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Madison fails Noble

Jan 20, 2015

Noble Energy’s Madison exploration well has been plugged and abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico after no commercial hydrocarbons were found. The well was drilled to a total depth of 16,859ft in the Mississippi Canyon 479 and reached its targeted Upper and Middle Miocene objectives…

Dry hole on Kopervik for Lundin

Jan 06, 2015

Lundin Petroleum's exploration well 25/10-12S on the Kopervik prospect is being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.  The well was drilled in production license 625, 175km west of Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast and about 20km northwest of the Johan Sverdrup discovery…

40 years rigless: where are we now

Jan 01, 2015

The previous article Rigless Origins (OE: March 2014) detailed the Zakum project, which was carried out in 1969 offshore of Abu Dhabi, where all methods of running wireline from a vessel—in open water—were executed and assessed(1) (2). More importantly…

Middle Eastern promise

Jan 01, 2015

The shallow waters of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Arabian Gulf, belie the plethora of offshore infrastructure – new and old – in the Middle East. Elaine Maslin probes beneath the waves. In 2005…

Technip wins Al-Nasr contract

Nov 14, 2014

United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) has awarded Technip a contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) works of the Nasr Phase II full field development project – Packages 1…

Middle East a key market for service sector

Nov 11, 2014

The Middle East will be one of the key markets for oilfield services companies for decades to come as countries across the region seek to maximize recovery from maturing assets and bring new fields into production, according to leading energy specialist corporate advisory firm Simmons & Co…

Atkins wins ADMA-OPCO contract

Nov 09, 2014

Atkins has been awarded two contracts by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for structural analysis services worth over US$3 million.  The work will support ADMA-OPCO’s expansion program for its offshore production facilities…

ME: Aging assets add to growth

Nov 09, 2014

Aging assets and a push to develop more offshore assets is helping to make the Middle East a growth area and push research into CO2 injection for enhanced oil recovery, according to Prajeev Rasiah, regional manager, Middle East & India, DNV GL – Oil & Gas (pictured)…

Production starts from Umm Lulu

Oct 17, 2014

Production has started on the Umm Lulu oil field offshore Abu Dhabi, Inpex Corp. said today (17 October). Umm Lulu is about 30km northwest of Abu Dhabi city. Inpex subsidiary Japan Oil Development Co. jointly developed the field with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)…

Lamprell wins Upper Zakum module job

Jun 20, 2014

Dubai based oil and gas engineering and fabrication firm Lamprell has been contracted by Petrofac Emirates to fabricate 29 modules for the Upper Zakum artificial island field development being developed by the Zakum Development Company, part of Abu Dhabi Oil Company (ADNOC)…

Tullow's Gotama well disappoints

May 27, 2014

Exploration well 31/2-21S targeting the Gotama prospect, offshore Norway, did not encounter reservoir quality sandstones in the Upper Jurassic main target, says operator Tullow Oil. The well, in production license 550, encountered reservoir…

Lundin assesses Edward Grieg upside

May 12, 2014

Lundin Petroleum (Lundin Petroleum), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Lundin Norway (Lundin Norway), is pleased to announce that the appraisal drilling and testing of the well 16/1-18 on the Edvard Grieg field in the North Sea sector of…

More oil on Johan Sverdrup

May 02, 2014

The latest Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-19 has found 6m of good quality oil filled sandstone of lower Jurassic/upper Triassic age in the Geitungen area in the north eastern part of the Johan Sverdrup discovery, according to Lundin Petroleum…

Mauritania disappoints for Tullow

Apr 25, 2014

Tullow Oil's Tapendar-1 exploration well in the C-10 license, offshore Mauritania, has not encountered hydrocarbons and the well is being plugged and abandoned. Tapendar-1 is the second exploration well in Tullow’s Mauritania exploration campaign…

Kenya well Sunbird-1 inconclusive

Mar 17, 2014

The Sunbird-1 exploration well in area L10A offshore southern Kenya is to be plugged and abandoned after finding hydrocarbons. Pancontinental Oil & Gas, which holds 18.75% WI in the BG Group-operated well, said while hydrocarbons were found…

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