Scandinavian Oil-Gas Magazine - Oil

First Reported Discovery of Live Oil Onshore Jamaica

Wed, 21 Feb 2018 07:03:26 UT

CGG GeoConsulting and the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) have announced the discovery of two independent live oil seeps from different parts of the island of Jamaica.

Tags: CGG GeoConsulting, Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ)

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...

DEA Boosts Oil and Gas Production in Egypt

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:37:20 UT

DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG has announced a significant increase of production from its oil fields in the Gulf of Suez and from the Disouq gas fields in the Onshore Nile Delta.

Tags: DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG

BP and Energean Extend Long-Term Offtake Agreement for the Prinos Field to November 2025

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 06:26:32 UT

Energean Oil & Gas has announced the extension of the Prinos long-term offtake agreement with BP Oil International Limited until 1 November 2025.

Tags: BP Oil International Limited, ENERGEAN Oil & Gas

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

Shell Wins Nine Key Blocks in Mexico Deep-Water Bid Round

Thu, 01 Feb 2018 07:42:52 UT

In the latest deep-water bid round for the Mexican Gulf of Mexico, Shell Exploración y Extracción de México, S.A. de C.V., won four exploration blocks on its own, one with its partner Pemex Exploración y Producción...

Tags: Pemex Exploración y Producción, Qatar Petroleum International Limited, Shell Exploración y Extracción de México S.A. de C.V.

Chevron Announces Major Oil Discovery in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 07:21:22 UT

Chevron Corporation has announced a significant oil discovery at the Ballymore prospect in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. Ballymore is located in the Mississippi Canyonarea of the US Gulf of Mexico, approximately...

Tags: Chevron Corporation, Pacific Drilling, Total E&P USA Inc.

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)

US Expansion for Ziyen Inc. with Acquisition of Second and Third Oil Leases

Fri, 19 Jan 2018 07:10:28 UT

Scottish-American software and energy company Ziyen Inc., which has operations in Aberdeen and Inverness, has announced it has secured a further two major oil contracts in the Illinois Basin, USA.

Tags: Ziyen Inc.

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

ExxonMobil Encounters Hydrocarbons Onshore Papua New Guinea

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:32:52 UT

ExxonMobil has announced that it encountered hydrocarbons after drilling the onshore P’nyang South-2 well, located in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

Tags: ExxonMobil

Contract Showcases UK-Based Engineering Talent to Achieve First Oil for Catcher

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 08:28:58 UT

Global Energy Group (GEG), a Scotland-headquartered energy sector service provider, has played a key role, together with local businesses, in supporting Premier Oil reach first oil on the Catcher field in the North Sea.

Tags: Aquaterra Energy, Britannia Engineering Consultancy Ltd, Global Energy Group (GEG), Premier Oil, Subsea 7

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

ExxonMobil Announces Sixth Oil Discovery Offshore Guyana

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 08:28:30 UT

Exxon Mobil Corporation has announced positive results from its Ranger-1 exploration well, marking ExxonMobil’s sixth oil discovery offshore Guyana since 2015.

Tags: Exxon Mobil Corporation, ExxonMobil

First Oil Produced by the BW Catcher FPSO

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 07:43:01 UT

BW Offshore has announced that first oil from the Catcher FPSO was safely achieved on 23 December 2017.

Tags: BW Offshore, Cairn Energy, Dyas, Keppel, MOL Group, Premier Oil

BP Begins Production at Super-Giant Zohr Gas Field

Thu, 21 Dec 2017 05:52:59 UT

BP has confirmed that production has started from the super-giant Zohr gas field, offshore Egypt.

Tags: BP, Eni, The Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC)

Production Begins 1 Year Ahead of Schedule at Wintershall’s Maria Field

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 09:16:20 UT

Wintershall and its licence partners Petoro and Spirit Energy have started production at the Maria field one year ahead of schedule. Costs have been reduced by more than 20% compared to plan.

Tags: Petoro, Spirit Energy, Wintershall

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