Sasol has announced a joint pre-feasibility study for a large-scale gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, which will be based on gas from the Rovuma Basin in northern Mozambique. The study, which is being conducted in conjunction with Mozambique’s national oil company…
Xcite Energy has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Norway's Aibel, setting out the principles for executing the engineering, procurement and construction self installing platform for its UK North Sea Bentley heavy oil field. The platform…
North-England based Osbit Power (OP) has supplied a bespoke cable handling system to Technip Offshore Wind, to support Technip's cable installation operations at Dong Energy’s Westermost Rough offshore wind farm. Osbit says the modular…
Total E&P UK has picked Technip to perform work on the West of Shetland Edradour subsea development. The development will form part of a new West of Shetland hub, taking in the Laggan-Tormore, Edradour, and Glenlivit fields, all…
McDermott International has completed Ayatsil-B, one of Pemex’s four drilling platforms for use in the Mexican national’s Ayatsil-Tekel heavy oil field. The Houston-based company provided engineering, procurement, fabrication, pre-commissioning…
UK-based exploration junior Enegi Oil says a self-installing floating tower (SIFT) would be the best development option for the central North Sea Phoenix discovery. Enegi’s preference for a SIFT follows a work program by Azimuth Limited…
The Genel Energy-operated Hagar Qim-1 exploration well in Area 4, offshore Malta, has been plugged and abandoned after finding no hydrocarbons. The well was drilled to the Eocene using the Noble Paul Romano (pictured), which will…
OMV (Norge) has made an oil dioscvery on the 7324/7-2 Hanssen well, in production license 537, in the Barents Sea. The Hanssen discovery was made about 7km northwest of the 7324/8-1 Wisting Central oil discovery and about 315km north of Hammerfest…
A cost reduction program has meant Total has now decided to move forward with its West of Shetland Edradour subsea development, the French oil major said today. Edradour, in Block 206/4a, in about 300m water depth, 75km northwest of the Shetlands…
PEMEX's Cantarell Administrator, Miguel Ángel Lozada Aguilar, said yesterday that the company will invest $6 billion in 2017 in order to maintain current production levels at the Cantarell field over the next decade, according to Reuters…
TE Connectivity Ltd. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the SEACON group, a worldwide provider of underwater connector technology and systems (map of SEACON Group locations at right). The El Cajon, California-based…
The Ministry of Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation has granted a construction permit to Amsterdam’s South Stream Transport for the South Stream gas pipeline. The pipeline will originate in Russia, pass under the Black Sea…
Premier announced today that the first gas under the Domestic Swap Agreement (DSA) commenced on 1 July. Premier will supply up to an additional 40BBtud (gross) from its operated Natuna Sea Block A offshore Indonesia to the domestic market…
On the 14-16 October, the 5th biennial edition of SPE Russian Oil & Gas, Exploration and Production Technical Conference and Exhibition will be taking place at the All-Russian Exhibition Center in Moscow. The organizers are expecting a total…
CGG announced its recent inauguration of an open subsurface imaging center in Yangon to service and support anticipated growth in Myanmar’s oil and gas exploration sector. The new center is the first of its kind to be opened in Myanmar by a major international geoscience company…