Rocksource said it encountered a thick well-developed basin floor fan sand with a gas-accumulation at the top in the Kvitnos target in the PL 528 Ivory exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. In the deeper Lysing target, the well penetrated a poorer than expected water-bearing sand…
Centrica Energy's Norwegian outfit has started drilling on the Ivory prospect in production license 528 in the Norwegian Sea, according to partners Rocksource and Atlantic Petroleum, Exploration well 6707/10-3 S is being drilled using the West Navigator drillship…
Atlantic Petroleum entered commercial agreement to farm out 6% of its 15% ownership in license PL528 in the Ivory prospect located in the Norwegian Sea to Repsol. The deal is subject to government approval. The Ivory prospect is gas prone…
Exxon Mobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd. awarded a contract to Seadrill Ltd. and Field Offshore Design Engineering Nigeria Ltd for the newbuild ultra deepwater drillship West Saturn, in support of the ERHA North Phase 2 project in Nigeria…
Rosneft and North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL) executed multiple long-term offshore drilling contracts at the end of July, just before the newest round of European Union (EU) and US-issued sanctions were enacted. Rosneft committed to six offshore drilling units until 2022…
Carnarvon Hibiscus' West Seahorse project in the Gippsland basin, offshore southeastern Australia, has been granted access to Federal Government Major Project Facilitation (MPF) services. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure…
Success of the Butch South West prospect, drilling on which has started, could prompt a new stand alone production facility in the North Sea, according to Faroe Petroleum. Drilling on the Centrica-operated Butch South West exploration well 8/10-6S…
MAN compressor installed offshore MAN Diesel & Turbo in Zurich was awarded a contract to deliver a HOFIM (high-speed, oil-free, integrated motor) compressor to Det norske oljeselskap ASA. It is MAN’s first hermetically-sealed compressor to be installed on an offshore production platform…
Statoil has made an oil discovery on the Snilehorn prospect in Norwegian Sea. Oil was found in discovery well 6407/8-6 and sidetrack 6407/8-6A. Image: The West Navigator drillship, which has started drilling on the Novus prospect…
DONG Energy has made a gas discovery north-west of Shetland after a two-well exploration campaign through 2012-13. DONG said the Cragganmore exploration well, in Block 208/17, had been confirmed as a gas discovery. The well was drilled using the West Navigator drillship in 673m water…
Draugen was the first field developed in the Norwegian Sea 20 years ago—Shell now expects it to produce for a further 20 years, doubling its expected life span. Asset manager Odin Estensen explains how. The story of Draugen is more than just the story of a field…
COLLOQUY: Editor's Column Earliest records of navigation as a science come from the Indus Valley civilization, along the Indus River, which flows from the Tibetan Plateau through India and Pakistan. Among the earliest navigation…
French-owned utility group GDF Suez is stepping up its UK exploration and production operations with the goal of becoming a major player in the North Sea. The company's UK E&P arm has been involved in the sector for the past 15 years, but is now working up major expansion plans…
Bill Fletcher has been appointed AGR’s well management VP for the UK and West Africa in succession to Ian Burdis, who is now EVP for UK, West Africa and Asia Pacific. Previously with Senergy as operations manager for four years, he has…
Newly acquired West Engineering Services joined the Lloyd’s Register stable on 1 May in a move the class society believes will secure its position as the premier independent risk-management organisation supporting the global offshore drilling industry…
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