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Rig on the Move: Carnarvon Energy Set to Spud Buffalo-10 Well in Timor Sea

Dec 22, 2021

After weeks of delays, Australian oil and gas company Carnarvon Energy has informed that the Valaris JU-107 jack-up drilling rig is now being mobilized to the Buffalo-10 location, in the Timor Sea, with the drilling operation expected to start 'within a week…

Tech Start-Ups Drive Brazil’s Oil & Gas Industry

Dec 28, 2021

As an industry central to global energy supply, many consumers may believe that the oil and gas sector is relatively resistant to fluctuation. However, amid the myriad pressures felt throughout the global economy over the past year and a half…

Cairn Hires Former BP Exec Smith as COO

Dec 30, 2021

Cairn Oil & Gas, India’s largest private exploration and production company, said it has appointed former BP executive Martyn Smith as chief operating officer.Smith is joining Cairn with 35 years' experience in reservoir and petroleum engineering and subsurface geoscience disciplines…

PetroRio Pressing Ahead with Wahoo Development Offshore Brazil

Dec 22, 2021

Brazilian oil firm PetroRio has said it has filed with Brazil's National Petroleum Agency (“ANP”) the Declaration of Commerciality of the Wahoo discovery, as well as the Development Plan in exclusive operations.The Wahoo discovery is located at the C-M-101 Block…

Island Drilling Rig Lands Work in UK, Mauritania

Dec 22, 2021

Offshore drilling company Island Drilling has this week secured two contracts for its 2012-built harsh-environment drilling semi-submersible drilling rig Island Innovator.The company said Tuesday it had won a contract with Petrofac to carry…

Yinson, Enauta Pen LoI for Atlanta Field FPSO

Dec 20, 2021

Malaysian FPSO contractor Yinson has signed a Letter of Intent with the Brazilian oil company Enauta Energia for the provision, operation, and maintenance of an FPSO at Enauta's Atlanta field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.Enauta has been…

TotalEnergies, QatarEnergy, Petronas Win Sépia Field Rights (Brazil)

Dec 17, 2021

Malaysian oil firm Petronas said Friday it had with its consortium partners won the rights to the Sépia field, located in the Santos Basin, during Brazil’s Second Transfer of Rights Surplus Volume Bidding Round held in Rio de Janeiro.Sépia is a pre-salt oil field in the Santos Basin…

Viaro Energy Sells Foinaven Field Stake to BP

Dec 16, 2021

Viaro Energy's subsidiary Rockrose UKCS 10 Ltd has struck a deal to sell its 28% non-operated stake in the Foinaven offshore oil field, west of Shetland, to BP.The Foinaven oil field sits 190 kilometers west of Shetland in water depths of between 350 and 520 meters and is operated by BP…

Western Gas' Environment Plan for Sasanof-1 Drilling Gets Regulator's Approval

Dec 23, 2021

Australian oil and gas company Western Gas has said that regulator NOPSEMA has accepted its Environment Plan to manage activities for the Sasanof-1 exploration well on the North West Shelf, Australia.Drilling is scheduled to start in March/April 2022 using the Valaris MS-1 semi-submersible rig…

Beach Energy Awards Thylacine Field Deal to DOF Subsea

Dec 17, 2021

Offshore vessel owner DOF Subsea Australia has secured a contract with oil and gas company Beach Energy for the Otway Offshore Phase 5 - transport and installation project in Australia.'After collecting all permanent equipment from vendors and transportation to the offshore site…

Production Boost: Enauta to Drill Another Well at Atlanta Field Offshore Brazil

Dec 17, 2021

Brazilian oil company Enauta has approved the drilling of an additional well in the Early Production System (EPS) of the  Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The Atlanta field normally produces oil via three wells linked to the FPSO Petrojarl I…

Lime Petroleum Gets Approval to Buy Repsol's Brage Field Stake (Norway)

Dec 16, 2021

Oil and gas company Lime Petroleum received approval from the Norwegian authorities to acquire Repsol’s 33.8434 stake in the Brage field in the North Sea, offshore Norway.'With this approval, the acquisition is expected to be completed by December 31…

Japanese Oil Firm Buys into Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

Dec 16, 2021

Japanese oil and gas company Inpex has agreed to enter a stock transfer agreement with Diamond Generating Europe B.V. a Dutch-registered subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation and acquire a 50% stake in the Luchterduinen offshore wind farm and…

Subsea 7 to Deliver Pipelines for Hanz Field Development in Norway

Dec 17, 2021

Subsea installation specialist Subsea 7 said Friday it had won a 'sizeable' contract with Aker BP for the Hanz field development located in the North Sea, offshore Norway. Subsea 7 defines a sizeable contract as being between $50 million and $150 million…

OMV Exits Barents Sea Oil Field With $320M Sale to Lundin Energy

Dec 17, 2021

Austrian oil and gas company OMV has completed the sale of its stake in the Wisting oil field in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway, to Lundin Energy.The two companies had signed the sale and purchase agreement in October 2021, and after obtaining the necessary approvals from Norwegian authorities…

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