Myanmar News


Posco Strikes Gas Offshore Myanmar

Feb 18, 2020

South Korea's Posco International has made a gas discovery at the Mahar well offshore Myanmar.Located in Block A3, the well was drilled using the Maersk Viking drillship in a water depth of 1000 meters.The Korea Herald has reported that the…

Noble Corp. Offshore Rig Duo Gets More Drilling Time

Feb 07, 2020

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has secured more work for two of its drilling rigs in Myanmar and Trinidad.In a fleet status update shared Thursday, Noble said its semi-submersible drilling rig Noble Clyde Boudreaux had won a new contract in Myanmar…

Southeast Asia Bullish on OFS Market

Nov 11, 2019

Offshore project sanctions in Southeast Asia could lift greenfield investments in the oilfield services market by nearly 70 percent in 2020, said Rystad Energy.According to Norwegian energy research firm, the growth will be driven by a handful of new mega-projects across Malaysia…

McDermott Wins Shwe Phase 3 FEED Contract

Sep 24, 2019

McDermott International said it has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by POSCO INTERNATIONAL Corporation for the Shwe Phase 3 gas field development, located approximately 70 kilometers offshore Myanmar.Building on McDermott's…

Seadrill Ivory Coast Contract Terminated

Aug 05, 2019

Seadrill Partners, the deep-water drilling contractor for the petroleum industry, has received an early termination notice from an unnamed operator for the West Vencedor rig contract offshore Ivory Coast.The contract was expected to start in 3Q 2019…

Energy Drilling Wins Work in Malaysia

May 24, 2019

Singapore based Energy Drilling said it has received a letter of award (LOA) on May 15 from EnQuest to perform drilling services on the Seligi Field offshore Peninsula Malaysia with the tender assist rig (TAD) EDrill-2. The contract calls for two firm wells plus two option wells…

Vallourec Bags PTTEP Contract in Myanmar

Mar 19, 2019

Thailand’s national oil exploration & production company PTT Exploration & Production PLC (PTTEP) has awarded French contractor Vallourec a contract to deliver over 3,000 tons of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) for a challenging offshore project in Myanmar…

Aqualis Offshore Wins McDermott Contract

Dec 05, 2018

Aqualis Offshore announced Tuesday it has entered into a five-year master services agreement with McDermott Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd to provide engineering reviews and marine warranty services for the company’s offshore operations in Singapore, Vietnam…

Woodside strikes out offshore Myanmar

Oct 19, 2017

Australian explorer Woodside's latest exploration wells offshore Myanmar were non-commercial or dry, the firm has revealed. Thalin discovery Source: Woodside The firm's Pyi Tharyar-1 well…

PV Drilling, KrisEnergy ink jackup deal

Sep 05, 2017

Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Service Corp. (PV Drilling) signed a contract for use of the PV Drilling jackup rig for KrisEnergy in the Gulf of Thailand. PV Drilling I jackup. Image from PV Drilling…

Transocean in shipshape

Aug 08, 2017

Transocean seems to be shaping up with a busy quarter of reactivating rigs and extending contracts, as the offshore drilling contractor sets its sights on nearly 60 floater programs that could begin within the next 18 months. The Transocean Nautilus…

Woodside makes third Myanmar gas discovery

Aug 07, 2017

Woodside has made its third gas discovery offshore Myanmar. The Pyi Thit-1 exploration well in Block A-6 in the Southern Rakhine Basin intersected a 65m gross gas column. A 36m net gas pay interval was interpreted within the primary target sandstone reservoir…

Woodside's Persephone due onstream

Jul 20, 2017

Woodside Energy's Persephone project is set for start-up in August 2017, 30% under budget and six months ahead of schedule, the firm said this morning (20 July). The Persephone Project consists of two big bore deviated productions wells…

Enra inks Petronas Yetagun deal off Myanmar

Jul 10, 2017

Petronas has given Enra a letter of award to provide condensate storing and offloading services for the Yetagun gas field, off Myanmar. The deal is between Petronas subsidiary PC Myanmar (Hong Kong) Ltd. (PCML), and Enra’s 60%-owned subsidiary…

Sapura inks US$206 million in work

Jun 08, 2017

Sapura Energy Berhad (SEB) has been awarded contracts with a combined value of about US$206 million (RM879 million) offshore Myanmar, Brunei, India, and Australia from several companies including PTG, Shell, ONGC, and PTTEP. Off Myanmar…

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