Noble Energy, Inc. today announced results from its Leviathan appraisal well in the Amit license offshore Israel. The successful Leviathan #3 well, located more than three miles east of the original Leviathan discovery, encountered approximately 290 net feet of natural gas pay in multiple intervals. The reservoir thickness and quality were greater than anticipated and [...]
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The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the University of Bergen have acquired geological material from steep parts of the seabed on the Jan Mayen Ridge. The new knowledge reinforces the belief that there could be petroleum in the area. ”The samples from the seabed at Jan Mayen are remarkable; the oldest are 260 million years [...]
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday that recent drilling in a major offshore well confirmed prior estimates… Source: Reuters Source: Reuters, November 10, 2011
The parking lot at the Millennium Alaskan Hotel in Anchorage was as jammed at 6:30 a.m. on a Thursday as the float-plane marina at … By Katarzyna Klimasinska (Businessweek) Source: Businessweek, October 2, 2011;
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich announced that BOEMRE will hold the first oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill. Consistent with steps President Obama announced in May 2011 [...]
The growing importance of deepwater exploration and production developments offshore China led classification societies ABS and CCS (China Classification Society) to conduct a joint “Deepsea Developments in the China Offshore Industry” meeting on 17 June 2011. The meeting, which was held in Beijing, brought together leading offshore industry professionals to discuss a wide range of [...]
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Offshore Energy’s Committee of Recommendation, which includes CEOs and managing directors of Chevron, Dockwise, Imtech Marine Group and Damen Shipyards Group, will have its first meeting on 29 June 2011. Navingo, organizer of the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference (11&12 October 2011), formed this committee following the announcement of relocating Offshore Energy to Amsterdam RAI. [...]
Ensco plc and Pride International, Inc. jointly announced today that they each will hold special shareholder meetings on 31 May 2011 to vote on the merger of their companies, creating the world’s second largest mobile offshore drilling fleet. The Ensco and Pride joint proxy statement/prospectus has been finalized and soon will be distributed to [...]
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) will conduct a public workshop March 15, 2011, in New Orleans to discuss new requirements for offshore oil and gas companies to develop and implement Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS). The new regulation, 30 CFR 250, Subpart S, was published in the Federal [...]
Chevron Corporation announced that it has been granted approval by the Liberian government to acquire a 70 percent interest and operatorship in three deepwater concessions in Liberia. “We are very pleased to participate in Liberia’s emerging energy sector,” said Chevron Vice Chairman George Kirkland. “Entry into this large prospective offshore area allows us to advance [...]
