Karoon Gas Australia entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement for Pacific E&P Corp.’s 35% equity interest in the jointly held Santos Basin exploration blocks S‐M‐1037, S‐M‐1101, S‐M‐1102, S‐M‐1165 and S‐M‐1166, offshore Brazil…
Exmar's barge-based FLNG unit, at one time meant to operate off the coast of Colombia, has completed performance testing at Wison Offshore & Marine's Nantong, China yard, the engineering firm announced on 27 September. While the deal…
Schlumberger released the GeoTesting geology-based well test design and interpretation services at the 2016 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition. GeoTesting services, built in the Petrel exploration and production software platform…
BP and Egypt’s minister of petroleum signed three amendments for concessions offshore Egypt, that will allow for the economic development of its giant Nooros project. Image from BP. The…
Quest Offshore, recently acquired by Wood Mackenzie in August, outlines the highlights of the global deepwater drilling market, region by region. Melissa Sustaita sets out the details. Top…
A helicopter carrying six people destined for a Chevron platform offshore Angola has crashed, leaving four people dead and two missing. Image from iStock. Cabinda Gulf Oil Co…
Houston-based McDermott International and Malaysian fabrication firm TH Heavy Engineering (THHE) will end their Malaysian joint ventures Berlian McDermott (BMD) and THHE Fabricators (THF), the pair announced on Friday (23 September), citing local market conditions…
Norway's Statoil has issues an early notice of cancellation to North Atlantic Drilling on the West Epsilon harsh environment jackup. The West Epsilon was originally contracted for drilling services in Norway until the end of December…
Total E&P Congo, through Petro Services, awarded Farstad Shipping an 18-month contract for the subsea/construction support vessel Far Sleipner to support their subsea development activity in Congo. The contract will begin during Q4 2016.…
Hyperdynamics Corp. received an updated exploration risk assessment of its top two drilling prospects offshore Guinea, that materially increases the probability of exploration success for both. The improved risk assessment follows the…
Petrofac’s differentiated approach to decommissioning, in support of Tullow Oil’s well plugging and abandonment campaign in the Southern North Sea (SNS), has delivered significant results and saved US$2.5 million compared to traditional approaches…
Production has resumed at the Goliat field early Tuesday morning (27 September), in the Norwegian Barents Sea, according to operator Eni Norge. Eni says full production is expected to be reached shortly, with full reinjection of gas and produced water…
io oil & gas consulting, the independent venture backed by GE Oil & Gas and McDermott, has announced the appointment of Richard Dyson as its new CEO. Dyson will be based in io’s head office in The Shard, London and oversee all its global operations including offices in Houston…
Woodside Energy and its partner Petrel Resources successfully completed the Bréanann 3D seismic acquisition program that covered over some 2392sq km of the northern Porcupine Basin, 150km west off the Kerry coast, south-western Ireland. The…
Following the finalization of the Maersk Resolve jackup for DONG Energy's planned work scope at the Hejre field in the Danish sector of the North Sea, Maersk Drilling received a letter of early termination. The original contract was scheduled to end in January 2017…