Russian licensing authority Rosnedra awarded Lundin Petroleum a production license for the Morskaya field in the northern Caspian Sea. The production license, in the Lagansky Block, will be valid until 2035 and covers about 50sq km. The Morskaya field…
The Deepsea Metro I ultra deepwater drillship won a contract with VietGazprom in Vietnam. The vessel, managed by Norway's Odfjell Drilling, will operate for VietGazprom in Blocks 130 and 131 offshore Vietnam, starting mid-3Q 2015, for about 20 weeks…
According to Guyanese Online, Reuters, MercoPress and other news organizations, an ExxonMobil subsidiary and its partners have discovered hydrocarbons offshore Guyana, but the Guyanese government reports that it is not sure if the discovery can be confirmed in commercial quantities…
Transocean’s Polar Pioneer has recently become the center of attention in Seattle. On 12 May 2015 a request was made by the Port of Seattle commissioners which asked Shell to postpone the rig’s move to the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5 while permitting issues are worked out…
Houston-based, Africa-focused explorer Erin Energy, formerly CAMAC, has been granted a 24-month extension on two of its offshore Gambia licenses. Erin Energy, which operates the blocks with 100% interest, received approval to extend the…
Maersk Drilling and Awilco Drilling reported operational updates for 1Q 2015. Maersk Drilling realized a profit of US$116 million during 1Q 2015 due to fleet growth and operational performance, despite two idle rigs. The result is attributed…
Encana Corp. shut in production from its Deep Panuke platform. The offshore Nova Scotia facility produces and processes natural gas from the Deep Panuke field, found nearly 155 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the Scotian Shelf…
The North Sea operation of a global independent energy company has just completed a contract and was the first to use what is believed to be the world’s largest oilfield drilling bit. Varel Oil & Gas Dill Bits was commissioned by Hess Corp…
Noway-based Aibel reports that the Troll A platform project received three new modules. The Troll field lies in the northern part of the North Sea, around 65 km west of Kollsnes, near Bergen. The field is comprised of the main Troll East and Troll West structures in blocks 31/2…
A leading control and instrumentation firm has been awarded a six-figure contract to supply control systems to Awilco Drilling’s (AWDR) semi-submersible drilling unit, the WilPhoenix. The Aberdeen-based RCP control system upgrade on…
Access solutions firm Ampelmann has been contracted by Acta Marine for equipment for its newbuild wind farm support vessel, the Acta Orion. The Acta Orion will be fitted with an Ampelmann motion-compensated gangway. The Ampelmann…
North Sea operator EnQuest says its North Sea projects - Alma/Galia and Kraken are both on track, with the first due to start up mid-2015 and the second in 2017. The firm is currently preparing to start pulling in risers on the EnQuest Producer floating production…
OMV's latest well in the Barents Sea has been classified as dry, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. The well, 7324/8-2 on production license 537, was drilled about 6km southeast of Wisting oil discovery, about 310km north of Hammerfest…
Innovation, ingenuity and perseverance must take centre stage in the current oil and gas environment, attendees at a breakfast in Aberdeen heard this week. The event, jointly hosted by RBS and Scottish accountancy and business advisory firm…
Mexican operator Pemex has reassigned Pemex Exploration and Production (PEP) Director General Gustavo Hernandez and replaced him with chief of staff Juan Javier Hinojosa Puebla, several news wires report. Bloomberg said that Hernandez…
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