BPZ Energy completed the Corvina CX15-14D development well offshore Peru. Block Z-1 map. From BPZ. The CX15-14D well is located in Block Z-1 and is to the west of the six previously drilled CX-15 wells…
Hungarian integrated oil and gas firm MOL Group has completed an acquisition of North Sea assets from London-listed Premier Oil. MOL acquired non-operated interests in the Nexen-operated Scott (21.84%), Telford (1.59%) and Rochelle (15%) fields…
Chevron North Sea is considering a new bridge-linked platform (BLP) on its Captain field in order to carry out an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project, using polymers, on the field. Newly formed engineering group Amec Foster Wheeler has…
Alphastrut completed a seven-figure contract with BP for its Clair Ridge project. Image from BP. The Alphastrut aluminium system was successfully installed on the BP Clair Ridge accommodation module…
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded a five year contract worth about $750million by BP for engineering, procurement and construction services on six UK continental shelf (UKCS) offshore upstream assets and the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) onshore midstream facilities in Grangemouth…
Kosmos Energy and partner Europa Oil & Gas are eyeing exploration drilling on new prospects offshore Ireland following new 3D seismic data on frontier exploration licenses (FEL) 2/13 and 3/13 licenses in the South Porcupine Basin. Kosmos Energy acquired the new 3D seismic in 2013…
The UK government gave consent for the Hornsea Project One offshore Yorkshire. Project One will be made up of three offshore wind farms with a maximum capacity of 1200MW and covers a 407km area located 64 mi. off the Yorkshire coast. Once built…
Australia's WHL Energy has identified new leads offshore after assessing the Junon 3D seismic dataset acquired within its offshore Seychelles project area. WHL Energy received an interim PreSTM data set for the Junon 3D seismic survey…
Ophir Energy signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with the Myanmar Ministry of Energy to finalize the award of Block AD-03, offshore Myanmar. Upon the terms of the agreement, Ophir will be the operator with a 95% interest in the 10…
Stone Energy’s Cardona deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico came online in November ahead of its sanctioned schedule and under budget. Image from Stone Energy. Cardona is located…
While high development costs are deeming many Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects economically unfeasible, the country should stay focused on these rather than gambling on floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) technology too soon…
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) installed the CA-Litoral-A production processing and compression platform in the Tsimin-Xux development project in the Bay of Campeche, Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Image from Pemex…
Petrobras hit first oil with the floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO) Cidade de Ilhabela in the Sapinhoá field in the pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil. Cidade de Ilhabela. From BG Group…
Middle East upstream growth will continue despite the current oil price dip, and the region is technology hungry. Hugh Fraser, Managing Partner, Dubai, for law firm Andrews Kurth, explains. The Middle East upstream market is growing…
Singapore’s Keppel is in a deal with Malaysia’s Petronas to buy up to 1 million-tonne of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year, over a period of 10 years. The deal is between Keppel Infrastructure Holdings through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary…
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