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Delek wants more Cyprus stake

Jun 01, 2015

Israel’s Delek Group is proposing a US$155 million deal to acquire 19.9% stake in Block 12, offshore Cyprus, from Houston-based Noble Energy. Map from Noble. Block 12 covers approximately 2684sq km in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea…

Picking up wind

Jun 01, 2015

About US$336 billion (€300 billion) could be spent in offshore wind capex over the next 10 years, with cumulative capacity surpassing 57GW. Douglas Westwood’s Rachel Stonehouse explains. Cumulative offshore wind capacity is forecast to reach 57GW by 2024…

CNOOC in eastern South China Sea find

May 27, 2015

China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) discovered a mid-sized oil find at Liuhua 20-2 in the eastern South China Sea. Oil was found at the LH20-2-1 well, located at the Liuhua 20-2 structure in Northern Slope Belt of Baiyun Sag in…

India signals interest in Mexico, Colombia

May 21, 2015

India’s petroleum minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan led a delegation to Mexico and Colombia this week to meet with officials in each country in hopes of transforming the relationship among the three countries from “buyer-seller” to an “energy partnership…

Transocean's May 2015 fleet status

May 19, 2015

Transocean issued its May 2015 monthly fleet update summary, which includes new contracts, changes to existing contracts, and changes in estimated planned out-of-service time of 15 or more days since the 16 April 2015 fleet status report…

CNOOC appoints new chair

May 19, 2015

Yang Hua has been appointed as chairman of the board and chairman of the nomination committee of CNOOC.  This appointment followed the resignation of Wang Yilin from his positions at CNOOC as chairman of the board, chairman of the nomination committee and non-executive director of CNOOC…

South Block A PSC receives extension

May 18, 2015

Renco Elang Energy's (REE) South Block A production sharing contract (PSC) in north Sumatra, Indonesia was granted at 19-month exploration extension from the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.  According to Peak Oil & Gas…

Deepsea Metro I heading offshore Vietnam

May 18, 2015

The Deepsea Metro I ultra deepwater drillship won a contract with VietGazprom in Vietnam. The vessel, managed by Norway's Odfjell Drilling, will operate for VietGazprom in Blocks 130 and 131 offshore Vietnam, starting mid-3Q 2015, for about 20 weeks…

AziPac acquires Indonesian stake

May 11, 2015

Asia Pacific focused AziPac acquired 50% interest in the North Madura production sharing contract (PSC) located offshore Java Sea, Indonesia. AziPac, through its subsidiary Azipac North Madura, acquired 25% interest from Mitra Energy…

2H grows team in Aberdeen, Kuala Lumpur

May 11, 2015

2H Offshore is adding strength to its flexible marine riser engineering capabilities by growing its teams in Aberdeen and Kuala Lumpur. Gardner, Ha. From 2H. Flexible riser engineer…

Gazprom, PetroVietnam to drill off Vietnam

May 07, 2015

Gazprom and PetroVietnam entered into agreements to explore offshore Vietnam later this year, marking the first deepwater well in the area with a depth exceeding 1600m. Gazprom, PetroVietnam signing agreements…

OTC15: Downhole Products wins $19 million in contracts

May 06, 2015

Downhole Products secured US$19 million in contracts in Malaysia and Angola in a mixture of three and three to five-year projects. The Asia Pacific region remains an important part of the world for the company and, since the creation of regional headquarters in Kuala Lumpur five years ago…

Thrustmaster appoints Asia Pacific GM

May 06, 2015

Thrustmaster of Texas appointed Joshua Song as general manager of  Thrustmaster Asia Pacific Pte Ltd. Thrustmaster Asia Pacific is based out of Singapore - the world’s leading hub for international and regional shipping with over 5000 maritime companies…

OTC15: China emerging

May 06, 2015

At an industry breakfast organized by OTC and the US Department of Commerce, experts said China was chosen as topic of discussion because of its emerging oil and gas business investment opportunities. OTC…

Maersk unveils Al Shaheen plan

May 06, 2015

Qatar Petroleum has initiated an evaluation process for the selection of a partner to undertake the future development of the Maersk Oil-operated Al Shaheen field, as the current agreement expires mid-2017. Al Shaheen…

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