ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso E&P Nigeria started oil production earlier than planned at the Erha North Phase 2 deepwater subsea development project, offshore Nigeria. Esso North subsea structures…
Shell has contracted Norwegian accommodation vessel operator Prosafe's Regalia unit to support work on the Brent C platform in the UK sector of the North Sea. Brent C is one of four platforms on the Brent field which Shell is working towards decommissioning…
Japan's INPEX has submitted a revised development plan for the Abadi LNG project offshore Indonesia. Inpex says greater volumes of gas than thought have been confirmed, leading to a larger floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) proposal now being developed…
Shell, the operator of the BC-10 field, has awarded a contract to Helix Energy Solutions Group’s robotics subsidiary, Canyon Offshore, to trench and bury over 40km of pipe in 1675m of water in the Campos basin offshore Brazil. The work…
Shell has made a hydrocarbon discovery on the West-1 (Auriga) well on the northern Browse Basin offshore Australia. Shell has been drilling the well, in Petroleum Permit Area AC/RL9, using the Stena Clyde semisubmersible drilling rig (pictured)…
Shell has started drilling on the Portrush exploration well 6407/10-5 in the Norwegian Sea. The Portrush prospect is in license PL793 about 10km southeast of the producing Statoil-operated Njord field and 20km west of the Shell-operated Draugen field…
A Russian offshore gas and condensate field in the Sea of Okhotsk has been added to a US-sanctions list prompted by Russia's actions in Ukraine. The Yuzhno-Kirinskoye field, 35km northeast of Sakhalin Island and 6km southeast of the Kirinskoye field…
Image: silhouette of an offshore rig. Erin Energy Corp. announced changes within its management structure. The changes are in response to recent drilling and production successes, and to support the company’s growth strategy…
Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels agency (ANP) has announced the first 12 companies pre-approved for the country’s upcoming 13th bid round to be held on 7 October. The pre-approvals went to familiar companies such as supermajor Shell and France’s GDF Suez…
Magadanmorneftegaz, Lisyanskmorneftegaz (joint ventures of Rosneft and Statoil) and China Oilfield Services Ltd. (COSL) signed a contract to drill two exploration wells in 2016. The wells will be drilled in the Magadan-1 and Lisyansky areas of the Okhotsk Sea…
In the race to first gas in East Africa, a clear frontrunner has emerged at the SPE Offshore Europe UKTI East African briefing yesterday, and that country is Mozambique, with huge finds and notable projects heating up. Image from Anadarko…
Geoscience firm Spectrum has agreed a multi-client master co-operation deal with the Somalian government. The agreement allows Spectrum to acquire approximately 28,000km of long offset 2D seismic data offshore south Somalia. The new acquisition has been specifically designed to complement 20…
Collaboration on- and offshore the Netherlands has resulted in a new concept in platform operations and maintenance. Elaine Maslin reports. Wagenborg’s Kroonborg. Photo from Wagenborg. Across the North Sea…
Danos has been selected by Shell to fabricate three boarding valve skid assemblies for its deepwater Appomattox project. The project, which will engage five Danos divisions – coatings, fabrication, instrumentation and electrical, project management and procurement – will begin immediately…
A greenfield platform was a more effective option over brownfield modifications on Shell’s Leman Alpha complex in the North Sea. Elaine Maslin explains how Dutch expertise made it a reality. The Leman AC platform engineering drawing rendering…
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