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CIMC joins Tianjin Lanshui Offshore partnership

Dec 28, 2016

CIMC Offshore Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of China International Marine Containers (CIMC) Co., intends to partner with Shenzhen Mangrove Venture Capital Co. and China Industrial International Trust Co. to jointly establish Tianjin Lanshui…

Egypt, oil majors enter exploration deals

Dec 28, 2016

Egypt’s Oil Ministry has signed three oil and gas exploration agreements in the Mediterranean Sea worth an estimated US$220 million, according to news reports.  Image from Eni. The deals are with supermajor BP…

Delek buys majority stake in Faroe

Dec 28, 2016

Delek Group completed its deal with Dana Petroleum to gain 13.18% of Faroe Petroleum, expanding the Israeli firm’s North Sea footprint, and making it the majority holder in Faroe. Map of Faroe assets…

Energean completes Tanin, Karish deal with Delek

Dec 28, 2016

Energean has closed its deal with Delek Group, Avner Oil Exploration, and Delek Drilling for 100% stake in the I/16 Tanin and I/17 Karish leases, offshore Israel, paving the way for Energean to stick to its plan of first oil at the two fields in 2020…

Statoil to drill Mim with Deepsea Bergen

Dec 28, 2016

Statoil has received consent from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) to drill exploration well 6507/3-12 on the Mim prospect in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil is the operator for production licence 159B in block 6507/3 in the Norwegian Sea west of Sandnessjøen…

Eni inks Egypt concession duo

Dec 27, 2016

Eni signed two new concession agreements for the North El Hammad and North Ras El Esh, in the shallow waters in Egyptian Mediterranean Sea, as a result of the EGAS 2015 international bid round. Eni is the operator of the North El Hammad block with 37…

Shell fails at Knarr FPSO audit

Dec 27, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has unveiled a number of failings, following an audit of Shell's management of the integrity of flexible risers, transfer lines and associated safety equipment on Knarr floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit…

Lundin to use Leiv Eiriksson for Gohta

Dec 27, 2016

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Lundin Norway consent to drill exploration well 7120/1-5 in a prospect named Gohta. The prospect is located in Lundin-operated production license 492 (PL492), which is comprised of blocks 7120/1 and 7120/2 in the Barents Sea…

Petrobras axes Golar FSRU

Dec 27, 2016

Brazil’s Petrobras has terminated its contract for the Golar Spirit floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) one year early, according to Golar LNG.  Image from Golar LNG. Golar…

BP's 2016 review

Dec 27, 2016

In this video, supermajor BP gives a look back at its projects in 2016. Progress was made on several of its projects including Shah Deniz 2 off Azerbaijan, the Southern Gas Corridor pipeline from the Caspian Sea into Europe, Juniper in Trinidad and Tobago, Quad 204 in the UK, and more.

Aker BP starts at Ivar Aasen

Dec 27, 2016

Aker BP started first oil at the Ivar Aasen field earlier this week, just four years after the plan for development and operations (PDO) was submitted.  Image of Ivar Aasen, from Aker BP. Production…

Barakah inks Murphy gig off Malaysia

Dec 23, 2016

Barakah Offshore Petroleum has won a two-year, US$4.4 million (RM20.0 million) contract from Murphy Oil to provide work on the company's Kikeh spar platform, offshore Malaysia. The work will be done by Barakah's wholly-owned subsidiary company…

BOEM offers 48 million acres in Central GoM

Dec 23, 2016

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer more than 9000 blocks, spanning more than 48 million acres in the Central Gulf of Mexico (GoM) Lease Sale 247, which is the Obama Administration's final GoM sale in its five year program…

Statoil hits Gullfaks 30-year mark

Dec 23, 2016

Gullfaks was Statoil’s first field where the company was both developer and operator. Since production started 30 years ago on 22 December 1986, 2.6 billion bbl have passed the loading buoys. Image of Gullfaks C on its way to the field in 1989…

BP to lead Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli for another 30 years

Dec 23, 2016

BP is set to continue running one of the world's largest oilfields after a letter of intent for the 'contract of the century' was signed off by Azerbaijan's state oil firm Socar. BP leads the Azerbaijan International Operating Co. (AIOC)…

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