Based on the previously announced Conditional Letter of Award, Maersk Drilling has been awarded contracts for the deepwater rigs Maersk Valiant and Mærsk Developer from Total E&P Suriname, Suriname Branch, for Total’s exploration and appraisal project in Suriname’s Block 58. Mærsk Developer and Maersk Valiant will be employed for an estimated combined total duration of […]
Crude oil prices were observed in February climbed to almost a year high since same period in previous year. This positive crude market upthrust is not far from recent Saudi Arabia’s pledge to cut its crude production output in strengthening the global crude oil prices from sliding further. Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, […]
Carnarvon Petroleum to spud Buffalo-10 well offshore Timor Leste next year. The objective is for drilling operations to take place in late 2021, with a date to be determined once a rig has been identified and long lead items have been ordered, along with completion of any necessary regulatory approvals. It is scheduled that the well will […]
Beach Energy is now expected to begin its exploration and development drilling campaign offshore Australia, using Diamond Offshore semisub Ocean Onyx, around February 2021. The campaign will keep the rig busy until 2022 with three one-well options also available thereafter. Serica Energy reports that offshore operations at its UK Rhum field, R3 Intervention Project using Awilco Drilling semisub WilPhoenix, have been […]
Vantage Drilling jackup Sapphire Driller has been secured by Trident Energy for a new campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea. The work scope consists of two firm wells and five options, commencing in the second quarter of 2021. Operators Tullow Oil and Eni are both understood to be close to announcing rig contracts for drilling campaigns offshore Ghana, both […]
Eni and Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) are pleased to announce production start-up from the Mahani field, located in onshore Concession Area B of the Sharjah Emirate. This is the first step in the further evaluation of the Mahani gas and condensate discovery, announced last January, that is estimated to hold significant resources of natural […]
The first shipment of oil produced from the Oryx field in Chad operated by CPC Corp. Taiwan arrived in the southern port city of Kaohsiung Nov. 30, marking a milestone in the state-owned company’s overseas operations. At a ceremony celebrating the occasion, CPC Chairman Jerry Ou said the batch of 950,000 barrels is the […]
Seplat Petroleum Development Company a Nigeria based exploration and Production Company has announced a Crude Purchase Agreement (CPA) with Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited (Waltersmith). The CPA is for the supply of between 2,000 and 4,000 bopd from existing working-interest production from the Ohaji South Field within OML53, for Waltersmith’s new 5,000 bopd modular refinery at […]
Eni has signed a Concession Agreement for the acquisition of a 70% stake in the Exploration Offshore Block 3, leading a consortium including a wholly owned subsidiary of Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) with the remaining 30% stake.The block has been awarded following Abu Dhabi’s second competitive block licensing round aimed […]
PETRONAS through its subsidiary, PETRONAS Suriname E&P B.V. (PSEPBV) today announced that it made its first discovery of hydrocarbon in Suriname with the successful drilling of the Sloanea-1 exploration well located in Block 52. PSEPBV is the operator of Block 52 and holds 50 per cent participating interest, together with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Suriname […]
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