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Atlantic Petroleum completes sale of Norwegian activities

Jan 23, 2017

Atlantic Petroleum (APN) has completed the sale of its Norwegian activities to M Vest Energy. The Norwegian activities include all of Atlantic Petroleum Norway’s assets and licenses, the liabilities of the licenses, and employees. Ben…

APA 2016: Clouds with a silver lining

Jan 18, 2017

Norway's latest licensing round has seen the fewest companies awarded licenses in the Norwegian Awards in Predefined (APA) areas in a decade.  But, the number of licenses offered remains high - the most since 2013, in fact, creating an opportunity…

Schlumberger inks Hyperdynamics Guinea drilling work

Jan 03, 2017

Hyperdynamics Corp. has entered into a US$4.5 million master service agreement (MSA) with oilfield services giant Schlumberger to provide drilling services for the Fatala-1 deepwater exploration well planned for Q2 2017, offshore the Republic of Guinea…

Statoil to use Deepsea Atlantic for Johan Sverdrup

Dec 22, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum a drilling permit for well 16/2-22 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-22 S will be drilled from the Deepsea Atlantic drilling facility in position 58°55’33…

Atlantic gains operatorship of Orlando and Kells

Dec 12, 2016

Faroe Islands-based Atlantic Petroleum is to take over as operator of the Orlando and Kells licenses in the UK North Sea following operator Iona Energy going into administration.  Orlando and Kells are in UK North Sea licenses P.1606 and P…

Atlantic requests operatorship of Orlando, Kells

Nov 28, 2016

Atlantic Petroleum issued notices to Iona Energy Co. (UK), which is in administration, to remove Iona as the operator of the Orlando and Kells licenses, offshore the UK. Atlantic has requested special meetings of the joint operating committees of UK Licenses P…

Statoil to drill Johan Sverdrup appraisal well

Nov 28, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil consent to drill well 16/2-22, an appraisal well, on the Johan Sverdrup field. The consent also applies to a possible sidetrack from this well. The Statoil-operated field, located around 140km west of Stavanger in the North Sea…

Eco Atlantic drops out of Ghana

Nov 23, 2016

Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd. entered into a deal to sell its total interest in Eco Atlantic Ghana Ltd. (Eco Ghana) to PetroGulf Ghana (PetroGulf), and is setting its focus on Guyana. Eco Ghana holds the Eco Atlantic’s interest in the Three Point West Deep Water Block…

Statoil to drill four Johan Sverdrup survey wells

Oct 10, 2016

Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil consent to drill four survey wells in order to obtain information about the reservoir conditions in the field.  Drilling, in 110-120m, using the Deepsea Atlantic semisubmersible drilling rig…

Europe in crisis?

Aug 01, 2016

The industry will emerge from its current crisis, but the next chapter in the oil and gas industry may look very different. Hannon Westwood’s Andrew Vinall gives his view. Northwest Europe 2016 exploration…

Faroe scores Irish Atlantic acreage

Jul 07, 2016

UK-based independent Faroe Petroleum was awarded license option 16/23 in Ireland’s 2015 Atlantic Margin Licensing Round. The option covers 960sq km in the Slyne/Erris Basin, in about 280m water depth about 15km from the producing Corrib gas field…

Bridge buys Orlando stake

Jun 06, 2016

Atlantic Petroleum entered into a US$1.1 million (DKK 7 million) sale and purchase agreement with Bridge Petroleum for its 25% interest in the Orlando development, offshore the UK. The deal also includes a deferred consideration in the…

Funding awarded for Rockall exploration

May 03, 2016

The University of Aberdeen is to get a £250,000 grant from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to investigate the potential for hydrocarbon exploration in the Rockall area of the North Atlantic. The funding is part of a package of measures…

Atlantic Petroleum gets LOG lifeline

Mar 28, 2016

Atlantic Petroleum entered into heads of terms with London Oil and Gas (LOG) to inject about US$11.4 million of funds and assets into Atlantic by 24 June 2016. “Atlantic Petroleum's Orlando & Kells assets are expected to have a high value when the market conditions improve…

West Epsilon to P&A on Huldra

Mar 14, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has given Statoil consent to use the West Epsilon jackup drilling facility for permanent plugging of wells at Huldra 30/2-A, in production license 051. Statoil has allocated 215 days for the activity…

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