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Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Spectrum Starts Fourth Phase of Seismic Survey
Oil services company Spectrum said it has started the fourth phase of its seismic programme in the e...
Brasil: Aker Solutions Signs $300 M Contract with Petrobras
Aker Solutions has signed a frame agreement with Petrobras to supply 40 subsea trees for the Iara an...
North Sea Oil Rig Helicopter Flights Partially Resume
Flight restrictions affecting Helicopter flights to offshore oil platforms in the UK and Norwegian s...
USA: Baker Hughes Inc.- Rigs Number Reaches 1,491
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 15 this week ...
USA: Seismic Companies Wait for New Offshore Spots to Open
Seismic companies that map vast areas beneath the ocean floor for oil and gas deposits won’t b...
North Sea: EDSA to Deploy New Groundbreaking System to Offshore Oil Field
EDSA,the leading developer of power analytics solutions for the design, testing, and management of c...
China-Based Yangzijiang Shipbuilders to Buy PPL Holdings for $155 M
Yangzijiang Shipbuilders, together with its nonexecutive director Yu Kebing and an unnamed Middle Ea...
USA: Lockhead Martin Thinks Big with OTEC
Lockheed Martin is progressing with Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion. Known as OTEC, this technology ...
USA: Salazar Reveals Research Plan for Drilling Offshore Arctic
Federal scientists have until Oct. 1 to decide what additional research is needed to determine the e...
China: CNOOC Finds Considerable Oil Reserves in Eastern Bohai Bay
CNOOC Limited announced today that the Company has successfully made an important new discovery — Pe...
Angola: Dresser Masoneilan Announced ESD supplier for BP’S Floating Production
Dresser Masoneilan today announced that it has been named the emergency shutdown device (ESD) suppli...
Gulf of Mexico: ATP Granted a Lease for Offshore Drilling at Entrada Block
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. said that the Minerals Management Service has accepted ATP’s bid of $2...
Norway: Det Norske Makes Significant Oil Discovery on Storklakken
Det norske has made an oil discovery in exploration well 25/1-11 on Storklakken in PL 460. A nine me...
Singapore:Viking O&M Plans to Increase its International Profit by 60 Percent
Viking Offshore & Marine (O&M) is aiming to grow its international revenues to 60 per cent o...
Cote d’ Ivoire: Lukoil Declares Drilling Orca Well Finished
Vanco, along with partners Lukoil and the state oil company Petroci, has completed drilling the Orca...
Statoil gives Seadrill a Letter of Intent for Drilling Offshore Norway
Seadrill has a letter of intent from Statoil for a new harsh environment jackup to drill on the Norw...
Malaysia: Kencana Petroleum Secures Service Contract for OSV Supply
Kencana Petroleum Bhd announced today that one of its companies has secured a service contract for t...
Apache Corp. Buys Mariner Energy Inc. for $4 billion in stock, cash and debt
U.S. energy firm Apache Corp. (APA) has agreed to acquire Texas-based oil and natural gas explorer M...
Keppel Delivers DSSTM 21 Deepwater Semisumersible to Maersk Drilling
Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS) has delivered the third DSSTM 21 deepwater semisubmersible (semi) dril...
Exxon Drills Longest Ever Extended-Reach Well From Offshore Platform
Exxon Mobil Corp. has set another record, and this time it has nothing to do with its annual profits...
New Zealand: AWE Ltd. Reports on Hoki-1 Well
AWE Limited reports that at 0600 hours (NZ Time) today, the Hoki-1 well, located in exploration perm...
Polarcus Asima, Company’s Most sophisticated 3D Seismic Vessel yet
Polarcus Limited held the naming ceremony for the Company’s third and most sophisticated 3D se...
UK: EnerMech Ltd. Pay $11 million to Buy Norson Power
Hydraulics engineering firm Norson Power has been acquired by mechanical services company EnerMech L...
Israel: Several Firms to Bid for Benjamin offshore gas exploration license
Several firms, including foreigners, are considering bids for the offshore license. ACC Group, head...
UK: Bibby Offshore Ltd. Acquires New Dive Support Vessel
Bibby Offshore Limited, the Aberdeen-based provider of subsea construction and offshore management s...