Giants get ready to battle for Hebron
ExxonMobil has issued bid documents to South Korea’s three super fabricators to build a huge 30,000-tonne deck for its groundbreaking US$8.3 billion Hebron project off Newfoundland, Canada.
Gabrielli’s final flourish for Petrobras
Petrobras chief executive Jose Sergio Gabrielli was set to take his leave of the company this week amid a flurry of offshore contracting activity that highlighted the importance of local content and Brazilian industrial development during his tenure.
Two giants battle to win Total’s Egina floater prize
Two consortia have been left to fight it out to secure a prestigious order to provide a newbuild floating production, storage and offloading vessel for Total’s multi-billion dollar Egina project off Nigeria.
Shell pipeline audit was overdue as Gannet leaked
A KEY audit of Shell’s pipeline safety management systems was three years overdue at the time of last year’s oil spill at the North Sea Gannet field — the UK’s worst in a decade.
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Tullow quits Ntorya-1 amid deepening plans
10 February 2012 14:58 GMTTullow Oil has quit an exploration well in Tanzania which recently saw drilling halted, amid a suggestion the independent’s real interest in the region lies elsewhere.
Total near plateau at Pazflor FPSO
10 February 2012 16:37 GMTFrench oil giant Total has revealed its mammoth Pazflor floater in Angola is now yielding more than 200,000 barrels per day, with its chief executive joking that the company’s burgeoning operations in the southern African state were “the Brazil of Angola”.
Hellespont PSV in Ghana assault
10 February 2012 13:36 GMTAn offshore tug attacked in waters off Ghana on Thursday has been revealed as a German-operated unit, but there remains a degree of uncertainty over where the incident took place.
South Sudan inks Djibouti pipeline deal
10 February 2012 08:48 GMTSouth Sudan has ramped up the pressure on its neighbour to the north another notch as it penned a new deal to build an oil pipeline to Djibouti, a report claimed.
Cobalt Cameia find above expectations
10 February 2012 07:22 GMTResults from pre-salt flow testing at a well offshore Angola have proven to be above the expectations of US-based deepwater explorer Cobalt International Energy, the company has announced.
Tug 'attacked' at Ghanaian port
09 February 2012 16:38 GMTMystery shrouds the alleged attack on an offshore tug at a Ghanaian port on Thursday with officials at the port unaware of the incident.
Oil bill reaches Ugandan parliament
09 February 2012 11:04 GMTUganda's energy and minerals minister has presented a long-awaited oil bill to parliament, kicking off a process set to pave way for the development of the country's oil industry.
Second rig at KS Endeavor blaze site
08 February 2012 10:46 GMTA second rig chartered by Chevron to help with relief well drilling operations at the site of a lethal gas blowout last month has arrived on site, Upstream understands.
Transcorp reduces farm-in funds
08 February 2012 09:38 GMTThe Transnational Corporation of Nigeria will accept reduced farm-out funds from a South African joint venture over an onshore block of which it is the operator, partner SacOil has announced.
Stork grabs $15.9m subsea bundle
08 February 2012 11:02 GMTAberdeen-based Stork Technical Services Subsea has won a $15.9 million subsea inspection contract offshore west Africa.
Jacka gets Ruhuhu rights
08 February 2012 03:59 GMTAustralian junior Jacka Resources has been awarded exploration and production rights over the entire onshore Ruhuhu basin in Tanzania after reaching agreements on key terms with the Tanzanian government.
Chariot wraps up Namibia shoot
08 February 2012 09:09 GMTLondon-listed Chariot Oil & Gas has completed a 3D seismic survey over its Central Blocks off the coast of Namibia.
Hercules denies Nigeria OSV attack
07 February 2012 19:25 GMTHercules Offshore has denied a report that one of its support vessels was boarded off Nigeria last month.
Wentworth sells plant for upstream funds
08 February 2012 09:24 GMTTotal fires up Ofon phase two
07 February 2012 10:08 GMTChinese workers freed in Sudan oil region
07 February 2012 16:30 GMTNigeria crude theft 'intolerable': Shell
07 February 2012 12:02 GMTOando wins Shell rig contract
07 February 2012 05:50 GMTUganda president 'to resist oil opponents'
07 February 2012 15:18 GMTIvory Coast workers 'at risk of extortion'
06 February 2012 10:42 GMTTanzania well falters for Aminex
07 February 2012 09:08 GMTMend's Eni pipe attack claim queried
06 February 2012 15:19 GMTVessel attacked near KS Endeavor blaze
06 February 2012 13:26 GMTTechnip jumps on Jubilee work
06 February 2012 07:05 GMTEni starts Keta block drilling
06 February 2012 08:57 GMTUganda expects 2013 Tullow production
06 February 2012 05:40 GMTNigerian Eni pipeline attacked
06 February 2012 05:17 GMTTullow seals Uganda PSA deals
03 February 2012 09:25 GMTChevron's Nigeria relief well 'to take 100 days'
03 February 2012 12:34 GMTTotal confirms South Sudan return
03 February 2012 08:43 GMTWentworth spins Mnazi Bay bit
03 February 2012 08:08 GMTVoser eyes Libya exploration restart
03 February 2012 10:20 GMTDeal boosts Aker in Ghana
03 February 2012 08:07 GMTMurphy signs rig for African wells
02 February 2012 01:59 GMTSouth Sudan rejects AU plan
01 February 2012 05:37 GMTTotal 'readies South Sudan splash'
31 January 2012 16:08 GMTEurasia newbuild rig nears hazardous Caspian move
31 January 2012 17:09 GMTCharred Mako ‘afloat’ at burning rig site
31 January 2012 08:59 GMTWentworth increases Mnazi Bay stake
30 January 2012 08:27 GMTSouth Sudan inks Kenya pipeline deal
25 January 2012 10:18 GMTSouth Sudan shuts output
30 January 2012 02:40 GMTTullow ‘hits new Uganda impasse’
27 January 2012 15:26 GMTSouth Sudan oil shutdown near 'complete'
27 January 2012 21:39 GMT'Low' rates seen on $76bn Petrobras rig deal
Petrobras’ monster $76 billion charter deal for 26 yet-to-be-built offshore drilling rigs may have caught the market’s eye, but some have seen the dayrates agreed as surprisingly low.
Total near plateau at Pazflor FPSO
French oil giant Total has revealed its mammoth Pazflor floater in Angola is now yielding more than 200,000 barrels per day, with its chief executive joking that the company’s burgeoning operations in the southern African state were “the Brazil of Angola”.
Zueitina gets 25 more years in Libya
Libya has granted Zueitina Oil another 25 years in concessions to work its operated oilfields in the country which is emerging from decades of rule under late leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Frac boosts Olgovskoye production
Poland’s Kulczyk Oil Ventures has said it has successfully brought its Olgovskoye-6 well onto production in Ukraine, with flow rates of more than 1.5 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.
Chevron in Oz recruitment drive
Chevron is launching a major recruitment drive in Australia as it attempts to enlist hundreds of engineers to work on its Wheatstone and Gorgon liquefied natural gas projects in Western Australia.
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Crude-oil futures prices fell Friday in line with broader market declines as the International Energy Agency cut its estimates for global oil demand this year, a report said.