Kuwait Energy and its partner in Egypt, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, have begun production of oil and gas condensate in four wells within the Abu Sennan concession
Exploration & Production
Petrofac awarded US$100 million offshore contract in Iraq
Petrofac has been awarded its first offshore contract in Iraq after winning a US$100mn contract for offshore operations and maintenance services on the Iraq Crude Oil Expansion Project by South Oil Company (SOC)
Serica Energy plans Morocco farm-out agreements
Global oil company Serica Energy has revealed intentions to farm-out its interests in two offshore Moroccan blocks
The oil firm manages a 25 per cent working interest over each of its offshore Moroccan blocks, Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa, which have a combined surface area of more than 12,700 sq km.
Serica chairman and interim CEO Tony Craven Walker stated, “We are reaping rewards from our farm-out efforts in Morocco, which we hope to announce shortly.”
The statement came less than two months after Serica entered into a farm-out agreement with Exploration (Luderitz Basin) Ltd, which led to the wholly-owned BP subsidiary gaining a 30 per cent interest in Serica’s offshore Namibia Luderitz Basin Licence 0047.
Medco Energi signs US$90 million agreement for Yemen block
Indonesian oil and gas firm Medco Energi is set to acquire a 21.25 per cent working interest in Block 9 onshore Yemen, after signing an agreement worth US$90mn with Reliance Exploration and Production DMCC
Genel Energy to acquire a further 21 per cent stake in Bina Bawi block
Genel Energy has announced that it will acquire a 21 per cent interest in the Bina Bawi exploration block in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq from Hawler Energy for US$240mn