Premier Oil says it will begin a short subsea tie-in campaign next month at the Varadero prospect, as its Catcher project remains on track to deliver first oil later this year. Image from Premier Oil Premier…
Italian giant Eni has gotten a jump-start at its deepwater Jangkrik Development Project offshore Indonesia, starting gas production ahead of schedule. The Jangkrik FPU. Image from Eni Twitter. Jangkrik consists of two gas fields…
Centrica is investing £35 million in the North Sea Chestnut field, drilling a new production well which aims to more than treble production. The well is expected to also extend the life of the field, which otherwise would have been shut in later this year…
The Australian government’s annual Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release has been announced with 21 areas on offer. The areas are across eight sedimentary basins in Commonwealth waters offshore of Northern Australia, Western Australia…
Members on an Australian Senate Inquiry have mostly supported oil and gas activities in the Great Australian Bight, subject to robust regulatory standards, says the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA). The…
Ophir Energy's Ayamé-1X exploration well offshore the Ivory Coast found oil, but not in significant quantities. The well, in block CI-513, reached a total depth of 5394m true vertical depth sub sea. The well was targeting a number…
Tidal energy firm Atlantis Resources has signed a strategic partnership agreement (SPA) with South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction over collaborating on ocean power renewable projects, including targeting a 100MW tidal stream project in South Korea…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has launched a consultation on a new act on mineral recovery on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The move comes after the ministry took over responsibility for the exploration and recovery of…
A new center of excellence for testing emerging technologies in the subsea sector is to be established with support from Scottish Enterprise. Balmoral Offshore Engineering, based in Aberdeen, is creating a new open access hyperbaric pressure testing facility for the oil and gas supply chain…
Repsol Norge has come up dry at the Stordal wildcat in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Map of Stordal in PL 705, from the NPD. Upon completing drilling operations at Stordal (well 6705/7-1)…
Total has signed up to explore another deepwater block offshore Mauritania that the French giant says is in a high-potential zone. Image from Total. Total inked an exploration…
A group of private firms and universities from the Netherlands and the UK have been given funding to undertake a feasibility study into permanent CO2 capture and storage (CCS) in empty gas and oil fields in the North Sea. Under the Acorn CCS project…
Danish drilling rig operator Maersk Drilling has said it doesn't expect to see significant improvements in offshore rig demand until oil prices stabilize above US$60/bbl, or until drilling costs adjust to a lower oil price. 'With the excess supply…
The Research Council of Norway has awarded ABB a US$1.16 million (NOK10 million) research grant to develop subsea technology for use on the Norwegian continental shelf and the Barents Sea. This is the third award for ABB as part of the Council’s DEMO2000 initiative…
Neptune Energy signed a firm US$5.1 billion (€4.7 billion) offer with Engie for its 70% stake of Exploration & Production International (EPI). Image from Engie. The binding offer includes nearly $1…