Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Carnarvon Petroleum has secured a Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig for two appraisal wells at the Dorado joint venture oil, gas and condensate discovery offshore Western Australia…
Russia's largest independent natural gas producer Novatek announced that its wholly owned subsidiary OOO Novatek-Yurkharovneftegas, upon testing of the exploration well PO-1 achieved commercial flows of natural gas from the Lower Cretaceous…
Aker BP has agreed to buy Equinor's 77.8 percent stake in Norway's King Lear gas and condensate discovery for $250 million in cash, the two companies said on Monday.The North Sea discovery has estimated reserves of 77 million barrels of oil equivalents…
Inpex Corporation announced the departure of its first shipment of condensate from the Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project.The cargo departed from the Project’s massive offshore floating production, storage and offloading facility - the Ichthys Venturer –moored in the Browse Basin…
US explorer W&T Offshore's ST 224 #1 exploration well, in the South Timbalier license in the US Gulf of Mexico, was considered water bearing, according to partner Otto Energy. The well was drilled in 170ft water depth using the Enterprise 264 jackup and reached a total measured depth of 10…
Azerbaijan's SOCAR and US engineering house KBR's joint venture has been awarded a front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for topsides on Total's Absheron Early Production Project. The platform will be at SOCAR's Oil Rocks facility…
Japan's Inpex has been awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-532-P, close to its Ichthys LNG development, in Australia’s 2016 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. Inpex Browse will hold a 100% participating interest in the block…
The Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility has arrived in Australian waters today (14 August), as Inpex gears up to begin hook-up and commissioning activities. The Ichthys Venturer at the DSME shipyard…
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility Ichthys Venturer has set sail for Australia. The 336m-long long ship-shaped, offshore facility has started a 5600km voyage that will take about one month to complete…
ConocoPhillips has submitted its development proposal for the gas and condensate Barossa field in the Timor Sea, to Australian authorities for comment. The Barossa Area Development is expected to be a floating production, storage and…
Quadrant Energy is in the final stages of evaluating tenders for a semisubmersible to drill the Phoenix-3 South well offshore Western Australia in early 2018. Source: Carnarvon Petroleum The…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has launched an investigation into a hydrocarbon leak on the Gjøa field on 21 June 2017. The incident happened during normal operations. According to the operator Engie E&P Norge, the leak occurred in a condensate pump…
Italian giant Eni has discovered gas and condensate at the Gamma prospect, offshore Libya. Image of Area D, from National Oil Corp. Gamma is in the Contract Area D, 140km offshore from Tripoli…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted ExxonMobil consent to extend the lifetime of the facilities on the Sigyn field until 31 December 2022. The Sigyn field is a gas and condensate field in the Sleipner area of the North Sea…
Inpex held double naming ceremonies at two South Korean yards for the FPSO and CPF related to the Ichthys LNG project, following the end of construction of both facilities. At Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard…
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