Africa
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (July 30, 2021)
A new Walker Ridge discovery in the U.S. Gulf by Chevron plus two more Wolfcamp Shale producers from CrownQuest’s Avogadro prospect in the Permian Basin top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Field Development
Eyeing Energy Transition, Ghana Plans to Speed Up Oil Exploration
State-owned Ghana National Petroleum Corp. (GNPC) is looking to acquire oil assets in order to accelerate exploration before a transition from fossil fuels reshapes the market, Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said on July 29.
Deepwater , Completions
Wireline-deployed Milling Services Enlarge a Tubing Hanger in Deepwater Congo
A case study details how a company enlarged a hardened tubing hanger while also preserving its mechanical integrity.
Exploration & Production , Legislation , International
Nigeria Revamps Oil Sector Law in Pursuit of Dwindling Investment
The overhaul, in the works for 20 years, is the first sweeping update to the laws that govern everything from oil drilling to fuel sales in Nigeria—Africa's largest oil exporter in decades.
Field Development , Subsea
Tullow Awards TechnipFMC Work Offshore Ghana
TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) contract on July 6 for the Jubilee South East development, located offshore Ghana.
Discoveries
Eni Makes ‘Significant’ Oil Discovery Offshore Ghana
The Eban-1X well proved a single 80-m light oil column in a thick sandstone reservoir interval of Cenomanian age, Eni said.
Investment , Exploration & Production , International
Nigerian Lawmakers Pass Historic Oil Overhaul Bill
Leaders agreed earlier this year to sweeten the terms for oil companies in an effort by Nigeria’s parliament to attract much-needed investment in an era of shrinking global cash for fossil fuel production.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (July 1, 2021)
Pantheon Resources North Slope test, Chesapeake Marcellus well completion plus EOG Resources Eagleville Field wells producing from the Eagle Ford Shale and Austin Chalk top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (June 25, 2021)
Shell’s recent high-volume Pliocene discovery in the Gulf of Mexico plus Marathon Oil Upper Three Forks wells and Chesapeake Marcellus Shale completions in Pennsylvania’s Bradford County top this week’s oil and gas drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Public Capital , People
Houston-based VAALCO Energy Names Oil Industry Veteran Ron Bain as CFO
The appointment of Ronald Bain as CFO, who has over 25 years of oil industry experience including at Baker Hughes, is part of a recently launched strategy shift by VAALCO Energy.