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Tap Oil has issued an update on development drilling at the Mubadala Petroleum-operated Manora oil field in the northern Gulf of Thailand (permit G1/48). The MNA-21 well, drilled from the Manora platform, has reached TD of 2,164 metres (7,100 feet) MDRT. Petrophysical interpretation…
Oil production in Uganda is likely to start in 2021 at the earliest, China’s CNOOC said, giving a later date than the government’s 2020 target. CNOOC, which is developing the fields in the west of the country with Britain’s Tullow Oil and France’s Total…
Congo Republic will open a call for oil licence tenders in September followed by a promotion campaign at an oil conference in South Africa in November, Congo’s hydrocarbons minister and conference organisers has said. This is Congo’s first licensing round since oil prices rebounded…
Norway’s parliament has given the green light on Monday for Equinor’s 47.2 billion Norwegian crown (US$5.85 billion) plan to develop the Johan Castberg oilfield in the Arctic Barents Sea. Parties from the centre-right government and the main opposition Labour Party joined forces to ensure…
India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has moved 29 offshore drilling rigs to safe locations ahead of the Indian monsoon season. Aqualis Offshore, marine and offshore engineering consultancy, said on the 13th June that it assisted with the large majority of the…
Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi has announced that the Kirkuk-Baiji-Baghdad pipeline is now operational. According to a statement from the Ministry, the 16-inch crude oil pipeline was completed in record time. Running for 180 kilometres, the pipeline will supply the refineries of…
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved Equinor’s plan for development and operation of the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea. “Today we have a solid project which will be central in the further development of the northern regions,” said Margareth…
Global maritime contractor Van Oord has signed a five-year partnership agreement with Shell Marine covering the lubrication needs for its entire fleet of vessels. Shell Marine said on the 12th June that the all-inclusive agreement was acknowledged in a special ceremony, staged at the…
ExxonMobil is rapidly progressing its Liza Phase 1 development located offshore Guyana with the beginning of development drilling. ExxonMobil announced on the 12th June that the development drilling for the first of 17 wells planned for Phase 1 began in May, laying the foundation…
