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Shell's Prelude in 2016

Dec 20, 2016

In this video, Shell highlights the work its done for its Prelude FLNG project. From a shipyard in South Korea, to the remote Prelude gas field in North-West Australia, the project has come a long way.

Noble to drill Leviathan-5 off Israel

Dec 20, 2016

Noble Energy is looking to drill a US$77 million appraisal and production well in the Leviathan area offshore Israel in Q1 2017, with a target of natural gas production from the giant field by the end of 2019, according to partner Delek Group…

BP completes Ironbark acquisition

Dec 20, 2016

BP has completed its deal with Cue Energy to take 80% interest in and operatorship of permit containing the Ironbark prospect, offshore northwest Australia.  Under the deal, BP will fund 100% of the required work program on exploration permit WA-409-P for the next three years…

Impact funds Namibia seismic

Dec 20, 2016

Africa-focused independent explorer Impact Oil and Gas has raised US$12.3 million, which is plans to spend on subsurface work, including 3D seismic survey covering approximately 1900sq km, offshore Namibia. In Namibia, Impact Oil and Gas operates Blocks 2913B…

Aberdeen Harbour primed to expand south

Dec 20, 2016

Aberdeen Harbour's plans to expand its facilities into a bay south of the existing harbour has been sanctioned by the harbour board. The £350 million project, which was recently granted planning consent in the form of Marine Licenses and a Harbour Revision Order by the Scottish Government…

GMC wins two caisson fabrications contracts

Dec 19, 2016

GMC was awarded two further caisson fabrications contracts from North Sea operators, following its recent and first caisson installation in the North Sea earlier this year. Image of the GMC SWL Caisson…

Sirius inks Schlumberger gig at Ororo

Dec 19, 2016

Oil services giant Schlumberger awarded Sirius Petroleum a contract for the provision of an integrated services management (ISM) contract at the Ororo field, off Nigeria. The contract is for a multi-well campaign, which will start in 1H 2017…

Atwood bags Woodside drilling contract

Dec 19, 2016

Woodside Energy awarded a subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics a one-well drilling services contract for the ultra deepwater rig Atwood Osprey, offshore Australia. The contract will start between 24 May 2017 and 7 July 2017 and has an estimated duration of approximately 130 days…

KBR inks global BP work

Dec 19, 2016

Houston’s KBR has been awarded two global agreements by BP International for the provision of conceptual engineering services, and another for the provision of pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and FEED engineering services.  Each…

Lundin, Aker BP get PL 492 ok

Dec 19, 2016

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway a drilling permit for wellbore 7120/1-5, to be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility. The drilling program for wellbore 7120/1-5 relates to the drilling of an appraisal well in production license 492…

Eni to drill Barents Boné-Bigorna with Scarabeo 8

Dec 19, 2016

Eni Norge is planning to drill a well on the Bone-Bignorna prospects in production licence 716 in the Barents Sea.  Well 7318/12-11, in blocks 7318/11 and 7318/12, is about 320km north-west of Hammerfest in about 418m water depth…

Exxon's deepwater Liberia probe comes up empty

Dec 19, 2016

ExxonMobil's deepwater Mesurado-1 exploration well offshore Liberia, West Africa, is being plugged and abandoned after finding no hydrocarbons.  Drilling started on the well, Exxon's first in the country, in Block LB-13, 50mi offshore Liberia in 2500m water depth…

Cellula trials seafloor drill

Dec 19, 2016

Canada's Cellula Robotics has completed factory acceptance testing of its third CRD100 seafloor drill for Fukada Salvage & Marine Works and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)…

Cyberhawk wins Dubai Petroleum framework deal

Dec 19, 2016

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspection and survey firm Cyberhawk Innovations has won a three-year framework with Dubai Petroleum for UAV inspections across all of its offshore assets. The agreement, which has the option to renew on a yearly basis for two years…

2017 to be a year of "stability and opportunity"

Dec 19, 2016

Wood Mackenzie's global corporate outlook for 2017 forecasts the oil and gas industry will turn cash flow positive for the first time since the downturn, if OPEC production cuts drive oil prices above US$55/bbl. Tom Ellacott, senior vice…

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