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HPHT Jackdaw being 'redefined'

Oct 30, 2014

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 spuds Lindaormen probe

Oct 30, 2014

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 aids gas hydrate project

Oct 30, 2014

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's second Senegal well underway

Oct 30, 2014

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 seeks arctic extension

Oct 30, 2014

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 makes 1bn Congo oil find

Oct 30, 2014

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…

GMS wins North Sea jackup work

Oct 30, 2014

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…

Report: Macondo oil resides on seafloor

Oct 29, 2014

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 sells interest in four fields

Oct 29, 2014

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…

Naviera Integral orders first two Damen FCS 4008

Oct 29, 2014

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 opens new Houston facility

Oct 29, 2014

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 departs Heron

Oct 29, 2014

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’s StagSeis growing in GoM

Oct 29, 2014

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 hits big at GoM León well

Oct 29, 2014

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…

Technip wins EnQuest subsea work

Oct 29, 2014

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…

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