Project & Tenders
Nigeria: Lekoil sets Ogo appraisal spud date
Lekoil, an oil company focused on Africa, has set a prospective spud date for appraisal drilling of the Ogo discovery in OPL 310, offshore Nigeria. Lekoil said on Thursday in its half-year financial results that the drilling at the project was expected to start in first quarter of 2018, subject to a
Statoil Selects TechnipFMC for Peregrino Phase 2 Pipeline Project
TechnipFMC has been awarded by Statoil an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract. It covers the execution of the subsea pipeline connection for the new production platform in Peregrino Phase II Project, located in Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. This new fixed platform will
CGG wraps up full-scale survey in Barents Sea for Lundin
French geophysical company CGG has completed acquisition of what it says is the first-ever full-scale commercial survey using TopSeis, its latest offshore broadband seismic acquisition and imaging solution. Commissioned by Lundin Norway over the Loppa High in the Barents Sea, the inaugural TopSeis s
LLOG sets sights on developing six Gulf of Mexico projects by 2018 end
LLOG Exploration Company L.L.C, a privately-owned E&P company focused on the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, has informed of its plans to develop six operated projects following a successful 2016 and 2017 exploration program. LLOG said on Tuesday that the company would bring online nine new deepwater oil
BP: Arundel field begins production
British oil giant BP has started oil production from the Arundel field, one of two North Sea fields sanctioned in 2016. Located 15 kilometers north of the Andrew platform in the central North Sea, the Arundel field was discovered in 2000, with further appraisal wells drilled in 2008 and 2009. It is
COPL not giving up on Liberian offshore block
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (COPL) has not to give up on the Liberian offshore oil and gas space after a recent duster with the Mesurado well in partnership with ExxonMobil. While the current production sharing contract (PSC) for LB-13 block with ExxonMobil and COPL – where the well was dril
Edison in 20-year deal to buy US LNG from Venture Global
Edison, the Italian energy group owned by France’s EDF, signed a long-term deal to buy 1 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass facility in Louisiana. Under the deal, Edison will purchase LNG on a free-on-board basis for a period of 20 years startin
Carbon Trust Invites Companies to Look Into Sliding Access
The Carbon Trust, within its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme, is looking for companies who will carry out a study of the sliding access method and determine if it can be de-risked.
Sovcomflot to operate Rosneft’s LNG-fueled Aframax tankers
Russia’s largest shipping company Sovcomflot will operate Rosneft’s five LNG-fueled Aframax tankers to be built by Zvezda shipyard.
Bibby Offshore Completes Apache Contracts
Bibby Offshore has completed three contracts for Apache North Sea, a global oil and gas operator. Bibby utilized its diving support vessels, Bibby Polaris and Bibby Topaz, and its construction support vessel, Olympic Ares, for the projects. Operating across North Sea assets during Q3 2017, the vesse
Vattenfall Issues Array Cable Tenders for Danish Offshore Wind Farms
Vattenfall has issued two tenders searching for inter-array cable manufacturing and installation on three Danish offshore wind projects: Kriegers Flak, Vesterhav Nord and Vesterhav Syd.
Eidesvik Finds Work for Viking Neptun in Offshore Wind Sector
Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik has secured a contract with Adwen for the Viking Neptun for support work in the offshore wind market. According to the Oslo-listed company, the contract start is mid-October 2017, and it is scheduled to last for 5 months firm with further options. “I am very pleased w
Erin Energy gearing up for 3D seismic after Ghana-Ivory Coast border ruling
Erin Energy’s offshore assets in Ghana have not been affected by the ruling brought on Saturday by an international tribunal with regard to the maritime boundary dispute between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The Special Chamber of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in Hamburg has de
HHI to build 10 LNG-ready VLOCs for Polaris Shipping
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) booked an $800 million order to build ten LNG-ready 325,000 dwt very large ore carriers (VLOCs) for Polaris Shipping.