The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is reviewing Shell's Arctic drilling plans, according to a recent Reuters report. On 31 March, DOI issued a record of decision affirming Shell鈥檚 Arctic leases from the Chukchi Sea OCS oil and gas lease sale 193 from 2008鈥
Shell took delivery of an offshore supply vessel for its deepwater operations in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM), from Harvey Gulf International Marine. The Harvey Energy is 302 ft. and operates on three dual-fuel Wärtsilä engines. It will鈥
Shell has its sights set for Arctic exploration this year by spending US$1 billion, after being absent since 2012. Ben Van Beurden. From Shell. The supermajor announced in its 4Q 2014鈥
Shell is to start a 30-day public consultation on the decommissioning process of the Brent field in the North Sea, beginning mid-February. Brent field. From Shell. The decommissioning program will begin with the Brent Delta platform鈥
Shell and Petronas Carigali and moving forward in the E6 field development offshore Sarawak, Malaysia after making a final investment decision (FID). Shell's Malaysian offshore platform. From Shell. E6鈥
Shell began its first deepwater development in Malaysia with the Gumusut-Kakap floating platform. Shell's Gumusut-Kakap. From Shell. The Gumusut-Kakap field is off the coast of Malaysia鈥
Shell has asked the Obama administration for five more years to explore for oil off Alaska鈥檚 coast, saying set backs and legal delays may push the start of drilling past the 2017 expiration of some leases. In a letter to the Interior鈥
Shell made a large exploration discovery at the Leopard-1 well, offshore Gabon, West Africa. The exploration well encountered a substantial gas column with around 200m net gas pay in a pre-salt reservoir. Leopard-1 is located in license BCD10 approximately 145km off the Gabonese coast鈥
Shell started production from its Cardamom subsea oil and gas field located in the Gulf of Mexico. The Cardamom system is tied back to Shell's Auger tension leg platform (TLP), marking the seventh subsea development to come onstream through the platform since first oil was achieved in 1994鈥
Shell鈥檚 GeoSigns has helped the company find reservoirs like the pre-salt West Boreas field in the Gulf of Mexico and there is more to come. Elaine Maslin reports. Shell鈥檚 iScope facilities鈥
In Shell鈥檚 latest video, the supermajor shows how Cardamom is extending the life of Auger to provide as many as 50,000 more boe/d, increasing Auger鈥檚 production capacity to 130,000boe/d. OE reported earlier this week of Shell beginning鈥
Weighing an impressive 4300-tonnes, the largest piece of the turret for Shell鈥檚 Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. When complete鈥
Shell made a gas discovery at the deepwater Majoram-1 well 180km off the Malaysia coast. The Marjoram-1 well is located in Block SK318, in 800m of water. Shell says the addition of new natural gas resources this year ensures the company is able to continue to provide cost-effective鈥
Shell's Shelburne Basin Venture Exploration Project marks the first time 3D wide azimuth (WAZ) Seismic technology was used in Canada. This technology provides much clearer data in water depths of 1500m to 3500m, 250km to 350km offshore Nova Scotia鈥
Royal Dutch Shell plc has named Harry Brekelmans as projects and technology director, effective 1 October 2014. Brekelmans is currently Shell鈥檚 executive vice president operated, upstream international. He joined Shell in 1990 and has鈥
