Exploration

Zenith kick starts SDX Morocco contract

Submitted by Editorial staff on 21st November 2019

21st November 2019

Aberdeen headquartered well engineering and project management firm, Zenith Energy, has started operations on a six-month contract in Morocco worth an estimated £1million in value.

i-Tech 7 strengthens UWILD track record in North Sea

Submitted by Editorial staff on 13th November 2019

13th November 2019

i-Tech 7, Subsea 7’s Life of Field business unit, has successfully completed an underwater inspection in lieu of dry-docking (UWILD) project for Borr Drilling in the North Sea.

Fugro completes deepwater AUV surveys for Shell in US Gulf of Mexico

Submitted by Editorial staff on 11th October 2019

11th October 2019

Fugro has completed several high-resolution geophysical surveys in the US Gulf of Mexico for Shell International Exploration and Production Company.

Offshore Newfoundland - findings of the 2019 Independent Resource Assessment released

Submitted by Editorial staff on 4th October 2019

04th October 2019

Nalcor Energy-Oil and Gas and Beicip-Franlab, in partnership with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, today released the 2019 Oil and Gas Resource Assessment results which identify an additional 3 billion barrels of oil and 5.8 trillion cubic feet of gas potential offshore Newfoundland.

Total, Eni stake new claim in Cyprus gas and oil search

Submitted by Anonymous on 19th September 2019

19th September 2019

Energy giants Total and Eni have joined forces to explore and exploit another oil and gas block up for grabs offshore from Cyprus, Cypriot authorities said Wednesday (18 September)

Gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea

Submitted by Anonymous on 18th September 2019

18th September 2019

Equinor and its partners AkerBP and Wellesley Petroleum have found gas in the Ørn exploration well south-west of the Marulk field in the Norwegian Sea

Tullow Oil announces second oil discovery off coast of Guyana

Submitted by Anonymous on 17th September 2019

17th September 2019

Tullow Oil plc announces that the Joe-1 exploration well has successfully opened a new Upper Tertiary oil play in the Guyana basin.

Well Conveyor Announces Investments from Chevron Technology Ventures, ProVenture and Investinor

Submitted by Editorial staff on 21st August 2019

21st August 2019

Well Conveyor AS, a Norwegian downhole technology company, has received equity investment from Chevron Technology Ventures (CTV), a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

BP deck operations contract a first for Sparrows Group in UKCS

Submitted by Editorial staff on 21st August 2019

21st August 2019

Sparrows Group has announced the award of its first contract to deliver deck operations services in the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) from supermajor BP.

Discoveries up 35 per cent with deepwater leading the way

Submitted by Mark Venables on 29th July 2019

29th July 2019

West Siberia's Yamal Peninsula – Dinkov and Nyarmeyskoye

Global discoveries of conventional oil and gas continue to show promising growth, with new finds totalling 6.7 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in the first half of 2019, according to the mid-year assessment of upstream data by Rystad Energy.