Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine - Gas

New CGG GeoSoftware Technology Drives Greater E&P Efficiency

Fri, 16 Feb 2018 06:23:50 UT

CGG GeoSoftware has announced new releases across its entire geoscience portfolio. Its complementary HampsonRussell, Jason, PowerLog, InsightEarth, VelPro, and EarthModel FT solutions are the industry’s preferred set of...

BP Begins Production from Egypt’s Atoll Gas Field

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:46:20 UT

BP has announced the start of gas production from the Atoll Phase One project, offshore Egypt. The project, in the North Damietta concession in the East Nile Delta, was delivered seven months ahead of schedule and 33% below the initial cost estimate.

Tags: BP

Total Strengthens its Position in the Mediterranean Region

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 06:46:40 UT

Total-led international consortium (Total 40%, ENI 40%, Novatek 20%) and the government of Lebanon have signed two Exploration and Production Agreements covering Blocks 4 and 9 located offshore Lebanon...

Tags: Eni, NOVATEK, Total

Qatar Petroleum Joins Total as a Partner in the Exploration Block 11B/12B in South Africa

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:56:57 UT

Total has signed an agreement to sell a 25% interest in the Exploration Block 11B/12B, offshore South Africa, to Qatar Petroleum.

Tags: CNR International, Main Street, Qatar Petroleum, Total

Total Enters Exploration in the Prolific Guyana Basin with Three Exploration Licences

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:53:01 UT

Total has signed agreements to acquire interests into two exploration licenses offshore Guyana, the Canje Block and the Kanuku Block.

Tags: Eco Atlantic Oil & Gas Ltd, JHI Associates Inc., Mid-Atlantic Oil & Gas Inc., Total, Tullow

Faroe Commences Fogelberg Appraisal Well

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 06:49:14 UT

Faroe Petroleum has announced the commencement of the Fogelberg appraisal well and contingent sidetrack 6506/9 – 4A and 4S in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 28.3%).

Tags: Faroe Petroleum, PGNiG Upstream Norway AS, Spirit Energy Norge AS

Ophir Energy plc Mexico Licence Awards

Mon, 05 Feb 2018 07:14:09 UT

Ophir has announced that, together with its joint venture partners, it has been awarded Block 10 and Block 12 as part of the Mexico offshore bid round 2.4.

Tags: Ophir Energy, PETRONAS, PTTEP International Limited, Repsol

Statoil Contracts West Hercules for Barents Sea Exploration

Fri, 02 Feb 2018 06:52:28 UT

Statoil reports that the West Hercules semi-submersible rig has been contracted for drilling two exploration wells in the Barents Sea in 2018, and options to drill another five exploration wells.

Tags: North Atlantic Norway Ltd, Statoil

North Sea Exploration Success for BP

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:48:42 UT

BP has announced two new exploration discoveries in the North Sea. The discoveries are Capercaillie, in Block 29/4e in the Central North Sea, and Achmelvich, in Block 206/9b west of Shetland.

Tags: BP, Chevron, Shell

ABB Completes the Tallest E-Houses on a Floating LNG Facility

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:57:57 UT

With a height of a five-story building, the world’s tallest, single lift prefabricated electrical structures – or e-houses – for offshore use are being installed on a floating liquefied natural gas facility (FLNG).

Tags: ABB, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)

Gas Discovery at ONZ-7 Well, Morocco

Wed, 24 Jan 2018 06:43:34 UT

SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has announced that a gas discovery has been made at its ONZ-7 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco.

Tags: SDX Energy Inc.

Aker Solutions Wins Subsea Orders for Troll and Askeladd Projects

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 08:05:40 UT

Aker Solutions has been awarded contracts from Statoil to provide subsea production systems and services for the Troll Phase 3 and Askeladd natural-gas developments offshore Norway.

Tags: Aker Solutions, Statoil

Roxtec EMC Transits Selected for New LNG Carriers

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 07:59:08 UT

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group and power system provider ABB specified Roxtec EMC sealing solutions for the new-build of four LNG carriers.

Tags: ABB, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, Roxtec

ExxonMobil Acquires Exploration Acreage Offshore Ghana

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:17:35 UT

ExxonMobil has announced that it has signed a petroleum agreement with the government of Ghana to acquire exploration and production rights for the Deepwater Cape Three Points block.

Tags: ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC)

CGG in Support of SNH in its Promotion of Open Acreages in Cameroon Licensing Round

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:12:14 UT

CGG has announced that it has an agreement with Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH), the National Oil and Gas Company of Cameroon, to promote enhanced multi-client E&P data packages and...

