Nigeria-focused listed oil and gas development and production company Sirius Petroleum has put off for the third time the planned spud of a second gas well in the Ororo oil field located in the prolific Niger Delta to an indefinite date after a contracted jack-up rig became unavailable…
Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company's oil business Mubadala Petroleum has agreed to buy a 20 percent participating interest in Egypt's Nour North Sinai Offshore concession from Italy's Eni, it said on Monday.Egypt's main producer…
Qatar Petroleum announced that it will manage and operate the Idd El-Shargi North Dome (ISND) field following the expiry of the Development & Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) with Occidental Petroleum of Qatar on October 6, 2019.Qatar Petroleum…
Sirius Petroleum has signed an agreement with Shelf Drilling for the jack-up rig is already located in proximity to the Ororo field, and, it is due to become available in November.The Nigeria-focused oil and gas development and production company said in a press release that it has decided…
As momentum continues to slowly ramp up in the offshore sector, Horizon Maritime said it has grown its fleet with the addition of another multifunctional offshore support vessels (OSV) from Houston-based Tidewater Marine.The new vessel, Tidewater Enabler…
West Africa focused African Petroleum has inked an agreement with Sierra Leone's Petroleum Directorate to enter a second extension periods on ultra-deepwater licenses SL-03 and SL-4A-10. The work programs for both licenses, in 3000-3600m water depth and containing the Leo and Vega prospects…
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy received a record response for the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2017 round, with a total of 39 companies submitting applications for new acreage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Map…
Sirius Petroleum has confirmed that the company is in talks with supermajor BP regarding an offtake and pre-payment facility to support Sirius in its financing for the proposed drilling program on the Ororo field, offshore Nigeria. The COSL Power…
Sirius Petroleum signed an agreement with Tidewater Marine International for the provision of offshore service vessels (OSV) for a multi-well campaign in Nigeria. The deal is between Sirius and Tidewater Marine’s support company T1 Marine Services…
Lundin Petroleum has gained regulatory consents and approvals to complete the internal reorganization to spin-off its assets in Malaysia, France and the Netherlands into International Petroleum Corp. (IPC). The reorganization was completed on 7 April 2017…
US supermajor ExxonMobil and Qatar Petroleum signed an exploration and production sharing contract with the government of the Republic of Cyprus for Block 10. Block 10 PSC signing. Image from Qatar Petroleum…
Oil services giant Schlumberger awarded Sirius Petroleum a contract for the provision of an integrated services management (ISM) contract at the Ororo field, off Nigeria. The contract is for a multi-well campaign, which will start in 1H 2017…
The Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands branch of the Energy Institute (EI) will host its annual MSc Student Best Paper competition for postgraduate students in Aberdeen next Tuesday night (29 November). The is organized by the EI branch to…
Statoil reported a fire on the Scarabeo 5 drilling rig in the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea. Image of the Scarabeo 5, from Saipem. As of 20:30, Statoil said that there are…
Sirius Petroleum entered into a financed drilling contract with COSL Drilling Pan-Pacific Ltd. (COSL), for the provision of a high specification jackup rig that will be utilized to drill a multi well campaign as part of its shallow water development strategy in Nigeria at the Ororo project…
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