Displaying items by tag: shallow water

Friday, 01 January 2016 00:00

Middle Eastern resilience

Both maintaining and launching new offshore production is high on the agenda in the Middle East, not least in Saudi…

Published in OE: 2016 / January

Friday, 01 January 2016 00:00

First cut is the deepest

OE reached out to analysts Wood Mackenzie and IHS Energy to find out the view on the next 12-18 months.…

Published in OE: 2016 / January

Friday, 11 December 2015 09:53

Otto, Byron in staged GOM farm-in

Otto Energy has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Byron Energy for the staged farm-in for participating…

Published in OE Press: 2015 / December

Monday, 07 December 2015 10:38

Lundin commences Imbok-1 drilling

Lundin Malaysia commenced drilling of the Imbok-1 exploration well in blocks SB307 and SB308, offshore East Malaysia. The Imbok prospect…

Published in OE Press: 2015 / December

Tuesday, 01 December 2015 14:30

BSEE's well control rule under fire

US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno testified today (1 December) before a US congressional committee on…

Published in OE Daily: 2015 / December

Tuesday, 03 November 2015 11:17

Farstad gets GoM subsea contract

Image: Far Sentinel/Farstad Shipping Farstad Shipping has been awarded a three-year contract with up to three years options for…

Published in OE Activity: 2015 / November

Tuesday, 03 November 2015 09:34

Ororo drilling gets approval

Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) granted approval to partners Guarantee Petroleum, Sirius Petroleum, and Owena Oil & Gas to…

Published in OE Activity: 2015 / November

Tuesday, 20 October 2015 08:47

Rex bails on Beehive

Rex International is withdrawing its 30% farm-in in WA-488-P exploration permit in the shallow water area of Western Austraila, in…

Published in OE Press: 2015 / October

Monday, 05 October 2015 14:56

Fugro Scout completes Middle East project

Fugro Scout, the new 83m geotechnical drilling vessel, has completed its maiden project in the Middle East. Since its maiden…

Published in OE Activity: 2015 / October

Wednesday, 30 September 2015 10:29

Mexico's Round One, phase two "a success"

Nine bidders made up of individual companies and consortia bid in Mexico’s Round One, phase two today (30 September), in…

Published in OE Daily: 2015 / September

Friday, 25 September 2015 15:54

Noble's Cheetah disappoints

Noble Energy will plug and abandon its Cheetah exploration well offshore Cameroon after finding both crude oil and natural gas…

Published in OE Daily: 2015 / September

Friday, 25 September 2015 09:50

NOCK requests EOI for MC 3D survey

The National Oil Corp. of Kenya (NOCK) has invited expressions of interest (EOI) from eligible companies to acquire a multi-client…

Published in OE Activity: 2015 / September

Thursday, 24 September 2015 03:52

FAR ups Senegal stakes

Africa-focused explorer FAR has agreed a farm-in option deal with Trace Atlantic Oil on the shallow water Djiffere block offshore…

Published in OE Press: 2015 / September

Thursday, 17 September 2015 14:13

WoodMac: Mexico's Round One is internationally competitive

On 14 September, Mexico's Finance Ministry announced the minimum acceptable bids for the shallow water development opportunities phase of Round…

Published in OE Press: 2015 / September

Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:37

Tower Resources signs Thali PSC

Africa-focused Tower Resources announced the signing of the shallow water Thali (formerly known as Dissoni) production sharing contract (PSC), offshore…