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ExxonMobil starts Kizomba Phase 2

Apr 30, 2015

ExxonMobil started oil production at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 subsea development project off Angola. The Kizomba B FPSO. From BP. Phase 2 of Kizomba is a subsea infrastructure development of the Kakocha…

KrisEnergy’s Rayrai-1 hits oil

Apr 30, 2015

Singapore-based KrisEnergy hit oil at the first exploration well in the Wassana oil field, offshore Thailand. Thai drilling campaign map. From KrisEnergy. Rayrai-1 intersected about…

Chevron adds to Gorgon gas finds

Apr 30, 2015

Chevron Australia made an additional gas discovery at the Greater Gorgon Area in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore northwest Australia. The Isosceles-1 exploration discovery well found about 134m of net gas pay in the Triassic Mungaroo Sands in 968m water depth…

BHP signs Barbados exploration deal

Apr 30, 2015

Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum company BHP Billiton has signed exploration licenses for two offshore Barbados blocks in what could be a return to drilling off the Caribbean Island. BHP is reported to be the…

Eni starts production of Cinguvu off Angola

Apr 29, 2015

Italian energy company Eni started production two weeks ahead of schedule at the deep offshore Cinguvu oil field in the West Hub development project in Block 15/06 offshore Angola. The development is sited 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of Soyo…

Small oil discovery for Wintershall

Apr 28, 2015

Wintershall Norge has made a small oil discovery on the Imsa prospect in wildcat well 6406/2-8 in production license 589 in the Norwegian Sea, 190km northwest of Kristiansund. Image from Wintershall…

Statoil spuds Bister in Norwegian Sea

Apr 28, 2015

Statoil spudded the Bister exploration well 6407/8-7 in the Norwegian Sea, says Aberdeen-based exploration firm Faroe Petroleum. Map from Faroe. The Bister prospect is in production license 348/C…

Ophir eyes 2016-7 Indonesian drilling

Apr 28, 2015

Ophir Energy is to commission 2D and 3D seismic with a view to drilling on 2016-17 on four deepwater production sharing contracts (PSCs) in Indonesia it has now acquired from Niko Resources. Image from Ophir…

Kosmos hails Mauritania play-opener

Apr 27, 2015

Dallas-based explorer Kosmos Energy’s Tortue-1 exploration well offshore Mauritania, western north Africa, has made a “significant, play-opening” gas discovery.  Tortue-1 was drilled in 2700m water depth, 285km southwest of Mauritanian capital Nouakchott…

KrisEnergy developing Wassana

Apr 24, 2015

KrisEnergy plans to develop the Wassana oil field beginning with drilling a new exploration well in Block G10/48 offshore Thailand. Wassana well projection. From KrisEnergy. The Rayrai-1 well is at a water depth of 170ft and is 2…

CAMAC changes name to Erin Energy

Apr 24, 2015

Houston-based Africa focused explorer CAMAC Energy is changing its name to Erin Energy following a reverse stock split - each six shares of common stock were converted into one share of common stock. Kase Lawal, Erin's Chairman and CEO…

CNOOC's Kenli 10-1 online

Apr 23, 2015

The Kenli 10-1 field offshore China is now online, according to China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC). Image from CNOOC. Production at the field located in Bohai Bay began on 23 April at an average water depth of 17m…

OneSubsea inks BP West Nile Delta gig

Apr 23, 2015

OneSubsea is getting a piece of BP’s West Nile Delta Taurus Libra development offshore Egypt by snagging a multi-million dollar subsea contract. Image from OneSubsea. The scope…

All eyes on Black Sea resources

Apr 23, 2015

Activity in the Black Sea is set to ramp up this year as oil firms eyes deepwater prospects and move to exploit resources like the significant Domino discovery, according to oil and gas analysts Wood Mackenzie. The firm, which has been…

Sterling reasserts Ntem force majeure

Apr 23, 2015

London-based junior explorer Sterling Energy is challenging the expiration of its first renewal period on the Ntem concession offshore Cameroon. The firm declared a force majeure on the 100% owned Ntem concession in May 2014, due to its…

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