Enagás has joined the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project as a new shareholder with a 16% stake in the company known as Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG. The company also announced that existing shareholder Fluxys increased its stake in TAP from 16% to 19%…
Statoil announced a gas discovery made in the Pingvin prospect in the Barents Sea, has been found non-commercial. Map of Pingvin prospect. From Statoil. According to the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD)…
Germany's RWE Dea is will not submit a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Norwegian Sea Zidane development in October as planned, the firm has said, citing the need to improve the project's economics. ”Further value enhancement…
Shell’s Brazilian subsidiary, Shell Brasil Petroleo Ltda., will sell 20% participating interest in concession BM-ES-23, offshore Brazil, to Thailand’s PTTEP. BM-ES-23 is in the deepwater Espirito Santo basin, covering approximately 550sq km…
Statoil will complete the drilling of the Pingvin prospect in exploration well 7319/12-1 in the Norwegian Barents Sea, says partner on the well North Energy. The well identified gas in a sandstone reservoir. The well acquired extensive data through coring…
Brazil's state-run oil company, Petroleo Brasileiro, will sign a contract to build and lease a floating production ship for its Libra offshore project this month, company Chief Executive Maria das Gracas Foster said on 18 September, as reported by Reuters…
Over US$30 billion will be committed in Mozambique to produce 20 million tonnes of LNG annually (mtpa), with the ports of Pemba and Palma to be redeveloped under a massive program. Mozambique's national oil company, Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH)…
The HelWin Beta platform, on its way out to sea. Photos from HFG. The North Sea is set to continue to provide work for fabricators for 10-20 more years, says Heerema Fabrication Group’s CEO…
Continental Energy has reached an agreement for the sale of its 51% shareholding stake in Visionaire Energy (VEN) to Norway's Visionaire Invest for consideration of US$1.2 million. VEN is a holding company which owns a 49% equity interest…
An announcement on the second Greek offshore licensing round is expected this month. The Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change announced the round would be launched upon publication of the Notice of the Call for Tenders in the Official Journal of the European Union…
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. acquired 20% of US-based Anadarko Petroleum’s interest in Block C1-103 off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire, becoming the first Japanese company to enter the oil and gas exploration business in the area. Map of Block C1-103…
Statoil resumed drilling operations on 10 September at the oil-bearing strata in the exploration well 7319/12-1 Pingvin after receiving permission from the Norwegian Environment Agency. The Pingvin prospect is in production license 713 in the Norwegian Barents Sea…
Statoil Petroleum has drilled a dry wildcat exploration well on the Ensis prospect in production license (PL) 393 B in the Barents Sea. The well, 7125/4-3, was drilled about 4km south of the 7125/4-1 oil and gas discovery and about 105km northeast of Hammerfest…
Seaway Heavy Lifting’s crane vessel Stanislav Yudin installing a topside. Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) will be involved in one of the biggest lifting campaigns in the North Sea…
Statoil moved to increase its presence offshore Colombia through two farm-in agreements with Spain’s Repsol, the Norwegian explorer announced on 4 September 2014. Statoil will acquire a 10% stake in the Petrobras-operated Tayrona…
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