Total extends deepwater Cote d’Ivoire exploration coverageTotal has signed production sharing agreements with state-owned Petroci for three new ultra-deepwater licenses off Cote d’Ivoire. |
BP Namibia offshore farm-in confirmed
Enigma Oil & Gas Exploration has secured approval from Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy for a farm-out agreement with BP in offshore bloc...
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NZOG assesses Tunisia seismic needsNew Zealand Oil and Gas (NZOG) is finalizing arrangements for a new 2D seismic survey in the Gulf of Gabes ofshore Tunisia. |
New joint venture to serve Asia’s growing offshore market
A new joint venture in Malaysia aims to support Asia’s upstream sector with a wide range of services. Offshore’s contributing editor Gurdip Singh recently spoke to Maarten Spilker, Managing Directo...
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Beibu Gulf project on course during operations reviewROC Oil has issued an update on its exploration and production programs offshore China. |
Offshore Asia returns to Kuala LumpurOperators are increasingly looking to offshore Asia for opportunities to supply the world’s energy demand, and several new projects are being developed in the region. |
ConocoPhillips, CNOOC settle Bohai Bay fishery claimsConocoPhillips and the China National Offshore Oil Co. have agreed with China’s Ministry of Agriculture to resolve issues around the incidents at Peng Lai 19-3 field in Bohai Bay. |
CNOOC forecasts more fields to produce offshore ChinaCNOOC is targeting net production in 2012 of 330-340 MMboe, slightly up on last year’s level. |
BAM Clough to supply module offloading facility for Ichthys LNG projectThe JKC joint venture has awarded the BAM Clough joint venture a $A140 million ($151 million) letter of intent for work on the Ichthys LNG project. |
Total builds stakes in Makassar Strait permitsPTTEP has agreed to reduce its interest in three deepwater exploration blocks in the Makassar Strait offshore Indonesia. |
AWE agrees to sell part interest in Bass basin offshore AustraliaAWE Ltd. has agreed to sell interests in the Bass basin offshore Australia to Toyota Tsusho Gas E&P Trefoil Pty. Ltd. |
DOT marks 30 years of deepwater innovation
The Deep Offshore Technology International Conference & Exhibition celebrated its 30th anniversary this past October in New Orleans, and the speakers, panelists and exhibitors continued the tra...
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Exploration permit Vic/P41 offshore Australia gets five-year extensionBass Strait Oil Co. Ltd. has received a five-year extension to its exploration permit Vic/P41 offshore Australia. |
Shell gets deepwater exploration tracts offshore Nova ScotiaThe Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has awarded to Shell Canada Ltd. exploration rights for four deepwater parcels offshore southwestern Nova Scotia. |
US, Canada complete step in Arctic Ocean continental shelf identificationA fourth joint project to map the Arctic Ocean continental shelf by the United States and Canada is now complete. |
Statoil joins Cairn in two exploration licenses offshore GreenlandStatoil has acquired 30.625% working interest in Cairn Energy’s Pitu license in Baffin Bay offshore western Greenland. |
Statoil details Canada exploration programsStatoil has concluded agreements with Chevron and Repsol related to exploration offshore eastern Canada. |
North AmericaHusky Energy has started production from a two-well pilot scheme on the West White Rose field offshore Newfoundland. |
Trinidad & Tobago look for deepwater offshore development partnersThe Trinidad and Tobago Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs plans meetings with potential oil and gas partners in Houston Feb. 28-29. |
Petrobras oil spill clean up workingPetrobras has executed all of its contingency procedures in response to the oil spill at Carioca Nordeste. |
Panoro completes farm-out of Brazil blocks to Vanco
Panoro Energy ASA has completed farm-out of offshore Brazilian blocks BM-S-63, BM-S-71, and BM-S-72 in the offshore Santos basin to Vanco Brasil Exploração e Produção de...
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One killed, two injured in Petrobras offshore accidentPetroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has reported an accident on its offshore rig PUB-03 and that one worker is dead and two injured, according to Dow Jones. |
Offshore's Top 5 Projects of 2011The editors of Offshore have made their choices for the winners of the Five Star Award, the top five offshore field development projects for 2011. |
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Forum calls for improved Middle East oil pipeline routesA paper from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy recommends improvements to the pipelines crossing the Arabian Peninsula. |
PDO joins ITF Middle East groupPetroleum Development Oman (PDO) has joined ITF, the UK-based technology facilitator for the global oil and gas industry. |
Israeli offshore license farm-out authorizedIsrael’s Petroleum Commissioner has approved Adira Energy’s farm-out of 25% of its interest in the shallow water Yitzhak license to the AGR Group and Ellomay Oil and Gas 2011 LP. |
South Pars structures awaiting installationLoading operations have started for two new platform tripods for the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf. |
NPCC eyeing offshore projects outside GulfNational Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC) is more optimistic over its prospects in 2012 after what it calls a “flat” 2011. |
Costs may narrow options for Azeri gas exportsAzerbaijan has a major role to play in securing Europe’s future energy security, according to a lecture by Professor Alan Riley of London’s City University. |
PSA calls for action on abandoned Norway wellsNorwegian operators are paying more attention to the condition of their temporarily abandoned offshore wells, according to Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway. |
Nexen takes charge of UK blockMPX North Sea and Carrizo Oil & Gas have completed a farm-out of UK North Sea license P1659 (block 20/7) to Nexen Petroleum UK and Agora Oil & Gas (UK). |
Talisman North Sea output dipsTalisman Energy spent $1.2 billion last year on North Sea exploration and development. |
Hurricane eyes FPSO for Lancaster off ShetlandsHurricane Resources believes its Lancaster discovery west of the Shetland Islands could contain 200 MMbbl of recoverable oil. |
Rosneft draws up program for Barents Sea licensesRosneft has secured licenses for geological survey, exploration, and production of oil and gas at three blocks on the Russian Barents Sea shelf. |
Russian rig Kolskoye sinks off Sakhalin Island
The most recent reports from Russia regarding the sinking of the Kolskoye drilling rig off Sakhalin Island says an emergency aid center has opened for the families of those involved in the incident.
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Rosneft gains blocks off eastern RussiaRosneft has been awarded five blocks for geological surveying, exploration and development on the Sea of Okhotsk shelf off northeast Russia. |
North AmericaHusky Energy has started production from a two-well pilot scheme on the West White Rose field offshore Newfoundland. |
Gazprom draws up training needs for arctic projectsA Gazprom delegation has visited the Murmansk Oblast to discuss support requirements for offshore projects in arctic regions. |
US, Mexico sign GoM maritime boundary development agreementThe United States and Mexico have agreed to cooperate in oil and gas developments along the maritime border between the two countries in the Gulf of Mexico. |
Shell gets OSPR plan approval on Chukchi Sea drillingThe US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has approved Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc.’s Oil Spill Response Plan (OSRP) for the Chukchi Sea. |
NOIA president responds to interior budget requestNational Ocean Industries Association President Randall Luthi has issued a statement on the Obama administration’s budget request for the Department of the Interior. |
Buccaneer lines up deal to operate Cosmo offshore AlaskaBuccaneer Energy has agreed to acquire the two main productive leases in the former Cosmopolitan Unit (Cosmo) from Pioneer Natural Resources Alaska. |
Cal Dive wins GoM abandonment, decommissioning contractCal Dive International Inc. has won a field abandonment and decommissioning contract from a Gulf of Mexico operator. |
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