Vår Energi has been awarded 12 new production licenses on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), of which five as operator, in the 2022 Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) covering mature areas.  Vår Energi is offered licenses in both the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea – most of them in areas close […]

Vår Energi ASA has confirmed discovery of gas in the Vår Energi operated 7122/9-1 T2 (Lupa) well in the Goliat area, Barents Sea.  Preliminary estimates of the size of the discovery are between 57-132 million barrels of recoverable oil equivalent (9-21 billion Sm3 recoverable gas resources).   Building on the successful 2021 exploration performance, Lupa brings […]

Sintana Energy provides the following update, including a recently approved extension to Petroleum Exploration License 87 (PEL 87), a year-end review and 2023 outlook, and summary of incentive awards approved at the Company’s annual general meeting. “2022 was a seminal year in Sintana’s history underpinned most notably by our entry into Namibia in March,” said Robert […]

Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary of Shell plc, has agreed to sell its stake in two offshore production sharing contracts (PSC) in the Baram Delta to Petroleum Sarawak Exploration & Production Sdn. Bhd. (PSEP). The sale concerns non-operated interests of 40% in the Amended 2011 Baram Delta EOR Production Sharing Contract (BDO PSC) and […]

Phase 1 of Askeladd will bring 18 billion cubic metres of gas and two million cubic metres of condensate to the market via the Hammerfest LNG plant on Melkøya. Askeladd is a satellite field of the Snøhvit Field and developed as a subsea tie-in to the Snøhvit facility and Hammerfest LNG. “Askeladd is now producing, […]

Petrofac, a leading provider of services to the global energy industry, has been selected by Shell to undertake new Engineering and Procurement Services (EPS) scopes in Oman. The first is a five-year EPS contract for Shell’s Block-10 Mabrouk Phase-2 Project, located in the Al Wusta Governate of Oman – around 400km from the capital, Muscat. […]

bp Trinidad and Tobago has confirmed its Cassia C development has safely delivered first gas. Cassia C is bpTT’s first offshore compression platform and its biggest offshore facility. It will enable bpTT to access and produce low pressure gas resources from the Greater Cassia Area. The platform, bpTT’s 16th offshore facility, is connected to the […]

Neptune Energy announced  that drilling has commenced on the Calypso exploration well in the Norwegian Sea. The exploration well, 6407/8-8 S, is being drilled by the Deepsea Yantai, a semi-submersible rig, owned by CIMC and operated by Odfjell Drilling. The Calypso prospect is located 14 kilometres north-west of the Draugen field and 22 kilometres north-east […]

Eni’s 21st statistical review highlights the challenge that the energy industry is facing to improve universal access to affordable energy while, at the same time, accelerating the transition process towards a more sustainable energy mix Eni has released the 21st edition of its annual energy statistics report, available online at eni.com. The main challenge that […]

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) announced today that a new world record for the longest oil and gas well has been set at its Upper Zakum Concession.  Stretching 50,000 feet, the well is around 800 feet longer than the previous world record set in 2017 and supports ADNOC’s efforts to expand production capacity of […]