UK-based exploration and production company African Petroleum continues to lay claim to offshore Block 1A in The Gambia even after the government of this tiny West African country reportedly signed an agreement with oil major BP for the likely lucrative asset…
DNV GL has secured a three-year contract across the Dana Petroleum operated assets on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf (UKCS).DNV GL has worked with Dana Petroleum since 2012 with the development of the Western Isles floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…
TechnipFMC announced Tuesday it has been awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract from Lundin Norway for the Luno II and Rolvsnes development, located in the North Sea at a water depth of 110 meters…
Lundin Petroleum, Europe's independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations focused on Norway, has increased its stake in the major Rolvsnes oil discovery in the Norwegian North Sea, flagging a potential tieback eventually to its operated Edvard Grieg oil field…
Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company's oil business Mubadala Petroleum has agreed to buy a 20 percent participating interest in Egypt's Nour North Sinai Offshore concession from Italy's Eni, it said on Monday.Egypt's main producer…
Qatar Petroleum announced that it will manage and operate the Idd El-Shargi North Dome (ISND) field following the expiry of the Development & Production Sharing Agreement (DPSA) with Occidental Petroleum of Qatar on October 6, 2019.Qatar Petroleum…
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy received a record response for the Awards in Predefined Areas (APA) 2017 round, with a total of 39 companies submitting applications for new acreage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Map…
Test production from the Rolvsnes or Edvard Grieg South (EGS) discovery offshore Norway is expected to start in 2019, according to Rex International Holding, which holds a 30% stake in the license through subsidiary Lime Petroleum. Map of PL338C…
Atlantic Petroleum entered into heads of terms with London Oil and Gas (LOG) to inject about US$11.4 million of funds and assets into Atlantic by 24 June 2016. “Atlantic Petroleum's Orlando & Kells assets are expected to have a high value when the market conditions improve…
Sweden's Lundin Petroleum is to plug and abandon its latest exploration well after it was classified as dry. Exploration well 16/4-10 was on the Fosen prospect in PL544 on the southern flank of the Utsira High in the Norwegian North Sea…
New oilfield services company Ardyne has been launched with £50 million backing from Lime Rock Partners and has made its first acquisition. Headquartered in Aberdeen, Ardyne will specialize in the provision of downhole products and…
Lundin Petroleum has started drilling exploration well 16/4-10 on the Fosen prospect, offshore Norway. The well is about 27km south of the Edvard Grieg field and 11km south of the Luno II discovery. It will explore the Fosen prospect…
Lundin Petroleum has completed the drilling and evaluation of exploration well 7130/4-1 on the Ørnen prospect. The well is in PL708, on the eastern parts of the Finnmark Platform in the southern Barents Sea. The well was dry and has been plugged and abandoned…
Lundin Petroleum has discovered oil at the Rolvsnes exploration well 16/1-25 S in PL338C, in the central North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), the company confirmed on 22 December. Lundin said the well encountered a 30m gross oil column in porous granitic basement…
North Energy has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Lime Petroleum Norway, whereby North Energy sells its 10% interest in production license (PL) 707 to Lime. This transaction forms part of North Energy's current strategic process…
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