Esso Exploration Angola has awarded Welltec a three-year contract for conveyance and well intervention services in block 15 offshore Angola.

CNR International says production from the Baobab field offshore Côte d’Ivoire had to be shut down in December following failure of a mooring line on the FPSO.

The semisubmersible Ocean Vanguard has spudded the latest appraisal well on the Johan Sverdrup field in the central Norwegian North Sea.

Vallourec, a provider of tubular solutions, has won a $100 million contract for the supply of premium pipes with VAM 21 connections for the offshore ML-South Project, operated by Total E&P Borneo in Brunei.

Tower Resources says the newbuild drillship Rowan Renaissance has arrived in Walvis Bay, Namibia.

SOCO International and its partners have approved a three-rig drilling program offshore southern Vietnam this year.

Genel Energy says the JM-1 well offshore Morocco has confirmed oil at the upper Jurassic level in the Cap Juby prospect.

Faroe Petroleum reports an oil and gas discovery on the Pil exploration well in the Norwegian Sea (Faroe 25%).

Lundin Petroleum has completed exploration drilling of the Balqis prospect in the Baronang production-sharing contract in the Natuna Sea, offshore Indonesia.