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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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”.
Iraq warns Total over Kurdish deals
13 February 2012 03:06 GMTIraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain Shahristani has warned French major Total would bear the “full consequences” if it signed oil deals with semi-autonomous Kurdistan.
Kuwait output slips
13 February 2012 04:11 GMTOpec member Kuwait produced about 2.9 million barrels of oil per day in January, about 100,000 barrels lower than the previous month.
Talisman hits Polish gas
10 February 2012 07:51 GMTCanada’s Talisman Energy has encountered gas shows in the Rogity-1 well on the Braniewo S concession in Poland’s Baltic basin.
US rig count falls by eight
10 February 2012 19:31 GMTThe number of rigs drilling for oil and gas in the US fell by eight this week to total 1989, according to data from Houston-based oilfield services giant Baker Hughes.
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.
Zueitina gets 25 more years in Libya
10 February 2012 14:06 GMTLibya 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.
Inspectors board leak-hit Gannet
10 February 2012 10:13 GMTSafety inspectors are now on board Shell’s Gannet Alpha platform to investigate a gas leak that led to the evacuation of 48 non-essential workers on Monday.
IEA cuts oil demand forecast to 0.8m
10 February 2012 11:05 GMTThe International Energy Agency (IEA) has cut its oil demand forecast for a sixth month in a row due to a weak global economy, predicting global oil demand will grow by less than 1% in 2012.
Kuwait Energy makes it three in a row
10 February 2012 03:22 GMTA joint venture led by Kuwait Energy has made a third consecutive oil discovery in the Abu Sennan concession in Egypt.
Industry exposed to 'extreme risk' states
10 February 2012 10:23 GMTInternational explorers need to exercise “extreme caution” in their operations given the industry is active in many of the world’s riskiest states, according to a new security analysis.
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.
Octanex kicks off third 3D shoot
10 February 2012 04:32 GMTMelbourne-based Octanex has started its third and final seismic survey in the Southern Bonaparte basin, off Western Australia.
Repsol spuds Jaguar wildcat off Guyana
09 February 2012 18:19 GMTChapman: ‘Jackdaw well a success’
09 February 2012 13:41 GMTShell makes Albania push
09 February 2012 14:03 GMTCrimson flies in Eagle Ford
09 February 2012 17:51 GMTPrecision Drilling posts Q4 profits
09 February 2012 12:50 GMTFPSO 'preferred' for Greater Catcher
09 February 2012 15:23 GMTNorway in new Barents seismic swim
09 February 2012 14:22 GMTLundin gets nod for Albert probe
09 February 2012 15:06 GMTSteingeita green light for Det Norske
09 February 2012 14:48 GMTOPEC cuts oil demand forecast
09 February 2012 12:27 GMTNZ to launch licensing round
09 February 2012 04:08 GMTKey plans Brockham shut-in
09 February 2012 04:26 GMTOil bill reaches Ugandan parliament
09 February 2012 11:04 GMTTethys puts out call for Tajikistan seismic
09 February 2012 09:26 GMTBeach spins Cooper bit
09 February 2012 01:52 GMTStatoil catches new project wave
08 February 2012 15:45 GMTBuccaneer gets Alaskan exploration approval
09 February 2012 03:10 GMTSillaro production lower for Po Valley
09 February 2012 05:09 GMTNavajo teams up with energy scientists
08 February 2012 16:05 GMTTNK-BP plans $4bn Arctic spend
08 February 2012 12:41 GMTChevron to try again after Orphan dusters
08 February 2012 23:02 GMTChavez lines up $236bn Orinoco spend
08 February 2012 14:31 GMTONGC unearths five gas discoveries
08 February 2012 14:03 GMTGas leak prompts Gannet evacuation
08 February 2012 13:48 GMTPemex reforms 'require $25bn a year'
08 February 2012 14:06 GMTChariot wraps up Namibia shoot
08 February 2012 09:09 GMTCanadian Natural shut for repairs
07 February 2012 22:33 GMTJacka gets Ruhuhu rights
08 February 2012 03:59 GMTStork grabs $15.9m subsea bundle
08 February 2012 11:02 GMTWentworth sells plant for upstream funds
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| Total shifts Iraq focus to Kurdistan |
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