EnQuest has provided an update on its field developments in the North Sea and offshore Malaysia. In the East Shetland basin, the company delivered first oil from Kraken on the 23rd June 2017. To date, the four wells from drill centre 1 (DC1) and…
The Argentine basin covers an unexplored area of more than 450,000 square kilometres (173,746 square miles) on the outer shelf, slope, and basin floor offshore Argentina. In order to support renewed exploration activity and growing interest in offshore exploration, Spectrum Geo Ltd is currently…
Three operators have received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for exploratory drilling offshore Norway. Wellesley Petroleum AS has permission to drill exploration well 33/9-22 S in production licence 881 in the North Sea using the semi-submersible Deepsea Bergen. The area in…
Cairn Energy says that detailed planning work has started for a phased development of the SNE oil field offshore Senegal. The foundation development concept is a standalone FPSO with subsea wells and with an expansion capability for future tiebacks. The initial development is estimated…
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd joint venture has started production at Gbaran-Ubie Phase 2, a key project in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. Phase 2 follows the success of the first phase of the Gbaran-Ubie integrated oil and gas development, which was commissioned…
John Crane Asset Management Solutions (John Crane AMS) has secured a contract to supply Maersk Oil with data services to support the planned maintenance strategy at the Danish company’s Culzean development in the UK North Sea. John Crane AMS said on the 23rd August…
Norway’s offshore safety agency, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), has given Eni Norge a consent to drill an exploration well in the Barents Sea using the Scarabeo 8 drilling rig. According to the PSA’s statement on the 23rd August, the Norwegian entity of Italian…
Microsoft and Halliburton have announced plans to enter into a strategic alliance to drive digital transformation across the oil and gas industry. The relationship will combine the expertise of a global leader in cloud and digital transformation with a global leader in exploration and production…
London-listed Premier Oil confirmed it has agreed to sell its entire interest in the Wytch Farm field onshore UK for US$200 million. The sale includes all of Premier’s 33.8% interest in the field, as well the expected release of letters of credit worth about…
Exxon Mobil Corporation said on the 21st August that a fire broke out at its refinery in Rotterdam but that there were no injuries and most of the facility remained operational. The fire erupted in the power-former unit of the complex and some flaring…
