Apache Corporation has spudded its fifth well on the Marathon gas/condensate field, located in the shallow waters of Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana Gulf Coast, USA, as announced by Petsec, a company which holds an 8% stake in the field. The well was spud on 3 May 2013 using the Parker 76-B drilling rig and will serve [...]
Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) in the Netherlands has been awarded the EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) contract for the 6,000 ton Alba PSC B3 compression platform for client Marathon E.G. Production Limited. Heerema Fabrication Group has been awarded an EPCI contract with Marathon E.G. Production Limited (MEGPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation [...]
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Marathon Oil Norge AS has received the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) consent to use the Transocean Winner rig for production drilling on Vilje South, which is part of production licence 036. The drilling is scheduled to start in February 2013. Vilje is an oil field located in the central part of the North Sea [...]
Apache Corporation’s fourth development well on the Marathon gas/condensate field, located in the shallow waters of the Atchafalaya Bay along the Louisiana Gulf Coast, USA, which spud on 22 October 2012, has reached a total depth of 18,650 feet (5,686 metres). Wireline logging has been concluded, and protective casing has been run in preparation for [...]
Marathon Oil Norway AS (Marathon) has been granted consent to conduct manned underwater operations on Volund and Alvheim fields, both located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Marathon will conduct manned underwater operations in connection with installation of equipment for connection of new subsea-completed wells on the Volund and Alvheim fields. Minor maintenance [...]
Marathon Oil Norge AS has taken over the role as operator for the Vilje field in production licence (PL) 036 D offshore Norway. Vilje is a producing oil field located approximately 20 kilometres northeast of the Marathon operated Alvheim field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The Vilje field is developed with two [...]
Marathon Oil Corporation has entered into a farmout agreement with Total Gabon for a 21.25 percent working (25 percent paying) interest in the Diaba License G4-223 and its related permit in Gabon with an effective date of June 15, 2012. The companies expect to close the transaction, subject to completion of the necessary Gabonese government [...]
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Marathon Oil and its partners ConocoPhillips and Lundin Petroleum have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) of the Bøyla field located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. The Bøyla development is expected to begin production during the fourth quarter of 2014. Lundin Petroleum holds 15 percent [...]
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Bergen Group Offshore has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Rosenberg AS, been awarded an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contract by Subsea 7. The EPC-contract includes delivery of a two slots subsea manifold located at the Alvheim field, operated by Marathon Oil Norge AS. The planning and engineering activities started up in 2011, [...]
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In its interim statement released today, UK based Cairn announced participation in the current bid round offshore Cyprus. Cairn and its partners submitted the Bids on 11 May with awards expected towards the end of the year. Cairn holds a 40% share in the bidding consortium and other partners comprise Marathon Oil Company (40%), CC [...]
