BG Group has said it is delaying a sanction decision on its high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) Jackdaw project in the central North Sea. The firm said the group wanted to study more economic and lower risk development solutions for the field…
Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 6405/12-1 in production license 584 on the Lindarormen prospect. Lindarormen is about 150km northwest of Kristiansund on the Norwegian coast and about 80km northeast of the Ormen Lange field…
Kongsberg Maritime Embient, with KONGSBERG partner company Contros Systems and Solutions, has been selected to develop and deliver innovative technologies and strategies for environmental monitoring during gas hydrate exploration and production…
Cairn Energy's second planned exploration well offshore Senegal is underway, the firm said today (30 October). The SNE-1 probe on the Sangomar Deep Block follows Cairn's successful FAN-1 well, on the same block, which struck oil early…
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…
Eni has made a light oil discovery estimated to contain about 1billion boe in place in the Minsala Marine exploration prospect in shallow waters offshore Congo. The discovery, in the Marine XII Block, about 35km from shore and 12km from the recent Nené Marine discovery…
Gulf Marine Services, the leading provider of advanced self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESV) serving the offshore oil, gas and renewable energy sectors, has won a major new contract for one of its Large Class vessels. The…
The “unprecedented quantity of oil” that surged from 2010’s blown Macondo well has contaminated a wide swath of the ocean floor, settling into a ring encompassing 3200sq km, according to recently-published research by the Proceedings of the…
Total E&P Norge AS will sell an 8% interest in the Gina Krog field in Norway, together with its interests in the mature fields of Vilje (24.243%), Vale (24.243%) and Morvin (6%), to PGNiG Upstream International for US$317 million. The…
Mexico’s Naviera Integral is ordering the first two of Damen’s Sea Axe Fast Crew Supply vessels, the FCS 4008. Contract signing. From Damen. Damen says the two companies and worked closely together on developing the new FCS 4008…
Goltens Worldwide opened its new full service facility in Houston, Texas following months of planning, machinery, and equipment installation. The new location is focused on delivering core specialized diesel engine, in-situ machining and green technologies services portfolio…
Eni's Australian subsidiary decided to shed its stake in the Heron area off Northern Australia after opting out of plans to drill a second well inside permit area NT/P68. The Italian explorer also elected to hold its current 50% share in the Blackwood area…
CGG received another major commitment to its Gulf of Mexico StagSeis multi-client program with the prefunding of the entire 871-offshore-block program by an international E&P company. StagSeis is a CGG multi-client solution that combines…
Repsol encountered high quality oil at the ultra deepwater well León, in the Keathley Canyon 642 block located in the US Gulf of Mexico. Map from Repsol. At León, located 352km from the Louisiana coast…
EnQuest awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPCI) contract for the Kraken development. Technip's Deep Energy. From Technip. Kraken is located in the North Sea…