Israel-Turkey link lifts offshore-gas hope

Rapprochement between Israel and Turkey lowers one of many hurdles to development of giant Leviathan natural gas field and other deepwater discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean. Source: News

Stone Energy cancels contract for Ensco 8503 rig

Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., has agreed with Ensco PLC to cancel the contract for the Ensco 8503 dynamically positioned deepwater drilling rig that was operating in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Source: News

Stone Energy cancels contract for Ensco 8503 rig

Stone Energy Corp., Lafayette, La., has agreed with Ensco PLC to cancel the contract for the Ensco 8503 dynamically positioned deepwater drilling rig that was operating in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Source: News

Tullow’s TEN project nears completion offshore Ghana

The Tullow Oil PLC-operated Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) project offshore West Africa is now 96% complete and expected to begin oil production within 3-6 weeks. Nearby offshore Ghana, the firm is developing a long-term oil offtake solution at Jubilee field following an issue with the floating production, storage, and offloading vessel’s turret bearing. Source: News

Rawson Resources picks up licenses onshore Papua New Guinea

Rawson Resources Ltd., Sydn, through subisidiary Dondonald Ltd. has entered into a share purchase agreement for Moira Ltd. Moira has 100% working interest in the onshore Papua New Guinea’s PPL 391 in the north New Guinea basin, which encompasses the Matapau oil seeps and several shallow wells targeting the shallow fractured basement. Source: News

Rawson Resources picks up licenses onshore Papua New Guinea

Rawson Resources Ltd., Sydn, through subisidiary Dondonald Ltd. has entered into a share purchase agreement for Moira Ltd. Moira has 100% working interest in the onshore Papua New Guinea’s PPL 391 in the north New Guinea basin, which encompasses the Matapau oil seeps and several shallow wells targeting the shallow fractured basement. Source: News