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PetroVietnam Pumps First Gas from Sao Vang-Dai Nguyet Offshore Field

State-owned PetroVietnam has started pumping first gas from its Sao Vang-Dai Nguyet field off Vietnam’s southern coast.

Energy Security

Report Confirms Progress in Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in Europe

The European Commission has seen progress in the safety of offshore oil and gas operations in EU member states following the implementation of the safety direct…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Wildcat Drilling at it’s Best – Gas Discovery Southwest of the Skarv Field in the Norwegian Sea

11/11/2020 ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production licence 1009, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6507/4-1.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Beach Hits Gas in First Victorian Otway Campaign Well

This is the company’s first exploration well in the Victorian Otway program.

Energy Technology

Animation of Hydraulic Fracturing

Safe, cost-effective refinements in hydraulic fracturing, horizontal drilling and other innovations now allow for the production of oil and natural gas from tig…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell in Early Termination of Jack-up Rig Contract in Brunei

Oil major Shell has terminated early its contract for the Aban Offshore-owned jack-up drilling rig operating for the company in Brunei.

Oil and Gas Equipment

Noble Gets Rid of Five Cold-Stacked Floating Rigs

Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has decided to sell five of its cold-stacked floating drilling rigs.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Turkey Starts Drilling Second Well in Black Sea

Turkey has begun drilling a second borehole on the Sakarya natural gas field in the Black Sea where it made its largest-ever discovery earlier this year with th…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Shell Takes Stakes in Transkei & Algoa Blocks Offshore South Africa

Under the terms of the farm-out agreement, Shell will acquire a 50% working interest in the Transkei & Algoa blocks and operatorship.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Nigerian Operator Produces First Oil from Shallow-Water Project

Nigerian operator First E&P has started oil production from a shallow-water project located offshore Nigeria through the Abigail-Joseph FPSO.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Equinor in Two Oil Discoveries Offshore Canada

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland, Canada.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Neptune Energy Makes Small Oil Discovery off Norway

The discovery is estimated to hold between 0.5 and 3.2 million cubic metres (mcm) of recoverable oil equivalents, NPD said in a statement.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Total Boasts Second ‘Significant Discovery’ Offshore South Africa

French oil major Total has made a significant gas condensate discovery on the Luiperd prospect, located on Block 11B/12B in the Outeniqua Basin, 175 kilometres …

Oil Field

South Africa Discovers Large Deep-Sea Oil and Gas Field for the First Time

South Africa’s Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Mantashe visited the Luiperd drilling well in the waters near Moso Bay in the Western Cape Province of …

Oil&Gas Drilling

South Australia Eyes more Gas Exploration

Private-sector exploration expenditure will increase from A$158mn a year in 2018 to a sustainable average of A$300mn a year by 2025, the SA government said.