Upstream news
Equinor: successful bids for three new licences offshore Newfoundland
Equinor and its partners were the successful bidders for new exploration parcels in the prolific Jeanne d’Arc basin, offshore Newfoundland.
Champions of oil and gas safety and competency announced at OPITO Global Awards
Oil and gas industry organisations and training companies have joined together to celebrate the winners of the OPITO Global Awards 2018.
Wood and Nobel Oil enter into joint venture agreement in Azerbaijan
The JV will combine Wood’s engineering and technical services capabilities with Nobel Oil’s local knowledge and expertise in the Caspian region.
Aquaterra Energy bags another Johan Sverdrup win
The award follows Aquaterra Energy’s successful Phase I Tie-Back project for the engineering of nine complete strings of centralisers and tieback engineering services, which were delivered in Q3 2018.
Anglo African Oil & Gas PLC: operational update
Anglo African Oil & Gas plc has provided an operational update on well TLP-103C being drilled on the Tilapia field in the Republic of the Congo.
OMV agrees to divest parts of its upstream business in Tunisia
The company has reached an agreement to sell its 100% owned subsidiary, OMV Tunisia Upstream GmbH, to a subsidiary of Panoro Energy ASA.
WoodMac: explorers hit the jackpot in sub-Saharan Africa
Adam Pollard, senior research analyst with Wood Mackenzie’s sub-Saharan Africa upstream team, comments on the region's prospects.
Highlands Natural Resources: update on East and West Denver, Colorado shale operations
The company has announced that hydraulic fracturing operations for the six new wells at its East Denver Project will resume this week.
Baltic seabed survey contract marking first for iSURVEY
The company has successfully completed a 30-day geophysical seabed survey for Allseas.
Coretrax reports 40% business growth in the Middle East
The company, which opened a base in Saudi Arabia in 2014, has seen a steady uptake in activity with a growing demand for its wellbore clean up products.