Anadarko Petroleum achieved first oil at Heidelberg in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico last week. Map of Heidelberg. Courtesy of Anadarko. Heidelberg is located in Green Canyon 859…
Deepwater mooring specialist, First Subsea, has completed the installation of subsea mooring connectors for Anadarko Petroleum's Heidelberg truss spar platform moored in 5310ft (1620m) of water in field development in the Gulf of Mexico. The 23…
Anadarko Petroleum announced that topsides have been lifted onto the Heidelberg spar in the Gulf of Mexico this week. Heidelberg. Image from Anadarko Facebook. Using Heerema Marine Contractor's largest crane vessel…
Statoil’s exploration and discovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico are moving forward, as the Norwegian giant announced the spudding of the Yeti appraisal well earlier this month on 12 August. Transocean’s Discoverer Americas drillship…
Houston-based independent Anadarko Petroleum has made an important gas discovery at the Kronos well, offshore northwest Colombia, in the southern Caribbean. The Bolette Dolphin (pictured, right) drilled the Kronos-1 well, which sits in a frontier deepwater basin in the Fuerte Sur block…
US-exploration firm Anadarko Petroleum has awarded French geoscience outfit CGG a contract to acquire and process a 16,314sq km 3D seismic survey offshore Colombia. The survey will be the largest marine seismic program ever acquired in…
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. sent Dolphin Drilling an early termination notice for the Belford Dolphin ultra deepwater drillship's charter contract off Mozambique. The Belford Dolphin. From Dolphin Drilling…
Houston-based geosciences company Benthic has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for a deepwater geotechnical investigation in the Golfinho field offshore Mozambique. Benthic’s PROD (Portable Remotely Operated Drill)…
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. awarded Technip a contract for the K2 Riser Base Gas Lift project, located in Green Canyon 608 in the Gulf of Mexico, at a water depth of approximately 1300m. Upon the terms of agreement, Technip will provide…
Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. acquired 20% of US-based Anadarko Petroleum’s interest in Block C1-103 off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire, becoming the first Japanese company to enter the oil and gas exploration business in the area. Map of Block C1-103…
Inpex subsidiary Teikoku Oil (North America) has acquired an additional stake in the deepwater Lucius field, located in the US Gulf of Mexico, the company announced on 9 July 2014. The Japanese explorer entered the Lucius partnership in 2012 after acquiring 7…
Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni outlined the Italian company’s exploration progress and activities within the country to the President of the Republic of Mozambique Armando Guebuza. Eni announced that the “possibility of enlarging the shareholder base of Area 4 was favorably received by the President…
Anadarko Petroleum Corp has entered into a stock purchase agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Brightoil Petroleum (Holdings) Ltd., whereby Anadarko will divest its Chinese subsidiary for US$1.075 billion. 'This transaction accelerates…
Anadarko Petroleum Company has started drilling theCaravel-1exploration wellin the Canterbury basin offshoreNew Zealand. Drilling is expected to take about 40 days, using the drillship Noble Bob Douglas. The expected total depth is 2800m subsea…
First Subsea Ltd. launched its Series III Ballgrab ball and taper mooring connectors. The connector’s male mandrels are in compliance with the ABS 2009 approval for specialist subsea mooring connectors. First Subsea is the first manufacturer…
