02.02.2018 DeepOcean Ghana Limited, has been awarded a 3 year firm contract to provide the multi-purpose construction vessel Polar Onyx to Tullow Ghana Limited. DeepOcean Ghana Limited, an indigenous Ghanaian company in which DeepOcean holds a 49% shareholding, commenced its working relationship with Tullow Ghana in February 2015 when it

February 1, 2018   CNOOC Limited (the “Company”, SEHK: 00883, NYSE: CEO, TSX: CNU) today announced its business strategy and development plan for the year 2018. The Company’s net production target for 2018 is 470 million to 480 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), of which, production from China and

Oil from Emlichheim has a future Wintershall is expanding its crude oil production at its Emlichheim site in Lower Saxony (County of Bentheim). “With a 3D seismic survey we’re now laying the foundation for developing additional oil reserves on the German-Dutch border,” said Andreas Scheck, head of Wintershall Deutschland, at

Spirit, one of the top independent oil and gas operators in Europe, is to drill a new well at the Chiswick field in the Southern North Sea to bring around a further 50 billion cubic feet of gas on stream. The new well, which represents a £75million investment from Spirit,

31 January 2018 BP today announced two new exploration discoveries in the North Sea. The discoveries are Capercaillie, in Block 29/4e in the Central North Sea, and Achmelvich, in Block 206/9b west of Shetland. BP is 100% owner of Capercaillie and the Achmelvich well partnership comprises BP (operator, 52.6%), Shell

February 1, 2018 The West Hercules semi-submersible rig has been contracted for drilling two exploration wells in the Barents Sea in 2018, and options to drill another five exploration wells. Statoil and the licence partners have signed a contract with North Atlantic Norway Ltd for use of the 6th generation

25 January 2018 Petrobras joins the international representation of OGCI OGCI brings together 10 major oil and gas companies, representing over 25% of global oil and gas production   The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) today announced that Petrobras will join the initiative. This

January 29, 2018 CHC group announced a new contract supporting Statoil, one of Brazil’s largest oil producers. The two-year agreement will support flying to Operational Area – BM-S-8 – in Santos Basis.The missions will be based out of Jacarepaguá and begin in February 2018. They will be supported by a

24.01.2018 The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Spirit Energy Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 35/9-14, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 35/9-14 will be drilled from the Songa Enabler drilling facility, at position 61⁰25′ 19.8727’’ North, 03⁰49’ 41.92’’ East after completing the drilling of wildcat

The fourth fast-track contract awarded to date in the past 24 months builds off McDermott’s successful track record in the Middle East McDermott to provide 13 jackets in the Zuluf, Marjan, Berri and Abu Safah fields offshore Saudi Arabia with a combined weight of 24,000 metric tons Back-to-back awards from