Siccar Point Energy, a joint venture owned by Blue Water Energy and funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners, has acquired 8.9% interest in the Greater Mariner Area from JX Nippon E&P UK. The Mariner Field, the centerpiece of the Greater Mariner Area…
The UK's Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has awarded more than £200,000 in the final stage of its exploration license competition which was launched earlier this year to stimulate further interest in offshore oil and gas exploration activity in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS)…
US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper announced a proposed lease sale for 122,405 acres offshore North Carolina for commercial wind energy leasing. Image from Siemens…
Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail for the Stella field in the North Sea after completing final marine systems trials. First oil from the Greater Stella Area development is expected in about three months later…
Australia's National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is giving UK supermajor BP until the end of August to resubmit its modified environmental plan for exploration drilling at the Great Australian Bight that the offshore regulator rejected last year…
EnQuest’s Eagle oil discovery in the Greater Kittiwake area (GKA) in the North Sea is getting some heat from Dana Petroleum, after the company said that EnQuest did not have the authority to drill the well. Image from EnQuest…
Aibel in Singapore has been awarded a contract for modifications on Woodside Energy Nguijma-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) off Western Australia. The work will be so that the FPSO, which operates on the Vincent oil field…
UK independent EnQuest has confirmed a discovery on the Eagle exploration well in the Greater Kittiwake area in the North Sea. Assessment of the results is underway and preliminary analysis indicates Fulmar oil bearing reservoir was…
Italian giant Eni and 50:50 partner BP have confirmed a “new significant gas discovery” in the Baltim South West exploration prospect, located in the East Nile Delta offshore Egypt, with plans to drill two new wells in the area. Map…
Petrofac has won contract extensions from its customers on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) totaling US$400 million. Petrofac secured a two-year extension from Centrica Storage to its Services contract on the 8A platform in the Rough field…
Australian regulators have rejected BP's environmental plan for the major's deepwater, four-well drilling plan in the Great Australian Bight. The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) said…
Work on UK independent Ithaca Energy's Greater Stella Area (GSA) floating production unit is reaching a peak in Remontowa's Polish shipyard. Ithaca says manning levels on the FPF-1 vessel have been at historic highs over recent weeks…
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…
Ithaca Energy is looking to more than double its production in late 2015 when its North Sea Greater Stella Area development is due to come on stream. The firm averaged 12,300 boe/d in 2014, according to a 2015 outlook published this morning…
First oil production has started from ConocoPhillips Eldfisk II project in the Norwegian North Sea. The Eldfisk II project includes plans to drill 40 new production and water injection wells from the new Eldfisk 2/7 S platform. One of four pre-drilled wells is currently online…
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