Status of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries

Status of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries

Jan 1st, 2012

Status of US Gulf of Mexico deepwater discoveries

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The FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills operates at the TEN field development offshore Ghana.

Equipment, well issues slow production from offshore Ghana fields

Tullow Oil predicts average full-year production from the Jubilee field offshore Ghana of around 89,000 b/d this year, below expectations.

The current focus is on full hookup of the Leviathan platform and living quarters and platform commissioning.

Leviathan offshore Israel on track for December start-up

Production from the deepwater Tamar gas field offshore Israel passed the 2 tcf mark this summer, according to operator Noble Energy.

Location of the presalt Búzios field offshore Brazil.

Ocean bottom node survey sharpens definition of Búzios field

Seabed Geosolutions has completed what the company claims was the world’s largest deepwater proprietary 3D ocean bottom node survey, in the Santos basin off Brazil.

The producing Egina oil field is in about 1,600 m (5,249 ft) of water off Nigeria.

Nigeria hikes deepwater royalties

Nigeria’s National Assembly has voted through the first-ever change to royalty within the country’s Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act.

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ExxonMobil, ONGC to collaborate on offshore India studies

ONGC has signed a memorandum of understanding with ExxonMobil to cooperate in technical studies and frontier areas.

Location of the Ceiba field offshore Equatorial Guinea.

Kosmos finds more oil close to Ceiba FPSO

Kosmos Energy is considering a tieback to the Ceiba FPSO off Equatorial Guinea following a successful exploration well.

Location of the Karish North gas discovery offshore Israel.

Energean confirms commercial gas at Karish North offshore Israel

The drillship Stena DrillMAX has completed appraisal drilling on Energean Oil and Gas’ Karish North discovery offshore Israel.

Block CA1 is 100 km offshore Brunei.

Total exiting deepwater Brunei block

Total has signed an agreement to sell wholly owned subsidiary Total E&P Deep Offshore Borneo BV to Shell for $300 million.

Tubular Bells is a spar-based FPS on Mississippi Canyon block 724 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

Hess to tieback Esox oil discovery to Tubular Bells

Hess Corp. has made an oil discovery at the Esox-1 exploration well on Mississippi Canyon block 726 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

The Lingshui 17-2 semisubmersible production platform.

CNOOC orders riser pull-in system for Lingshui 17-2 floater

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from CNOOC to supply the riser pull-in system for the Lingshui 17-2 semisubmersible production platform.

The Bay du Nord FPSO will be moored in the Flemish Pass basin, some 480 km (298 mi) offshore St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

DNV GL to certify Bay du Nord oil project offshore Newfoundland

Equinor has appointed DNV GL to oversee design review activities and site surveillance for the Bay du Nord oil field development offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

Giant deepwater gas find offshore Mauritania could be largest of 2019

BP and partners Kosmos Energy and state-owned SMHPM have discovered a potentially giant gas field in the BirAllah area offshore Mauritania.

Location of the five recent discoveries in block 15/06 offshore Angola.

Eni highlights 2019 exploration track record

Eni delivered six offshore discoveries as operator during the first nine months of the year.

Guyana, North Sea bringing strongest exploration returns

South America and Europe delivered the highest number of oil and gas discoveries in 3Q 2019, according to analyst GlobalData.