Italian energy company Eni started production two weeks ahead of schedule at the deep offshore Cinguvu oil field in the West Hub development project in Block 15/06 offshore Angola. The development is sited 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of Soyo…
Wintershall Norge has made a small oil discovery on the Imsa prospect in wildcat well 6406/2-8 in production license 589 in the Norwegian Sea, 190km northwest of Kristiansund. Image from Wintershall…
Statoil spudded the Bister exploration well 6407/8-7 in the Norwegian Sea, says Aberdeen-based exploration firm Faroe Petroleum. Map from Faroe. The Bister prospect is in production license 348/C…
Ophir Energy is to commission 2D and 3D seismic with a view to drilling on 2016-17 on four deepwater production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Indonesia it has now acquired from Niko Resources. Image from Ophir…
KrisEnergy plans to develop the Wassana oil field beginning with drilling a new exploration well in Block G10/48 offshore Thailand. Wassana well projection. From KrisEnergy. The Rayrai-1 well is at a water depth of 170ft and is 2…
An overboard incident on the Scarabeo 8 semisubmersible drilling unit offshore unit was caused by missing grating on the blowout preventer (BOP) carrier platform grating, a report by Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) says. The…
International oilfield services firm Weatherford will cut another 2000 jobs from its workforce, taking the total number of planned job cuts to 10,000. Weatherford’s move follows Schlumberger announcing last week a further 11,000 job cuts…
Senator Mike McGuire’s office is creating legislation to ban oil and gas drilling off the coast of California. The SB 788 Coastal Protection Act will close a loophole that could allow oil and gas developments in coastal waters. According to McGuire…
Fugro set a new seafloor drill water depth record of 2923m (9589ft) while completing a combined sampling and piezocone penetration testing (PCPT) borehole to 62m (203ft) below the seafloor. Fugro seafloor drill…
North Sea exploration minnow Trap Oil has warned that, without urgent additional funding, it is likely to become insolvent. The firm, which has reduced its overheads from £5.1 million 2 years ago to £1.3 million/yr posted a pre-loss of £44…
Houston-based BPZEnergy says it has started a reinterpretation of all Albacora well and seismic data after finding no oil in its latest well on the offshore Peru field. The firm is currently operating under provisions of Chapter 11 of…
Norway-based Odfjell's newbuild deepwater semisubmersible Deepsea Aberdeen has started drilling operations under a seven-year contract with BP on the Quad 204 field development project West of Shetland, UK. Deepsea Aberdeen (pictured)…
The first well drilled using the new build jackup giant Maersk Interceptor (pictured) have reaped successful results for operator Det norske, the firm said this morning. The new unit, operating in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea…
London-listed Atlantic margin explorer Chariot Oil & Gas Atlantic is seeking a new partner of its Rabat Deep permit offshore Morocco after 25% equity holder Woodside elected not to take an option to take over operatorship and fund a well on the license…
AGR has been awarded a well engineering and operational support services contract with DEA Norge. The contract covers support in well planning and operational execution and consultancy manpower to DEA’s drilling projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)…