Hungarian exploration outfit MOL Group has completed a deal with UK independent Ithaca Energy, giving it its first step into the Norwegian offshore sector. MOL has bought Ithaca's Norwegian subsidiary, which has stakes in 14 licenses…
Work on UK independent Ithaca Energy's Greater Stella Area (GSA) floating production unit is reaching a peak in Remontowa's Polish shipyard. Ithaca says manning levels on the FPF-1 vessel have been at historic highs over recent weeks…
Floating production vessel operator BW Offshore and UK-based independent producer Ithaca Energy have agreed new terms for use of the BW Athena in the North Sea. BW Offshore and Ithaca Energy (on behalf of the Athena field co-venturers)…
Ithaca Energy has appointed Roy Buchan as its Chief Operations Officer, starting 5 January 2015, and announced that Chief Development Officer John Woods is to leave the company on 31 January. The move comes as Ithaca nears first production…
Canada-based, North Sea-focused independent exploration firm Iona Energy has appointed two industry veterens to its ranks and said it plans to go on the acquisition trail as part of growth plans. Former Ithaca Energy CEO Iain McKendrick…
Ithaca Energy opted to extend its contract with BW Offshore's BW Athena FPSO, the Olso, Norway-based vessel owner announced on 6 June 2014. The original contract, signed in 2010, covered a service period from 2012-2015. Ithaca Energy…
Technip has been awarded contracts by Shell UK, Fairfield Energy, Ithaca Energy and TAQA for lfie of field operations. This four contracts include: Diving operations to prepare for decommissioning of the Shell Delta Brent facilities…
Ithaca Energy has agreed string of farm-out deals on a number of UK North Sea assets. Newly formed private-equity backed Oyster Petroleum is to take a 9% working interest in west of Shetland licences containing the Handcross prospect…
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured its second North Sea duty-holder contract extension this year. Valued at about US$200 million (£140 million), the life-ofield contract from Ithaca Energy will see WGPSN operate and deliver managed services…
Euroil, Shell farmin UK-based Ithaca Energy has agreed to farm-out deals with Euroil and Shell for several North Sea blocks. Euroil, a subsidiary of Edison International, will take a 25% interest in Ithaca’s west of Shetland licenses P1631 and P1832…
UK-based exploration firm Ithaca Energy has agreed farm-out deals with Edison International and Shell on North Sea blocks. Shell is to take a 50% stake from Ithaca in production license P2048, covering central North Sea blocks 29/24, 29/25…
Aberdeen-based independent Ithaca Energy moved to acquire fellow UK explorer Valiant Petroleum for US$309 million in early March. Ithaca says the movewould establish itself as a leading mid-size North Sea oil and gas operator with 2P reserves of approximately 74MMboe…
Independent E&P firm Ithaca Energy has said it has agreed a farm-out deal with Shell UK, reducing its exploration spending commitments in the UK North Sea by $45million. The deal relates to licence P1792 containing the Beverley prospect…
Ithaca Energy announces that it has contracted the services of Applied Drilling Technology International (ADTI), to manage development drilling and completion operations on the Greater Stella Area under 'turnkey” contract arrangements. ADTI is a subsidiary of Transocean…
North Sea independent exploration firm Ithaca Energy has agreed a deal to buy fellow London AIM-listed explorer Valiant Petroleum.Ithaca said the deal, which values Valiant at about $309million, would establish it as “a leading mid cap North…