Lloyd’s Register (LR) is providing support services for Eni’s Coral South field development in Area 4 of the Rovuma basin offshore Mozambique. The floating liquefied natural gas unit will be Africa’s first floating gas facility and the world’s first ultra-deepwater FLNG, operating in a…
Kosmos Energy has announced that it has completed drilling the Anapai-1A exploration well located in Block 45 offshore Suriname. Anapai-1A was drilled to a total depth of 4,556 metres and was designed to test lower Cretaceous reservoirs in a structural trap on the flank…
Nearly two thirds (64%) of oil and gas sector leaders expect to increase or sustain spending on natural gas projects in 2018, as the sector prepares for gas to overtake oil as the world’s primary energy source in the mid-2030s. Confidence in the case…
AIM-listed UK Oil & Gas Investments (UKOG) has been informed by Horse Hill Developments Ltd (‘HHDL’), the operator of the Horse Hill-1 (‘HH-1’) Kimmeridge Limestone 3 (‘KL3’), KL4 and Portland oil discovery, that planned flow testing operations of HH-1 have commenced. All key equipment…
Block Energy, the exploration and production company focused on the Republic of Georgia, has announced the acquisition of an additional 20% interest in the highly prospective 36.5 square kilometre West Rustavi licence in Georgia, increasing its working interest to 25%. West Rustavi has proven…
Energy companies Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil will not submit a claim for missed revenue due to the Dutch government’s decision to halt gas production at the Groningen field by 2030, the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs said on the 25th June. The…
ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte Ltd has started production of hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin and halobutyl rubber at its integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore, which has a crude oil processing capacity of 592,000 b/d and includes two steam crackers. Construction of the multibillion-dollar expansion project was…
Energean Oil and Gas Plc announced on the 25th June that it intends to drill an exploration well in the Karish North prospect, offshore Israel, before the end of March 2019. The Karish North prospect, which is located within Energean’s Karish lease, will be…
Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) has awarded Maersk Drilling a contract extension for the jack-up Maersk Convincer. The current contract for the Maersk Convincer has now been extended for another firm 912 days with up to three years of options. The contract extension will commence…
Brazil’s Petrobras has kicked off oil production from its Tartaruga Verde (Green Turtle) field in deep water of Campos basin, offshore Brazil. The oil company said the production started on Friday, the 22nd June, via the FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes. The…
