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Falklands farm-out hampered

Sep 16, 2013

Desire Petroleum has said a farm out process on its Falklands acreage has been held back by uncertainty over the timing and scope of the development of the Sea Lion oil field. A lack of a firm date for the mobilisation of a rig to the…

Bulgaria well boost for Petroceltic

Sep 16, 2013

Petroceltic International has announced the successful tie-back of a new production well on the Kaliakra gas field, offshore Bulgaria. The well was completed with a subsea wellhead and connected to the existing Kaliakra pipeline for export via the Galata platform…

Wave energy first approved

Sep 16, 2013

Scottish Ministers have approved plans for the first first tidal energy project in Scotland's Pentland Firth. MeyGen's project will be the largest tidal array in Europe when it is built. It will be installed in stages, beginning with a 9MW demonstration project of up to six turbines…

Sunbird awards contract off South Africa

Sep 14, 2013

Australian operator Sunbird Energy Ltd. has awarded a contract to Wood Group Kenny (WGK) Australia  to provide engineering and project management services for the Ibhubesi gas project, off the west coast of South Africa. The…

Fugro buys DCN Global

Sep 13, 2013

Abu Dhabi-based subsea engineering and diving services firm DCN Global has been bought by Fugro Subsea Middle East. The company, which will be renamed Fugro Subsea Services (Middle East), has primarily operated in the Middle East, Caspian and African regions…

Nor-Ocean opens Houston office

Sep 13, 2013

Oslo-based offshore shipbroking and consultancy company Nor-Ocean Offshore has opened a new office in Houston. The new office offers brokerage and advisory services globally in relation to newbuilding, sale and purchase, chartering projects for offshore drilling rigs (jack-up…

Ovoka duster - Etame Marin work continues

Sep 13, 2013

VAALCO Energy has completed drilling an exploration well on the Ovoka Prospect (formerly Mu), in 60m water depth offshore Gabon to evaluate the Gamba reservoir and deeper Lucina formations. The zones of interest were found to be water…

New O&GUK board members

Sep 13, 2013

Oil & Gas UK, the representative organisation for the oil and gas industry, today announces new appointments to its board. The appointments are: Eric D’Argentre, UK General Manager, Perenco UK Luke Farajallah, Managing Director…

Lukoil spuds offshore Sierra Leone

Sep 13, 2013

Russian oil firm Lukoil Overseas has started drilling in deep water off the coast of Sierra Leone. The company is drilling the Savannah prospect on Block SL-5-11, using the semisubmersible Eirik Raude drilling rig, in more than 2000m water depth…

Helix confirms Q7000 order

Sep 13, 2013

Helix Energy Solutions has confirmed an order for a second semisubmersible light well intervention rig from Sembcorp Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard. The US$346 million order is scheduled for delivery mid-2016, and will be built based…

Drilling due to start on Tamar

Sep 13, 2013

Drilling on the South West Tamar prospect, offshore Israel, is due to start in the next two weeks, partners on the project have said.  Delek Group, a partner on the Noble Energy-operated project, said the exploration well at South West (SW) Tamar prospect…

NOAA funds 11 marine debris removal projects

Sep 11, 2013

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Marine Debris Program announced on Sept. 4, that it provided US$967,000 through NOAA’s Restoration Center to support locally driven, community-based marine debris prevention and removal projects…

Kashagan starts producing

Sep 11, 2013

The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC), on behalf of the North Caspian Sea PSA consortium, has said the first well was opened and the initial volumes of oil are being produced from the Kashagan field. The first phase of production is from eight wells on an artificial island complex…

Seychelles extension for WHL

Sep 11, 2013

Australian exploration firm WHL Energy is to apply for an amendment to its petroleum agreement with Seychelles petroleum industry regulator PetroSeychelles, leading to renewed farm-out talks. The proposed amendment is an extension to agreed work program commitments…

Teekay picks Petrotechnics' Proscient

Sep 10, 2013

Petrotechnics has been awarded a €2 million contract by Teekay Petrojarl to deploy its Proscient across its global fleet. Petrotechnics will provide work management tools to support Teekay Petrojarl’s goal of creating a standardized approach to work management across their global operations…

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