Independent oil exploration and production company Tullow Oil plc has informed that first oil has flowed from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana, to the FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills. The FPSO is moored around sixty kilometers offshore Western Ghana at a water depth averagi
First oil production from the Tullow-operated Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) project, offshore Ghana, is reportedly expected on Thursday, August 18, 2016. According to Graphic Online, a news website from Ghana, the country’s president John Dramani Mahama will inaugurate the first oil from the TE
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has experienced issues during drilling operations on the Skipper appraisal well, in the UK sector of the North Sea, that in turn extended the duration of the well by thirteen days. However, IOG has managed to retrieve oil from the well. IOG, the 100% owner and operator
Oslo-listed DOF Subsea said it has been awarded several contracts in the past weeks. In Asia Pacific, DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has secured several contracts and work under existing frame agreements, securing utilization of the vessels Skandi Singapore and Skandi Hercules. The scope of wo
Delek Group informed on Wednesday that Ocean Energean Oil and Gas, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Energean E&P Holdings, agreed to buy the rights in the Tanin and Karish gas fields for US$148.5 million.
FMC Technologies has secured a contract with DOF Subsea for two new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). According to the company, the HD and UHD-III ROVs will be delivered by FMC Technologies’ Schilling Robotics business line in December 2016. These ROVs will be utilized by DOF Subsea for its inspect
Fugro has been awarded a contract by Total E&P Uruguay to support its drilling campaign offshore Uruguay. The contract provides for ROV and tooling services in the Raya-1 field in 3,400 metres water depth. Fugro is supplying two 200hp FCV 4000D work-class ROV systems and subsea tooling, which are in
Aberdeenshire-based Paradigm Flow Services said it has just landed its largest ever contract in Malaysia. The deal will see the company’s React Locate Remediate (RLR) umbilical unblocking technology deployed in a deepwater setting for an undisclosed international operating company. This recent win w
Nord Stream 2, a proposed twin offshore pipeline designed to carry Russian gas through the Baltic Sea to the European market, has hit a snag, after an objection of the Polish competition authorities. Namely, the project was to be run by a consortium of several major energy firms, with Gazprom as ope
Independent oil and gas company Cairn Energy is planning to start a further exploration and appraisal campaign offshore Senegal in the fourth quarter of 2016 or in the first quarter of 2017. Cairn, as the operator, has a 40% WI in the three blocks offshore Senegal (Sangomar Deep, Sangomar Offshore,
Technip and DOF Subsea joint venture, TechDof Brasil AS, has taken final delivery of the pipe-lay support vessel Skandi Açu. The vessel has started its 8-year charter contract with Petrobras. It is the first of 4 PLSVs fixed on long-term charters with Petrobras which were awarded to the joint ventur
Norwegian oil company Statoil has started drilling the Njord North Flank-2 (NF-2) exploration well 6407/7-9 S located in the Norwegian Sea. The NF-2 prospect is located in Licence PL107C immediately north of the Njord field. Statoil received consent from the Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petro
Quadrant Energy, an Australian oil and gas exploration company, has encountered gas traces at its Roc-2 well being drilled offshore Western Australia. According to Carnarvon Petroleum, a partner in the project, at around 3,250 meters measured depth, a 10-meter section of elevated gas readings and mo
Daya Maxflo, the oilfield service subsidiary of Daya Materials specialised in drilling, well intervention and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has been awarded a contract by Schlumberger in the Middle East. Namely, a three-year contract, should see Daya Maxflo deliver specialized well services for Schlum
