The government of Sri Lanka gas signed a joint study agreement (JSA) with French major Total covering two ultra-deep exploration blocks offshore its east coast. The study's objective is to explore the two offshore blocks (JS5 and JS6) for hydrocarbons…
Italian oil major Eni has completed its first appraisal well on the giant Zohr gas discovery in the deep water Shorouk block offshore Egypt. The firm, which is now preparing for a well test, says the latest well on Zohr confirms the Zohr…
Subsea 7 has won an engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning contract on BP's deepwater West Nile Delta project, offshore Egypt. The contract covers the subsea infrastructure for 12 wells on the Giza, Fayoum and Raven…
Current oil prices does little to support exploration and expanding developments. However, keeping an eye on the future, sub-saharan African nations show promise. Western African countries, such as Nigeria, have already seen the benefits…
Shell has signed a five-year exploration contract in Bulgaria's Black Sea. The firm plans to invest about US$20.5 million to explore gas and oil deposits in the Silistar block, including seismic surveys, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova told reporters in Sofia Tuesday…
José Antonio González Anaya has only been on the job for two weeks, but he’s ready to work. The new head of Pemex made his debut at IHS CERAWeek on Tuesday afternoon in a discussion session with IHS moderators Daniel Yergin and Carlos Pascual…
Global oil prices are bound to turn around to play its part of the oil and gas industry’s cyclical series that has been in place for decades, with standardization playing a key role, industry experts said at IHS CERAWeek in Houston on Tuesday…
Engineering and construction firm McDermott International has announced a string of new contracts offshore Australia and a few frame agreement focused on subsea projects offshore India. The frame frame agreement is with L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE)…
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto told delegates at this year’s IHS CERAWeek forum in Houston that the fourth phase of Mexico’s historic Round One, will go forward in early December. The long-anticipated fourth phase of Round One will auction off 10 deepwater blocks…
Fugro has won a contract to provide offshore survey and positioning services at the Kaombo oil development offshore Angola. Under the contract awarded by Technip, Fugro will provide offshore deepwater survey and positioning services to…
Houston's Vantage Drilling has signed an agreement for a two-year extension of the ultra-deepwater drillship Tungsten Explorer contract. The contract, initially signed in 2013, and running from mid-2014 for two years, is now anticipated…
Wärtsilä entered into a contract with Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Co. last month to design a new type of deepwater dive support vessel (DSV) for China state-owned company Shanghai Salvage Bureau (SSB). Image from Wärtsilä…
French cables firm Nexans has been selected to supply the cabling for Total's deep water Egina floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The vessel is being built by Samsung Heavy Industries under a Euro 2.8 billion turnkey contract - its largest FPSO contract to date…
Focus on the small South American country of Uruguay is set to sharpen after Statoil took a further stake in the country's deep offshore acreage. Statoil, which earlier this month announced it would be a partner with Total on the first deep water exploration well offshore Uruguay…
Australia's Woodside Energy has announced a second gas discovery offshore Myanmar just weeks after announcing its first in the newly opened country. Following the discovery, the firm is set to shoot more seismic over its acreage offshore Myanmar…