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Ocean Rig UDW, an offshore drilling company, has reached an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to postpone drillship deliveries and reschedule certain installments for the rigs currently being built in South Korea.
The driller said the deal made with the Koreans provided for the delay of deliveries of two of three drillships under construction at Samsung’s shipyard and the amendment of certain other terms – including the contract price. Three drillships Samsung is due to deliver are: Ocean Rig Santorini, Ocean Rig Crete, and Ocean Rig Amorgos.
Ocean Rig did not provide a detailed description of the agreement made with the South Korean rig builder.
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Standard Drilling, the used-to-be drilling contractor, is moving into the offshore support vessels sector. More precisely, the company has entered the platform supply vessel market with the acquisition of 20 percent stake in PSV Opportunity I DIS for $2.4 million.
To remind, Standard Drilling was established for the purpose of building “a premium oilfield services company with superior assets, systems and people”.Having sold alljack-up rig building contracts, the strategy of the company has changed, from building up to become an operator of rigs, to being an investment company within the oil and gas service sector.
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Australian Government Opens Up 28 Areas for Energy Exploration. A new initiative from the Australian government seeks to greatly expand the nation’s ambitions for energy exploration with 28 new areas opened up off the western coast.
ExxonMobil Needs Alternative For Exporting Nigerian Oil. Damage to a pipeline that exports Qua Iboe crude oil could take months to complete. Now, the oil giant is exploring potential opportunities to export via another smaller pipeline.
Statoil Submits Plans For Cross-Border Reserve Field. Norwegian company Statoil has turned its focus to developing the Utgard discovery, between the martitime borders of Norway and the UK, with production expected to begin by late 2019.
More Job Cuts Coming to SBM Offshore. The Netherlands-based company announced at least 650 positions worldwide will be cut this year as part of a new restructuring plan and an effort to generate savings of at least $70 million.
Vantage Drilling Reports Net Loss in 2Q. Vatnage Drilling saw a net loss of $35.7 million last quarter, after already posting a net loss of approximately $64.8 million in the first quarter.
IEA And Media Outlets Are Getting Oil Totally Wrong. Are we in a glut or are we re-balancing? The IEA and the media can't seem to make up their minds. Tell us what you think on the contradictory information.
IKM Subsea Awarded Statoil Contract. IKM Subsea has been awarded a ten year $90 million contract for “ROV and Subsea services for Visund and Snorre B” with Statoil.
No Leaks From Grounded Transocean Winner Rig In Scotland. While thousands of gallons of diesel oil were lost from the Grounded Transocean Winner Rig off the shore of Scotland, no pollution has been detected near the rig.
Time Running Out In Papua New Guinea LNG Project Dispute.Landowners in the Hela region are threatening to forcefully enter the country’s LNG facilities and shut down the well taps supplying gas, as government officials continue to negotiate over protests that they owe locals years of royalties.
Oman And Iran To Avoid UAE Issues With Pipeline. Officials in both Oman and Iran will be changing the design of an undersea natural gas pipeline to avoid running into territory controlled by the United Arab Emirates as the project continues to evolve in its late stages.
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In July 2016 Tatneft Group produced 2,410,554 tonnes of crude oil (104.6% compared to July 2015), including 2,380,933 tonnes (104.6% compared to July 2015) by PJSC Tatneft and 29,621 tonnes (100.7% compared to July 2015) by subsidiaries. Total crude oil production by the Group in the first 7 months of 2016 (January-July, inclusive) was 16,318,171 tonnes (104.9% compared to the same period of 2015), including 16,120,222 tonnes (104.8% compared to the same period of 2015) by PJSC Tatneft and 197,949 tonnes (111.6% compared to the same period of last year) by subsidiaries.
TANECO refinery complex processed 740.5 thousand tonnes of crude oil (825.6 thousand tonnes of total feedstock) in July 2016, 5,084.5 thousand tonnes of crude oil (5,562.2 thousand tonnes of total feedstock) in January-July 2016, and produced 785.2 thousand tonnes of refined products in July 2016, 5,340.1 tonnes of refined products in January-July 2016.