Tags: CGG, Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH)

Faroe Petroleum Awarded Eight Exploration Licences in Norway

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:47:23 UT

Faroe Petroleum has announced that it has been awarded eight new prospective exploration licences, including four operatorships, in the Norwegian North Sea under the 2017 Norwegian APA...

Tags: Faroe Petroleum

Wintershall Success in the APA 2017 Licensing Round

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:45:51 UT

Wintershall continues to gain more exploration acreage in Norway. In the Awards for Predefined Areas (APA) 2017 licensing round, Germany’s largest internationally active oil and gas company received shares in six licenses...

Tags: Wintershall

New licences for DEA in Norway

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:43:35 UT

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has awarded five new licenses to DEA in this year’s APA round. DEA’s Exploration Manager Svend Erik Pettersson is pleased with the results...

Tags: DEA

Lundin Awarded 14 Licences in Norwegian Licensing Round

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:42:18 UT

Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has been awarded a total of 14 exploration licence interests in the 2017 Norwegian licensing round (Awards in Predefined Areas, APA).

Tags: Lundin Norway AS, Lundin Petroleum AB

Statoil Awarded New Production Licences on the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Wed, 17 Jan 2018 08:39:14 UT

In connection with the Award in Predefined Areas (APA) for 2017 Statoil has been offered interests in 31 exploration licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), 17 of these as operator, and 14 as a partner.

Tags: Aker BP, Statoil

Shell Announces Redevelopment of Penguins Field in UK North Sea

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:24:22 UT

Royal Dutch Shell plc has announced a final investment decision on the redevelopment of the Penguins oil and gas field in the UK North Sea.

Tags: ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell plc

Exploration Well Completed on the Hurri Prospect in the Southern Barents Sea

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 09:45:05 UT

Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has completed the drilling of the Hurri exploration well 7219/12-3S located in PL533 in the southern Barents Sea. The well was dry.

Tags: Aker BP, Dea Norge, Lundin Norway AS, Lundin Petroleum AB

Trelleborg Supplies Suite of Solutions to World’s First Floating LNG Ship-to-Shore System

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:32:03 UT

Trelleborg, global provider of engineered polymer solutions, has hailed the recent successful test of the Universal Transfer System (UTS) conducted with Connect LNG and Gas Natural Fenosa...

Tags: Connect LNG, Gas Natural Fenosa, Trelleborg

Yamal LNG Project Begins Gas Exports

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 10:01:10 UT

Total has announced that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yamal LNG has been prepared to leave Sabetta.

Tags: CNPC, NOVATEK, Silk Road Fund, Total

CGG Releases Multi-Client Airborne GravMag Survey over Perdido Fold Belt, Mexico

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:28:19 UT

CGG Multi-Physics has announced completion of the acquisition, processing and interpretation of a multi-client airborne gravity and magnetic survey of approximately 38,000 line km over...

Tags: CGG, CGG Multi-Physics

Wison Multifunctional LNG Distributor Granted AiP by DNV GL

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 10:18:36 UT

Wison Offshore & Marine has announced that its innovative LNG Distributor (LNGD) design received Approval in Principle from DNV GL.

Tags: DNV GL, Wison Offshore & Marine Ltd.

Wärtsilä and GTT Finalise Cooperation Agreement to Create One-Stop Availability for LNG Fuel Tank and Supply Systems

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:46:06 UT

The technology group Wärtsilä and GTT, the designer of cryogenic membrane containment solutions for liquefied gases, have finalised a cooperation agreement...

Tags: GTT, Wärtsilä

ExxonMobil Acquires Exploration Acreage in Three Mauritania Offshore Blocks

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 10:38:52 UT

ExxonMobil has announced that its wholly owned affiliate, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Mauritania Deepwater Ltd., has signed production sharing contracts with the government of Mauritania...

Tags: ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Mauritania Deepwater Ltd.

Strategic LNG Agreement Between Total and CMA CGM

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 11:05:57 UT

Total and CMA CGM have signed an agreement covering the supply of around 300,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 10 years starting in 2020.

Tags: CMA CGM, Total

USA’s First Wärtsilä Equipped LNG Fuelling Barge Ordered by Q-LNG

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 06:57:00 UT

The technology group Wärtsilä has been selected to provide a broad scope of products and solutions for a new articulated tug barge (ATB).

Tags: Harvey Gulf International Marine, VT Halter Marine (VTHM), Wärtsilä