Fossil Energy
Global Petroleum extends exploration licence off Namibia
Global Petroleum Limited has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Jupiter Petroleum (Namibia) Limited, has agreed with the Namibian Ministry of Mines and Energy (‘MME’) a 12 month extension of the Initial Exploration Period of its Petroleum Exploration Licence No. 29. The licence covers two B
InterMoor opens major base in Aberdeen
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has opened a major new storage, maintenance and inspection facility in Aberdeen, UK. The new base – on a three-acre site with a warehouse, 20 permanent onsite staff and a multi-million pound mooring inventory – will support InterMoor’s global mooring operations with a f
Statoil extends EMGS survey contract
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a supplement contract from Statoil for a survey offshore Norway. The deal, worth approximately $1.0 million, is for multi-client 3D EM data acquisition in the Norwegian Sea. EMGS expects to start the survey soon, after completing the survey for S
Sub-commercial oil find in GoM for Statoil
Norwegian oil giant Statoil has made a small discovery in its Martin prospect located in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
Statoil fails to find oil off Angola
Genel Energy plc has announced that the Dilolo-1 exploration well on Block 39 offshore Angola is in the process of being plugged and abandoned after failing to encounter hydrocarbons.
Fugro, Diavaz secure offshore contract in Mexico
Mexico’s national oil company, PEMEX awards an offshore multi-site geophysical and geotechnical survey to start in September 2014.
Barakah Offshore scores contract with Lundin (Malaysia)
Malaysia’s Barakah Offshore Petroleum Berhad has through its subsidiary PBJV Group Sdn Bhd, entered into a contract with a Swedish oil company Lundin Petroleum. PBJV will provide hook-up, commissioning and topside maintenance services for Lundin’s offshore oil and gas fields in Malaysia. The value o
LR approves OEG Offshore’s 200th CCU design
Lloyd’s Register Energy has approved the 200th cargo carrying unit design type for OEG Offshore, marking five years of collaboration between the two global firms.
Atwood Achiever drillship delivered in South Korea
Atwood Oceanics, a US-based offshore drilling contractor, Inc. today expanded its fleet with a brand new drillship, the Atwood Achiever.
Qatar: Barzan gas project 95% complete. First gas in 1Q 2015
Qatar’s oil and gas company RasGas today informed that Train 1 of its “historic” $10.3 billion Barzan Gas Project is more than 95 per cent complete and is “rapidly ramping up for first production of clean-burning natural gas in the first quarter of 2015.“ Construction work on Train 2 is also progres
Camac to shoot seismic in Kenya
CAMAC Energy Inc. has announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, CAMAC Energy Kenya Limited, has awarded seismic contracts for the acquisition of 2D seismic surveys on Block L1B onshore Kenya, and Block L16 partly onshore and partly offshore Kenya. The contract awards are each subject to nego
Noble Energy sells Leviathan gas to Jordan’s NEPCO
Noble Energy, Inc. today announced the execution of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to supply natural gas from the Leviathan field, offshore Israel, to the National Electric Power Company Ltd. (NEPCO) of Jordan. Under terms of the LOI, Noble Energy and the Leviathan partners will supply a base
PSA: Lack of competence and experience risk to offshore safety
A new report on competence and capacity in the rig industry shows that a lack of professional competence and rig experience from the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) may pose a safety risk.
10 highest paid contract jobs in oil and gas industry
No jobs in the U.S. cracked the list of highest paying this year.