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Santos plans to test Indonesia finds

May 31, 2016

Australia's Santos is planning drill stem tests on the G Sand and K Sand reservoirs as part of its Ande Ande Lumut (AAL) project offshore Indonesia.  AAL is in the Northwest Natuna production sharing contract, in the Natuna Sea, which operator Santos shares with AWE…

Malaysia gas find for Sapura

May 31, 2016

SapuraKencana Energy discovered gas in two of the three wells drilled in 2015 within the SK408 block contract area, offshore Malaysia in Sarawak. The first well Jerun-1 is approximately 5km north of the 2014 Bakong gas discovery. Based on analysis of electric log…

Parker wins Sakhalin extension

May 27, 2016

Parker Drilling was awarded an extension and additional rig to its operations and maintenance (O&M) contract on Sakhalin Island, Russia. The prior contract term was set to expire in Q3 2017 and covered operating and maintaining three customer-owned rigs in support of the Sakhalin-1 Project…

Mermaid wins 7 subsea gigs, delays newbuilds

May 27, 2016

Mermaid Maritime’s Western Hemisphere business unit (MSSW) has been awarded seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated value of US$11 million. In addition, Mermaid has also secured extensions for three newbuild deliveries…

Vallourec opens Singapore facility

May 27, 2016

Vallourec subsidiary that specializes in the production and repair of accessories for oil and gas wells, Vallourec Tube-Alloy, opened a new plant in Singapore, to be known as Vallourec Tube-Alloy Asia-Pacific. This new site will support…

Mubadala fails at Thai well

May 26, 2016

Mubadala Petroleum has failed to find commercial quantities of oil at its Sri Trang-1 exploration well in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Sri Trang-1 is located in the G1/48 concession, approximately 18km north-northeast of the Manora oil development…

Huisman debuts new crane simulator

May 25, 2016

Lifting, drilling and subsea solutions company Huisman introduced a new 400mt offshore mast crane simulator at its facility in Singapore. Crane simulator in Singapore, from Huisman. The…

Aqualis gains ONGC extension off India

May 25, 2016

Aqualis Offshore has been reappointed by United India Insurance Co. to provide marine warranty services to ONGC’s assets, offshore India. This is the third one-year contract Aqualis has received after the company first started working for United India Insurance and ONGC in 2014…

Primeline, CNOOC in arbitration

May 25, 2016

Primeline Energy has begun arbitration proceedings against China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) for continuing disputes over the development, production and sale of gas from the LS36-1 gas field in the East China Sea. Primeline, which has 49% stake in LS36-1 in Block 25/34…

India to open bid round

May 24, 2016

The government of India is launching a small field bidding round this week that consists of 67 discovered small fields in 46 shallow water, deepwater, and onshore contract areas. The Discovered Small Field Bidding Round – 2016 will be launched tomorrow…

JDR inks Vashishta subsea work off India

May 24, 2016

UK supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables JDR has been awarded a contract by GE Oil & Gas, on behalf of operator ONGC, for the Vashishta and S1 development project, offshore India. The Vashishta and S1 fields are in the KG Basin…

Indian offshore wind "open playing field"

May 24, 2016

While Europe has been leading the charge in offshore wind development, the US and other regions including India are starting to build activity.  In India, there are two main regions, the states of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, on the west coast of India…

Woodside mulls Myanmar gas development options, plans further drilling

May 20, 2016

Woodside is considering development options on its two discoveries offshore Myanmar, as well as a 4-7 well drilling campaign next year, the firm said this morning.  The plans, potentially involving tie-backs or even a standalone development…

Novatek, PTT ink E&P, LNG MoU

May 18, 2016

Russia’s Novatek and Thailand’s PTT signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate and study potential joint opportunities in the exploration and production of hydrocarbons, the implementation of LNG projects, the supply of LNG and the development of LNG markets…

Mubadala starts at Sri Trang-1 off Thailand

May 18, 2016

Drilling has commenced at Mubadala Petroleum's Sri Trang-1 exploration well in the Gulf of Thailand, using the Atwood Orca jackup. Sri Trang-1 is in the reservation area of the G1/48 concession, approximately 18km north northeast of the Manora oil development…

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