Exploration

The Key Gibraltar jack-up rig has commenced drilling of the Rossukon-3ST sidetrack exploration well in G6/48 in the Gulf of Thailand.

Here ABB’s Will Leonard gives an insight into some of the skills challenges within the UK oil and gas market.

Business Monitor International takes a look at the oil, gas and petrochemicals sector in Qatar.

Statoil has made a gas discovery in the Roald Rygg prospect in the Norwegian Sea.

Polarcus has now reached the 50% completion milestone in the acquisition of the Capreolus 3D multi-client project.

Statoil and its partners are evaluating further appraisal activity.

50 years ago, on 9 April 1965, the first licensing rules for the Norwegian shelf were laid down by royal decree.

A round up of analysts reacting to the news that Shell is to buy BG Group for US$70 billion.

Faroe Petroleum has announced the results of the Skirne East exploration well in Norway.

US-based Nutech Ltd estimate that the Horse Hill-1 well in the Weald Basin has a total oil in place of 158 million bbls per square mile.

Merlin ERD is making a number of places available at a nominal cost on its expert Extended Reach Drilling Course.

Well Control School offers new coiled tubing e-Learning course for supervisors.

Dolphin has mobilised the 'world's largest floating object' by deploying a seismic spread of 12 streamers for Ophir Energy Plc.

Low oil prices, low activity and great uncertainty in the industry have meant that too few exhibitors have registered.

GE Oil & Gas and Statoil have issued their final call for entries for their Open Innovation Challenge which launched in January 2015.