Panoro Energy discovers Hydrocarbon in Nigeria as reported by Oedigital Panoro Energy hit hydrocarbon pay at the Aje-5 production well on the OML 113 license, offshore Nigeria. Aje is an offshore field located in the western part of Nigeria in the Dahomey basin close to the border with Benin. The field is situated in water…
Nigeria National Oil company NNPC has announced it will deploy drones to curb oil thefts in the country. The announcement was made by Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the newly appointed chief of state-run oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Nigeria is Africa’s biggest oil producer and oil generates about 70% of government revenues. However, frequent…
Shell Finds Hydrocarbon in Australia Shell has made a hydrocarbon discovery on the West-1 (Auriga) well on the northern Browse Basin offshore Australia. Shell has been drilling the well, in Petroleum Permit Area AC/RL9, using the Stena Clyde semisubmersible drilling rig, 200km offshore northwest the Kimberley coast and 600km north-north east of Broome in 150-200m…
Subsea 7 Awarded $150 million North Sea Culzean Development Contract Subsea 7 has revealed according to the BBC it won the award of a subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) contract by Maersk Oil with a value in excess of $150 million for the Culzean development. The Culzean, one of the largest gas discoveries offshore…