Norway's Statoil has made a gas condensate and oil discovery southwest of the Oseberg Sør facility in the North Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The discovery, in production license 035/272, was made through the wildcat wells 30/11-14 and 30/11-14 B…
Two workers from Eni's Nigerian Agip Operating Co. (NAOC) subsidiary were killed in an attack on their boat in the Niger Delta last week, the operator has confirmed. According to reports, a NAOC team of five was attacked on their way…
Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill a wildcat well in the Njord field with the Songa Delta semisubmersible, a rig that the Norwegian supermajor suspended with Songa Offshore just last week…
Statoil is suspending the use of another vessels this week, this time with Dolphin Drilling’s Bideford Dolphin mobile drilling facility. Dolphin Drilling, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy, received notice of suspension from Statoil for the rig…
Delta SubSea and Boskalis Subsea Services have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide integrated diving and ROV solutions in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Boskalis. The…
Norwegian oil major Statoil is suspending its contract for use of the Songa Delta semisubmersible drilling rig after completion of its current drilling operation. The unit is currently drilling the Slemmestad well in the Norwegian North Sea…
Oil major BP is planning to reach first gas from its 1.5 Tcf and 31 MMbbl condensate deep water Atoll field offshore Egypt in 1H 2018. The firm has sanctioned a Phase One development project targeting up to 300 MMcf/d, with backing from the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS)…
West Africa’s reputation as a place to work in has never been that high in the eyes of many offshore oil and gas workers, particularly Nigeria. After a period of relative calm, recent events have put oil firms in Nigeria back on high alert…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for well 30/11-13, tobe drilled from the Songa Delta drilling facility in production license 035. The drilling program for well 30/11-13 relates to the drilling of a wildcat well…
Norwegian independent Det Norske has agreed to buy Centrica Resources Norge's operated stakes in the Frigg Gamma Delta and Rind discoveries in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Subject to the deal being agreed by regulatory authorities…
OneSubsea was awarded a contract from BP Exploration (Delta) and partner DEA (Deutsche Erdoel AG), to supply subsea production systems for the West Nile Delta Giza/Fayoum and Raven fields, situated offshore Egypt. The scope of supply…
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…
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority granted Statoil consent to drill exploration well 30/11-11 using the Songa Delta. Beginning mid-January 2016, Statoil has allocated 36 days for the activity. The well is around 28km south of the Oseberg field…
Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration’s Delta House floating production system (FPS) achieved its nameplate oil capacity of 80,000 b/d in the Gulf of Mexico during the last days of 2015. Image of Delta House…
Subsea 7 inked a contract estimated to be between US$50 million to $150 million with Burullus Gas Co. for the platform extension and tie-in on the first phase of BP's West Nile Delta development of the Taurus and Libra fields, offshore Egypt…
