Fossil Energy
BOEM’s fifth offshore lease sale slated for August
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has proposed to offer 78 million acres for a Gulf of Mexico lease sale scheduled for August 2019.
Wellesley bites dust at another North Sea well
Oil and gas company Wellesley Petroleum has drilled another dry well in the Norwegian section of the North Sea, 220 kilometers northwest of Stavanger.
Triangle’s Cliff Head well goes offline after pump issue
Triangle Energy has experienced a technical issue with one of the wells at its Cliff Head oil field located offshore Australia, which has caused the well to stop producing.
2H Offshore installs wellhead platform for Petronas
Acteon’s subsidiary 2H Offshore has completed the installation of a conductor-supported facility wellhead platform offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.
10 years later, Canada remembers those killed in Flight 491 crash
Canada’s Newfoundland province is today remembering those killed in the Cougar helicopter crash offshore Canada ten years ago.
i3 Energy raising cash for North Sea drilling
i3 Energy, a company owning the undeveloped Liberator oil field and Serenity prospects in the North Sea, is raising cash to fund the multi-well drilling program in the area.
Bassoe: You’re not hunting him, he’s hunting you – Awilco orders second harsh environment semisub
A little over a year ago, Awilco Drilling was just a company with two old North Sea semisubs. Now they’re on the offensive.
Shell inks contracts for two blocks offshore Colombia
Colombia’s regulator Agencia Nacional de Hidrocarburos (ANH) and Shell have signed exploration and production contracts for two blocks offshore Colombia.
Mexico: Ophir eyeing Block 5 stake sale despite discovery
London-listed oil and gas company Ophir Energy has said it has, with its partners, encountered oil in the Cholula-1 well in Block 5, offshore Mexico. Despite the discovery, the company is in talks to sell its stake in the Murphy Oil-operated block.
Trump sets aside $193.4M for BOEM, $200M for BSEE
U.S. president Donald Trump on Monday proposed a $193.4 million budget for the fiscal year 2020 for U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Cairn gearing up for drilling campaign offshore Mexico
UK-based oil and gas company Cairn Energy will drill three wells in Mexican waters this year, two as operator and one as a partner.
Pilot, passenger die in Gulf of Mexico heli crash, Bristow confirms
Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group has confirmed the deaths of the pilot and the passenger who were in a Bristow helicopter which crashed in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Sunday.
Aker Solutions to help Chevron boost recovery from Australian offshore field
Aker Solutions has been awarded a master contract to support the delivery of a subsea compression system for the Chevron Australia-operated Jansz-Io field offshore Australia.
KCA Deutag unit picks up offshore platform design deal
RDS, KCA Deutag’s global provider of engineering and design solutions, has won a new contract for the detailed design of a drilling facility for an offshore platform.