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Soco Congo permits confirmed

Nov 17, 2017

SOCO International has had its 25-year exploitation permit over the Viodo, Lideka and Loubana areas in the shallow water Marine XI Block, offshore the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), confirmed by the country's Council of Ministers.  The…

Taqa inks inaugural contract for P&A specialist Well-Safe

Nov 17, 2017

Well-Safe Solutions has signed its first contract after launching in July this year. The Aberdeen-based specialist well abandonment company has secured a three-year framework agreement with TAQA Bratani for the provision of intervention management services for all their North Sea assets…

Aker inks Johan Sverdrup, Bauge, Utgard umbilicals

Nov 17, 2017

Aker Solutions has won a contract to provide umbilicals for the Statoil-operated Johan Sverdrup, Utgard and Bauge developments offshore Norway. The order entails delivery of a total of more than 40km of subsea umbilicals.  'By combining…

OMV to drill Hades & Iris

Nov 17, 2017

OMV Norge is expected to start drilling on the Hades & Iris prospect in production licence 644 in the Norwegian Sea early next month (December) following approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for well 6506/11-10.  Drilling…

Anadarko plans $1.1 billion spend for deepwater GoM

Nov 16, 2017

Anadarko Petroleum will allocate US$1.1 billion toward its deepwater Gulf of Mexico operations in 2018, the US independent announced on 16 November. During a Q3 2017 earnings call in early November, President and CEO Al Walker said Anadarko…

Repsol moves on Yme, contracts for Maersk and Kvaerner

Nov 16, 2017

Repsol Norge is moving forward with a new attempt to develop the Yme field offshore Norway.  The firm has awarded a contract to Maersk Drilling for use of the combined drilling and production jackup Mærsk Inspirer for five years, with a five-year extension…

Emerson chases Rockwell with $29 billion offer

Nov 16, 2017

St. Louis-based technology firm Emerson Electric has once again offered to buy Milwaukee-based Rockwell Automation, this time proposing to acquire all of Rockwell’s outstanding shares in a deal valued at $29 billion. David N…

Energy ministers meet in Houston

Nov 15, 2017

Trilateral cooperation between the US, Canada, and Mexico is needed, says US Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Rick Perry. Photos from OE Staff. Perry was speaking at the University of Houston’s…

Exxon, COP drop Liberia block

Nov 14, 2017

Canadian Overseas Petroleum says it and its partner ExxonMobil on block LB-13, offshore Liberia, West Africa, are to relinquish the block.  The two have elected not to enter into third exploration period and surrendered their rights to the LB-13 license…

Gate wins Leviathan commissioning

Nov 14, 2017

Noble Energy has chosen Gate Energy to provide facility commissioning for the Leviathan platform offshore Israel. The scope includes topside commissioning planning, onshore commissioning execution and offshore commissioning services of the production platform…

Africa Oil to invest in, jointly explore with Eco

Nov 13, 2017

Africa Oil Corp. (AOC) and Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas are forming a strategic partnership for exploration in West Africa and Guyana. Under the terms of an investment agreement, AOC has agreed to acquire a 19.77% shareholding in Eco through the purchase…

Scottish yard workers face uncertainty

Nov 13, 2017

Workers at a fabrication yard in Scotland will continue working without pay so that their employer can complete a contract, according to the BBC. Burnt Island Fabrications, or BiFab, in Fife, told staff yesterday it didn't have enough cash to pay them…

Hess shuts Gulf production following Enchilada fire

Nov 13, 2017

Hess has shut in production at its Baldpate, Conger and Penn State fields in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico in response to the fire that occurred last week at the Shell-operated Enchilada platform. The Llano field…

Pacific Drilling files for bankruptcy

Nov 13, 2017

Pacific Drilling has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 'to pursue a comprehensive restructuring' of its approximately US$3 billion in outstanding funded debt. The international drilling contractor reported on 12 November that it planned…

Halliburton unveils high-speed telemetry services

Nov 13, 2017

Halliburton business Sperry Drilling announced today (13 November) the release of JetPulse high-speed telemetry service, which provides consistent, high-data rate transmission of drilling and formation evaluation measurements. This new telemetry…

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