A new oil and gas exploration firm founded by former Tullow Oil board members has its sights set on Middle Eastern and African promise. T5 Oil & Gas Limited (T5) was set up to identify and acquire prospective oil and gas assets in Africa and the Middle East…
An oil discovery has been confirmed in the Libra field, offshore Brazil, Petrobras announced on 27 October. The Brazilian state-owned firm said the well 3-RJS-731 (informally known as NW-1) confirmed the discovery of good quality oil in the northwestern portion of the structure…
ConocoPhillips is plugging and abandoning the Kamoxi-1 exploration well as a dry hole after drilling to a total depth of 22,660ft, offshore Angola. Kwanza basin activity. From Deloitte Petroview Kamoxi…
BG Group has said it is delaying a sanction decision on its high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) Jackdaw project in the central North Sea. The firm said the group wanted to study more economic and lower risk development solutions for the field…
Petrel Resources and Clontarf Energy have confirmed that an agreement has been reached with the Ghanaian authorities on the specific revised co-ordinates of the signed Petroleum Agreement on a license Block in the Tano area of Ghana. The…
BP is assessing a further phase development on its west of Shetland Clair field, which could see another new, large central processing facility built in the field. The move will seek widely spread areas of the estimated 7-8 billion barrel oil originally in place Clair field…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) released the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) that predicts a higher exploration and production scenario than before for the Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193…
Oil and gas exploration has turned many areas of Sub-Saharan Africa into economic hotspots, and operators are now looking at South Africa’s western coast. Planned infrastructure improvements may improve exploration logistics, but…
FMC Technologies Inc. signed a 10-year global frame agreement with BG Group to supply subsea equipment and services for BG developments worldwide. FMC mentioned the award from BG Group during its earnings call on 22 October 2014. This…
The latest EIC Monitor report paints a mixed picture of activity across the global upstream sectors in 3Q 2014, with a large decline in upstream activity. The global oil and gas industry has followed a gentle downward trajectory of project…
ExxonMobil started drilling the Pelican South-1 well, its third and latest prospect in the Neptun Block off Romania in the Black Sea. Pelican South-1 is being drilled by Diamond Offshore's ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Ocean Endeavor about 155km offshore…
Energy services company Proserv has signed an agreement to be acquired by major US private equity investor Riverstone Holdings LLC. Riverstone Global Energy and Power Fund V, LP, in partnership with Proserv management, will acquire 100% of Proserv shares from Intervale Capital…
CNOOC Ltd. made a new, “mid-to-large” discovery at Jinzhou 23-2 in Bohai, offshore China. The Jinzhou 23-2 structure is located in the north part of Liaodong Uplift of Bohai with an average water depth of about 10m. The well Jinzhou…
Italian industrial group Lucchini has agreed a deal to acquire a 49% stake in fellow Italian steel forgings firm Mamé Group, with a clause which could see it take on more share, to gain a controlling stake, in 2017. Mamé Group, based…
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA, Energistyrelsen) reported record interest from oil and gas companies in the upcoming licensing round for blocks in the North Sea. DEA received 25 applications from 15 oil companies, and several applicants have not previously held licenses in Denmark…