Lukoil has completed the fifth production well for the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea, and is constructing a sixth well to be used for water injection. Photo source: Lukoil The…
Erin Energy is expecting to double its production by 6000-7000 b/d with help from the Oyo field offshore Nigeria, as the company plans to accelerate drilling in the area. The Pacific Bora, from Pacific Drilling…
Italian giant Eni has submitted its proposal to the Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM) for a drilling program offshore Alaska, from the man-made island, Spy Island Drillsite (SID) in the Beaufort Sea. Map of SID…
Faroe Petroleum has announced positive results from its Brasse appraisal well in the Norwegian North Sea, confirming Brasse as a commercial discovery. The firm says it now plans to perform a drill stem test (DST) and potentially side track the well…
Odfjell Drilling signed a contract with Wellesley Petroleum for one firm exploration well, plus an optional well testing and sidetrack, on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) using Odfjell Drilling's Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible. Drilling…
Tullow Oil is planning a 2550sq km 3D seismic survey on the Orinduik Block offshore Guyana, close to ExxonMobil's giant Liza discovery with plans to drill on the block as early as next year. According to partner Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas…
Global Petroleum has contracted Seabird Exploration to acquire 834km of full fold 2D seismic data covering block (PEL 0029) offshore Namibia. The survey has been designed as an infill program with the aim of providing better delineation of an extremely large…
The Naga 2 jackup, from Octanex. Octanex has spudded the Ophir A1 well today (2 June) using the UMW Naga 2 jackup mobile drilling unit. Ophir A1 is the first of three planned…
BP is on a high note offshore Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) as the UK supermajor announced two significant gas discoveries, and the sanctioning of its Angelin natural gas project. Image of a BP worker offshore Trinidad…
Map of the UKCS showing coverage of the digital well products supplied by CGG GeoConsulting to OGA. Image from CGG. CGG GeoConsulting was awarded a contract to supply digital well products to the Oil & Gas Authority (OGA)…
Odfjell Drilling signed a letter of award (LoA) today (31 May) with Statoil to secure the Deepsea Bergen for drilling activities in 2018-2019. The LoA includes one firm well plus four options for three additional wells, which totals out to 14 months in all…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Eni consent to use Scarabeo 8 at Goliat, which will drill two production wells, in the Barents Sea. One of the two wells to be drilled is for oil production, while the other is for water injection…
Six of the offshore exploration wells that are set to drill in the UK in 2017 have an average pre-drill prospect volume of over 100 MMboe. Douglas-Westwood, through its Westwood Insight, asks if this signal a renaissance for UK exploration…
Odfjell Drilling, on behalf of Golden Close Maritime Corp., inked a two-well contract for the ultra deepwater drillship, Deepsea Metro I with an undisclosed party in Southeast Asia. The deal will see the Deepsea Metro I drill two firm…
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) says it has a busy 12 months ahead, as the company prepares to submit the Blythe and Vulcan final development plans (FDP) in the Southern North Sea, with hopes of hitting first gas by 2019. Image from IOG…