BP Ventures, Schlumberger Ventures and GE Ventures have agreed a US$6.5 million (£5 million) investment into metal-to-metal downhole sealing solutions firm BiSN. Under the terms of the investment, BiSN and BP Ventures will work together to develop a commercial portfolio of technology…
Petrobras has awarded Subsea 7 extensions for three pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) currently on long-term day-rate contracts offshore Brazil, with a total combined value of about US$250 million. The firm contract periods for the Seven Waves…
Partners on the Leviathan gas project offshore Israel have opted to end a rig contract with Atwood Oceanics in favor of a cheaper deal. Operator Noble Energy had been due to drill the Leviathan 5 and 7 appraisal and production wells using the Atwood Advantage drillship…
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil a drilling permit for wells 6507/8-9 and 6507/8-U2 in the Norwegian Sea. The wells will be drilled with the Deepsea Bergen drilling facility, after concluding the drilling…
SolstadFarstad has secured a contract with Cooper Energy to support drilling operations within the Bass Strait region of Australia. The contract consists of the Far Statesman and Far Senator towing the Ocean Monarch from the North West Shelf of Australia to the Bass Strait…
Quadrant Energy has agreed a contract with Transocean to drill the Phoenix South-3 well in the WA-435-P exploration permit on the North-West Shelf of Australia. Drilling is due to start between 1 February and 1 April 2018 using the GSF Development Driller-1…
Statoil and partners Eni and Petoro have made a small gas discovery in the Blåmann well, between the Snøhvit and Goliat fields in the Barents Sea, despite having been looking for oil. The Songa Enabler…
Total has hired Noble Corp.'s Noble Globetrotter II to drill one well offshore Bulgaria, beginning in September. Noble Globetrotter II. Image from Noble. The contract is estimated…
Aker BP is preparing to submit plans for development and operation (PDO) for three of its projects by the end of 2017, and for the North of Alvheim and Askja-Krafla (NOAKA) project in 2018. Valhall Flank West…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Aker BP consent to drill two wildcat wells in the North Sea at the Hyrokkin prospect. Aker BP consent to drill exploration wells 25/4-11 and 25/4-12, which is north of Alvheim. The…
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved Eni’s exploration plan (EP) to drill four wildcats at the company’s Spy Island Drillsite (SID) in the Beaufort Sea. Map of Spy Island…
Eni has increased its estimate of resources in place at the Amoca field offshore Mexico to 1 billion boe, following a successful appraisal well that is prompting the Italian giant to accelerate its development plan. Map from Eni…
Newcomer Borr Drilling has landed its first deal with a supermajor. Borr and its Nigerian partner company Valiant Energy Services West received a letter of commitment from Total E&P Nigeria for the Frigg jackup. The deal is for a firm one-year period with a possible extension…
Ensco has been awarded three drillship contracts offshore West Africa, representing an aggregate three years of contracted term and more than six additional years of options. ENSCO DS-4 is expected to start a two-year contract with Chevron offshore Nigeria in August 2017…
COSL Drilling Europe has been able to rescue to of its rigs from warm stacking this month. The company announced a new contract from Lundin Norway for the use of the COSLInnovator to drill one well, with the addition of an option of eight wells…
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