV signed an agreement that will see Gazprom acquire stake in OMV Norway. According to the agreement, Gazprom will receive a 38.5% stake in OMV (Norge), a company focused on geological exploration and production in Norway…

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