Genel Energy has announced the retirement of Mehmet Sepil, president of Genel, effective immediately. Sepil founded Genel Energy and was CEO from 2002 until the merger with Vallares PLC in 2011, when he became president. “[Sepil’s]…
Russia’s Lukoil discovered natural gas pay at its deepwater Lira field in the Black Sea, offshore Romania. The Transocean Development Driller II. Image from Lukoil. The Lira-1X…
E.ON is divesting 100% of its Norwegian exploration and production (E&P) business in a US$1.6 billion deal with Germany’s DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. Image from E.ON. Upon the terms of the contract…
Oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) totaled 31.2 MMb/d in September, down 60,000 b/d from August as Saudi Arabia further reined in supply, according to a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials and analysts…
VAALCO Energy has announced a re-sequencing update to its drilling and workover program offshore Gabon in the Etame Marin block. Previously announced on 16 September 2015, VAALCO planned to mobilize the Transocean Constellation II jackup…
Phoenix, Arizona-based minerals company Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) may be done with its foray into the oil and gas sector, nearly three years after the journey began. On Tuesday, the company announced that in consideration of spinning off its oil and gas business…
Arctic drilling has made headlines since the announcement of Shell’s 2015 summer drilling campaign. Paired with the low oil prices due to a surplus of supply, many people wonder why we even need to drill in the Arctic when there is so much oil right now…
Petrobras has further revised down its investment plans for 2015 and 2016, opting to cut US$3 billion in spending in 2015, and $8 billion in 2016, the Brazilian state-owned firm announced on 5 October. In June, embattled operator approved a new five-year investment plan for 2015-2019…
Shell started production from its new offshore platform in the Malampaya natural gas field, off the Philippines. Malampaya. From Shell. The offshore platform known as the depletion…
Shell started production from the Bonga Phase 3 project offshore Nigeria, with expected peak production to hit about 50,000 boe/d. Image of the Bonga project. From Shell Flickr. Bonga…
At the President’s Luncheon and Annual Meeting at this year’s SPE ATCE on Wednesday, both outgoing 2015 SPE President Helge Hove Haldorsen and incoming 2016 President Nathan Meehan discussed how vital the industry remains in spite of the downturn…
Brazil will need to drill around 300 development wells in deepwater in order to sustain and reach its production target. Douglas Westwood’s Mark Adeosun takes a look at what is at stake. The Cidade…
Low oil prices, falling investment and the need to transform the UK exploration and production sector were high on the agenda at SPE Offshore Europe. Elaine Maslin reflects. A packed plenary session during SPE Offshore Europe 2015…
Jerry Lee investigates the use of hydraulic submersible pumps as an alternative to the common ESP for artificial lift operations. An ultra-high reliability hydraulic submersible pump. Photos from ClydeUnion Pumps - an SPX brand…
Most of the building blocks are in place for the all-subsea solution. But do they offer an attractive proposition? Elaine Maslin looks at DNV GL’s current thinking. Operations during the Åsgard…
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