The National Assembly of the Comoros, a sovereign archipelago island nation east of Mozambiue, Africa, has ratified a production sharing contract with Bahari Resources. The PSC, covering offshore blocks 35, 36, and 37 (previously named blocks A…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd. has added an operatorship offshore Indonesia, and also announced it will not acquire the G3/48 exploration licence in the Gulf of Thailand. KrisEnergy announced in January that it had been seeking a 60%…
Lundin Petroleum AB has commenced the exploration drilling in the Baronang PSC, Natuna Sea, Indonesia using the drilling rig Hakuryu 11. Balqis-01 will be followed by a sidetrack, Boni-01. Balqis-01 is a wildcat oil exploration well designed…
KrisEnergy Ltd. announced the acquisition of 1300km 2D seismic data in the East Muriah production sharing contract (PSC) in the East Java Sea, Indonesia. The Nordic Bahari seismic vessel commenced the acquisition on 6 Feb 2014. East Muriah…
Lundin petroleum began towing the Hakuryu-11 jackup rig to Indonesia, for drilling of the Balqis-1 well part of the Baronang production sharing contract (PSC). Following drilling on the Balqis-1, the Hakuryu-11 will commence drilling on the Boni-1 well…
Exploration firm Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc (MOG) has said the partnership behind the Area 4 production sharing contract offshore (PSC) Malta has been given a six month extension. The PSC covers Area 4, covering Blocks 4, 5, 6 and 7…
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. entered into a production sharing contract (PSC) for deepwater block 2F offshore Sarawak with Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) effective September 19. Deepwater block 2F is located in the northwest of Sarawak…
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) signed production sharing contract (PSC) with Smart Oil Investment Ltd. for Block 05/31 in Bohai.Block 05/31 is located in the junction of Qikou Sag and Nanpu Sag of the West of Bohai. It covers a total area of 270sq km with water depth ranging from 5-15m…
Rialto Energy (Cote d’Ivoire) Ltd signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Cote d’Ivoire Ministry of Oil & Energy, the state owned oil & gas company PETROCI, and Vitol E&P to replace the existing production sharing contract (PSC) for Block CI-202 with a new PSC on amended terms…
Santos announced the acquisition of a 50% interest in the Northwest Natuna Production Sharing Contract (PSC) in the South China Sea offshore Indonesia from AWE Ltd. The NW Natuna PSC contains the undeveloped Ande Ande Lumut oil field, which…
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) signed production sharing contract (PSC) with Shell China Exploration and Production for Block 35/10 in Yinggehai Basin, west of the Hainan Island, China, in the South China Sea. Block 35/10 covers a total area of 3…
Lundin Petroleum subsidiary, Lundin Sareba BV, and Indonesia's SKKMigas entered into a production sharing contract (PSC) for for 100% interest in the Cendrawasih VII (CVII), off northeastern Indonesia. The block is a subsitute for Lundin's…
CNR International signed a production sharing contract (PSC) for Block CI-12 off Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), with a 60% working interest. CNR International will operate the block, located west of the company’s Espoir and Baobab fields, in 250-300m water depths…
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with PetroBroad Copower Ltd. (PetroBroad Copower) for Block 28/03 in Pearl River Mouth Basin. Block 28/03 is located in Pearl River Mouth Basin in the east part of the South China Sea…
KrisEnergy has spudded the Tayum-1 exploration well in the Kutai PSC, offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia, its partner Salamander Energy (23.4%) announced on 3 June 2013. The Tayum well is being drilled using the Randolph Yost jackup…