Atlantic margin focused Chariot Oil & Gas is dropping out of two blocks offshore Namibia. The firms says it has elected not to enter into the First Renewal Exploration Period of the exploration licenses covering Blocks 2714A and 2714B…
Subsea inspection, maintenance and repair provider, N-Sea, has begun work in the Cameroonian offshore market, via a contract win with Dutch offshore lifting and transportation company, Jumbo Offshore. With phase one completed in mid-July…
Wellesley Petroleum has started drilling on the Goanna exploration well in the northern Norwegian North Sea. The well, 39/9-22 S, in license PL 881, is near the border with the UK and adjacent to the giant producing Statfjord and Snorre fields…
Statoil has said it has made a small, but non-commercial gas discovery in its much anticipated Korpfjell well in the Barents Sea. The well is the first exploration well drilled in the Norwegian section of a formerly disputed area between Norway and Russia…
TechnipFMC has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract from Husky Energy for the West White Rose Project in Eastern Canada. The contract covers the supply and installation of subsea equipment including tie-in manifolds…
Aker BP's wildcat well 25/4-11 on the Hyrokkin prospect in the Norwegian North Sea has come up dry, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD). The well was drilled using the Maersk Interceptor jackup drilling rig, in 122m water depth…
Bergen Group AAK has been awarded a framework contract by AF Offshore Decom on delivery of subcontractor services connected to decommissioning and disassembly of topside structures on the Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. Initially…
Lundin Norway has completed two appraisal wells on the Alta oil and gas discovery in license 609 the Barents Sea. Wells 7220/11-4 and 7220/11-4 A were drilled using the Leiv Eiriksson semisubmersible drilling rig about in 402m water depth…
Tropical storm Harvey continues to wreak havoc in North America after bringing much of Houston to a halt following torrential rain over the weekend, leading to record 'catastrophic' flooding. Transport across the city, a key hub for the oil industry…
The Catcher floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has set sail for the UK to work on Premier Oil's Catcher field. The unit, built at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, and owned and operated by BW Offshore, is expected to reach UK waters early in Q4…
Operators are evacuating platforms and rigs as Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane, spins in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE). Hurricane Harvey's path…
The oil and gas industry has the data and the drive to pursue digital technology, but lacks a coherent strategy to fully digitalize its operations. Karen Boman reports from Halliburton's Landmark Innovation Forum and Expo (LIFE) in Houston…
Hyperdynamics Corp. is nearly completed with the top portion of the Fatala-1 well, paving the way for a “potential world-class hydrocarbon discovery” offshore Guinea, West Africa. Map from Hyperdynamics…
FAR Ltd. has received official confirmation from the government of Guinea-Bissau for the increase of its stake in the Sinapa and Esperanca licenses, which includes an extension, and the drilling of at least one well in each block. Map of Sinapa…
Energy XXI Gulf Coast has appointed Tiffany J. (T.J.) Thom as chief financial officer of (CFO) the company effective 28 August 2017. Hugh Menown has resigned as executive VP, chief accounting officer and interim CFO to pursue other interests…
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