Chevron North Sea Ltd. will proceed with its high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) Alder field development in the North Sea after receiving regulatory approval. Discovered in 1975, Chevron says new technology has helped to unlock the central North Sea field…
New Zealand’s offshore exploration prospects have risen after a renewed interest in the region. Today, Shell New Zealand, and its partners OMV New Zealand and Mitsui E&P Australia, announced plans to drill an exploration well in Production Exploration Permit (PEP) 50119…
First gas has been produced form the southern North Sea Juliet field, says operator GDF SUEZ. Juliet is a subsea development on the western flank of the southern gas basin, 39km east of the Lincolnshire coastline in the UK. First gas is from the West Well…
North Sea oil and the constitutional debate in Scotland and the UK The possibility of Scotland becoming an independent country is currently attracting much interest, and not just locally, but in the rest of the UK and elsewhere as a referendum on the issue…
Colloquy: Editor’s Column As we start a new year at OE, we offer projections from companies about projects and markets. This issue features a Global Market Forecast, with analysts from Infield Systems, DouglasWestwood, and Petroleum Geo-Services weighing in about exploration…
Production has started from the southern North Sea Orca gas field, operator GDF SUEZ has announced. The field straddles the UK and Dutch sectors of the North Sea, making it the second such cross-border gas development between these two countries (the other being Markham)…
Austrian oil and gas firm OMV has agreed to farm in to a deepwater block offshore Gabon. Under the terms of the agreement, OMV will acquire 30% non-operated interests in the Manga and Gnondo blocks, from Ophir Energy. It will also…
Encana Corp. today announced the Production Acceptance Notice (PAN) at the company's Deep Panuke offshore Nova Scotia project, issued after successful completion of a performance test of the platform. The Deep Panuke project is designed to produce up to 300 MMcf/d of natural gas from four wells…
Partners in the Shah Deniz gas field consortium in Azerbaijan have decided to go ahead with a stage 2 development of the Caspian Sea field, opening its sources to Europe. This decision triggers plans to expand the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCPX) through Azerbaijan and Georgia…
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) has announced a new gas discovery offshore Malaysia and the award of a three year integrated offshore installation contract. Operator on Block SK320, Mubadala Petroleum, discovered gas in the Sintok-1 well…
EOC Ltd. announced that its Perisai Kamelia FPSO successfully completed startup and commissioning at Hess' Kamelia field in the North Malay Basin, offshore Malaysia. The FPSO is under contract to fast-track natural gas production at the field…
BG Group has said its latest drilling campaign offshore Tanzania has increased its resource base across its three Tanzanian blocks to 15Tcf natural gas. BG Group said Blocks 1, 3 and 4, which it operates, with partner Ophir Energy, also had further exploration upside…
Statoil ASA and partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS have made an oil and gas discovery in the Skavl prospect in PL532, close to Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/7-2 S, drilled by the semisubmersible rig West Hercules, proved a…
Aibel is to carry out modifications to the Kristin semisubmersible platform, in the Norwegian Sea, as part of a project to connect it to the new Polarled pipeline. The contract, worth about NOK200 million, was awarded as a part of the…
Norway's Statoil has said a fifth natural gas discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania has opened up a new play in the region. The Mronge-1 discovery, drilled in 2500m water depth by the Discoverer Americas drillship, 20km north of the Zafarani discovery…