941 results found for 'sea lion'

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  • Sea Lion eyes bigger bite with second FPSO deal to speed up oil uptick

    20 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    With the first phase on track for start-up in 2028, an oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB) is looking into expediting a capacity boost through the development of subsequent phases in the Falkland Islands.

  • Navitas signs off on Falkland Islands oil & gas portfolio expansion

    3 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Israel’s Navitas Petroleum has locked in the increase of its oil and gas footprint off the coast of the Falkland Islands by firming up a deal to get a lion’s share in a license within the North Falkland Basin.

  • Eco Atlantic augments oil & gas portfolio with new acquisition

    11 March 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an AIM-listed and Canada-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Atlantic Margin, has sealed a deal to bring into its fold the issued and to be issued shares it does not already hold in JHI Associates (JHI).

  • Navitas widens its South African oil & gas arsenal

    20 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Israel’s Navitas Petroleum has signed on the dotted line to get a stake in a block off the coast of South Africa by exercising an option to farm into the block with Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an AIM-listed and Canada-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Atlantic Margin.  

  • Navitas expanding its oil & gas footprint in Falkland Islands

    12 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    Israel’s Navitas Petroleum has taken steps to bolster its oil and gas portfolio off the coast of the Falkland Islands with a non-binding deal to get a majority stake in a license within the North Falkland Basin.  

  • Murphy Oil edging closer to bringing online projects in US Gulf and Vietnam

    7 May 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Houston-headquartered oil and gas company Murphy Oil has made progress across multiple onshore and offshore exploration and production projects, with two on track to achieve first oil this year in the Americas and Asia.

  • Golden Sea Lion roars with appraisal success at oil discovery offshore Southeast Asia

    7 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Houston-based oil and gas company Murphy Oil has achieved a new appraisal milestone related to an oil find in the Cuu Long Basin approximately 40 miles off the coast of Vietnam, Southeast Asia. This move is perceived to have unlocked significant resource upside.

  • Oil & gas duo in talks with Guyana over exploration and appraisal work at offshore block

    14 January 2026
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas, an AIM-listed and Canada-headquartered oil and gas company focused on the Atlantic Margin, and its partner, Israel’s Navitas Petroleum, are engaged in discussions with Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) to enable the continuation of the appraisal and exploration program in an offshore block. 

  • Sea Lion’s roar unlocks the funding vault: Falkland Islands’ $2.1B oil project stands at development threshold

    22 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    With the final investment decision (FID) out of the way, a financial close is now in place for a giant oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB), which will require a $1.8 billion investment to pave the way to first oil and $2.1 billion to project completion.

  • TenneT, National Grid ink joint development agreement for LionLink interconnector

    2 April 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Infrastructure

    Transmission system operators (TSOs) TenneT and National Grid Ventures (NGV) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to advance LionLink, a hybrid interconnector linking the UK and the Netherlands via a future offshore wind farm in the Dutch North Sea. The agreement sets out how the two partners will jointly develop LionLink towards a final […]

  • Partnership set up in Norway to accelerate deployment of innovative OBN tech

    13 July 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Innovation, Outlook & Strategy, Technology

    Norwegian energy data and intelligence company TGS and compatriot geophysical technology and service company Allton have signed a strategic collaboration agreement focused on accelerating the deployment of innovative deepwater ocean-bottom node (OBN) technology. The parties have agreed on exclusive rights and priority access to Allton A1 units, establishing a foundation to work together in bringing the […]

  • Southeast Asia richer for its ‘biggest’ black gold find in two decades and third largest since 2000

    7 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    With the appraisal insights regarding an oil find offshore Vietnam coming to light, Wood Mackenzie, an energy intelligence group, has labeled this hydrocarbon exploration success as “the biggest oil discovery in Southeast Asia of the last 20 years,” perceived to offer a potential lifeline to Vietnam’s declining oil production.

  • Viridien starts multi-client OBN survey in Central North Sea

    22 May 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    French geophysical services company Viridien has begun a multi-client ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Central North Sea, spanning the UK and Norwegian sectors. The dense multi-client OBN survey covers 645 km2 in the Frigg area, with the final processed deliverables to be available in the third quarter of 2027. It is supported by […]

  • 15 years in the making: Falkland Islands’ Sea Lion ready to move forward to first oil

    10 December 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    A final investment decision (FID) has been taken for a giant oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB), where $1.8 billion will be needed to foot the bill to first oil and $2.1 billion to project completion. This FID comes 15 years after the original oil discovery was made.

