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Tendeka Launches FloFuse

Dec 17, 2018

Independent global completions service company Tendeka said it has launched a new technology that increases oil recovery by improving injected water conformance in fractured reservoirs or by ensuring effective placement of matrix stimulation acids…

FAR Starts Senegal FEED

Dec 16, 2018

Africa focussed Australian oil and gas FAR Limited has begun front-end engineering design (FEED) activities for phase-one development of its SNE oil field offshore Senegal.The FEED will aim to finalise budget, schedule and technical definition…

Block Energy Recovers Oil at West Rustavi

Dec 16, 2018

Block Energy Plc, the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, is pleased to announce that more than 200 barrels of oil were recovered from the legacy vertical well 16a at its West Rustavi permit during a 10 hour flow period…

ADES International Renews Offshore Rig Contract

Dec 14, 2018

The oil and gas drilling and production services company ADES International said that it has renewed an existing contract for the offshore rig known as Admarine 657, which is currently operating in Saudi Arabia.The renewal for Admarine 657 would…

Chevron Gets Green Light for Captain EOR

Dec 11, 2018

Energy giant Chevron announced Tuesday it has received approval from the U.K. Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to move ahead with its plans for an Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project that aims to unlock millions of extra barrels of oil and extend the life of the long-producing Captain field in the U…

Eni Must Improve Safety in the Arctic -Norway Watchdog

Dec 11, 2018

Italian oil company Eni must do more to improve safety at its Arctic Goliat oilfield, which produces up to 100,000 barrels of crude per day, Norway's oil safety watchdog said on Tuesday.The world's northernmost oilfield has suffered a number of incidents since it started production in March 2016…

Tower Resources Hires Vantage Drilling for Cameroon Well

Dec 09, 2018

UK-based Tower Resources has announced it has contracted US offshore driller Vantage Drilling International to provide drilling operations at the NJOM-3 well offshore Cameroon. The well is located in Tower’s 100%-owned Thali licence.The Topaz Driller is a Baker Marine Pacific Class 375 jack-up…

HydraWell Executes Valhall Field Plugging Program

Dec 09, 2018

Norwegian oil and gas services company HydraWell has contributed towards Aker BP executing its plugging programme significantly quicker than planned through utilisation of the PWC(Perforate, Wash & Cement) plug and abandonment method (P&A) on the Valhall field…

Spirit Energy Takes Over as Babbage Operator

Dec 07, 2018

Spirit Energy confirmed on Friday it it has taken over operatorship of the Babbage gas field in the U.K. North Sea, where it holds a 13 percent interest.The Europe-focused oil and gas operator has also taken on operatorship of the nearby Cobra licence…

Apache Achieves First Oil at Garten

Dec 05, 2018

Apache Corporation announced it has begun producing from its Garten development on Block 9/18a Area-W in the U.K. sector of the North Sea, ahead of the initial target of first-quarter 2019. The discovery well, which is located 6 kilometers south of the Beryl Alpha Platform…

BHGE Inks 3-year Contract with Saudi Aramco

Dec 05, 2018

Saudi Aramco has awarded major stimulation and well-testing contract to Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE). BHGE will deliver a comprehensive well services solution including all cased-hole wireline logging, perforation, well testing, stimulation…

Carnarvon Petroleum Secures Noble Tom Prosser Jack-up Drill Rig

Dec 05, 2018

Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Carnarvon Petroleum has secured a Noble Tom Prosser jack-up drilling rig for two appraisal wells at the Dorado joint venture oil, gas and condensate discovery offshore Western Australia…

Talos Energy Begins Zama Discovery Appraisal Program

Dec 05, 2018

Talos Energy  has spudded its Zama-2 appraisal well, beginning the Zama discovery appraisal program, which will consist of three reservoir penetrations, including two wells and one sidetrack.The Zama discovery, which is located in Block 7 in the Sureste Basin…

Terra Nova FPSO Restarts Production

Dec 04, 2018

Canadian integrated energy company Suncor said it has restarted production from the Terra Nova floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), approximately 350 kilometers east-southeast off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada in the North Atlantic Ocean…

Montha-1 Exploration Well Disappoints KrisEnergy

Nov 25, 2018

KrisEnergy, a Southeast Asian upstream company, focuses on the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas, has failed to find significant hydrocarbon shows in the Montha-1 exploration well in the reservation area of the G10/48 license in the Gulf of Thailand…

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