Deepwater
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February 01, 2018
In the deepwater bid round for the Mexican Gulf of Mexico, Shell Exploración y Extracción de México, S.A. de C.V., (Shell) won four exploration blocks on its own, one with its partner Pemex Exploración y Producción and four with its partner Qatar Petroleum International Limited.
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January 31, 2018
Shell Offshore Inc. has announced one of its largest U.S. Gulf of Mexico exploration finds in the past decade from the Whale deepwater well. The well encountered more than 1,400 net ft (427 m) of oil bearing pay.
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January 31, 2018
Total announces a major oil discovery in the Ballymore prospect, located deep offshore in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (Eastern GoM).
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January 24, 2018
Total has signed an agreement with Samson in order to acquire Samson Offshore Anchor, LLC, which holds a 12.5% interest in four blocks covering the Anchor discovery, one of the most significant recent discoveries in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
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January 23, 2018
LLOG Exploration Company, LLC, has announced that development drilling operations have begun at the Buckskin project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
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January 19, 2018
ExxonMobil today announced that it has signed a petroleum agreement with the government of Ghana to acquire exploration and production rights for the Deepwater Cape Three Points block.
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January 17, 2018
Talos Energy LLC has announced initial production from the Tornado II deepwater well (GC 281 #2ST), located in Phoenix field of the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico in approximately 2,700 ft of water.
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January 04, 2018
PRT Offshore’s innovative In-line Compensator (ILC) has been successfully deployed and operated from a deepwater drillship in 3,500 ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico.
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December 28, 2017
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) President Randall Luthi issued a statement on revisions to the Production Safety Systems Rule.
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December 26, 2017
India’s biggest oil explorer plans to snatch up producing assets to reach its goal of raising overseas output by more than half in about three years, a faster route than drilling for new reserves.
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December 21, 2017
Rosneft has spudded the Maria-1 exploration well offshore in the Black Sea. Forecasted oil in place for Zapadno-Chernomorskaya licence area is estimated to exceed 570 million tons.
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December 21, 2017
The technology group Wärtsilä strengthens its service offering by acquiring Trident B.V., a Netherland based company specialized in underwater ship maintenance, inspection and repair services.
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December 19, 2017
Total announces that it has taken the investment decision for the first large-scale development phase of the Libra project, located deep offshore, 180 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt area of the Santos basin in Brazil.
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December 13, 2017
Gulf Quest LLC, a joint venture between Quest Offshore and Gulf Publishing Company, is pleased to announce the first edition of the Global Offshore Brazil Summit (GOBS), which will be held June 11-13, 2018 at the Sheraton Grand, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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December 07, 2017
Delmar Systems Pty, LTD has purchased a new mooring equipment storage yard and base facility at Karratha in Western Australia.
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December 06, 2017
Eni, together with its Area 4 Partners, announces that the Coral South FLNG multi-sourced project financing achieved financial close, for a total amount of $4,675,500,000.
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December 04, 2017
ExxonMobil has announced that its wholly owned affiliate, ExxonMobil E&P Mauritania Deepwater Ltd., has signed production sharing contracts with the government of Mauritania for three deepwater offshore blocks.
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December 01, 2017
Petrobras, as the Operator and acting on behalf of the Libra Consortium, announces that today it submitted the declaration of commerciality to the Brazil’s National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) regarding the oil accumulation located in the northwestern portion of Libra block, in the Pre-salt of the Santos basin.
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November 29, 2017
Norway’s Statoil ASA will focus exploration on its home turf next year as it seeks more oil and gas to run through existing platforms rather than gigantic deposits in frontier areas.
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November 27, 2017
CNOOC Limited announced today Libra Block in Brazil has already started production.
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November 22, 2017
Chancellor Philip Hammond today announced a tax measure that will unlock further investment in the UK North Sea by enabling more assets to change hands and allow new owners to provide fresh investment in many mature oil and gas fields.
