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Tullow takes on more of Africa

Tullow Oil has extended its interests onshore Africa by taking up new licences in Kenya and Ethiopia.

[Full story ] [Licensing]

Arrests for Greenpeace four

Four Greenpeace protesters who boarded the Stena Don rig working on a deepwater well offshore Greenland for Cairn Energy have been arrested.

[Full story ] • Exploration

New deal secures work for energy firm

Energy specialist McNulty Offshore has helped to secure 150 jobs in a £2.3 million deal with a neighbouring firm in the UK Northeast.

[Full story ] • Contracts

Up to US $20 Bn of Russian opportunities

Outlining key contract opportunities in Russia, a Dublin-based research group says its latest report on the sector underlines just how many opportunities exist there.

[Full story ] • Field development

Serica starts Indonesia programme

London-listed Serica Energy has signalled that it is shortly due to commence drilling its Dambus 1 exploration well offshore East Kalimantan in Indonesia.

[Full story ] • Exploration

Race is on for Corvette

Shell and partner ExxonMobil have put up for sale a stake in the UK Southern North Sea Corvette field as possible gas storage site.

[Full story ] • Licensing

Energy expert expects more work

Energy consultant ClerkMaxwell in Aberdeen has boosted its office space in the Scottish oil capital in the expectation of more business.

[Full story ] • Company news

KMG moves into North Sea

BG Group has agreed a deal with long-time Kazakhstan partner KazMunaiGas to bring it into the North Sea.

[Full story ] [Licensing]

Ronald pre-drill figure revealed

Ronaldo, the drilling target in which Norway's Noreco has just acquired a stake is thought to contain up to 50 to 100 m boe according to a pre-drill estimate published today.

[Full story ] • Exploration

New leader for Maersk UK

Maersk in the UK North Sea has a new new managing director who has promised to build a long term business in the sector.

[Full story ] • Company news

Tidal firm chooses Scottish fabricator

Norway-based renewable energy group Hammerfest Strøm has selected Scotland's Burntisland Fabrications to construct a support manifold for a new tidal generator.

[Full story ] • Renewables

Viola North drilling start

Drilling has kicked off on the Viola North prospect in the UK North Sea Valiant Petroleum has revealed.

[Full story ] [Exploration]

Greenland condemns Greenpeace

After the Greenpeace boarding of the Stena Don rig drilling for British-based Cairn Energy offshore Greenland, the country's government issued a statement condemning the action

[Full story ] • Politics

Vietnam find

London-listed Soco International has reported a new hydrocarbon find drilling offshore Vietnam.

[Full story ] • Exploration

Readying for Ronaldo

Noreco has struck a deal to participate in a forthcoming exploration on the Ronaldo prospect due to be drilled offshore Norway next year.

[Full story ] • Exploration

Activists claim Greenland attack on Stena Don

Greenpeace activists claim to have boarded a rig operating for British-based Cairn Energy offshore Greenland in an attempt to stop exploration drilling.

[Full story ] • Exploration

Andrew brownfield work added

New brownfield engineering work has been landed by Wood Group in the North Sea to assist BP with topsides modifications as part of further development of the Andrew field area.

[Full story ] • Contracts

Deepwater opportunity off India

There are signs of a larger deepwater market opportunity developing offshore India with a fourth gas discovery reported by London-listed Hardy Oil and Gas.

[Full story ] • Field development

Clipper South sailing ahead

Germany's Bayerngas has signalled plans to start developing the Clipper South field through a UK subsidiary after an equity deal.

[Full story ] • Field development

Cladhan at 100 – 200 barrels

City commentator Evolution Securities has repeated speculation that the UK Cladhan discovery which is undergoing further appraisal could contain between 100 and 200 mbbl of oil.

[Full story ] • Field development

Chariot drives towards drilling

London-listed Chariot Oil and Gas has promised to pursue an “aggressive” exploration schedule offshore Namibia.

[Full story ] • Exploration

Marulk to Norne move

Norway's Aker Solutions has secured a NKr 120 million (US $19 m) deal to provide the tie-in work to connect the new Marulk field development to the Norne FPSO.

[Full story ] • Contracts

Cladhan looks commercial

Further drilling on the UK Cladhan discovery has confirmed a major find after initial appraisal results.

[Full story ] • Exploration

Gro disappoints

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate declares disappointing appraisal results from Gro.

[Full story ] • Field development

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Bristow secures billion deal

Bristow Norway won a helicopter tender worth two billion kroner.

[Full story ] [Company news]

 
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