Delek Group completed its deal with Dana Petroleum to gain 13.18% of Faroe Petroleum, expanding the Israeli firm’s North Sea footprint, and making it the majority holder in Faroe. Map of Faroe assets…
EnQuest’s Eagle oil discovery in the Greater Kittiwake area (GKA) in the North Sea is getting some heat from Dana Petroleum, after the company said that EnQuest did not have the authority to drill the well. Image from EnQuest…
SDX Energy is dropping its 35% stake in the Dana Petroleum-operated Bakassi West block in the Rio Del Rey basin offshore Cameroon, after failing to make an oil discovery in late-March at the shallow-water Manatee-1X well. SDX’s decision…
Dana Petroleum and its partners failed to make an oil discovery at the Manatee-1 exploration well, offshore Cameroon, according to partner SDX Energy. The well, located in the shallow waters in the prolific Niger Delta basin, was spud on 2 March using the Paragon M825 jackup rig…
Dana Petroleum awarded Fugro to supply ROV drilling support services on board the Ocean Guardian MODU at the Dana-operated Western Isles developments in the northern North Sea. Operating one of its fleet of FCV 600 ROVs, specifically designed for North Sea drill support activities…
Gas production has started from the Zora gas field offshore the United Arab Emirates (UAE), according to operator Dana Gas. The project, using a fixed wellhead platform, started on 14 January, with sales gas produced by 28 February due…
Dana Petroleum commenced drilling operations at the Manatee-1 exploration well on the Bakassi West block, offshore Cameroon, according to partner SDX Energy. Map of Bakassi West block, from SDX…
Sixteen new licenses for oil and gas exploration in the Danish sector of the North Sea have been granted under Denmark's 7th Licensing Round, pending parliament approval. The move will see several new foreign operators enter the Danish sector…
The Middle East’s Dana Gas started production at its Zora gas field last month, offshore the Sharjah coastline, United Arab Emirates. Image from Dana Gas. Zora is located in the Sharjah Western offshore concession…
Dana Petroleum has successfully completed the drilling of the Lille John-2 appraisal well and side-track on the Lille John oil field in license 12/06 in the Danish North Sea last week. Map from Dana Petroleum…
Dana Petroleum awarded Atlantic Offshore an emergency response rescue vessel (ERRV) contract to support the Ocean Guardian semisubmersible in the UK North Sea. Atlantic will use its Ocean Sprite ERVV in the contract, which is for two wells estimated at 70 days each…
Dana Petroleum's Western Isles floating production unit will not be on stream until late 2017, some two years later than originally planned, it was confirmed today. In a statement, China's Cosco Corp (Singapore) said it and a European…
Dana Petroleum awarded Asset Guardian Solutions (AGSL) a contract to implement and support Asset Guardian, a software system that helps secure the integrity of process software. Asset Guardian will be installed by AGSL on Dana’s Triton FPSO in the UK North Sea…
Dana Petroleum awarded Technip a brownfield subsea contract for the Triton floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the central North Sea. Image from Dana Petroleum. This…
Maclay Murray & Spens (MMS), the UK wide commercial law firm, has appointed Jill Reid, the former general counsel and company secretary of Dana Petroleum, as a partner to lead its oil and gas team in Aberdeen. Reid has worked her entire career in the oil and gas industry…
