BP news
BP selling 20% stake in Oman's Block 61 to PTTEP
Block 61, covering around 3950 km2 in central Oman, contains the largest tight gas development in the Middle East.
BP relaunches sale of stakes in North Sea oilfields
BP has relaunched the sale of stakes in a number of North Sea oilfields it agreed to sell to Premier Oil before Premier was taken over last year, according to industry sources.
First gas achieved from Asia’s deepest project
Gas production has started at the R Cluster, the ultra-deepwater gas field off the east coast of India being developed by Reliance Industries and BP.
Drilling of Ironbark-1 exploration well begins
Ironbark-1 will test the giant Ironbark gas prospect, which has a best estimate of 15 trillion ft3 prospective recoverable gas resource.
BP and Equinor make discoveries offshore Newfoundland
Two wells at the Cappahayden and Cambriol prospects, drilled this summer in the Flemish Pass Basin, have proven the presence of hydrocarbons.
BP reports profit in 3Q20
BP reported a US$86 million underlying replacement cost profit for the three months to 30 September.
Partnership created to develop North Sea carbon dioxide infrastructure
BP, Eni, Equinor, National Grid, Shell and Total have formed a new partnership, the Northern Endurance Partnership, to develop offshore carbon dioxide transport and storage infrastructure in the UK North Sea.
BP begins production at Qattameya field
BP has started production from the Qattameya gas field in the North Damietta offshore concession.
Emerson to provide automation technologies for new Caspian Sea platform
Emerson has been awarded a contract to provide automation technologies for the new Azeri Central East offshore platform.
Blue Ocean Seismic Services AUV project given funding
The investment from bp Ventures, Woodside Energy and Blue Ocean Monitoring will be deployed to continue the development of a fully integrated system which uses long endurance self-repositioning autonomous underwater nodes to conduct offshore seismic surveys.