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…
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…
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…
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…
Transocean's Transocean Winner semisubmersible drilling rig, which ran aground on a Scottish Island more than two weeks ago, is now under tow to safer waters. The rig was refloated from Dalmore Bay, on west coast of the Isle of Lewis…
Only three companies participated in the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) first ever online lease sale. Out of the 4399 blocks offered, the sale only received bids for 24 of those blocks for a total of just over US$18 million…
Houston-based Vaalco Energy’s Avouma project is back online offshore Gabon, West Africa, following issues with its electric submersible pump (ESP) that date back to late June. Map from Vaalco. According to Vaalco…
Noble Energy has been named the successor operator of the Thunder Hawk production facility, according to the company’s Q2 2016 report. Scant on details, Noble did confirm that the deal is expected to become effective within Q3 2016, subject to regulatory approval…
Tullow Oil has achieved first oil from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana with MODEC’s Prof. John Evans Atta Mills floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel. Prof…
Cypriot firm Ocean Energean Oil and Gas is to buy 100% interest in the Tanin and Karish fields in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel, for US$148.5 million. Delek Group, Avner Oil Exploration and Delek Drilling have agreed to sell their 26…
Assets and activities of inspection, examination and engineering services firm IMES have been bought out of administration by Seanamic Group. Administrators from KPMG were appointed to IMES on 10 August. The company, which had a turnover of around £5 million…
Cost reduction measures continue at Fugro, as the company plans to further reduce its workforce and fleet in the remainder of 2016. Image from Fugro. During 1H 2016, Fugro cut its headcount by 585…
Vaalco Energy entered into a deal with Sojitz Etame to acquire an additional 3.23% stake in the Etame Marin Permit, offshore of the Republic of Gabon, West Africa. Gabon operations. Image from Vaalco…
Teekay Offshore is to take a hit of US$43.7 million after cancelling construction contracts for two flotels, described by Teekay as units for maintenance and safety (UMS). The firm also says it suffered a drop in income due to its Arendal…
In this video, Anadarko talks about its Heidelberg project, in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. Heidelberg, which came onstream four months ahead of schedule in January 2016, is an 80,000 b/d floating production facility…
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