BW Energy facility sets sail for Gabon
BW Energy’s new offshore production facility has set sail for Gabon, on a heavy lift vessel. It is due to arrive by the end of September.
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BW Energy strikes oil at Dussafu exploration
BW Energy has found oil at the Hibiscus North exploration well (DHBNM-1) at the Dussafu Block, offshore Gabon.
BW Energy reports Gabon appraisal miss
BW Energy has found water at its Hibiscus Extension appraisal well, offshore Gabon, rather than hydrocarbons.
BW Energy kicks off Gabon drilling campaign
BW Energy has launched its 2021 drilling campaign in Gabon with the spudding of the Hibiscus extension well.
BW buys stacked jack-ups, plans Dussafu work
BW Energy has acquired two jack-up rigs and hatched a new plan for the development of the Hibiscus/Ruche field, offshore Gabon.
BW Energy plans 2021 drilling
Improved oil prices buoyed BW Energy’s second quarter results, opening the way for the company to plan additional drilling in Gabon.
Panoro warms to Tunisian exploration
Panoro Energy has reported higher production in the first quarter but lower revenues, as a result of fewer liftings and lower prices.
BW scales back IPO plans on coronavirus chill
Plans for an IPO for marginal field-developer BW Energy have been pushed back – and pricing scaled back – in light of financial volatility, blamed on the coronavirus in China.
BW Energy plans Oslo IPO this quarter
BW Offshore intends to hold an IPO of its BW Energy unit, which is producing oil in Gabon, in the first quarter of 2020 on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Tullow’s Dussafu back-in dispute
Tullow Oil has exercised its back-in right for a 10% stake in Gabon’s Dussafu production-sharing contract (PSC), although the amount payable is under dispute.
Gabon dishes out exploration work
Gabon has signed a number of new exploration licences, while also extending production licences.
BW doubles up Gabonese production plans
BW Offshore plans to double production from the first phase of the Ruche development to 30,000 barrels per day.
Hibiscus sidetrack flowers for BW
BW Offshore’s work on the Hibiscus find suggests it may hold 40-50 million barrels, up from the initial estimate of 12mn barrels.
BW Energy plans Gabon growth
BW Energy is planning to reach a final investment decision (FID) on its Ruche development, in Gabon’s Dussafu licence, in the last quarter of the year. Further growth is expected to come from August’s Hibiscus discovery. The company continues to hold the Kudu gas project, in Namibia, but like many others before it, progress appears slow.
BW completes acquisition
BW Offshore's subsidiary BWEG today completed its acquisition of Harvest Energia B.V for $32million in cash.