  • Throwback: Top oil & gas final investment decision picks

    1 January 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    As the global oil and gas story expands with new discoveries and projects, many operators have been laying the groundwork to make final investment decisions (FIDs) for the undeveloped assets in their portfolios. Since many companies decided to sanction their existing developments in 2025, Offshore Energy has made a collection featuring some of these moves.

  • Third Northern Lights LCO2 carrier blessed, now preparing for service

    9 April 2026
    Business Developments & Projects, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders, Storage, Vessels

    Northern Phoenix, the third liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway, has officially been blessed and will now start final preparations and commissioning ahead of operations. China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry (DSIC), part of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), delivered the LCO2 carrier to the Northern Lights joint venture (JV), […]

  • Viridien, Aker BP forge OBN seismic pact to advance exploration in Norwegian waters

    9 June 2026
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    France-based geophysical services company Viridien, formerly known as CGG, has joined forces with Norway’s oil and gas player Aker BP to bolster hydrocarbon search by enhancing multi-client ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic data acquisition, imaging, and technology development on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).

  • New Sea Lion well spuds

    14 January 2011

    Rockhopper Exploration has spudded a new South Atlantic exploration well off the Falkland Islands targeting an extension of the Sea Lion oil discovery. Drilling on the 14/10-3 commenced at 17.00 hours on 13 January, Rockhopper said, and is located 8 kilometres (5 miles) northwest of the 14/10-2 Sea Lion discovery in licence PL032.

  • Hibiscus set to spud Sea Lion (Australia)

    16 October 2015
    Project & Tenders

    Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad is closing to spudding its Sea Lion-1 exploration well, offshore Victoria, Australia, following several delays. The company on Friday said that its subsidiary, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (CHPL) would take over the West Telesto drilling rig soon, as the rig was demobilized from its previous assignment. The spud date for the CHPL operated Sea Lion-1 […]

  • AMEC catches Sea Lion FEED

    11 July 2014

    Rockhopper Exploration has confirmed that Premier Oil, operator of the Sea Lion field in the North Falkland Basin in which Rockhopper holds a 40 per cent interest, has now formally awarded the Tension Leg Platform (TLP) Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract to AMEC. As Premier confirmed in its recent IMS, pre-development activities on […]

  • RDS Secures ‘Sea Lion’ FEED Contract

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    RDS has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by AMEC for Premier Oil’s Sea Lion development in the North Falklands Basin. RDS is the rig design and engineering subsidiary of international drilling and engineering contractor, KCA Deutag. The FEED work is part of AMEC’s overall FEED contract for the Sea Lion development and […]

  • Hibiscus: Seadrill rig to drill Sea Lion well

    30 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Exploration & Production

    Hibiscus Petroleum’s wholly-owned entity, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (CHPL), has signed a rig share agreement for the drilling of an exploration well located in VIC/P57 offshore Australia. The agreement is signed with Origin Energy Resources Ltd which intends to drill two wells prior to handing over the rig to CHPL. Under the agreement, CHPL will […]

  • Hibiscus hopeful about Sea Lion prospect

    9 November 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Hibiscus Petroleum has found indications of hydrocarbons at its Sea Lion prospect, offshore Australia.  According to 3D Oil Limited, a partner in the project, the Sea Lion-1 exploration well has intersected the target zones and has reached a total depth of 1672 metres. The company says that current operation is pulling out of the hole prior to […]

  • Hibiscus sees another delay of Sea Lion spud

    29 September 2015
    Exploration & Production, Project & Tenders

    Hibiscus Petroleum is experiencing yet another delay in drilling the Sea Lion-1 exploration well, offshore Australia, as the bad weather is preventing a rig handover.  3D Oil Limited, a partner in the permit VIC/P57, said on Tuesday that the handover of the West Telesto jack-up rig from Origin Energy, the current operator, had been prevented due to […]

  • Interview: ‘Sea Lion’ on track, Rockhopper COO says

    16 March 2015
    Exploration & Production

    Offshore Energy Today recently had an opportunity to interview Rockhopper Exploration Chief Operating Officer, Fiona MacAulay. Rockhopper is an oil and gas exploration company based in UK, with interests in the Falkland Islands. The company was recently awarded 40% interest in licence offshore Croatia and applied for acreage offshore Montenegro.    MacAulay is a geologist with over […]