931 results found for 'sea lion'

931 results found for 'sea lion'
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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.  

  • 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. 

  • $25.6M acquisition expanding Serica’s North Sea footprint

    30 September 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects

    The UK-based upstream oil and gas player Serica Energy has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Prax Upstream from Prax Exploration & Production.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • BP’s dash for gas: Five-well drilling campaign on Mediterranean’s horizon

    9 September 2025
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Regulation & Policy

    BP has taken steps to expand its natural gas arsenal in the Mediterranean Sea by striking a deal with Egypt for a multi-well drilling campaign, which is expected to yield new finds that will prolong the lifespan of existing production facilities in the West Nile Delta.

  • ABS: Advanced battery technologies could support alternative fuels, reduce fuel costs

    3 September 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Certification & Classification, Green Marine, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Regulation & Policy, Research & Development, Technology, Transition

    The latest advances in battery technologies have the potential to not only support direct electrification and the integration of alternative fuels but also offer pathways to enhance operational efficiency and reduce fuel costs, according to the latest analysis from classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

  • OKEA strikes oil at North Sea license

    25 August 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Norway’s oil and gas company OKEA has made oil discoveries at a production license it operates in the North Sea.

  • Tampnet powers LLOG’s deepwater oil project in US Gulf with digital infrastructure

    23 October 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, IT & Software, Technology

    Tampnet, a Norway-headquartered provider of offshore high-capacity and low-latency connectivity services, has been tasked with the provision of high-capacity digital infrastructure for a deepwater project in the Gulf of America (Gulf of Mexico) that uses a refurbished floating production unit (FPU).

  • Sea Lion runs into setback as financing delays Falkland Islands’ $1.4B oil project

    30 May 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Israel’s Navitas Petroleum has put off a final investment decision (FID) for its giant Sea Lion oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB), pushing it to the second half of the year for Phase 1 to put a financing plan in place.

  • More black gold for Murphy offshore Vietnam

    8 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Houston-based oil and gas company Murphy Oil has found oil in the Cuu Long Basin offshore Vietnam.

  • Catalina Express commissions Incat Crowther for new low-emission ferry design

    11 June 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Collaboration, Green Marine, Outlook & Strategy, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Australia-based shipbuilder Incat Crowther has been commissioned by Los Angeles operator Catalina Express to design a new low-emission, renewable diesel-powered passenger ferry.

  • Latin America’s first electric tugboat en route to Chile

    30 May 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Green Marine, Infrastructure, Vessels

    Latin America’s first electric tugboat, built by Sanmar Shipyards for Enap and SAAM, has embarked on a voyage to Chile.

  • Falkland Islands’ $1.4. billion oil project remains on track for FID in mid-2025

    24 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production

    Israel’s Navitas Petroleum is still anticipating a final investment decision (FID) for Phase 1 of its giant oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB) mid-year.

  • 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 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: 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 […]

  • KCA Deutag’s RDS FEEDs Sea Lion

    2 September 2014
    Business & Finance

    RDS, a rig design and engineering specialist, 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 […]

  • 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 […]