LAGCOE has announced the LAGCOE Looey 2017 as Don Briggs, founding member and president of the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. Image of Briggs, from LAGCOE. LAGCOE Looey is…
If one thing is certain, it’s that oil prices fall, rise, and then fall again and that the dynamics driving prices are complex and will change faster than we might expect. Image from UTC Twitter…
Anadarko Petroleum today (20 June) said it had completed the evacuation of all non-essential personnel from its Gulf of Mexico facilities ahead of Tropical Storm Cindy. The company started pulling workers from offshore facilities the afternoon of 19 June…
Italy-based exploration and production firm Eni has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC) to study the offshore Kish natural gas field. Eni has been given six months to submit a proposal outlining plans to boost recovery from the fields…
Dyna-Mac has secured two fabrication projects for a provisional sum of US$30 million from two new customers. The group has been awarded a contract by Cameron Solutions Inc., a Schlumberger company acting through its Process Systems Group…
Barakah Offshore Petroleum Berhad’s wholly-owned subsidiary PBJV Group won a US$14.28 million contract from Samling Resources for the provision of well intervention vessel, support vessel and services for abandonment and decommissioning of Chinguetti and Banda field…
Thailand’s PTT Exploration & Production Public Co. (PTTEP) has renewed its contract with Paris-based geophysical firm CGG for CGG to continue operating PTTEP’s dedicated processing center (DPC) in Bangkok. CGG has operated the center on PTTEP’s behalf since November 2013…
Expro has secured a US$10million well services contract extension with Apache North Sea at its Forties field. The contract covers a range of well services including slickline, cased hole services and pumping services, as well as support in delivering coiled tubing services…
Faroe Petroleum and its partners have secured Odjfell Drilling’s Deepsea Bergen semisubmersible rig to drill the Goanna and Fogelberg wells in late 2017 and early 2018. The Goanna exploration well is expected to spud in Q4 2017 at License PL881…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Bideford Dolphin for drilling and completing well 34/7-A-10 at the Snorre field in the North Sea. Drilling is scheduled to begin on 7 July and last 110 days…
Statoil’s Gullfaks B platform and associated pipelines will now operate until 30 June 2036 after receiving a consent for use from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA). PSA’s existing consent for the platform – which was installed…
Energean Oil & Gas has submitted the field development plan (FDP) for the Karish and Tanin natural gas fields offshore Israel, with a target of reaching a final investment decision by the end of the year, and first gas by 2020. Map of Karish and Tanin…
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. Has been awarded a drilling contract with Siccar Point Energy E&P Limited for the Seadrill Ltd., semisubmersible West Hercules to drill and test the Cambo discovery offshore the UK West of Shetland. Drilling is scheduled to begin 1 April 2018…
The Irish government has extended phase 1 of Frontier Exploration Licences (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 by two years to 4 July 2019, operator Europa Oil & Gas announced on 19 June. The Irish government has also approved an application to convert…
Mexico is celebrating its successful shallow water round, Round 2.1, which has awarded 10 of 15 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico today (19 June). Image of Juan Carlos Zepeda, kicking off Round 2.1…
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