Private equity funded Black Platinum Energy will move ahead with its plans for appraisal and development activities to prove up its shallow gas plays in East Natuna, offshore Indonesia, despite current industry conditions. Plans include drilling one exploration well…
Despite the downturn, plenty of development is underway in Southeast Asia. Audrey Raj sets out the detail. Bach Ho oil field in Cuu Long basin. Photo from PetroVietnam. Despite the fall in oil prices…
Marginal field-focused explorer Enegi Oil's joint venture with ABTechnology (ABTOG) has signed a collaboration agreement with global engineering and design consultancy Arup. Arup becomes the latest member of the Marginal Field Delivery…
Premier Oil’s Pelikan is onstream after gas production began from the field, offshore Indonesia. Map from Premier Oil. The Pelikan field is located in the Natuna Sea Block A and has 75 Bcf of reserves…
Independent oil firm Premier Oil is sticking to an eight-well exploration campaign in 2015, including its four-well campaign in the Falkland Islands, due to start in March, and its first well in the emerging Mandal High play offshore Norway…
Lundin Petroleum’s Kitabu-1 exploration well, in Blocks SB307/SB30, offshore Sabah, Malaysia, came up dry, the Swedish independent announced on 18 November. Lundin said that the primary reservoir interval contained poor quality siltstone…
A CNC (computer numerical control) tube bending machine with advanced programmability is helping Siemens Subsea Products to improve the precision and production efficiency of subsea hydraulic components and systems. Steve Hadrell explains…
Drilling has completed on Lundin Petroleum's Gobi-1 wildcat in the Gurita production sharing contract (PSC), located off Indonesia in the Natuna Sea’s West Natuna basin. The prospect is being plugged and abandoned after failing to find hydrocarbons…
Lundin Petroleum AB spudded the Kitabu-1 exploration well in Block SB307/308, offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The West Prospero. From Seadrill. The Kitabu prospect is a stratigraphic trap…
Lundin Petroleum began drilling at the Gobi-1 wildcat exploration well in the Gurita production sharing contract (PSC) offshore Indonesia. Map of Gurita PSC. From Nido. Gobi-1 is located in the West Natuna basin in the Natuna Sea…
Lundin Gurita BV is expected to spud the Gobi-1 well offshore Indonesia by mid-October, announced joint venture partner, Nido Petroleum Ltd. The rig the company expects to use for the well, located in West Natuna basin, will be available by early October…
Cyprus-based Deep Sea Supply has won multiple contract awards with an international major subsea contractor covering about 1000 vessel days. The three paltform supply vessels of PX105 design Sea Spider, Sea Springer and Sea Spark have been awarded contracts for ten…
Premier announced today that the first gas under the Domestic Swap Agreement (DSA) commenced on 1 July. Premier will supply up to an additional 40BBtud (gross) from its operated Natuna Sea Block A offshore Indonesia to the domestic market…
Premier Oil has announced a gas discovery on the Singa Laut-1 well in Tuna production sharing contract (Premier Oil operator, 65%) offshore Indonesia. The well penetrated 177ft of net gas-bearing reservoir quality sands within the targeted Oligocene sequence…
Natural gas production has started from the South Belut gas field in the South Natuna Sea, ConocoPhillips-operated block B in Indonesia, says partner, Japan’s Inpex. Block B is about 1200 km north of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia…
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