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BG awards Tanzania pre-FEED study

Jun 20, 2014

Genesis Oil & Gas consultants has been awarded an upstream concept select study by BG Group, as operator of Blocks 1, 3, and 4, offshore Tanzania. Genesis' scope of work includes considering the upstream facilities required to develop large discoveries made in the three blocks…

BG sells North Sea pipeline stake

Jun 17, 2014

BG Group has agreed to sell its equity interest in the Central Area Transmission System (CATS) gas pipeline in the UK North Sea and associated infrastructure to Antin Infrastructure Partners for £562 million (US$954 million). Under the agreement…

First oil off East Africa touted

Jun 17, 2014

BG Group has made the first oil discovery off East Africa, according to a partner on the Sunbird-1 exploration well.  Pancontinental Oil and Gas said a 14m gross oil column was found beneath a 2936m gross gas column in a reefal limestone…

BG signs Windsor Knutsen charter

Jun 13, 2014

KNOT Offshore Partners LP formed an agreement with Brazil Shipping I Ltd., an affiliate of BG Group, for the time charter of shuttle tanker Windsor Knutsen, the company announced on 13 June 2014. The charter has an initial term of two years…

BG strikes Tanzanian gas

Jun 04, 2014

Ophir Energy announced that partner and operator BG Group made a new gas discovery in Block 1, located in the Mafia Deep basin off Tanzania. The Taachui-1 well’s net pay amounted to 155m, with estimates for the mean recoverable resource placed at 1Tcf…

BG Group CEO resigns

Apr 28, 2014

BG Group's CEO Chris Finlayson has resigned, with immediate effect, the UK-based exploration firm announced today, raising calls for the firm to be broken up and suggestions it would now be a takeover target. In a statement, BG said the resignation…

Myanmar announces offshore winners

Mar 26, 2014

The government of Myanmar (Burma) has  named Chevron, BG Group, Statoil, Woodside Energy, Shell, and ENI, among others, as selected candidates for its 2013 offshore licensing round. The move follows the lifting of Western sanctions in 2012…

LNG for Lindi, Tanzania?

Feb 16, 2014

Statoil ASA and BG Group Plc will build Tanzania’s first liquefied natural gas plant in Lindi, according to Tanzania's Minister of Energy and Minerals, Sospeter M. Muhongo, speaking in Oslo on Friday. Muhongo, previously a professor of geology at the University of Dar es Salaam…

BG cuts guidance

Jan 27, 2014

BG Group has cut its 2014-15 production forecasts and issued a series of force majeure notices under its LNG agreements in Egypt.  The notices are due to the diversion of gas volumes to domestic markets in excess of existing pooling arrangements…

BG spuds Kenyan well

Jan 06, 2014

BG spudded its Sunbird-1 exploration well offshore Kenya, joint venture partner Pancontinental Oil and Gas announced. The well is in license area L10A, ub 721m water depth. The Deepsea Metro 1drillship is expected to take 50-60 days to drill 3000m below sea level…

BG Group signs up Wood Group and Stork

Dec 19, 2013

BG Group’s Europe business has signed contracts with Wood Group PSN and Stork Technical Services (RBG) to provide a range of specialist support over the next five years to its Armada, Everest and Lomond assets in the central North Sea.  The…

BG: Tanzania now at 15Tcf

Dec 10, 2013

BG Group has said its latest drilling campaign offshore Tanzania has increased its resource base across its three Tanzanian blocks to 15Tcf natural gas. BG Group said Blocks 1, 3 and 4, which it operates, with partner Ophir Energy, also had further exploration upside…

Tanzania discovery for Statoil

Dec 06, 2013

Norway's Statoil has said a fifth natural gas discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania has opened up a new play in the region. The Mronge-1 discovery, drilled in 2500m water depth by the Discoverer Americas drillship, 20km north of the Zafarani discovery…

First gas at Jasmine

Nov 20, 2013

First gas has been produced from the Jasmine field in the central UK North Sea. Jasmine, operated by ConocoPhillips, is the largest discovery to come onstream in the North Sea since the giant Buzzard field began production in 2007, according to BG Group…

Tanzania round launch Oct 25

Oct 07, 2013

Tanzania’ government has announced that the delayed 4th Licensing Round is to be launched later this month.  Seven deepwater offshore blocks and the Lake Tanganyika North offshore block will be available in the round, to be launched in Tanzania’s capital Dar es Salaam…

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