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Perenco takes half of Serept, Ashtart off Tunisia

Aug 03, 2017

OMV and Perenco have closed a deal that makes Perenco part owner of independent oil and gas company Serept, as well as the Ashtart oil field offshore Tunisia. Ashtart. Image from OMV. The…

Oceaneering grabs Constellation prize

Apr 06, 2017

Oceaneering International secured a contract from Anadarko Petroleum to supply the umbilical for Anadarko’s Constellation subsea tieback in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is for a dynamic and static electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical…

AkerBP, IKM agree to mud recovery services

Nov 14, 2016

IKM Cleandrill has been awarded a three-year frame agreement with AkerBP for riserless closed loop mud recovery services. The initial operations under this contract will be production well drilling on the Alvheim development from the Transocean Arctic semisubmersible rig…

PVD spuds well, TGT campaign begins

Nov 07, 2016

The 2016 development drilling program offshore southern Vietnam on the Te Giac Trang (TGT) Field of Block 16-1 has commenced, announced SOCO.  The infill wells, TGT-27P and TGT-28P, will be batch drilled with the first well spudded on…

JV trio drills Manora appraisal well

Sep 06, 2016

The Manora oil joint venture spudded the MNA-17 well offshore Thailand, in hopes of adding contingent resources at the development.  The project area is located in the Northern Gulf of Thailand, and is a partnership between Mubadala Petroleum (60%)…

Leak suspends Husky drilling off Canada

Jul 15, 2016

Drilling operations have been suspended at Husky Energy’s North Amethyst field offshore Canada, after a leak occurred today (15 July), according to the Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). The Henry Goodrich…

OTC16: Gusto launches SmartCrane

May 03, 2016

Dutch designer GustoMSC has launched its GustoMSC SmartCrane at this year's OTC in Houston. Gusto says the crane offers features to directly address the call for cost reduction from operators, while enabling increased efficiency and simultaneous operations (SIMOPS)…

Hess takes loss, drops 34% in revenue

Apr 27, 2016

Hess Corp. recorded a US$509 million loss in Q1, in addition to a 34% drop in its revenue. Image from Hess. The loss is much wider than the Q1 2015 loss of $389 million. The decrease…

Apache moves on Callater investment

Apr 25, 2016

Apache is moving ahead with its Callater development in the Beryl area despite spending cut backs in its North Sea business. The firm has awarded Subsea 7 an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract as part of its Callater field development…

KrisEnergy completes Gulf of Thailand drilling

Feb 25, 2016

Singapore’s KrisEnergy completed development drilling in the G10/48 and the G11/48 licenses in the Gulf of Thailand. The G10/48 license is located in the Wassana oil field, which comprises 13 producer wells and one water disposal well…

Premier drops Eirik Raude, Chatham well deferred

Feb 12, 2016

Premier Oil is to drop its plans to drill its final Falklands drilling campaign well after serving a termination notice to rig operator Ocean Rig.  The firm had been due to drill the Chatham prospect. But, following 'a number of material…

ConocoPhillips slashes 2016 budget by 55%

Dec 10, 2015

ConocoPhillips is vastly reducing its 2016 capital budget by 55% to US$7.7 billion, compared to two years ago, that the Houston-based company says is due to the current environment, which remains challenging with low and volatile prices. Ekofisk area…

Transocean inks Henry Goodrich contract

Dec 07, 2015

Transocean announced that the harsh environment semisubmersible Henry Goodrich was awarded a two-year contract with Husky Oil Operations offshore Canada at a dayrate of US$275,000. The rig will be used for ongoing development drilling…

Rosebank rig deal dumped

Oct 27, 2015

Fred Olsen Energy has formally declared that construction contract for a newbuild semisubmersible rig which was originally destined for development drilling at the Chevron-operated Rosebank oil development in the UK West Shetlands region has been cancelled…

PTTEPI inks EDrill-2 for Zawtika

Oct 09, 2015

PTT Exploration & Production International (PTTEPI) has contracted high specification tender barge rig, EDrill-2, for a firm term of 18 months with an option period of 30 months. Zawtika Development Drilling Campaign (Phase 1B + Infield…

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