West Africa
Public Capital , Exploration & Production , Acquisitions & Divestitures
Total Calls Off Acquisition of Occidental Petroleum’s Ghana Asset
The deal was part of an $8.8 billion agreement reached between Total and Occidental to over Anadarko Petroleum's assets in Mozambique, Ghana, Algeria, and South Africa.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (May 1, 2020)
A Meramec completion in Oklahoma’s Blaine County by Continental Resources plus results from Apache’s significant offshore Suriname oil discovery top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Business , Exploration & Production
Social Distancing Offshore: COVID-19 Highlights Pandemic Risk for Oil Platforms
Offshore oil and gas workers now have to contend with social distancing and personal protection in confined facilities that were never designed for pandemics.
Seismic
SeaBird Receives Cancellation Notice for OBN Surveys Offshore West Africa
SeaBird Exploration Plc said it has been notified that the end-client has canceled the two OBN surveys off West Africa due to the COVID-19 situation on April 6.
Seismic
TDI-Brooks Completes MSGBC Basin Field Data Program Offshore West Africa
TDI-Brooks International, under contract to TGS, said April 2 it has completed its offshore “seep-hunting” surface geochemical analysis and geotechnical campaign of the MSGBC Basin, from Northern Senegal through The Gambia and AGC zone, into Guinea-Bissau down to the Guinea transform fault.
Highlights , Shale Plays
Best of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (April 3, 2020)
Two extended-lateral Wolfcamp Shale producers completed by CrownQuest and a horizontal Frontier discovery in Wyoming’s Converse County top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
Highlights
Best Of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Feb. 28, 2020)
Two Bone Springs completions reported by EOG in the Permian Basin and Chesapeake Energy Haynesville Shale discoveries top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.
People , Exploration & Production
Kosmos Energy CFO Thomas Chambers Set To Retire
Kosmos Energy CFO Thomas P. Chambers is set to retire after a decades-long career in oil and gas, the Dallas-based E&P company said Feb. 24.
Subsea , Acquisitions & Divestitures
Hunting Acquires Enpro Subsea In All-cash Deal
Hunting Plc, the international energy services group, has completed the acquisition of Enpro Subsea Ltd. on Feb. 21 for a total consideration of $33 million payable on completion, plus a potential maximum earn out of $3 million based on EBITDA performance in 2020.
Highlights
Best Of This Week’s Drilling Activity Highlights (Feb. 7, 2020)
A new Marcellus field discovery by Southwestern, EOG completes high-volume Wolfcamp Shale wells plus a Niobrara producer in the Powder River Basin top this week’s drilling activity highlights from around the world.