SBM Offshore confirms two appointments to the Board of Management: – Mr. Bruno Chabas will be appointed as Chief Operating Officer and a Director in the Board of Management of SBM Offshore N.V. with effect from 1 May 2011, succeeding Francis Blanchelande who is due to retire this year. Bruno Chabas
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco), operator of production licence 545, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 17/6-1. The well was drilled approximately 100 kilometres southeast of the Grane field in the central part of the North Sea. The objective of the well was to prove
The Spanish-based subsea services company ACSM, has boosted the top end of its ROV fleet with a Saab Seaeye Cougar. This comes as ACSM builds an ROV fleet that can offer a full range of ROV services to the subsea market, alongside their core business of providing ROV personnel and services to custom
Eurocopter officially inaugurated its new North Sea Service Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland today, providing a highly capable training, technical support and logistics facility in close proximity to helicopter operators who support the region’s vital oil and gas industry – as well as the emerging wind
BP Norge AS (BP) has been granted consent to use Valhall PH as a living quarters facility. Valhall PH is an integrated process and living quarters facility which will replace the living quarters facility QP and the production and compression facility PCP. The consent regards use of Valhall PH as a l
In accounts for the 4th quarter 2010 Farstad Shipping will be booking a loss on accounts receivable of approx NOK 46 million related to freight income earned by one of its’ vessels which this autumn was contracted by the UK company Subocean Group. Subocean Group went into administration last week Fr
Fugro GEOS has secured two large metocean (meteorological and oceanographic) measurement studies for Statoil in the Norwegian and North Seas. These highlight the importance of accurate metocean data at the design stage of development of offshore fields, and for life extension of existing fields. The
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited , an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announced on December 13th 2010 that it plans to drill a second production well in the Jacky field i
On Thursday February 3, 2011, for the fourth consecutive year, BOURBON will be one of the key exhibitors at the Clic&Sea “Métiers de la Mer” recruitment fair, to be held in Paris (France). Clic&Sea is a valuable forum where French professionals and students from the maritime world can meet, talk, sh
A/S Norske Shell, operator of the Ormen Lange field, has completed the drilling of appraisal well 6305/4-2 S on the Ormen Lange field. Ormen Lange was proven in 1997 and has been in production since 2007. The reservoir is in Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks (Egga reservoir unit and the
BP announced immediate plans to enter into arbitration proceedings to resolve the issues raised by Alfa Petroleum Holdings Limited and OGIP Ventures Limited in their application to the English High Court relating to the share swap agreement and Arctic exploration arrangements agreed between BP and R
Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a contract for the provision of the accommodation semi-submersible Borgholm Dolphin with an undisclosed client. The contract will be for a firm duration of 10 months in the UK sector commencing end November 2011 in direct
There are plenty of green cheap energy opportunities for businesses in the north-east to get involved in, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy… (energyhelpline) [mappress] Source: energyhelpline, February 02, 2011
There are plenty of green cheap energy opportunities for businesses in the north-east to get involved in, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy… (energyhelpline) [mappress] Source: energyhelpline, February 02, 2011
