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was reached in 2014 between achieved through existing offshore oil feld, has been signifcant Beehive prospect,

Noble Energy, its Leviathan facilities – the Abu Al loaded on to the Dockwise and fund 30% of future spend- partners, and the Israel Bukoosh (ABK) and Umm Vanguard – the largest marine ing on the permit. It could

Antitrust Authority for the Shaif oil felds, adjacent to transport vessel in the world.

also take an additional 10%, which would cover the costs consent decree that included Nasr. From here, oil is piped It will transport the FPSO of a 3D seismic survey over the the divestiture of the Tanin via and existing pipelines to around the southern tip of

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Beehive prospect, and a further and Karish gas felds, in an Das Island, and then on to Africa, before heading to 40% to cover drilling costs on effort to support competition international markets. Hammerfest, Norway, on

Full feld development work, the proposed Beehive-1 well, of supply, and move forward a journey expected to take which will see production leaving MEO with 20% partici- the development of Leviathan. around 60 days.

Leviathan is Noble’s largest increase to a peak rate of pating interest.

Tie-in operations and exploration discovery in its 65,000bo/d, is in progress. preparations for production, MEO gas made analogies

The feld is being jointly in feld, will take place during with Beehive, which con- history with an estimated 19Tcf developed with Abu Dhabi the summer, with frst oil tains two prospects, in the of gross natural gas resources,

National Oil Company scheduled for mid-2015. Lower Carboniferous and representing the largest deep- (ADNOC), BP and TOTAL. Ordovician, to the Ungani water natural gas discovery

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Meo eyes Beehive oil discovery in the Canning in the world in over a decade.

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MEO Australia is consider- basin, the giant Tengiz feld in

Goliat en-route

The Leviathan project is

Eni’s Goliat cyclindrical foat- ing drilling on its Beehive the North Caspian basin and located on the Rachel and Amit ing production, storage and oil prospect after an interna- the Buried Hill oil felds in licenses off Israel in 5550ft of offoading (FPSO) platform, tional exploration company the Tarim basin of China.

water. Noble anticipated that built in South Korea and now executed an option that will The company says Beehive

Leviathan’s frst phase would destined for the Barents Sea, allow it to farm-in to any of could contain up to 598 be approved in 2014.

has fnally been loaded ready MEO Australia’s WA-488-P, MMstb P50 prospective

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Nasr feld frst oil for transport to Norway. AC/P50 and AC/P51 permits recoverable resources in the

First oil from the Nasr oil The 107m-diameter off northwestern Australia. Carboniferous and 328 MMstb

The move could see the feld, 130km offshore Abu Goliat platform, which will in the Ordovician. The com- farminee frm take 30% inter-

Dhabi, has begun, according produce the frst oil from the pany says the two prospects est in WA-488-P, in the Petrel to Japan’s INPEX. Barents Sea, in what will be could be tested with one well

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First production has been the world’s northern-most and is “ready to drill.”

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