Statoil is giving up on exploring the Reinga basin offshore New Zealand, following its three-year study of the area, which has shown low probability of a discovery. Map of New Zealand, from Statoil…
Mexico’s Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) is looking to turn its financial structure around in 2017 by placing, repurchasing, and exchanging bonds. Image from Pemex. Yesterday (3 October)…
The Transocean Winner has been loaded onto the Hawk semisubmersible heavy lift ship, and is preparing for its journey to Turkey, according to the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). The Transocean Winner…
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…
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will offer approximately 47 million acres offshore Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Central Planning Area (CPA)…
Maersk Oil UK has awarded fellow company Maersk Supply Service to provide decommissioning services for the Janice field in the North Sea. Janice A FPU. Images from Maersk Oil. Maersk Supply Service (MSS) will provide engineering…
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…
Aker Solutions, Det norske oljeselskap and Subsea 7 have agreed on what the three companies are calling a 'one for all, all for one' collaboration alliance to work on developing the operator's subsea field portfolio. The move, which they…
SBM Offshore has released a video of the Turritella floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit, as the vessel started commercial production at Shell’s Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on 6 September. At Stones…
Anadarko Petroleum will purchase the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) assets of Phoenix, Arizona-based minerals company Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) for US$2 billion cash consideration, the Houston-based independent said on 12 September. Anadarko’s…
UK independent Nobel Upstream has completed a deal to buy a 7.59% stake in the UK North Sea Maclure oil and gas field from Shell. Maclure was discovered in 1991 and put into production in 2002. Production in 2016 has averaged 8200 boe/d…
INEOS UK E&P Holdings has secured a five-year US$294,000 million (£220 million) reserve-based lending facility, which it plans to use to acquire future projects. The facility, the firm's first reserves based lending facility, was secured…
Australian energy giant Woodside will acquire half of BHP Billiton’s Scarborough gas assets in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. Woodside will pay US$250 million on completion of the transaction and a contingent payment…
Time and greater understanding makes most people and companies look at projects and assets differently and it’s no different for oilfields. Elaine Maslin reports from Devex. The Britannia BLP…
Shell is divesting 100% of its Brutus and Glider assets in the Gulf of Mexico in a US$425 million cash deal with Houston-based and privately held EnVen Energy Corp. Brutus, during dockside integration…