Australian operator Northwest has signed a contract with ENSCO for use of the ENSCO 10 jackup to drill the Dorado-1 exploration well in exploration permit WA-437-P in the North West Shelf of Australia, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum…
Japan's Inpex has been awarded an exploration permit for Release Area WA-532-P, close to its Ichthys LNG development, in Australia’s 2016 Offshore Petroleum Exploration Acreage Release. Inpex Browse will hold a 100% participating interest in the block…
The Ichthys Venturer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility has arrived in Australian waters today (14 August), as Inpex gears up to begin hook-up and commissioning activities. The Ichthys Venturer at the DSME shipyard…
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility Ichthys Venturer has set sail for Australia. The 336m-long long ship-shaped, offshore facility has started a 5600km voyage that will take about one month to complete…
Quadrant Energy has agreed a contract with Transocean to drill the Phoenix South-3 well in the WA-435-P exploration permit on the North-West Shelf of Australia. Drilling is due to start between 1 February and 1 April 2018 using the GSF Development Driller-1…
ConocoPhillips has submitted its development proposal for the gas and condensate Barossa field in the Timor Sea, to Australian authorities for comment. The Barossa Area Development is expected to be a floating production, storage and…
Quadrant Energy is in the final stages of evaluating tenders for a semisubmersible to drill the Phoenix-3 South well offshore Western Australia in early 2018. Source: Carnarvon Petroleum The…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has launched an investigation into a hydrocarbon leak on the Gjøa field on 21 June 2017. The incident happened during normal operations. According to the operator Engie E&P Norge, the leak occurred in a condensate pump…
Italian giant Eni has discovered gas and condensate at the Gamma prospect, offshore Libya. Image of Area D, from National Oil Corp. Gamma is in the Contract Area D, 140km offshore from Tripoli…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted ExxonMobil consent to extend the lifetime of the facilities on the Sigyn field until 31 December 2022. The Sigyn field is a gas and condensate field in the Sleipner area of the North Sea…
Inpex held double naming ceremonies at two South Korean yards for the FPSO and CPF related to the Ichthys LNG project, following the end of construction of both facilities. At Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard…
Statoil has made a new 20-50 MMboe gas discovery on the Norwegian North Sea Valemon field, at Valemon West. The well was drilled using the jackup rig West Elara, in 133.5m water depth, 160km north-west of Bergen. It is the seventh exploration…
Short-term production from the BP-led Azerbaijan’s Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli (ACG) project in the Caspian Sea is expected to be flat, and contain gas rather than oil, according to a new analysis from Douglas-Westwood (DW). ACG…
In this video, Chevron shows the process it took for its Alder HPHT field to reach first gas, 41 years after in was discovered. Chevron’s high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) gas condensate Alder field in the Central North Sea started production this week…
Quadrant Energy has confirmed a successful well test from the Roc-2 well, offshore Western Australia, that shows significant potential in a largely unexplored area. Map of Roc-2, from Quadrant…
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