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Harbour Energy Starts Drilling Gayo-1 Well Off Indonesia

Jan 04, 2024

Oil and gas company Harbour Energy has started drilling the Gayo-1 exploration well in the Andaman II block, offshore Indonesia.Drilling started on December 31, 2023, using West Capella ultra-deepwater drillship.According to SKK Migas, Indonesia’s government regulator, the efforts are being made to re-explore potential oil and gas reserves in the Andaman II, inspired by discovery of significant oil and gas reserves through the Timpan-1 exploration well in 2022…

Petronas Secures 20-Year Extension for Java Sea Operations

Jan 04, 2024

Petronas, through its subsidiary PC Ketapang II, has secured a 20-year extension of the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Ketapang Working Area, located in the Java Sea.Due to expire in 2028, the Ketapang PSC extension was officially…

DOF Secures $60M Contract for Work on Gas Field Offshore Philippines

Jan 02, 2024

Prime Energy has extended the contract for DOF’s multipurpose supply vessel (MPSV) Skandi Hawk for work on the Malampaya gas field offshore Philippines.The contract has been extended to the end of 2027, according to Norwegian vessel owner DOF…

Mubadala Energy Makes Major Gas Discovery Offshore Indonesia

Dec 19, 2023

Mubadala Energy has made a significant gas discovery from the Layaran-1 Exploration well, drilled in South Andaman, offshore North Sumatra in Indonesia.Mubadala Energy is the operator of the South Andaman Gross Split PSC and this is the first deep water well operated by the company…

DOF Set to Bring in $30M From Two New Projects

Dec 19, 2023

Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Group has secured two new projects – one in the North Sea and the other in Asia Pacific region – whose combined revenue is expected to bring in $30 million to the company. The first contract for DOF covers engineering…

Nauticus Robotics Teams Up with MMA Offshore to Deploy Aquanauts in Asia Pacific

Sep 11, 2023

Nauticus Robotics, a developer of autonomous robots using artificial intelligence for data collection and intervention services for the ocean economies has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Australian offshore support vessel firm MMA Offshore…

Russia's Sakhalin-1 Close to Full Oil Production after Exxon Exit

Jan 09, 2023

Russia has restored oil output at its Sakhalin-1 project after struggling with production following the exit of its previous operator Exxon Mobil Corp due to sanctions, an industry source said.Oil output from Russia's Sakhalin-1 project has recovered to 140…

Seven Oil Firms Bid for Timor-Leste Oil and Gas Acreage

Mar 07, 2022

Seven oil and gas companies have submitted bids for nine blocks offered during the Timor-Leste Second Licensing Round period 2019/2022'The Minister of Petroleum and Mineral, Mr. Victor da Conceição Soares officially opened the Bid Submission…

EnerMech Names Ford as APAC Regional Director

Jan 12, 2022

Energy industry services firm EnerMech has appointed Garry Ford as regional director for Asia Pacific.UK-based EnerMech said Ford would drive further business growth across the energy, industrial and infrastructure sectors and strengthen its existing oil and gas operations in the region…

Jadestone Energy CFO to Resign

Dec 23, 2021

Jadestone Energy, an oil and gas production company focused on the Asia Pacific region said Thursday that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO)   Dan Young, had decided to leave the company.'After more than 20 years overseas, Mr Young intends to repatriate back to Australia for personal family reasons…

ConocoPhillips Sells Indonesia Assets in Asia-Pacific Revamp

Dec 09, 2021

U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips will quit Indonesia, selling its assets there for $1.355 billion to domestic energy company Medco Energi Internasional, and beef up in Australia as it continues to reshape.The deals follow ConocoPhillips move to double down on U…

Asia’s Demand Engine Fires Up Global LNG supply

Dec 02, 2021

In announcing project sanction on the Scarborough and Pluto Train 2 project last week, Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill emphasized that as well as being both low carbon and globally cost-competitive, it was the strength of demand  “particularly in our…

DOF Subsea Secures Work on Several Offshore Campaigns in Asia Pacific

Aug 23, 2021

Norwegian subsea support vessel operator said DOF Subsea said Monday it had won several contracts awards in the Asia Pacific region.According to DOF Subsea, the contracts provide 'significant' utilization for resources and vessels in Q3 and…

Carnarvon Wraps Buffalo Farm-Out. Drilling to Start in Late 2021

Apr 20, 2021

Australian oil and gas companies Carnarvon Petroleum and Advance Energy have completed the Buffalo oil field farm-out agreement as all the necessary conditions have been met.Carnarvon in December 2020 announced that Advance Energy would acquire 50% of the Buffalo project in the Timor Sea…

Will 2021 Breathe Life Back into Asia Pacific Upstream M&A Market?

Dec 16, 2020

2020 has been dismal for upstream dealmakers across Asia Pacific. During a recent conversation with a senior banker in the region, I mentioned that deal activity was so poor this year that as of October, only a sliver over US$400 million and 117 million boe of 2P resources had transacted (vs US$5…

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