Offshore news
Shelf drilling secures new contract in UK North Sea
Shelf Drilling has announced that a subsidiary of Shelf Drilling (North Sea), Ltd, has secured a contract for the Shelf Drilling Fortress jack-up rig with a North Sea operator for operations in the UK Continental Shelf
PEL 82 Chevron farm-In
Custos Energy has announced that Chevron Namibia Exploration Limited, an affiliate of Chevron Corp, has executed an agreement that provides for their entry in Petroleum Exploration License 82, with the assumption of an 80% working interest and operatorship
Perenco announce acquisition of Cherne and Bagre concessions, Campos Basin, Brazil
Perenco Brazil has announced the acquisition of the Cherne and Bagre concessions from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras).
Exploration discovery at Bunga Aster-1 Well
Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hibiscus Oil & Gas Malaysia as the operator of the PM3 commercial arrangement area production sharing contract, has successfully completed the drilling of the Bunga Aster-1 exploration well.
Rhino Resources and Halliburton to sign contract for integrated deep-water services offshore Namibia
Halliburton Company has announced that it has been awarded a deep water integrated multi-well construction contract by Rhino Resources, a private company engaged in both onshore and offshore energy exploration in Africa.
PBS announce contract extension with TotalEnergies
PBS has secured an extension to the general maintenance and operations contract (GMOC) awarded by TotalEnergies in 2020 to cover its North Sea assets.
TotalEnergies increases its interest in giant field Moho and divests two mature assets
TotalEnergies announces that its 85%-owned affiliate, TotalEnergies EP Congo, has signed an agreement with Trident Energy combining the acquisition of an additional 10% interest in the Moho license from Trident Energy and the sale to Trident Energy of its 53.5% interest in the Nkossa and Nsoko II licenses.
Transformational combination of substantially all of Eni’s UK upstream operations with Ithaca Energy
Eni has announced that it has reached an agreement on the combination of substantially all of its upstream assets in the UK, excluding East Irish Sea assets and CCUS activitieswith Ithaca Energy, marking a strategic move to significantly strengthen its presence on the UK Continental Shelf.
Successful conclusion of well testing operations at Mopane-1X
Custos Energy has provided an update regarding the ongoing exploration campaign on blocks 2813A and 2814B located in the heart of Namibia’s Orange Basin.
Aker BP announce production from Hanz in the North Sea
Aker has announced that production has started from Hanz in the North Sea. Hanz is operated by Aker BP, with Equinor and Sval Energy as partners.