The discovery in the Piri prospect is Statoil and co-venturer ExxonMobil’s sixth discovery and the fifth high-impact discovery in Block 2 offshore Tanzania. The discovery of an additional two to three trillion cubic feet (tcf*) of natural gas in place in the Piri-1 well brings the total of in-place
The EPA Decision-making Committee has released its decision on the application by Trans-Tasman Resources Ltd for a marine consent for its iron sand mining project in the South Taranaki Bight. The Decision-making Committee has refused consent. In its decision the Committee said the major reason was u
CGG has released the Fast Trax processed data from its Deux multi-client survey covering 357 blocks in the Gulf of Mexico. The Fast Trax seismic images have been delivered on schedule less than seven months after completion of the survey. Deux is the second of a three-survey multi-client program tha
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company that provides hammer services to install conductors and drive piles, has successfully completed its first subsea piling services contract. CIS used its new remotely operated Subsea Piling System, which makes it possible to drive piles as l
Normandie 3 is Jersey Electricity’s 10-year, £70 million project to lay a third interconnector to France, in partnership with Guernsey Electricity (GEL) as part of the Channel Islands Electricity Grid (CIEG), to secure imported supplies of low carbon, lower cost electricity for decades to come. A ve
Cable laying vessel Sia, owned by CT Offshore, is continuing inter-array cable installation at the Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm site. Some 48 cables are now left to be installed. All 160 wind turbine generators at the offshore wind farm are now installed. A2SEA’s jack-up vessel Sea Worker, support
Pancontinental Oil and Gas NL has advised that, after lengthy analysis, it has been verified that the recently completed Sunbird-1 well off the southern Kenyan coast has intersected an oil column the first ever oil discovered off the East African coast. The gross oil column is assessed to be 14m thi
Noble Energy, Inc. announced that it has reached an agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. to acquire 50 percent of BP’s interest in 17 deepwater exploration leases in the Gulf of Mexico. Each of the leases resides in the Atwater Valley protraction area, with Noble Energy acquiring a 50 per
Ithaca Energy Inc. has provided an operations update ahead of 2014 Annual and Special Shareholders Meeting. Stella Development Drilling Update The third development well on the Stella field, well 30/06a-B1X (B1), has been successfully drilled to a total measured depth subsea of 16,185 feet. A 2,147
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a signed contract from a customer worth USD 2.3 million (NOK 13.5 million) for 3D EM data acquisition in the Norwegian Sea. The survey is expected to commence in June, using the vessel BOA Thalassa. In addition, EMGS has signed two data licensing a
AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, reports that the Oi-2 exploration well has drilled a 17 1/2 inch hole to the planned section target depth of 550 metres and that installation of the 13 3/8 inch casing has been completed. As at 06:00 hours (6.0
TGS, a geophysical company that provides multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas exploration and production companies worldwide, has started the acquisition of a new 3D multi-client survey in the West of Shetland region. The survey will cover 2,500km(2) and will tie into TGS’ existing 3D library
CAMAC Energy Inc. advised that the Oyo-8 development well was spudded on June 15, 2014. The Oyo-8 well is located offshore Nigeria in OML 120, where CAMAC Energy is the operator and owns a 100% working interest. This development well lies within the Oyo field, which was one of the first deepwater oi
Offshore WIND’s photo of the day: Ballast Nedam Offshore installing 47th wind turbine foundation at the Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm, which marks the company’s 500th installed foundation. Ballast Nedam Offshore is contracted to design, supply and install 80 foundations at the German offshore wind fa
