Category: Offshore

Danish Underground Consortium sanctions expansion of Tyra complex offshore Denmark

Maersk Oil and its partners in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) have approved expansion of the Tyra Southeast development in the Danish North Sea.  More »

Noble expects rapid gas build-up at Tamar offshore Israel

Noble Energy (NYSE: NBL) says all five of the Tamar field deepwater subsea wells offshore Israel are online, and collectively producing 300 MMcf/d of gas.  More »

Study raises resource base for Barryroe offshore Ireland

Providence Resources (AIM:PRV) has provided a resource update on the Barryroe oil field in the North Celtic Sea basin, 50 km (31 mi) offshore southern Ireland.  More »

Deepwater North Uist find extends west of Shetland’s gas frontier

BP has discovered gas condensate in the deepwater North Uist exploration prospect west of Shetland.  More »

Shah Deniz gas export routes under review

The Shah Deniz field partners have started to evaluate final bids received for transportation of Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas in the Caspian Sea to Europe.  More »

Rising costs puts end to North Sea Fyne project

Antrim Energy (LON:AEY) has decided not to develop the Fyne oil field in the UK North Sea.  More »

Lebanon details first oil and gas license round applicants

Fifty-two companies have applied to pre-qualify for Lebanon’s first oil and gas licensing round, either as operator or non-operator.  More »

Lundin starts drilling Carlsberg offshore Norway

The jackup Maersk Guardian has spudded an exploration well on the Carlsberg prospect in the Norwegian North Sea for Lundin Norway.  More »

BP contracts Helix Q5000 for deepwater GoM interventions

BP (NYSE:BP) has entered a five-year contract with Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (NYSE:HLX) to use the deepwater Q5000 vessel for well intervention services in the Gulf of Mexico.  More »

Open Geophysical releases OpenCPS 3.0

Dolphin Group ASA (OSE: DOLP) Open Geophysical today has released the OpenCPS 3.0 software seismic data processing platform for land and marine data.   More »

Texas lawyer used forged signature in Gulf spill case, judge rules

A federal judge scolded a Texas lawyer in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill case, ruling Friday the attorney used a contract with a forged signature to assert that he represented a fisherman and was entitled to a cut of that man’s share of last year’s multibillion settlement with BP.  More »

Statoil contracts FMC for Smorbukk South subsea equipment

FMC Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced that it has received a $96-million order from Statoil (NYSE: STO) for subsea equipment for the Smorbukk South Extension Project.  More »