Noble Energy-operated Carla South I-7 ST-1 sidetrack to the I-7 exploration well in Block I, offshore Equatorial Guinea, has encountered oil in good quality sandstones, PA Resources has announced. The sidetrack in Block I in Equatorial Guinea, drilled by the Atwood Hunter semi-submersible drilling rig, has reached a total measured depth of 3,460m. Drill cuttings, wireline log [...]
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TWMA, a leader in integrated drilling waste management and environmental solutions, has secured its first offshore processing project in West Africa. The 400-day contract is to supply TWMA’s industry-leading offshore processing services to support Glencore Exploration Cameroon Ltd’s (Glencore) West Africa drilling campaign. The scope of work includes the installation of a TWMA TCC RotoMill [...]
Transocean, a Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor, has revealed it has secured a two-year drilling contract for one of its drillships. The drillship, known as the Deepwater Millennium, has been hired by an undisclosed client to operate in Australian waters, at a dayrate of $605,000. According to Transocean, an estimated contract backlog is $442 million. The contract is expected [...]
Transocean’s ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig, Sedco Express (EXS), was working offshore Nigeria for customer ENI when it received news of a nearby fuel tanker on fire. According to the press statement issued by the owner of the rig, the Sedco Express crew played a vital role in coordinating a rescue effort for 13 lives. On Tuesday [...]
Afren has completed a farm-out agreement with Lekoil (subject to Nigerian Ministerial Consent), in respect of a 17.14% participating interest in the OPL 310 licence located offshore Nigeria. Under the terms of the farm out, Afren will receive a total carry of up to US$50 million in respect of an exploration well currently being drilled [...]
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Shell Bringing In GoM’s Second FPSO. Makes Stones FID (USA) Royal Dutch Shell plc made a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. Karoon Finds More Oil at Bilby-1 Well (Brazil) The potential size of Karoon Gas Australia [...]
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Market-leading energy services company Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract in Angola, underpinning the company’s fast-evolving subsea status and increasing demand for its sampling system innovations. Proserv is to design and manufacture a subsea sampling system for BP’s PSVM field development which, with a water depth of 2,000 metres, is believed to be the [...]
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Nexans, a France-based expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 25 million Euro contract by Subsea 7, , to design and manufacture the direct electrical heating (DEH) system for the subsea pipelines serving the Lianzi oil field development located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of [...]
Ophir Energy plc announces that it has secured a drilling rig and executed a letter of agreement for Rig Share Assignment with BG Group for the continuation of its 2013-2014 East African offshore drilling programme. Odjfell Drilling is the contract counterpart and drilling service contractor. The Deepsea Metro I (DSM-1) drillship is currently being used [...]
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