Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary Lundin Norway has announced that drilling of exploration well 25/10-12S in PL625, in the Norwegian North Sea, has started. The well will investigate the hydrocarbon potential of the Kopervik Prospect in PL625, located 175 km west of Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast
From 22 to 25 September 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of the control and management of materials handling and the technical condition of lifting equipment at Statoil and the company’s management of lifting-equipment maintenance at Snorre A platform, in the Norwe
Repsol has made a new discovery of “high quality” oil in the United States’ Gulf of Mexico. The find was made 352 kilometres from the Louisiana coast in an ultra-deep water well named Leon, located in the Keathley Canyon 642 block. Repsol is the operator of the discovering consortium. The well found
Tanjung Offshore’s subsidiary Tanjung Offshore Services (TOS) has, on 23 October 2014, entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with Drilltec Offshore Sdn. Bhd. The two companies will jointly undertake business in the area of marketing, managing, owning, operating, maintenance and repair, leasing, and
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has given Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) consent to use the Deepsea Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig for drilling and well operations at Gullfaks Sør in North Sea. Gullfaks Sør lies due south of the Gullfaks field in the northern part of the North Sea. The
Gulf Drilling International (GDI) announced today that the new jack-up drilling rig “Dukhan” has been accepted by Qatar Petroleum, and left NKOM Shipyard at Ras Laffan yesterday en route to its first location. “Dukhan” is the 9th offshore jack-up rig in GDI’s fleet and the 3rd jack-up rig to be unde
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania Limited (EMEPRL) and OMV Petrom S.A. (OMV Petrom) have started drilling the Pelican South-1 exploration well on a new prospect in the Neptun Block. The Ocean Endeavour rig is drilling the Pelican South-1 wildcat well about 155 kilometers offshore in the
Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that the exploration drilling of the Gobi prospect in the Gurita PSC, Natuna Sea, Indonesia has been completed and that no hydrocarbon shows were encountered. Gobi-1 wildcat exploration well was drilled to a final depth of 2,373 meters below mean sea level (MSL) usi
Maersk Drilling’s third drillship, Maersk Venturer, which was delivered on September 25, 2014 from the Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in Geoje-Si in South-Korea, has secured a short term contract with oil major Total. Maersk Venturer will start a one well programme offshore Malaysia with an
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway has carried out an audit of stability, ballasting, and the watertight and weathertight integrity of semi-submersible accommodation support vessel Safe Scandinavia. On 23 and 24 September 2014, with assistance from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, the PS
Drydocks World has been chosen to carry out the drydocking and repairs of the jack-up “High Island IV” for Shelf Drilling, one of the major players in the shallow water drilling market, and owners of 40 rigs worldwide. Drydocks World-Dubai has a successful past with Shelf Drilling, previously comple
Mubadala Petroleum has informed that the first three development wells in the Manora Oil Development, in the Northern Gulf of Thailand – MNA-01, MNA-02 and MNA-03 – have now been completed. Mubadala Petroleum is the operator of the Manora Oil Development joint venture and Tap Oil Limited has 30% int
Baker Hughes Incorporated has announced a Weekly Rig Count report to its Investor Relations website. Just like last week, offshore rig count is down again this week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. +9 to 1927 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 9 rigs from last week to 1927, with oil rigs up 5 to 1595, gas […]
VAALCO Energy, Inc. has entered into the Subsequent Exploration Phase (“SEP”) on Block 5 offshore Angola. VAALCO has entered the SEP together with its working interest partner, Sonangol P&P, as provided for in the Production Sharing Agreement signed in 2006 with the Republic of Angola, the company e
