BP is on a high note offshore Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) as the UK supermajor announced two significant gas discoveries, and the sanctioning of its Angelin natural gas project. Image of a BP worker offshore Trinidad…
Map of the UKCS showing coverage of the digital well products supplied by CGG GeoConsulting to OGA. Image from CGG. CGG GeoConsulting was awarded a contract to supply digital well products to the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA)…
Odfjell Drilling signed a letter of award (LoA) today (31 May) with Statoil to secure the Deepsea Bergen for drilling activities in 2018-2019. The LoA includes one firm well plus four options for three additional wells, which totals out to 14 months in all…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Eni consent to use Scarabeo 8 at Goliat, which will drill two production wells, in the Barents Sea. One of the two wells to be drilled is for oil production, while the other is for water injection…
Six of the offshore exploration wells that are set to drill in the UK in 2017 have an average pre-drill prospect volume of over 100 MMboe. Douglas-Westwood, through its Westwood Insight, asks if this signal a renaissance for UK exploration…
Odfjell Drilling, on behalf of Golden Close Maritime Corp., inked a two-well contract for the ultra deepwater drillship, Deepsea Metro I with an undisclosed party in Southeast Asia. The deal will see the Deepsea Metro I drill two firm…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) says it has a busy 12 months ahead, as the company prepares to submit the Blythe and Vulcan final development plans (FDP) in the Southern North Sea, with hopes of hitting first gas by 2019. Image from IOG…
Cairn Energy and the Senegal joint venture have spudded the FAN South-1 exploration well into the South Fan prospect, according to partner FAR Ltd. Map of FAN South-1, from FAR. The…
The NAGA 2 self-elevating mobile offshore drilling unit is set for mobilization to the Ophir oil field offshore Malaysia, according to Octanex. Map of the Ophir field, from Octanex. The…
Italy-based Eni has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Oman Oil Co. to jointly explore opportunities in oil and gas, including an offshore block awarded to the two companies following an international bid round held last October…
Faroe Petroleum started drilling the Brasse appraisal well 31/7-2S in the Norwegian North Sea. Map of Brasse, from Faroe. The main objectives of the appraisal well are to reduce…
DONG Energy has today agreed to sell its E&P business, including a stake in the Rosebank field, west of Shetland, to petro-chemical business Ineos for US$1.05 million, plus $250 million in contingent payments. Ineos, which recently acquired the Forties pipeline system from BP…
New Norwegian exploration firm Mime Petroleum has agreed to an investment deal worth up to US$300 million from Blue Water Energy. Oslo-headquartered Mime Petroleum has been set up to focus on developing existing fields and licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…
Statoil has started drilling at the Blåmann well in the Barents Sea, the first of five wells in its exploration program, the Norwegian giant announced today (22 May). Image of the Songa Enabler…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has approved for Statoil to use the Bideford Dolphin mobile drilling facility for production drilling at Vigdis in the Norwegian North Sea. Statoil is to plug the B-1 AH production well on the Vigdis field…