TGS has commenced the acquisition of a new multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore Sierra Leone. This survey marks over ten years of investment for TGS in the West African region and will add 1,038 km2 to the existing TGS data library. Upon completion, TGS will have over 6,200 km2 of contiguous mult
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/2-10 in the North Sea with the Transocean Leader mobile facility. Statoil has previously received consent to carry out exploration drilling of wells 16/2-8 and 16/2-9S with Transocean Leader. The new consent relates to drillin
French oil company Total has raised its medium-term oil and gas production growth target, as acquisitions, project start-ups and new… By Marie Maitre (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 26, 2011
John Fredriksen, the owner of supertankers and oil rigs, remained the richest person in Norway this year after his wealth dropped … By Meera Bhatia (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source:Bloomberg ,September 26, 2011;
A BP Plc-led group may consider a another pipeline project to transit natural gas from the Shah Deniz deposit in the Azeri sector… By Stephen Bierman (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg,September 26, 2011;
Statoil and its partners have submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Skuld field on the Halten Bank to the authorities. Norne operations vice president Anita A. Stenhaug, handed over the plan to Norwegian state secretary Per Rune Henriksen during a ceremony at Statoil’s office i
China’s top offshore crude producer CNOOC Ltd will resume normal operations this week at Indonesia’s southeast Sumatra oil block after a … Reporting by Andjarsari Paramaditha (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 26, 2011;
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that drilling of appraisal well 16/2-10 on the Espevær/Aldous Major South structure has commenced. The well is located in licence PL265 in the Norwegian North Sea. The Espevær well will test the northern continuation of the Aldous Major South discovery and the western e
Shtokman Development AG and Sovcomflot signed Cooperation Agreement on September 20, 2011 in Saint-Petersburg at the 10th Annual Conference of Sovcomflot Business Partners. The document was signed by Alexei Zagorovskiy, Chief Executive Officer and Sergey Frank, Chairman of the Board of Sovcomflot. T
Nautical Petroleum plc announces that the Kraken 9/02b-5Z horizontal well, located in UKCS North Sea Block 9/2b, has been successfully completed and tested. The horizontal section of the well was drilled from 5,257 feet Measured Depth (MD) to a total depth of 7,260 feet MD, a horizontal displacement
AGR Field Operations announced today that they have been awarded a global Framework Agreement with Statoil for the delivery of pre-operational Operations and Maintenance studies. This agreement will supply Statoil with analysis and support to their Capital Value Process for Operational Assurance pro
– Van Oord’s new flexible fallpipe vessel, the Stornes, was christened on 24 September. The event, which was attended by hundreds of guests and Van Oord employees, took place at the Wilhelmina dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The christening ceremony was performed by Mrs J. van Vonno, wife of for
BP Plc. confirmed on Friday it has filed a plan with U.S. regulators to pursue its first new deepwater oil exploration work in the Gulf of… By Bruce Nichols (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters,September 26, 2011;
Vietnam is expected to raise its crude oil output by 6.7 percent next year to 16 million tonnes, drawing more from fields both offshore and… Reporting by Ho Binh Minh; Editing by Ramthan Hussain (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 26, 2011;
