Octanex N.L. has been advised by Eni Australia Limited, the Operator of the Gawain-1 well located in the outer Exmouth Plateau permit, WA-362-P, that the well has reached its total depth (TD) of 3,963m MDRT (measured depth below rotary table). Since the last progress report of 11 April 2011, when th
A BID for £21 million to fund a tidal energy project that would have created hundreds of jobs across the Isle of Wight has been rejected… By Ross Findon (iwcp) [mappress] Source: iwcp, April 13, 2011
Early March, Huisman, the Dutch-based specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, successfully installed world’s largest Offshore Mast Crane onboard the “Seven Borealis”Pipelay / Heavy Lift vessel in four days only. This crane installation is considered as the heaviest and logistically mos
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The Zola-1/Zola-1 ST1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is being drilled in
Nexen Exploration Norge AS, operator of production licence 434, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 6507/8-8. The well was drilled about seven kilometres southeast of the Heidrun field. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks (the Tilje and Åre formati
Strategic Marine has secured a contract with JCB Oil & Gas Services Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian company involved in providing services to the expanding oil and gas sector in the country. Under the contract JCB Oil & Gas will purchase two 40 metre Crew Boats (with a further option for two additional vessels
Last July the population of West Kintyre united in horror at proposals by Crown Estate and SSE for the siting of a gargantuan windfarm a … (kintyreoffshorewindfarmag) [mappress] Source: kintyreoffshorewindfarmag, April 13, 2011
Last July the population of West Kintyre united in horror at proposals by Crown Estate and SSE for the siting of a gargantuan windfarm a … (kintyreoffshorewindfarmag) [mappress] Source: kintyreoffshorewindfarmag, April 13, 2011
Trelleborg’s acquisition of a business in the offshore oil and gas industry in Brazil from a subsidiary of Veyance Technologies has been finalized. The business focuses on specially designed oil hoses for surface and deep-sea applications for the strongly growing offshore oil and gas extraction indu
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (PGNiG SA) is completing preparations to produce oil and gas from the Skarv field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). In early May 2011, a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel will arrive at the drilling site. The FPSO is the worl
CAMAC Energy Inc. , a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, today announced that Chief Executive Officer and President, Byron A. Dunn, has decided with the Board of Directors to resign his positions with the Company, effective immediately. T
The Tweneboa-4 appraisal well in the Deepwater Tano licence offshore Ghana has successfully encountered gas condensate in good quality sandstone reservoirs. Results of drilling, wireline logs and samples of reservoir fluids have confirmed the western extent of the Tweneboa gas condensate accumulatio
Seadrill has been awarded an 18 month contract by Murphy Sabah Oil Co Ltd for the semi tender rig West Menang to operate on the Kikeh Spar deepwater field in Malaysia. Estimated contract value is approximately US$100 million (including mobilization and modification of approximately US$14 million), a
The founder of VMI, Gene Maitlen, used to say “The sun never sets on a VMI dredge”. He knew that somewhere in the world someone was using one of his dredges. That statement has been especially true lately, since VMI has sold 7 dredges outside of the US in the past year alone. […]
