BP Exploration & Production, Inc. (BP) announced it has signed a ground breaking agreement with federal and state agencies that will accelerate work starting this year to restore areas of the Gulf of Mexico that were affected by the Deepwater Horizon accident. The agreement commits up to $1 billion
Jee, a pipeline, riser and subsea engineering and training company, announces that Alan Gray has joined the company as permanent Business Development Director, based in Aberdeen. Alan has 28 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. This, combined with his entrepreneurial instinct, exceptional
Rosneft President Eduard Khudainatov and Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov yesterday signed an agreement for long-term cooperation between their companies. Igor Sechin, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister was present during the signing ceremony. Given the successful development of their mutual cooperation
Nicholls State University’s new research vessel, the R.V. Burt Wilson, was ceremonially christened Wednesday, April 20, on campus. Named after Samuel Burton “Burt” Wilson III, the late Nicholls faculty member who pioneered marine biology research in the Department of Biological Sciences, the vessel
Jee, a pipeline, riser and subsea engineering and training company, announces that Alan Gray has joined the company as permanent Business Development Director, based in Aberdeen. Alan has 28 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry. This, combined with his entrepreneurial instinct, exceptional
Ensco plc announced today that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a drilling contract for ENSCO 8504 with TOTAL E&P Deep Offshore Borneo B.V. Delivery from the shipyard in Singapore is planned for the end of July 2011 and the contract commencement will follow sea trials and mobilization to
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced a rich gas and condensate discovery in the very first well drilled in the block CY-PR-DWN-2001/3(CYPR-D6) located in deepwater Cauvery-Palar basin. The Block with an area of about 8600 sq km was awarded to RIL under the bidding round of NELP-III. RIL curre
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) announced a rich gas and condensate discovery in the very first well drilled in the block CY-PR-DWN-2001/3(CYPR-D6) located in deepwater Cauvery-Palar basin. The Block with an area of about 8600 sq km was awarded to RIL under the bidding round of NELP-III. RIL curre
Business leaders in the UK’s subsea sector will be encouraged not to leave hundreds of millions of pounds in the pockets of the Government at a seminar hosted by Subsea UK and KPMG in Aberdeen next week (April 27 2011). Recent statistics from KPMG reveal that while investment in research and develop
Against the back of recent developments in energy prices and their impact on prices stipulated in contracts for Brazilian natural gas, Petrobras has decided, at its own discretion, to the price of these contracts as of May 2011. This measure, based on studies carried out by the company’s commercial
SMD has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the innovation category for the design and manufacturer of Work Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (WROVS). The company, based in Wallsend near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of remote inventio
MyCelx, experts in produced water treatment both onshore and offshore for discharge to very low discharge limit, the ISO-9001 company certified for oil removal to less than 5 ppm by Lloyd’s Register, signed a contract with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to design and deliver a produced water treatment system f
MyCelx, experts in produced water treatment both onshore and offshore for discharge to very low discharge limit, the ISO-9001 company certified for oil removal to less than 5 ppm by Lloyd’s Register, signed a contract with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to design and deliver a produced water treatment system f
Petrobras and the Chilean state-owned company Empresa Nacional de Petróleo (ENAP) have concluded an agreement for the sale of the first export cargo of oil produced in the pre-salt basin. One million barrels of oil extracted from the Lula field have been sold and are expected to be loaded in mid-May
