Ivory Coast Awards Tullow Two New Oil and Gas Blocks

Ivory Coast awarded Tullow Oil two new oil and gas blocks on the 17th January, including one along the maritime boundary with Ghana, government spokesman Bruno Kone said.   Africa-focused Tullow now holds stakes in nine Ivorian blocks, eight of which it has picked up…

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Huisman applies 3D printing technique to crane hook

Huisman claims to have produced the world’s first 3D printed offshore crane hook.   The device has passed its 80-metric ton load test and all associated quality control checks. Crane hooks are conventionally manufactured using casting or forging techniques.   Huisman employs the 3D printing…

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AIOC adding further platform to ACG project offshore Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijan International Oil Company (AIOC) has awarded KBR and its joint venture with SOCAR two front-end engineering design (FEED) contracts.   These are for a new production, drilling, quarters (PDQ) platform – Azeri Central East (ACE) – to be added at the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG)…

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Archer scoops North Sea platform drilling contract

Oil services company Archer Ltd has been awarded a three-year contract by Apache for the provision of platform drilling management services which include operations and maintenance on the Forties and Beryl fields in the UK North Sea.   This will include the Forties Alpha, Bravo,…

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Beach makes gas discovery in South Australia’s Otway basin

Beach Energy Ltd, Adelaide, has made a gas field discovery in the onshore Otway basin of South Australia with the deviated Haselgrove-3 ST1 well in production licence PPL62 about eight kilometres south of Penola.   The wholly owned Beach permit is on state forestry land…

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