Another pre-salt find for Petrobras
Petrobras has chalked up another discovery of good quality oil with its exploration well drilled in the Sul de Tupi (Tupi South) area in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.
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Hardy moves base to Aberdeen
A UK-listed energy exploration firm focused on operations offshore India has relocated its base to Aberdeen.
COSL Pioneer gets started on critical Faroese exploration well
Statoil has started drilling its second exploration well on the Brugdan prospect, located in licence area 006 off the Faroes.
Technip wins $380m Boyla contract
Marathon Oil has awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning contract, worth some $381.5million, for the Boyla subsea field development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.
Total and Centrica get Norwegian drilling consents
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has given permission to Total and Centrica to carry out exploration drilling in the North Sea and Norwegian Sea.
Pipeline game-changer
DNV has developed a radical new concept, called X-Stream, that could dramatically reduce the cost of deep and ultra-deepwater gas pipelines while still complying with the strictest safety and integrity regime currently in force.
Tantalising evidence around Jan Mayen Ridge points to petroleum
EVIDENCE has been found suggesting that oil and gas resources may exist around the JanMayen Ridge, where the North Atlantic and Arctic Sea merge.
Technip wins £28.6million subsea contract on Causeway
French energy engineering firm Technip said today it had won a £28.6million contract to carry out subsea work on the North Sea Causeway field.
Gel Lift System prepares for lift-off
SCOTTISH company Aubin has successfully completed offshore sea trials for its Gel Lift System (GLS).
Dana announces gas find off coast of Mauritania
Aberdeen-based Dana Petroleum said yesterday it had found gas with an exploration well off the coast of Mauritania.
Zidane-1 find for Rwe-Dea
RWE Dea Norge has encountered hydrocarbons with its Zidane-1 exploration well in the Norwegian Sea (licence PL435, block 6507/7), north-west of the Heidrun field.
North Sea production veteran bound for south-east Asia deployment
BLUEWATER has received a letter of award from Eni for the charter, operation and maintenance of the upgraded floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), Glas Dowr, in south-east Asia.
Openwater record set
SHELL and Oceaneering International have set a new industry record in subsea well intervention by successfully replacing a failed subsurface-controlled subsurface safety valve in the US Gulf of Mexico using an "openwater wireline" technique at a water depth of 815m (2,673ft). This sets the bar for producing wells. Openwater wireline has previously been deployed only in shallower waters.
Records for StatoilHydro and North Sea Alliance
TWO new records have been set in north-west European waters in recent weeks, one by StatoilHydro with a live pipeline hot tap, while an alliance comprising Island Offshore, FMC Technologies and Aker Well Service has set a new water-depth world record for subsea riserless wireline intervention from a ship.
Serica ups its stake on the Irish Atlantic Frontier
AIM-LISTED Serica Energy has been awarded further acreage in the Irish sector of the Atlantic Frontier comprising Rockall Basin blocks 5/17, 5/18, 5/22, 5/23, 5/27 and 5/28.
Wins for Fugro
FUGRO GEOS has been awarded two significant metocean contracts offshore East Africa. The first piece of work involves one year of ocean current measurement which will involve moorings in up to 1,700m (5,577ft) water depth off the Tanzanian coast.
Yet more Brazilian strikes
ANADARKO Petroleum has made a major "pre-salt" oil discovery on the Wahoo prospect in Brazil's prolific Campos Basin with its 1-APL-1-ESS well drilled on block BM-C-30 in some 1,417m (4,650ft) water depth. Preliminary results, based on wireline logs, indicate at least 60m (195ft) of net pay with similar characteristics to the nearby Jubarte 1-ESS-103A well.