35 offshore projects and 100 rig years have slipped after the oil price collapse. Oddmund Føre, Analyst, Rystad Energy, explains. The market for oilfield services is hurting and offshore drilling is no exception. The global market for…
Seajacks' latest newbuild self-propelled wind farm installation jackup unit Seajacks Scylla is to be mobilized at Gibdock in Gibralter. The unit was delievered to Seajacks by Samsung Heavy Industries at the end of 2015, and discharged…
Noble Energy is implementing an aggressive plan to decrease its capital program by 50% in 2016, as the company moves forward with several development projects planned for the year that include Israel and the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Noble…
Two Israeli firms are eying a multi-trillion cubic feet deepwater gas field offshore Israel. According to a resource report by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, the Og field lower sand contains 8.84 Tcf best estimate, unrisked gross prospective…
Israeli authorities have asked for more information before declaring the Dolphin natural gas discovery a commercial discovery. The declaration of the field as a discovery by the authorities will pave the way for it to be developed as part of the Leviathan project…
Petroceltic has opted to exit stakes in Greece and Egypt, following an announcement by the company's board that it has initiated a formal strategtic review of its business and assets due to breaching debt repayment obligations. In the 23 December announcement…
Shortly before Houston-based Noble Energy released its Q3 2015 earnings, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the country intends to fast-track natural gas development, especially now that the country’s economic minister, Aryeh Deri…
Despite the massive cut backs the industry is facing, including cuts to exploration programs, drill bits continued to spin in 2015. Elaine Maslin reports. Atwood Achiever. Photo from Atwood Oceanics…
UK-based offshore installation and maintenance contractor Seajacks International has taken successful delivery of its fifth self-propelled jackup vessel, the Seajacks Scylla. Built by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea, Seajacks says Scylla…
The Mediterranean and North African region is largely considered to be a promising frontier oil and gas area, and yet, border tensions, and internal disputes have seriously held back exploration efforts. Audrey Leon surveys the prospects…
US-based Noble Energy says it is imperative that the Israeli government follows through with and approves a framework agreement to develop Leviathan and Tamar, which was presented to the Knesset yesterday (2 September). Map of Israel…
Eni CEO Claudo Descalzi met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz in Jerusalem today (29 October) to discuss potential joint development of natural gas in the Eastern Mediterranean as…
The Israeli government entered into an agreement with the consortia of Noble Energy and the Delek Group to move forward with development plans for the Leviathan field in addition to Karish, Tanin and the further development of Tamar. Prime…
Eni has laid claim to discovering the largest gas field in Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea and says the field could become one of the world’s largest natural gas finds. The Italian operator says the deepwater Zohr field could hold up to 30 Tcf of lean gas in place (or 5…
The Israeli government came to a decision to move forward in the development and expansion of natural gas fields off the country’s coast. Prime Minister Netanyahu. From GPO. 'Today…
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