OMV, the international integrated oil and gas company based in Vienna, has agreed to sell a 30 percent interest in the UK offshore oil and gas project Rosebank to Suncor Energy.
Suncor, based in Calgary, is Canada's largest integrated energy company. After this transaction, OMV's interest will amount to 20 percent. The remaining stakes in the Rosebank joint venture are held by the operator Chevron North Sea Limited with 40 percent and DONG E&P (U.K.) Limited with 10 percent.
Johann Pleininger, OMV Executive Board member responsible for Upstream: 'This transaction rebalances our OMV portfolio by reducing future investment requirements while retaining a large stake in the Rosebank development. At the same time, the addition of Suncor, with their substantial offshore experience, to the Rosebank consortium will strengthen the venture considerably as it moves towards project implementation.'
The reduction of OMV's stake fits with its strategy of optimizing the upstream portfolio and becoming more efficient with regard to costs and investments. Under the terms of the agreement, Suncor will make an initial payment of USD 50 million on closing. The transaction is subject to conditions, including regulatory approval and is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter of 2016.
Following the co-venturers approval of the Rosebank project final investment decision, OMV would receive an additional consideration of up to USD 165 million.
The Board and Management of Austin Exploration Limited (ASX: AKK) are pleased to announce that the Math Energy Drill rig has been successfully mobilised to the Marco Polo well site and the second phase of drilling on the Marco Polo #1 well has commenced.
The second phase of drilling involves drilling a deviated well bore that has been designed by Austin's engineers to intersect multiple fracture networks and to maximise the oil pay-zone thickness of the reservoir. Upon drilling completion, the three wells will be sequentially flow tested with a view to simultaneously bringing them on to production.
The multi-well program has been designed to significantly reduce drilling costs and maximise operational efficiencies. The three well program is being conducted in three phases.
Austin is the operator of the Pathfinder project and controls a 100% working interest that covers 15,282 gross acres. The property lies over the DJ Basin which is one of North America's most prolific oil and gas basins.
The Company looks forward to providing material updates on the drilling program as they occur.
On 9 August, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) received the Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Utgard discovery in the North Sea.
Utgard is a gas and condensate discovery, stretching across the border between the Norwegian and UK continental shelves. The discovery is located in block 15/8 on the Norwegian shelf and in block 16/8a on the UK shelf. Estimated recoverable resources from the discovery are about 9 million standard cubic metres of oil equivalents. The largest share of the reserves in Utgard are located on the Norwegian side.
Utgard is situated about 21 kilometres west of the Sleipner field centre. Water depth in the area is 110 metres, and the reservoir is located about 3700 metres below the sea surface.
The discovery, which was made in 1982 while drilling well 15/8-1, has been considered for development several times before. The licensees are planning to start production in the 4th quarter of 2019.
According to the plan, Utgard will be a subsea development consisting of a subsea template with space for drilling and completion of up to four wells. The plan is to drill two production wells from the subsea template. All facilities will be placed on the Norwegian side of the border.
Hawkley Oil & Gas Limited advises that the sale of its Ukraine assets to Tomeas Assets Ltd has been terminated after Tomeas failed to meet the revised payment obligations as agreed. Hawkley will retain the US$100,000 initial deposit.
The sale was announced on 2 February 2016 and approved by shareholders on 16 March 2016. The original agreement was extended until 1 August 2016 after settlement was delayed whilst the parties worked through a number of due diligence and Ukraine regulatory approval issues. A further extension until 12 August 2016 was agreed, conditional upon receipt of a further US$100,000 deposit.
Hawkley has given the buyer numerous opportunities to complete the sale and is not prepared to grant further extensions. This disappointing result is further evidence of the difficulties of conducting business in Ukraine in the current envirionment. The Company has advised Tomeas that they may contact the Company if and when they have organised their finances and are able to proceed.
Hawkley has contacted other parties known to be interested in the assets. The Company remains optimistic that a sale will be completed in the near term and will provide further updates in due course.
With respect to the future directions of the Company, discussions are progressing with an Australian entity that has expressed interest in providing financial support and pursuing Oil & Gas opportunities in more politically stable countries.
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