The Gudrun project is reaching new milestones, with the West Epsilon rig busy drilling wells that need to be ready for production start in 2014. “The Gudrun field is characterised by high pressure and high temperature,” says Petter Kostøl, who is in charge of drilling and well operations in Stavange
Incat Crowther announces that the company has been awarded a contract to design a 20m Catamaran Ferry to operate in the Cocos Keeling Islands. The 34th vessel constructed out of the partnership between Richardson Devine marine and Incat Crowther, the vessel has been commissioned by the Commonwealth
Sightings of oil sheen near the capped BP Plc Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico suggest the source may be sunken debris from the 2010 … Reporting by Bruce Nichols and Anna Driver (Reuters) [mappress] Source: Reuters, September 28, 2011;
Awilco LNG ASA announced that the LNG vessel WilGas has been committed on a one year contract, with no option periods. The charterer is the Brazilian state energy entity, Petrobras. Commencement of the contract is mid-October. Awilco LNG ASA is a Norwegian based owner and operator of LNG vessels int
DUNDEE is in a battle with Hartlepool to secure up to 800 manufacturing jobs from a Spanish wind turbine maker. By Peter Ranscombe (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, September 28, 2011
DUNDEE is in a battle with Hartlepool to secure up to 800 manufacturing jobs from a Spanish wind turbine maker. By Peter Ranscombe (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, September 28, 2011
Parker Hannifin Corp’s Energy Products Division (EPD) has been awarded a contract by Van Oord to provide cable arrays for the… (wind.energy-business-review) [mappress] Source: wind.energy-business-review, September 28, 2011
The following operational update relates to Cairn’s exploration drilling campaign offshore Greenland. Delta-1 Well: Napariaq Block, West Disko Area The Delta-1 exploration well, drilled by the Leiv Eiriksson semi-submersible drilling rig, located in a water depth of 293metres (m) and approximately 3
At 15:03 p.m., 23 September, 2011, the third 57000T bulk carrier for China Shipping (H.K.) Holdings Co., Ltd. built by China Shipping Industry (Jiangsu) Co. Ltd. undocked No. 1 quay and started trial voyage. The captioned new ship is planned to be delivered in October this year. Key Particulars: len
Eni and GDF SUEZ have signed an agreement for Eni to purchase the 22.5% shareholding of GDF SUEZ in EFOG, a joint-venture between GDF SUEZ and Total E&P UK Ltd, which holds a 46.2% stake in the Elgin – Franklin fields located in the United Kingdom’s North Sea. Through this shareholding Eni will obta
Bourbon Front, a BOURBON next-generation Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), has left Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group’s Zhejiang shipyard, in China. “ The Bourbon Front is the first vessel of a new BOURBON series of 4, with the Bourbon Clear, the Bourbon Calm and the Bourbon Rainbow” declares Christian Lef
The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, a $680 million contract for the construction of DDG 115, the third ship of the Navy’s DDG 51-class guided-missile destroyer construction continuation program. The award also includes a $665 million option
E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS (ERN) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6507/6-4 (S&A) in the Norwegian Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 350, with ERN as the operator (40%). The other licensees are Statoil ASA (30%) and
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. has been awarded a new transportation contract by Hercules Offshore to transport the Hercules 185 jack-up rig from Port Gentil, Gabon to either Pascagoula, Mississippi or Bahrain using the Fairstar semi-submersible vessel FJELL. The contract revenue is just under USD 3
