Rocksource ASA announced today that the drilling rig “Borgland Dolphin” is in the process of completing operations on the “Phoenix” prospect in PL 559 in the Norwegian Sea. The well has encountered reservoir sands in the Jurassic upper Åre formation, the lower Åre formation, the Grey Beds and in the
The marine division of Renaissance Services has recently acquired the Caspian Provider , an advanced Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), to join the company’s fleet on a four-year contract in Azerbaijan with a value in excess of Rial 15.4 million (US$40m). The Caspian Provider will be working out of Baku,
TGS has commenced a 2D multi-client seismic survey in offshore Eastern Indonesia immediately north of the Sunrise-Troubadour gas fields and to the west of the Abadi gas field. The 1,500 km survey, MHI11, will infill a seismic survey previously acquired in 2007 and an extensive multibeam data set in
Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that the 14/10-8 exploration well (the “Well”) was spudded at 03:45hrs BST on 25 September 2011. The Well is situated on Licence PL032, which is 100% owned and operated by Rockhopper, and is located appr
Production commenced on Saturday 24 September 2011, from the Woodside-operated Okha floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, 135km north-west of Karratha in Western Australia. The hook-up, testing and commissioning of the Okha facility has been completed. The Okha is expected to pro
RWE-DEA Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea with the West Alpha mobile facility. The consent relates to drilling of exploration well 6507/7-15S which is part of production licence 435 with RWE-DEA Norge AS as the operator (40%). The other licensees ar
Chevron Corporation announced that its Australian subsidiary will proceed with the construction of its Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. John Watson, chairman and chief executive officer, Chevron Corporation, said, “The Wheatstone Project is a legacy, value-creating investment that will prov
Brazil’s richest man said on Friday he has abandoned talks to sell stakes in his offshore oil prospects, which had drawn interest from China… By Brian Ellsworth and Joshua Schneyer (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters,September 25, 2011;
China’s top offshore oil producer CNOOC Ltd cut some oil production at an offshore field in Indonesia about 20 kms (12 miles) off Jakarta … By Reporting by Andjarsari Paramaditha (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters,September 25, 2011;
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) recently announced that it wished to procure specialised environmental and engineering consultancy services to support its functions relating to the regulation of offshore oil, gas and condensate exploration, production and decommissioning activitie
Lundin Petroleum AB announces that it has commenced the drilling of the Janglau prospect located in Block PM308A, offshore the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The Janglau-1 exploration well will test the hydrocarbon potential of Eocene to Oligocene alluvial sands overlying a Pre-Tertiary high tha
Norway-based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by Mitsubishi Heavy Industry on behalf of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to design and supply extra-long outreach workboat/lifeboat/FRC davits for PGS’s 5th generation Ramform new building seismic vessels. T
A Turkish research ship, named after well-known Ottoman captain, geographer and cartographer Piri Reis, set sail on Friday for the … Source: Today’s Zaman [mappress] Source: todayszaman,September 23, 2011;
Uruguay’s government oil corporation Ancap has received expressions of interest from at least 10 foreign companies for 15 offshore oil and… Source: Mercopress [mappress] Source:MercoPress ,September 23, 2011;
