Quadrant Energy Australia’s Levitt-1 exploration offshore Western Australia will be plugged and abandoned after no hydrocarbon shows were found. Map of Levitt-1. From Karoon. Levitt-1…
Inpex's Spari-1 well in Block 31 offshore Suriname is being plugged and abandoned after no significant hydrocarbon shows were found, according to partner Tullow Oil. The well, drilled to 3830m total depth in 52m water depth, found presence of the targeted Campanian turbidite sands…
Production has restarted on the Kwane Nkrumah FPSO (pictured) on Tullow Oil's giant Jubilee field offshore Ghana ahead of expectations. The FPSO had suffered issues with its gas compressor late last month, resulting in a gas export outage from 3 July…
E.ON E&P Norge's exploration well 6507/3-11 S on the Salander prospect east of the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea was dry, says the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The primary and secondary exploration targets for the well in PL650…
Lundin Petroleum is considering a joint tie-back development of its Luno II and new Luno II North discoveries after exploration results showed they are in seperate systems. The latest exploration well 16/4-9 S on the Luno II North prospect found 12-26 MMboe gross contingent resource…
Freeport-McMoRan's MZ-1 deepwater exploration well offshore Morocco has reached total depth without finding oil, according to partner Pura Vida Energy. The well, on the Mazagan permit, was drilled through the three prognosed Jurassic…
Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this week announced it had submitted a revised bid claiming 1.2 million sq km of Arctic sea shelf to the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS). The country's previous bid in 2002 were rejected for lack of evidence…
The Transocean Polar Pioneer semisubmersible officially began Shell’s US$1 billion Arctic drilling program in the Chukchi Sea on 30 July. The Polar Pioneer. From Transocean. Drilling operations began at Shell’s Burger J prospect…
Three majors are vying for the same block offshore Mozambique in Mozambique's fifth licensing round, according to the round application details released by the country's National Petroleum Institute (INP) today. It reveals that ExxonMobil…
LR Senergy has been awarded a number of contracts worth a combined US$7 million in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The new contracts include work with Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Co. (ADMA-OPCO), the Kuwait Energy Co. and Dragon Oil These…
Despite the downturn, plenty of development is underway in Southeast Asia. Audrey Raj sets out the detail. Bach Ho oil field in Cuu Long basin. Photo from PetroVietnam. Despite the fall in oil prices…
Offshore assets in the South China Sea are ripe for further development, but territorial challenges are common. Focusing on Vietnam, Jeannie Stell talks to Quynh Anh, partner at Mayer Brown, for an overview of the political conditions, contract…
Japan’s Agency of Natural Resources and Energy has chosen Tokyo-based operator Inpex to drill an exploratory well in the country’s offshore waters in the Sea of Japan. Exploratory drilling will take place from May to August 2016, 80-86mi…
Russia’s Rosneft and US-based ExxonMobil filed joint bids to participate in Mozambique’s fifth licensing round scheduled to close today (30 July). Map of the Angoche, Zambezi basins. From Mozambique National Petroleum Institute…
Petronas subsidiary PSE Seven Heads has started drilling on the Midleton prospect offshore Ireland, according to partner Landsdowne Oil & Gas. PSE Seven Heads, a subsidiary of Petronas' PSE Kinsale Energy is using Diamond Offshore Drilling's…
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