Dana Petroleum is pleased to provide an update on its exploration programme and drilling activities. Current Drilling On 14 July 2010, Dana announced its successful appraisal well at the Blackbird oil field in the UK Central North Sea. This well will be completed and flow tested shortly, and is the
BW Offshore has signed a contract with Kangean Energy Indonesia (“KEI”) for a gas FPSO to operate on the Terang Sirasun Batur (“TSB”) fields in Indonesia. The partners of KEI are PT Energi Mega Persada (50.0%), Mitsubishi Corporation (25.0%) and Japan Petroleum Exploration (25.0%). BW Offshore has s
Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Ltd. has been awarded by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd a contract, worth approximately €14 million, for the Andrew field development. This field is located 230 kilometers north east of Aberdeen, in the United Kingdom North Sea, at a wate
Total announces that it has received approval from the United Kingdom Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum & Energy (MPE) to develop its Islay gas field in the Northern North Sea, 440 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen. The Islay field is located in B
Following installation of the capping stack and in line with the procedure approved by the National Incident Commander and Unified Area Command, the well integrity test on the MC252 well commenced. The well integrity test will last at least 6 hours and could last up to 48 hours. During the test, the
Petrobras announces the entry into operation of FPSO Cidade de Santos in the Uruguá field, by means of the interconnection of the Uruguá-6 well. The Uruguá-8 and Uruguá-10 wells have also been linked to the FPSO. They are expected to start producing later this week and to reach a production of 25,00
Total announces the signature of an agreement to acquire Chevron’s 45.9% interest in Block 1 in the Joint Development Zone (JDZ). Total will operate the block in partnership with Addax Petroleum JDZ 1 Limited, Dangote Energy Equity Resources and Sasol Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited. The
DOF was founded in 1981 and is today an international group of companies which owns and operates a modern fleet of offshore-/subsea vessels, and owns engineering capacity to service the subsea market. The main objectives for DOF are to: * engage in long-term, industry-related offshore activities. *
Ascent Resources plc, the AIM-traded oil and gas exploration and production company, through its subsidiary Ascent Resources (Netherlands) BV (‘ARN’), has increased its interest in the M10/11 block in the southern North Sea off the Netherlands’ coast. Following the transfer of McLaren Resources Inc’
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group listed on AIM, announces that the IE-3 appraisal well has reached a final depth of 3,048 metres. The Company has run a suite of wireline logs and has taken samples and pressure data. The information collected indicates that the well has
On Sunday 11 July Statoil switched on the power, making Gjøa Norway’s first floating platform to get electricity from the mainland. “This is a good example of how Statoil can play a part in solving some of the climate challenges in collaboration with the supplies industry,” says Bjørn Midttun, head
Afren plc (“Afren”) announces that terms have been agreed to acquire Energy Equity Resources Oil and Gas’s (“EER”) residual license interest in OML 115, offshore south east Nigeria. Transaction Highlights * Located offshore south east Nigeria, adjacent and on trend with Afren and Oriental’s Ebok and
Farstad Shipping Ltd., a wholly owned UK subsidiary of Farstad Shipping, has entered into an agreement to buy the platform supply vessel Seabed Viking. The vessel is a Havyard 832 CD (4000 DWT) built at Fjellstrand AS and delivered in February 2010. The vessel is a modern and environmentally friendl
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced that it has contracted with PGS Geophysical to process the data from the 3D seismic survey to be conducted over its offshore block in the Republic of Guinea. PGS was recently awarded the contract for the acquisition phase of the survey which is expected to commenc
