Hellenic Petroleum has been awarded Block 10 offshore western Greece, in the Kyparissiakos Gulf, as part of the 2nd International Round. Hellenic was already awarded two onshore blocks, and offshore Block 2, west of Corfu, in a joint venture with France's Total (operator) and Italy's Edison…
Mubadala Petroleum has completed drilling operations at the MNA-17 appraisal well in the Manora oilfield in the Gulf of Thailand, according to partner Tap Oil. The Manora Oil Development joint venture was able to appraise the 500 series sands and assess a separate untested fault block…
The Manora oil joint venture spudded the MNA-17 well offshore Thailand, in hopes of adding contingent resources at the development. The project area is located in the Northern Gulf of Thailand, and is a partnership between Mubadala Petroleum (60%)…
The first call for Mexico’s Round 2.1, consisting of 15 shallow water blocks, is anticipated to be released before the end of July, the country’s Secretary of Energy confirmed in Monterrey. The…
Mexico’s highly anticipated deepwater bid round set for the end of the year is getting registered bids from as many as 21 companies, with some of the oil and gas industry’s heavy hitters, including ExxonMobil and Chevron. Image from CNH…
Mubadala Petroleum has failed to find commercial quantities of oil at its Sri Trang-1 exploration well in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Sri Trang-1 is located in the G1/48 concession, approximately 18km north-northeast of the Manora oil development…
Drilling has commenced at Mubadala Petroleum's Sri Trang-1 exploration well in the Gulf of Thailand, using the Atwood Orca jackup. Sri Trang-1 is in the reservation area of the G1/48 concession, approximately 18km north northeast of the Manora oil development…
Mubadala Petroleum encountered oil at two wells in the Manora field, offshore Thailand. Map from Mubadala. The Atwood Orca jackup drilled wells MNA-15 and MNA-16 wells to final total depths of 2566m and 2998m…
Mubadala Petroleum is set to commence drilling operations at the Sri Trang-1 exploration well in mid-May, offshore Thailand. The well is approximately 18km north-northeast of the Manora oil development, in the Gulf of Thailand and within the G1/48 concession…
Dana Petroleum awarded Fugro to supply ROV drilling support services on board the Ocean Guardian MODU at the Dana-operated Western Isles developments in the northern North Sea. Operating one of its fleet of FCV 600 ROVs, specifically designed for North Sea drill support activities…
Anglo-Australian multinational mining, metals and petroleum company BHP Billiton plans to have a capital expenditure of US$1.5 billion in 2016 for its offshore projects, and to remain focused on high-return infill drilling opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico and Western Australia…
The Department of Mineral Fuels (DMF), the government agency responsible for Thailand’s upstream petroleum industry, granted approval to KrisEnergy for the production area application (PAA) for for an area containing the Rossukon oil discovery in the Gulf of Thailand…
Egypt has announced the results of its delayed 2014 exploration bid round. The round sought to find companies to explore 10 areas in the Gulf of Suez, the Eastern Desert, and east and west of the Nile. Six of those area offshore in the south Gulf of Suez…
Three majors are vying for the same block offshore Mozambique in Mozambique's fifth licensing round, according to the round application details released by the country's National Petroleum Institute (INP) today. It reveals that ExxonMobil…
Houston-headquartered driller Northern Offshore (NOF) is to be combined with Chinese-controlled Blue Ocean Drilling into a new firm if a deal with Shandong Offshore International Co. worth about US$160 million (NOK 1.3 billion) is agreed…
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