The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has conditionally approved Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s revised multi-year exploration plan for the Chukchi Sea, offshore Alaska. The exploration plan describes all exploration activities planned by Shell, including the timing of these activities, in
Cairn Energy and its joint venture partners have submitted a three year evaluation work plan to the Government of Senegal. This plan includes an initial program of three firm and three optional exploration and appraisal wells, with drilling starting in Q4 2015 in Cairn’s new basin play offshore Sene
Australia’s Origin Energy Limited, as Operator of the BassGas Joint Venture, today announced that the Yolla-6 production well located offshore Australia had reached total depth of 3,653m MDRT (Measured Depth Below Rotary Table). The well spudded at 21:30 hours AEDT on March 14, 2015. The well was dr
Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill an exploration well 7220/11-3 located in the Barents Sea with the Island Innovator rig. Lundin is the operator for production licence 609 in block 7220/11 in the Barents Sea. According to the PSA
ExxonMobil has discovered hydrocarbons offshore Guyana, while drilling the Liza-1 exploration well at the Stabroek block. The discovery was made using the Deepwater Champion drillship, some 120 miles offshore Guyana, according to Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert M. Persaud.
VNG Norge (VNG) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to drill two exploration wells 6406/12-4 S and 6406/12-4 A in the Norwegian Sea using the Transocean Arctic rig. VNG is the operator for production licence 586 in block 6406/12 in the Norwegian Sea. The field is ar
Statoil has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use Scarabeo 5 rig for permanent plugging of well 6506/11-N-4 H on the Kristin field in the Norwegian Sea. According to the PSA, Statoil has allocated up to 27 days for the activity, which will start in mid-May 2015. Wa
Tullow Oil Norge AS has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for exploration drilling of well 6507/11-11 in the Norwegian Sea with the Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig. Tullow is the operator for production licence 591 in block 6507/11 in the Norwegian Sea. The company has ap
Baker Hughes has said today that the worldwide rig count for April 2015 was 2,268, down 289 from the 2,557 counted in March 2015, and down 1,120 from the 3,388 counted in April 2014. This includes both onshore and offshore rigs in the U.S. and internationally. The international rig count for April 2
Rowan Companies plc, a Houston-based drilling contractor, has reported net income of $123.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to $59.6 million in the first quarter of 2014. Net income for the prior-year quarter included a litigation settlement gain which increased net income
Talisman Energy AS (TENAS) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to use the Mærsk Giant jack-up rig for well plugging on the Varg field in the Norwegian North Sea. Talisman will use Mærsk Giant for plugging wells 15/12-A-2, A-4, A-9, A-11, A-12, A-13, A-15 and A-16 on
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd has announced the production test results from the company’s most recent discovery, the Echidna-1 exploration well in the Santos Basin, Brazil. Karoon spudded the Echidna-1 exploration well on March 31, 2015 and confirmed a 213 metre gross oil column on April 20, 2015. Accor
The Gazprom headquarters hosted yesterday, May 6, 2015, a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Nguyen Xuan Son, Chairman of the PetroVietnam National Oil and Gas Group Board of Directors. The meeting addressed the main issues of the bilateral coop
Rolls-Royce has just delivered its 1000th UUC underwater mountable thruster. It is the third unit in a series of six being installed on Seadrill’s new mobile drilling ship currently under construction at Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. John Knudsen, Rolls-Royce, President – Commercial Marine said
