Chariot Oil and Gas is evaluating prospects close to its Moroccan Anchois-1 gas discovery in the Lixus Offshore License through a third party, aiming to attract more commercial development opportunities.
The five new blocks open for bidding are Offshore Block 3, Offshore Block 4, Offshore Block 5, Onshore Block 5 and Onshore Block 2, with the latter offering two separate licensing opportunities for conventional an ...
The company won the exploration rights as part of two consortia.
The license will provide a technical program of 3D seismic reprocessing and evaluation to access the additional exploration potential of Lixus.
Seismic surveys showed that offshore North Sinai concession has 2.352 tcf of natural gas and 112 million barrels of condensates.
Saudi Aramco reopened Safaniyah oilfield after finishing all the needed repairs in the field, allowing full output to resume.
State-owned Algerian firm Sonatrach has signed two offshore exploration contracts with oil majors Eni and Total.
The Maridive Tunisia 1 crew boat has started to work with Eni in its offshore operations in Tunisia, Maridive announced in a press release.
Austrian OMV has started oil production from the SARB and Umm Lulu fields off the coast of Abu Dhabi, and expects to produce 25,800 barrels per day (b/d) before the end of 2018.
Italian energy industry contractor Saipem has secured a $1.3 billion pipeline project for work in the Middle East offshore engineering and construction sector.
