Deepwater

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August 06, 2018
Kosmos Energy entered into an agreement to acquire Deep Gulf Energy for a total consideration of $1.225 billion.
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July 04, 2018
Eni has started gas production from Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) Integrated Oil and Gas Project, in Ghana, on schedule during the past weekend.
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June 25, 2018
Petrobras has announced the start of production at Tartaruga Verde field, in the deep waters of the Campos basin, by means of FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes.
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June 25, 2018
Eni announces a new oil discovery in Block 15/06, in the Kalimba exploration prospect, in Angola’s deep offshore. The new discovery is estimated to contain between 230 and 300 MMbbl of light oil in place.
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June 14, 2018
Danos is pleased to announce that Shell Exploration and Production Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has awarded a contract to Danos to provide coatings for Shell’s deepwater Appomattox platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
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June 04, 2018
Azinam Limited, the Seacrest Capital Group backed explorer focused on offshore Namibia, has announced that the Ocean Rig Poseidon sixth generation deepwater drillship has been contracted by the license partnership to drill one firm and one optional well, with the first well targeting Prospect S, located in Petroleum Exploration Licence (PEL) 71, offshore Namibia.
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May 31, 2018
Presently, ultra-deepwater Brazilian pre-salt prevails by delivering high productivity performance assurance to the industry expectations and to the government advantage, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
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May 31, 2018
Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, has announced the early start of production at the first phase of Kaikias, an economically resilient, subsea development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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May 28, 2018
Total and its partners have taken the final investment decision to launch the Zinia 2 deep offshore development in Block 17, 150 km offshore Angola.
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May 24, 2018
Shell Offshore, Inc. has announced a large deepwater discovery in the Norphlet geologic play in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with its Dover well (100% Shell).
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May 08, 2018
Energean Oil & Gas announced that it has received Class approval from DNV-GL, the global quality assurance body, for the Basic Design of the new-build Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) that will be deployed at its deepwater Karish-Tanin development, offshore Israel.
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May 01, 2018
The Big Oil playbook has been straightforward for decades: Higher prices mean offshore projects that are further, deeper, more complex than ever before. It’s different this time, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
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April 26, 2018
BP has selected Nexans to supply umbilicals for the second stage development of the Mad Dog offshore field in the Gulf of Mexico.
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April 24, 2018
Shell Offshore Inc. (Shell), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc, today announces the final investment decision for Vito, a deepwater development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico with a forward-looking, break-even price estimated to be less than $35/bbl.
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April 20, 2018
BP and Reliance Industries announced the sanctioning of the “Satellite cluster” project in Block KG D6, offshore India.
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April 12, 2018
Fieldwood Energy LLC has announced the closing of its acquisition of all of Noble Energy, Inc.’s deepwater oil and gas assets located in the Gulf of Mexico with an effective date of Jan. 1, 2018.
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April 11, 2018
MCEDD, the premier deepwater conference, continued on Tuesday afternoon and into today in Milan, Italy, with a timely mid-day keynote examination of the future of ultra-deep offshore activity, accompanied by a full slate of technical presentations on a variety of technical subjects.
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April 10, 2018
The premier deepwater conference kicked off with a speech by EniProgetti CEO Luciano Vasques that outlined the challenges facing operators and service companies in the deepwater offshore market.
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April 02, 2018
ExxonMobil has increased its holdings in Brazil’s pre-salt basins after winning eight additional exploration blocks during Brazil’s 15th bid round.
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March 30, 2018
Shell Brasil Petroleo, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell), today won four additional deep-water exploration blocks in the Campos and Potiguar basins, bringing its total operated presence offshore Brazil to 18 blocks.
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March 27, 2018
Chevron Corp. is studding the ocean floor with heavy-duty pumping gear as part of an effort to make deepwater oil discoveries competitive with shale.
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