Rosneft and partner Eni have completed drilling of the – exploration and appraisal well Maria-1 on the Zapadno-Chernomorskaya licence area in the Russian sector of the Black Sea. Water depth at the site was 2,109 metres (6,919 feet), while the final drilling depth was…
Cuadrilla revealed on the 3rd April that it has successfully completed drilling the UK’s first ever horizontal shale gas well at its exploration site at Preston New Road in Lancashire. The well was drilled through the Lower Bowland shale at a depth of approximately…
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, has announced significant discoveries in both the Hades and Iris prospects in licence PL 644 B (Faroe 20%), located in the Norwegian Sea. …
Global drilling and engineering contractor KCA Deutag has announced that its offshore business unit has been awarded a new drilling contract on five of Statoil’s platforms operating in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract is for the provision of drilling operations, maintenance services and…
Argenta launches Lloyd’s SPA with Hannover Re backing Argenta Holdings is establishing a special purpose arrangement (SPA) in conjunction with its parent company Hannover Re after it received approval from the Lloyd’s franchise board. Argenta Syndicate Management (ASML), the managing agency subsidiary of Argenta…
TechnipFMC has been awarded an Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation contract by Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd. This award covers the delivery and installation of subsea equipment including umbilicals, flowlines and the subsea production system for the Gumusut-Kakap Phase 2 Project. Hallvard Hasselknippe,…
An autonomous ground robot will be deployed for the first time for inspection purposes offshore on Total’s Alwyn platform in the UK northern North Sea. Under the 18-month project, the Oil & Gas Technology Centre, Total E&P, Austria’s taurob and Germany’s Technische Universitaet Darmstadt…
Shell has decided to divest its stake in an offshore block in Palestine. The company, through its affiliate BG Great Britain Limited, has reached an agreement with Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) to divest its entire interest and operatorship in the Gaza Marine licence. Gaza…
DNO ASA, the Norwegian oil and gas operator focused on the Middle East and the North Sea, has agreed to acquire a 15.37 percent of the share capital of Faroe Petroleum from Israeli Delek Group. DNO re-entered the North Sea upstream sector in 2017 through…
Baker Hughes has signed a contract to harness 200 MMcf/d of natural gas from Iraq’s Nassiriya and Gharraf oil fields. The Nassiriya field is operated by the state-run Dhi Qar Oil Company (DQOC) and currently producing around 70,000 barrels per day of crude oil, with…
