Oil & gas news
Transocean reschedules delivery of ultra-deepwater drillships
The company has reached an agreement with Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd on the delayed delivery of the ultra-deepwater drillships Deepwater Atlas and Deepwater Titan.
Eni completes drilling and testing of appraisal well offshore Indonesia
The Maha 2 well in the West Ganal block has been drilled to a depth of 2970 m in 1115 m water depth and encountered 43 m of gas bearing net sands.
TGS and PGS begin Cape Anguille 3D survey offshore East Canada
The survey covers existing lease blocks and open acreage in the prospective Orphan Basin.
Unmanned platforms installed at Blythe and Southwark
The Blythe and Southwark gas platforms, which will operate as normally unmanned installations (NUIs), have successfully been installed at their respective offshore field locations in the UK North Sea.
Turkey discovers more natural gas in Black Sea
Turkey has discovered 135 billion m3 of additional natural gas in the southern Black Sea, raising the total discovery in the region to 540 billion m3.
Gazprom Neft and Shell extend E&P collaboration
Both companies have confirmed their willingness to proceed with joint implementation of exploration and production projects in western Siberia, including the development of the Achimov, Paleozoic and Jurassic hydrocarbon deposits.
Baker Hughes to support Rosneft on emissions reduction
The agreement will support Rosneft’s commitment to reduce upstream emission intensity by 30% by 2035.
Novatek and Gazprom Neft to develop East Siberia offshore licence
The companies will carry out exploration work at the North-Vrangelevskiy licence area located in the eastern part of the East Siberian Sea.
Shearwater and ION start second phase of UK North Sea survey
Completion of phase 2 of the 11 000 km2 UK Mid North Sea High 3D seismic survey, expected in mid-October, will increase the programme survey area six-fold.
Talos Energy makes oil discovery in Gulf of Mexico
Talos Energy has said that it expects the Tornado Attic well to produce approximately 8000 - 10 000 boe/d gross (approximately 80% oil) once online.