Offshore Drilling News
| Angola >> 8/7/2005 - Intelligent completion specialist WellDynamics and BP have signed a multi-well contract for the provision of SmartWell downhole flow control and ancillary completion equipment to manage water injectio... |
| Norway >> 7/13/2005 - Norsk Hydro has signed an agreement for an exploration license off the Moroccan coast. Hydro will be operator of the exploration program, with an ownership interest of 48.75 percent. Dana Petroleum an... |
| Nigeria >> 6/25/2005 - Lundin Petroleum reports that GlobalSantaFe International Drilling Corporation, an affiliate of Applied Drilling Technology Inc., has been contracted to drill an appraisal well on the Aje field (OML 1... |
| Gabon >> 6/18/2005 - Pioneer Natural Resources Company today announced that is has agreed to sell its interest in the Olowi block offshore Gabon to an undisclosed party for expected net proceeds of approximately $49 milli... |
| Egypt >> 6/14/2005 - Transocean Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a contract for High-Specification drillship, the Deepwater Expedition, for drilling operations in ... |
| Gabon >> 1/18/2005 - Pan-Ocean Energy Corporation announced that the Etame partners have completed a lifting for 411,000 barrels of crude oil (129,000 barrels net to PanOcean) and have scheduled another lifting for the en... |
| United Kingdom >> 12/21/2004 - Stolt Offshore S.A.announced the signing of a letter of intent for construction work on an offshore field development in its Africa and Mediterranean Region valued at approximately $200 million. This ... |
| Qatar >> 10/27/2004 - J. Ray McDermott Eastern Hemisphere Ltd. (JRMEH) has recently been awarded further work offshore Qatar by Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited (II) for an additional well head platform jac... |
| Mauritania >> 10/7/2004 - Technip has been awarded by Subsea 7 a contract worth approximately 40 million Euros, for the supply of all risers and some of the flowlines for the Chinguetti field, the first oil development offshor... |
| Gabon >> 9/2/2004 - HOUSTON - September 2, 2004 - VAALCO Energy, Inc. announced today that the recently completed development well, ET-5H, in the Etame Field, offshore Gabon is now producing oil at the rate of 9,200 barr... |
| Angola >> 8/11/2004 - Eni announces that the production started up in the area called “Kizomba A”, in the Angolan deepwater offshore, about 370 kilometres from Luanda. The “Kizomba A” area, consisting of the Hun... |
| Egypt >> 8/3/2004 - Cairo 3 August 2004 – The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Eng. Sameh Fahmy had visited Petrojet workshops in Alexandria where 5 offshore platforms are being fabricated for Petrobel, Rashied Petroleum C... |
| Qatar >> 7/12/2004 - J. Ray McDermott, a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc., announced that it has recently been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to fabricate two offshore wellhead jackets for the Qatargas... |
| Gabon >> 2/4/2004 - Sasol today announced the discovery of a promising new oil field located in shallow water at Ebouri, offshore southern Gabon, where it already has a 27.75% share in the 15 000 barrel a day Etame oilfi... |
| Morocco >> 1/19/2004 - PETRONAS, through its wholly-owned subsidiary PETRONAS Carigali Overseas Sdn Bhd (PCOSB), has entered into a Petroleum Agreement and Association Contract with the Office National de Recherches et d'Ex... |
| Mauritania >> 1/6/2004 - Hardman Resources Ltd ("Hardman") is pleased to advise that the PSC Area B joint venture has voted
unanimously in favour of a "Declaration of Commerciality" for the Chinguetti Oil Field, offshore Mau... |
| Mauritania >> 12/29/2003 - Dana Petroleum is pleased to announce that the Pelican-1 exploration well, drilled in Block 7 offshore Mauritania, has discovered significant hydrocarbons within its primary, Tertiary age target horiz... |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) >> 12/16/2003 - BJ Tubular Services has been awarded a contract by CNR International (Cote d'Ivoire) S.A.R.L., a subsidiary of Canadian Natural Resources, to provide a range of well services offshore Cote d'Ivoire, A... |
| Angola >> 12/16/2003 - Pride International announced that its Angolan subsidiary Sonamer Limited (a joint venture with Sonangol) has received contract extensions for the ultra- deepwater drillships Pride Africa and Pride An... |
| Angola >> 12/4/2003 - Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited (Esso), has started production of the Xikomba deepwater development offshore Angola Block 15. Xi... |
