Marine geophysical firm PGS will carry out three new surveys for Eastern Canada in 2020. PGS’ new Blomidon, South Bank, and Torngat Extension GeoStreamer surveys are all supported by industry funding. Together they will cover approximately 10,000 square kilometres offshore Labrador and Newfoundland.
State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) has entered into an agreement to acquire stakes in Total’s two exploration blocks offshore the Ivory Coast.
Equinor has drilled a dry well near the Fram field in the North Sea offshore Norway.
The number of offshore rigs in the U.S. has dropped for the third week in a row and now stands at just 12 active units, according to a weekly rig count report by Baker Hughes.
Shearwater GeoServices has secured a contract from Apache for a 4D seismic survey with 3D extension over the Forties field. The Apache-operated Forties oil field is located 110 miles north-east of Aberdeen in the UK sector of the Central North Sea. The project will start in Q2 2020 and should last f
Oil and gas company Wintershall Dea has received consent from the offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA), for production drilling on the Vega field using the West Mira drilling rig.
Shelf Drilling booked a loss of $185 million in the first quarter of 2020 due to rig impairment charges and is taking actions to reduce costs and preserve liquidity amid challenging market situation.
UAE-based Mubadala Petroleum has decided to drill, complete, and put on production three wells in the Manora field in the Gulf of Thailand.
The Norwegian Government has proposed to increase funding for mapping of seabed minerals and knowledge building. In its revised National Budget for 2020, Norway is looking to boost its previous funding from 70 to close to 140 million Norwegian kroner. Tina Bru, Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and En
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has conducted ‘the world’s first’ dual drilling operation from an integrated subsea template structure at the Fenja field in the Norwegian North Sea.
Australia’s Santos is pushing forward with its Dorado field development, located in the Bedout Basin offshore Western Australia.
Oil and gas company Spirit Energy has been given a drilling permit to drill the 7321/8-2 S well in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.
Borr Drilling has joined a growing list of offshore drilling contractors facing a possibility of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
The government of Ghana is pushing for a fast-track development of a new oil discovery made by domestic operator Springfield E&P through a unitization agreement between Springfield and Eni.
