Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) launched two pre-qualification contracts for the construction of the 105km offshore pipeline section under the Adriatic Sea. The contracts are for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)…
Mubadala Petroleum’s US$300 million Manora oil development is now producing from five wells in the northern Gulf of Thailand. The Atwood Orca jackup. From Atwood. The Manora oil field is located within the G1/48 concession…
Mubadala Petroleum began production from two wells at the Manora oil field in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Manora field FSO. From Mubadala. The field is located within the G1/48 concession…
Mubadala Petroleum completed drilling at the MNA-05 development well and began drilling at the MNA-07 and MNA-08 wells on the Manora Field, offshore Thailand. The Atwood Orca. From Atwood Oceanics…
Abu Dhabi-based Mubadala Petroleum has spudded two more wells on the Manora field off Thailand. Drilled with Atwood Oceanics’ jackup Atwood Orca, the MNA-04 and MNA-05 wells represent the fourth and fifth wells, respectively, of a planned 15 developmental well campaign set to end 1Q 2015…
Enagás has joined the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project as a new shareholder with a 16% stake in the company known as Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG. The company also announced that existing shareholder Fluxys increased its stake in TAP from 16% to 19%…
Mubadala Petroleum began drilling operations at the Manora oil development in the Northern Gulf Thailand, reported joint venture partner Tap Oil Ltd. The Atwood Orca jackup did the honors of spudding MNA-02, the first of 15 planned development wells…
Wood Group Kenny Pty Ltd. (WGK) and TRAC Oil & Gas Pty Ltd. (TRAC) signed a formal MoU for the provision of integrated integrity management, inspection, verification, non-destructive testing (NDT) and rope access solutions to conventional oil…
Alaska states Arctic needs Alaska’s Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell stated the case for the state’s needs at the Ice-Diminished Arctic Conference in Washington, D.C. He emphasized the need for safety, security, and economic development in the region…
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) announced today that BP Plc, Azeri SOCAR, France's Total SA, and Belgian Fluxys—members of the international consortium developing the giant Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan—have exercised their option to join the Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP)…
Santos announced a gas discovery at the Bianchi-1 well in Retention Lease WA-49-R, located in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. Wireline logging and pressure testing has confirmed 112m of net gas pay between 4,748m, and 5…
API Director of Upstream & Industry Operations, Erik Milito, said in a Wednesday press conference that there is broad and bipartisan support from the U.S. public and policymakers to expand access to offshore oil and natural gas development…
Last year, Turkey approved construction of the South Stream pipeline through its territory, which will bring Russian gas across the southern Black Sea and into Europe. Construction should be completed in 2015, with the offshore component costing US$13 billion…
Successful field deployment of a new compact remote controlled subsea hot tapping machine was announced recently by TD Williamson. The lightweight Subsea 1200RC Tapping Machine, described as a ‘topside-driven machine with passive ROV interface’…
Subsea hot tapping specialist TD Williamson has been called upon lately to assist with a number of Southeast Asian gas line tie-ins without recourse to costly and disruptive production shutdowns. TDW's Bancha Pitayagulsarn and Ray Foster discuss the planning and successful execution of these jobs…
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