Offshore news
BW Energy awarded exploration licences offshore Gabon
The two blocks, G12-13 and H12-13, are adjacent to BW Energy's Dussafu licence offshore Southern Gabon.
Longboat Energy and Vår Energi make discovery at Rødhette exploration well
Preliminary estimates by Vår Energi place the size of the discovery between 9 and 12 million boe recoverable (gross).
Orcadian Energy to farm out Carra prospect to Carrick Resources
The Carra prospect lies to the East of the Crinan and Dandy discoveries and to the South of Fyne in the North Sea.
Lundin Energy drills dry well in North Sea
The well was drilled about 1 km west of the Solveig field in the North Sea.
Lukoil increases stake in Shah Deniz project
Following completion of the sale, Lukoil's interest in the project will increase from 10% to 25.5%.
UTEC deploys subsea positioning technology on ultra-deepwater field development project in Africa
The iXblue solution offers significant installation vessel time savings compared to conventional subsea positioning methods.
Recoverable resource estimate for Stabroek block increased
The updated resource estimate of approximately 10 billion boe includes another significant discovery on the Stabroek block at the Cataback well.
COSL Offshore Management to drill Statfjord wells for Equinor
Four wells on Statfjord Øst will be drilled with the COSLPromoter rig from the spring of 2023.
OGUK: UK gas production will fall 75% by 2030 without new investment
The output of the UK’s gas fields in the North Sea and Irish Sea is falling, partly because, according to OGUK, too few new fields have been developed.
Mammoet completes load-out of platform’s topside in Turkmenistan
Mammoet has carried out the load-out of the Garagol Deniz Drilling Platform A's topside.