Fossil Energy
Leviathan Partners Sell Gas to Palestine Power Generation Company
Delek Drilling Limited Partnership and Avner Oil Exploration – Limited Partnership (together “the Partnerships”) have announced the signing of a natural gas supply agreement between the Partnerships and the other partners in licenses 349/Rachel and 350/Amit, with the Palestine Power Generation Compa
BGP Completes Papua New Guinea Seismic Survey
UMC Energy has provided an update on the progress of the 3,000 line kilometre 2D seismic acquisition programme over the offshore Petroleum Prospecting Licences (PPL), PPL374 and PPL375, Papua New Guinea, held 100% by Gini Energy Ltd (“Gini”). UMC Energy holds a 30% interest in Gini, with CNOOC Ltd h
BG Spuds Sunbird Well Offshore Kenya
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL has informed that the exploration well Sunbird-1 has started drilling in Licence area L10A offshore Kenya. The well is managed by the L10A Joint Venture operator BG Group, using the drillship Deepsea Metro 1. The Sunbird-1 well is planned to take 50 to 60 days to drill to
Blue Water Charters Dockwise Vessel for Platform Transport
Blue Water signed a contract in 2013 with a global leader in the design, construction and repair of mobile offshore rigs. The contract included heavy-lift transportation of a number of drilling rigs and handling more than 600.000 freight tons by dry and wet towage. “For this project we have chartere
Atlantic Petroleum December Production Hit by Bad Weather
P/F Atlantic Petroleum today announces that during the month of December, Atlantic Petroleum produced a net total of 66,000 barrels of oil equivalents (boe) from the Chestnut, Ettrick and Blackbird fields in the North Sea. Chestnut production was affected by adverse weather during the month. The ave
AMEC Hired for EPC Services on Nexen’s Offshore Assets
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by Nexen Petroleum UK Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for their North Sea offshore assets. Nexen is a significant contributo
Stork Sells Subsea Division to N-Sea Group
Stork Technical Services, the global provider of knowledge based asset integrity services to the oil & gas, power and chemical industries, today announced it has reached an agreement to sell its Subsea division to N-Sea Group. Stork is divesting its Subsea division following a strategic review of it
Eni Completes Blackwood-2 Drilling (Australia)
MEO Australia Limited provides the final update in relation to Blackwood-2 being drilled in NT/P68, operated by Eni Australia Ltd (Eni). Since the last report, in accordance with pre-drilling plans, the well was plugged and abandoned following conclusion of production testing. The rig was released f
Australia: EPA Gives Nod for Chevron’s Gorgon Expansion
Chevron Australia’s proposal to increase the footprint of its Gorgon Gas Development has been recommended for conditional approval by the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority. The proposal aims to undertake clearing and earthworks of an additional 32 hectares on Barrow Island for ad
Endeavour: Production from Second Rochelle Well Delayed
Endeavour International Corporation today announced an update on the current production from the first well (W1) at the Rochelle field and the timing of the start-up of the second production well (E2). Current gross production from the W1 well is 65 – 70 million cubic feet of gas per day with an add
Petrobras Orders Flexible Pipes from Technip
Technip wins two contracts for ultra-deep water fields and helps Petrobras push back subsea frontiers. Technip was awarded by Petrobras two ultra-deep water contracts for the supply of flexible pipes for the Sapinhoá Norte field and I5 at Lula field (former Tupi field), located in the Santos Basin p
Top News of the Week Dec 30, 2013 – Jan 5, 2014
Top News of the Week Dec 30, 2013 – Jan 5, 2014
Oil Leaking from Hibernia Platform Offshore Canada
Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) has reported an ongoing leak of crude oil from the hose end valve (HEV) of the Northern Offshore Loading System (OLS). Hibernia is an oil field in the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately 315 kilometres (196 mi) east-southeast of St. John’s, New
Statoil to Use ‘Regalia’ at Grane Field
Statoil has received consent to use the Regalia mobile accommodation rig at Grane field in the North Sea in connection with modification and maintenance activities. The Grane field is in block 25/11 in the central section of the Norwegian part of the North Sea. The field has been developed using an