Cantex Global Logistics awarded offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore a contract to provide the marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services for FPSO P67 and P70 topside modules transportation from various Brazilian ports to COOEC’s yard in Qingdao…
Expro secured a new framework agreement with Statoil in the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The agreement, for three years with options to extend for three, two-year periods will see Expro provide subsea services and well control systems…
A total of 18 blocks are up for bid for exploration in 2016 to international oil and gas companies wanting to partner with operator China National Offshore Oil Co. (CNOOC). Map of blocks up for bid…
Partners on the massive Israeli Leviathan gas field have submitted a new plan for the field to the country's authorities which will decrease its cost by some US$1 billion, increase production capacity by 5 Bcm, and bring the project onstream in Q4 2019…
Statoil encountered a 20m gas column at its wildcat well 30/9-28 S, in the Statoil-operated production license 104, in the central North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). Map of wildcat well 30/9-28 S…
Total has started production at the offshore Vega Pleyade gas and condensate field, one of Argentina's largest offshore gas fields. Operated by Total, the project will have a production capacity of 10 MMcm/d (70,000 boe/d). The Vega…
Statoil has made a small discovery about 5.5km west of the Oseberg South field in the central part of the Norwegian North Sea. The primary exploration target was to prove petroleum in Lower and Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Tarbert formation and upper part of the Statfjord group)…
Current oil prices does little to support exploration and expanding developments. However, keeping an eye on the future, sub-saharan African nations show promise. Western African countries, such as Nigeria, have already seen the benefits…
Global inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) company Harkand signed a new joint venture agreement with ESOPEG Lda in Angola, its first strategic partnership in the country and third in the region. The newly formed company Harkand Angola Lda…
Zennor Petroleum entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with the joint administrators of First Oil Expro, a company within the First Oil Group, to acquire subsidiary companies First Oil & Gas and Antrim Resources. These…
Orca Exploration Group has successfully completed its offshore workover and drilling program, of the Songo Songo main field development, offshore Tanzania. The workover and drilling program at Songo Songo included workovers on three existing wells (SS-5…
The first development offshore Mozambique in the Rovuma basin has been given the thumbs by the country's government. Eni is planning a six-well subsea to 3.4 MTPA floating LNG development for the Coral discovery, in Area 4 in the Rovuma basin…
Petrobras awarded Fugro a one-year inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract for operations offshore Brazil. Under the contract Fugro will deploy its new 83m ROV support vessel, Fugro Aquarius, for the IRM activities. The contract comes with an option for an additional year…
In this video, Island Offshore shows a successful pilot hole that was drilled for Centrica Energy by using open water coil tubing. Multi purpose offshore vessel, the Island Constructor, drilled a shallow gas pilot hole down to 360m below mudline at the Butch PL 405-field…
Shell has signed a five-year exploration contract in Bulgaria's Black Sea. The firm plans to invest about US$20.5 million to explore gas and oil deposits in the Silistar block, including seismic surveys, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova told reporters in Sofia Tuesday…