Upstream news
ADNOC signs offshore concession agreements with Total
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has signed agreements with Total of France, awarding them stakes in two of Abu Dhabi’s new offshore concessions.
Satatoil becomes operator of the Martin Linge field and Garantiana discovery
Statoil and Total have completed their previously announced transaction whereby Statoil has acquired Total’s equity stakes in, and taken over the operatorships of, the Martin Linge field and the Garantiana discovery on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Qatar Petroleum awards the FEED Contract for the North Field Expansion Project
Qatar Petroleum has selected Chiyoda Corporation of Japan to execute the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) of the onshore facilities of the North Field Expansion.
INPEX awarded exploration Block WA-533-P offshore Western Australia
INPEX CORPORATION announced that through INPEX Browse E&P Pty Ltd (INPEX Browse), a subsidiary, it was individually awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-533-P (the Block) as Operator in Australia’s 2017 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release.
Anglo African Oil & Gas finalises contract with Schlumberger for Tilapia field well
Anglo African Oil & Gas plc, an independent oil and gas developer, announced that Petro Kouilou, its 100% owned subsidiary in the Republic of the Congo, has finalised a contract with leading oil services company Schlumberger Limited to supply support services for the drilling of the new TLP-103 well on its 56% owned Tilapia oil field ('Tilapia') in the prolific Lower Congo Basin.
AISUS wins first contract in the Middle East
The six-figure agreement marks a significant milestone for the firm and provides the foundation on which the company plans to build its growing business in the Middle East.
Airswift expands Malaysian operations
Airswift, the global workforce solutions provider for the energy, process and infrastructure sectors, has expanded operations with a new office in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Woodside announces new exectuive incentive structure
The review centred on strengthening the alignment between variable remuneration outcomes and shareholder experience.
Westwood Insight: Jubilee to Liza – lessons from a decade of exploration in the Central Atlantic
The play opening billion-barrel Jubilee oil discovery in Ghana in 2007 triggered a decade of exploration drilling chasing analogues in the deep water Central Atlantic margins.
TMC secures FPSO compressor job
Dutch floater specialist SBM Offshore has awarded TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) a contract to supply the marine compressed air system for the FPSO destined for the Liza project.