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EnQuest Delek deal falls through

Sep 15, 2016

UK independent EnQuest's proposed deal with Delek Group over the sale of a stake in the Kraken development in the UK North Sea has fallen through. EnQuest said the two parties had been unable to reach an agreement and discussions have been terminated…

Maersk sells field stakes to new entrant

Sep 15, 2016

Maersk Oil has agreed to sell small stakes in the Scott and Telford fields in the North Sea and the Wytch Farm onshore field in England to new entrant RockRose Energy. Scott and Telford are operated by Nexen through the Scott platform…

Orga's helideck lighting system CAAi approved

Sep 15, 2016

Orga, design and manufacture of helideck lighting systems, announced that its Circle-H touchdown positioning and heliport identification marking (TD/PM) system has been certified by CAA International (CAAi) to all UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) CAP 437 standards…

Polarcus inks Australia 3D seismic acquisition

Sep 14, 2016

Polarcus received a letter of award for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia utilizing XArray to deliver a high quality broadband data-set via Polarcus' innovative and highly efficient acquisition technique. The project is due to commence in Q4 2016 and will run for one month.

Pemex reveals six discoveries off Mexico

Sep 14, 2016

Mexican national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has made six oil discoveries offshore Mexico, with one particular find holding 140-160 MMboe of potential reserves. The company also revealed its plans to drill more than a dozen offshore exploration wells next year…

Eni to explore off Montenegro

Sep 14, 2016

Italy’s Eni is entering Montenegro’s upstream market by exploring four blocks. Eni signed a concession contract with the government of Montenegro for the exploration of four offshore blocks covering a total area of 1228sq km that were…

Sea Lion costs down to US$1.5 billion

Sep 14, 2016

Development costs to first oil for the Sea Lion project off the Falklands have been reduced to US$1.5 billion with more savings possible, according to partner Rockhopper exploration. The UK-based independent also says the 2C, or proved plus probable reserves…

CHC, Statoil start first flights to Mariner field

Sep 14, 2016

Statoil and CHC Helicopter have celebrated the inaugural flight to the Mariner field, Statoil’s first operated field development on the UK continental shelf (UKCS).   The flight left CHC’s Aberdeen Airport base this week heading for the Mariner B floating storage unit (FSU)…

Kvaerner wins more Njord A work

Sep 14, 2016

Statoil has contracted Kvaerner for works including preparation and docking of it Njord A semisubmersible production facility under a project framework agreement (PFA) for the upgrade of the facility.  The call-off work has an estimated value of US42…

Parkmead ups its PDL stakes

Sep 14, 2016

UK independent Parkmead has increased its stake in its operated Perth and Dolphin oil fields in the Moray Firth area of the UK central North Sea. Perth and Dolphin are central to Parkmead's Perth-Dolphin-Lowlander (PDL) oil hub project…

TGS, PGS buy Dolphin UK library

Sep 14, 2016

PGS and TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Co. (TGS) have jointly agreed principal terms and conditions for purchase of a majority of the multiclient library of Dolphin UK. PGS and TGS will make this purchase on a 50/50 basis. This purchase represents a limited initial cash outlay for PGS…

Petrobras' August production tops 2.8MMbbl

Sep 13, 2016

Petrobras’ daily oil and natural gas production for the month of August totaled 2.84 MMboe, 2.72 MMboe of which was produced in Brazil and 0.12 MMboe was produced abroad. Brazil registered record oil and gas monthly production in August…

Ophir restarts at Bualuang off Thailand

Sep 13, 2016

Ophir Energy restarted production at the Bualuang field in the Gulf of Thailand on 2 September after a 10-day shut down, following the completion of the final tie-in work of a water debottlenecking project. This was a highly complex brownfield…

Sulzer, FMC ink Shell Brazil subsea gig

Sep 13, 2016

Shell has awarded the duo of Sulzer and FMC Technologies a subsea multiphase boosting pump contract to upgrade one of the pumping modules in the supermajor’s Parque das Conchas, a deepwater oil field off the coast of Brazil. Image from Sulzer…

Pura Vida in Loba farm out search

Sep 13, 2016

Pura Vida is searching for farm out opportunites with industry partners for the commercialization of the Loba complex offshore Gabon that has an 81% chance of commercial success, according to the company. Funding the forward work program for the Nkembe block…

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