Maersk Oil has acquired shares in three production licences in Norway from Marathon Petroleum Norge A/S, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation , in exchange for Maersk Oil’s financial contribution to the Earb South exploration well. Marathon Petroleum Norge A/S is currently drilling
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that the Company has entered into an agreement to acquire a 28.46% non-operated interest in the Cook oil field (“Cook”) and a 7.41% non-operated interest in the Maclure oil field (“Maclure”) from Hess Limited (“Hess”) for a consideration of US$74.5 million and the transf
ConocoPhillips has recently awarded Aibel several contracts for modification work at the Ekofisk field. The value of the contracts is approximately NOK 280 million. Aibel is carrying out modifications on several of the platforms at the Ekofisk field in order to hook up a new wellhead platform (2/4-Z
Fugro Robertson today announced that it has signed an exclusive, world-wide development and distribution agreement with Carl Zeiss to develop and distribute RoqSCAN™. RoqSCAN is a real time, state-of-the-art, fully portable, quantitative and automated rock properties and mineralogical analyser that
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into an agreement with North Sea Shipping to charter the vessel Atlantic Guardian for six months from 25 April 2011, with optional extensions of up to six months. EMGS will equip the Atlantic Guardian with its custom-designed acquisition set, which
Antrim Energy Inc. (“Antrim”), an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces that Premier Oil UK Limited (“Premier”) has provided notice that it has elected to drill the East Fyne well under the Joint Venture and Earn-In Agreement with Antrim (the “Agreement”), previousl
Starting from March 2011 the testing of the service of operational space information support of ice operations in the White Sea has been ongoing in behalf of the Arkhangelsk Branch of the FSUE “Rosmorport”. As part of the test ScanEx RDC ensures operational data reception to the Moscow ground receiv
Nord Stream has been awarded the prestigious Infrastructure Journal (IJ) Oil & Gas Deal of the Year Award 2010 at an awards ceremony in London. The Award recognises Nord Stream’s achievement in raising 3.9 billion euros in the first phase of the project’s financing during the challenging financial m
Eni has made an important hydrocarbon discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea, approximately 150 kilometres northwest of Goliat oil field. The discovery, called Skrugard, has been made through the 7220/8-1 exploration well, the first drilled in the PL532 license awarded in 2009 within the 20th intern
English Heritage has issued a warning that action will be taken against anyone illegally accessing, damaging or removing items from protect… (maritimejournal) [mappress] Source: maritimejournal , April 1, 2011;
Sevan Marine ASA , a company specializied in owning, operating and licensing FPSOs and drilling units, based on its patented cylindrical floater technology announces fleet technical uptime for March 2011. Technical Uptime for March 2011 was as follows: (%) FPSO Sevan Piranema 90 FPSO Sevan Hummingbi
Statoil, along with partners Eni Norway and Petoro, has made a significant oil discovery on the Skrugard prospect in the Barents Sea. The breakthrough discovery is one of the most important finds on the Norwegian continental shelf in the last decade. Statoil and its partners are in the process of co
THE Humber region’s green credentials have been given a boost following the announcement that another major wind farm manufacturer is … (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, April 01, 2011
THE Humber region’s green credentials have been given a boost following the announcement that another major wind farm manufacturer is … (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, April 01, 2011
