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Norway Green Lights Lundin Exploration Drilling

Jan 23, 2019

Lundin has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to drill two exploration wells east of the Edvard Grieg field in the central North Sea.PSA announced Wednesday it has given Lundin consent for exploration drilling and…

Transocean Raising Cash to Pay for Deepwater Poseidon

Jan 23, 2019

Offshore drilling contractor Transocean announced Wednesday that its wholly owned indirect subsidiary Transocean Poseidon commenced a private offering of $550 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2027.The net proceeds…

Offshore Upswing: CNOOC Spend Highest Since 2014

Jan 23, 2019

China's state-owned offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd said it is confident of achieving its spending target this year, the highest since 2014, as its responds to a call to build up the nation's petroleum output and reserves.The company plans to spend 70 billion to 80 billion yuan ($10…

Offshore Drilling Market to Reach $152.47B by 2026

Jan 23, 2019

Global offshore drilling market accounted for $79.53 billion in 2017 and is expected to reach $152.47 billion by 2026 growing at a CAGR of 7.5%.Some of the important aspects that driven the market growth are huge investments on new offshore reserves and increasing demand for oil and gas…

Standard Drilling Fixes PSV with Repsol

Jan 23, 2019

Cyprus-based offshore drilling services company SD Standard Drilling (SDSD) said that Standard Supporter, one of five large platform supply vessels (PSVs), has on 21 January commenced on a  well contract, at levels well above operating cost…

Halliburton Profit Beats on International Demand

Jan 22, 2019

Halliburton Co beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Tuesday, as higher demand for its oilfield services in international markets offset a slowdown in North America.Clients in North America, Halliburton's biggest market by revenue…

Anchor Handlers Dearth a Sign of Tightening Rig Market

Jan 21, 2019

A brief lull in winter weather across the North Sea over the weekend imperceptibly tightened the spot market for anchor-handling tug supply vessels (AHTS), until there were no vessels left for oil companies to charter.That spot tightness in AHTSs…

Equinor Stops Drilling Arctic Well After Incident

Jan 21, 2019

Norway's Equinor has put on hold the drilling of a key exploration well in the Barents Sea after a well incident last week, the company said on Monday.The incident occurred when Seadrill's rig West Hercules was drilling the Gjoekaasen well offshore Norway…

Schlumberger to Manage Equinor Project in Brazil

Jan 18, 2019

Schlumberger signed a contract worth over $200 million with oil major Equinor to manage an offshore rig as part of a drilling program in Brazil's offshore Campos oil basin, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.The deal would be…

New Valve Tech for Steam Flooding

Jan 17, 2019

New technology for offshore steam-flooding has taken its next step toward North Sea reality. Aberdeen-based oil and gas production technology business Pragma Well Technology said a successful feasibility study has led to a green light from Pharis…

Tullow Eyes Additional Wells Offshore Ghana

Jan 17, 2019

London-based Tullow Oil has unveiled plans to drill for oil and gas in Ghana's offshore Tweneboa Enyenra Ntomme (TEN) oil fields in the deepwater Tano Block as the company embarks on a work program that could see it increase its production in West Africa by 10% in 2019…

Subsea Integration Alliance Wins Esso Contract

Jan 17, 2019

Exxon Mobil subsidiary Esso Australia Pty Ltd. awarded integrated subsea engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contracts to Subsea Integration Alliance, which comprises OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company…

Equinor Makes Gas and Condensate Discovery off Norway

Jan 16, 2019

Norwegian oil company Equinor announced Wednesday it has proven gas and condensate in the 6406/2-9 S exploration well at Ragnfrid North around 20 kilometers south of the Kristin platform in the Norwegian Sea. Recoverable resources are estimated at 6-25 million barrels of oil equivalent…

BP Gives Up Acreage Offshore Nova Scotia

Jan 15, 2019

BP Canada is scaling back its oil and gas exploration plans off Nova Scotia, as the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (NSOPB) said the company is giving back 50% of the area included in its license.According to NSOPB, half of the area…

Aker BP Bags 21 in Norwegian Licensing Round

Jan 15, 2019

The oil exploration and development company focusing petroleum resources on the Norwegian Continental Shelf Aker BP has been offered interests in 21 new production licenses in Norway, of which 11 as operator, through the Awards in pre-defined areas (APA 2018) licensing round…

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