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Viaro Energy's RockRose to Acquire Stake in Hartshead's North Sea Gas Fields

Apr 05, 2023

Viaro Energy's subsidiary RockRose Energy has struck a farm-in agreement with Hartshead Resources, to acquire a 60% working interest in Production Licence P.2607 containing the Anning and Somerville fields in the UK North Sea. Hartshead will retain a 40% working interest in the offshore license.The project is a phased redevelopment of gas fields located in the Southern Gas Basin. Phase 1 will see the development of the Anning and Somerville fields…

Hartshead Resources to Conduct Site Surveys at Two UK North Sea Locations

Apr 06, 2023

Oil and gas company Hartshead Resources plans to conduct site surveys at two locations in the UK North Sea at the Anning field site.According to a notice to mariners issued by Charles Keiller & Associates Limited, the 1km x 1km survey would be conducted in Block 49/17b…

TotalEnergies Spuds Benriach Offshore Well in UK. Targets 638 Bcf of Resources

Mar 29, 2023

French oil major TotalEnergies has spudded the 'highly prospective' Benriach Well in the Laggan Tormore area, west of Shetland, UK.This is according to Kistos, TotalEnergies' partner in the project, who said Tuesday that TotalEnergies had started drilling at the exploration well…

TotalEnergies to Spud "Highly prospective" Benriach Offshore Well in Q2

Jan 19, 2023

TotalEnergies has decided to drill the 'highly prospective' Benriach well in the Laggan Tormore area, west of Shetland, UK.The news was shared by TotalEnergies partner Kistos, which last year acquired a 20% stake in the Greater Laggan Area producing offshore gas fields…

Oil Companies Must Boost Offshore Exploration in Norway to Unlock Potential, NPD Says

Aug 25, 2022

Oil companies in Norway must increase their exploration activity in remote regions like the Arctic Barents Sea for the country to find the remaining reserves of oil and gas beneath its oceans, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Thursday…

Kistos Acquires 20% in Greater Laggan Area Offshore Assets from TotalEnergies

Jul 11, 2022

Oil and gas firm Kistos has acquired a 20% stake in the Greater Laggan Area producing offshore gas fields in the UK and associated infrastructure alongside various interests in certain other exploration licenses, including a 25% interest in the Benriach prospect…

Workers Evacuated after Fire Breaks Out on North Sea FPSO

Apr 04, 2022

A fire broke out in a store room at the Petrojarl Foinaven, located at BP's Foinaven field, west of Shetland, on Saturday, prompting an evacuation of non-essential staff, BP has confirmed to Offshore Engineer.'BP is working with [Petrojarl Foinaven]…

First Gas Flows from Mubadala Petroleum's Pegaga Offshore Field in Malaysia

Mar 21, 2022

UAE-based oil and gas company Mubadala Petroleum has announced first gas production from the Pegaga gas field in Block SK 320, offshore Malaysia.Mubadala Petroleum is the Operator of Block SK 320 containing the Pegaga field, with a 55 percent interest…

Total Sells 20% in West of Shetland Fields to Kistos

Jan 31, 2022

French oil and gas major TotalEnergies has agreed to sell to Kistos Energy a 20% interest in the Greater Laggan Area fields and in the Shetland Gas Plant in the UK, as well as interests in several nearby exploration licenses.Kistos will pay a firm consideration of $125 million…

Viaro Energy Sells Foinaven Field Stake to BP

Dec 16, 2021

Viaro Energy's subsidiary Rockrose UKCS 10 Ltd has struck a deal to sell its 28% non-operated stake in the Foinaven offshore oil field, west of Shetland, to BP.The Foinaven oil field sits 190 kilometers west of Shetland in water depths of between 350 and 520 meters and is operated by BP…

Lime Petroleum Joins Norwegian CCS Project

Nov 12, 2021

Oil firm Rex International's subsidiary Lime Petroleum has entered into an agreement with Nautilus Carbon Services AS to participate in the first phase of a larger project involving several other joint-industry project partners, which aims to…

Shell Starts Production from Arran Offshore Field

Oct 21, 2021

Oil and gas giant Shell has started production from the Arran gas and condensate field in the UK North Sea.Shell's Arran development is part of the broader Central Graben Area Plan, and is developed as a tie-back via a new pipeline to Shell's Shearwater offshore platform…

RockRose Takes Over SSE's UK North Sea Gas Fields

Oct 15, 2021

Viaro Energy's subsidiary RockRose has completed the acquisition of several producing assets in the UK North Sea from SSE for £120 million (US$164 million) with an additional contingent payment of £40 million (US$54 million).RockRose acquired…

North Field Expansion: Qatar Petroleum Orders LNG Carrier Quartet in China

Oct 04, 2021

Qatar Petroleum has ordered four new LNG carriers from Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, a subsidiary of China's CSSC, as part of its North Field expansion project.'These four carriers are the first batch of orders in Qatar Petroleum’s massive LNG shipbuilding program…

Kumul Petroleum Awarded Pandora License Offshore PNG

Sep 03, 2021

The Government of Papua New Guinea has granted the right s to the Pandora offshore license to Kumul Petroleum, the company's fourth license in the country, with the first three awarded in April.The Minister for Petroleum, Kerenga Kua said the…

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