Marathon Oil has renewed a contract for work on its three Brae platforms in the North Sea with Aberdeen-based oilfield equipment firm Archer. The contract for platform drilling, maintenance and engineering services was first signed in 1993…
Statoil says it is about to start its exploration program in the Barents Sea testing five to seven new opportunities over the next six months. The program will test new targets, both in the relatively well known geology around in the Johan Castberg and Hoop/Wisting area…
Anadarko has made its third discovery in deepwater offshore Colombia, with the Gorgon well. The Gorgon-1 well encountered 260-360ft net of natural gas pay, according to Anadarko. Partner Ecopetrol said the well showed gas presence in two different exploration targets…
Kurdistan focused operator DNO is to take over North Sea-focused Origo Exploration. DNO, which is Oslo-listed, will pick up stakes in 11 exploration and appraisal licenses in the North Sea, seven of which are on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and four on the UK Continental Shelf…
Amec Foster Wheeler’s completions and commissioning company, qedi, has signed an extension of its global Master Service Agreement with BP, which it has successfully delivered since 2012. The new contract with BP will run for two years through till December 2019…
Siemens will deliver advanced digital solutions for Aker BP’s future field development projects as part of a long-term partnership between the two companies focused on the design, supply and installation of electrical, instrumentation, control…
Schlumberger (SLB) has released their new SpectraSphere fluid mapping-while-drilling service at the 2017 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. The service delivers downhole fluid composition during drilling with real-time pressure measurements-while-drilling…
Lundin Petroleum's latest appraisal well on the Gohta field, in the Barents Sea, has had disappointing results, resulting in a downgrade in the field's resource estimate. Appraisal well 7120/1-5, in PL492, was 4km north of the original…
Germany's Wintershall says it is expecting to bring forward first oil from its Maria field development in the Norwegian Sea. Production from the subsea tieback, containing about 180 MMboe recoverable and set to cost about US1.78 billion (NOK15…
Norway's Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has announced the Awards in Predefined Areas 2017, comprising predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The application deadline for APA 2017 is mignight on Friday 1 September 2017…
Petrobras shared innovations and efficiency gains related to the Libra field at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. Petrobras says collaboration between Libra area partners has produced a US$13/bbl reduction to the project's breakeven price…
A federal regional court in Brazil will allow the transfer of Petrobras' BM-S-8 exploration block, which includes the Carcará field, to Norwegian major Statoil, Petrobras announced today 2 May. 'With the favorable decision of the court…
French major Total has signed two agreements with Senegal, allowing the firm to explore in Senegal’s deep and ultra-deep offshore. “These agreements are part of the company's strategy to carry out exploration activities in new deepwater…
Aker BP, Lundin and NOV have signed an agreement with Norway's Fuglesangs Subsea to develop and test a full scale prototype of what has been called 'the worlds most autonomous boosting system.' The system will be qualified as part of…
Magseis has successfully completed the initial part of Saudi Aramco’s Red Sea seabed seismic survey together with its partner BGP and is now starting an extension project. Following a short yard stay and mobilization, the crew has started…