Statoil ASA has received consent to use the mobile living quarters facility Floatel Superior on the Oseberg field. According to the plan, Floatel Superior will be used on Oseberg during the period April to December 2011. The facility will provide room for personnel that, in addition to the regular s
Technip was awarded a full EPIC(1) contract by RWE Dea, for the Clipper South gas field development in the North Sea. The field is located 70 kilometers North-east of the Bacton gas terminal in 25 meters of water. The contract covers full project management, detailed pipeline design, installation an
Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, provides the following technical update on its Sea Lion Discovery after further interpretation of the results of well 14/10-4: • Porosity in 14/10-4 in the range 15%-27%, average 20% • Net to gross within the pay
NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco recently appointed nine new members to the Hydrographic Services Review Panel, a federal advisory… [mappress] Source: noaanews , April 05, 2011;
SeaBird Exploration PLC (“SeaBird” or “SBX”) announces that an agreement has been reached with Chevron North Sea Limited (on behalf of itself and the other Rosebank co-venturers: Statoil (U.K.) Ltd., OMV (U.K.) Ltd., and DONG E&P (U.K.) Ltd) related to the earlier announced award of the Rosebank 2 s
Polarcus Limited announces that the official steel cutting ceremony of newbuild NB293, named POLARCUS ADIRA, took place in March 2011. POLARCUS ADIRA is the second of two newbuild 3D seismic vessels ordered from Ulstein Verft AS of Norway and announced by Polarcus on 18 November 2010. The vessels ar
The Directors of Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd (MMA) announces that the Company has entered into a contract to purchase a new 75 metre DP II Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). The PSV is a MT 6009 MKII diesel electric design, which delivers a high level of reliability and fuel efficiency in operation. PSV
Fugro has reached agreement with Reef Subsea AS to acquire Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd and its subsidiaries. Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd is a specialist provider of geotechnical services in Southeast Asia and Australia and currently operates one chartered DP deepwater geotechnical vessel in the region
Technip was awarded a full EPIC(1) contract by RWE Dea, for the Clipper South gas field development in the North Sea. The field is located 70 kilometers North-east of the Bacton gas terminal in 25 meters of water. The contract covers full project management, detailed pipeline design, installation an
Polarcus Limited announces that the official steel cutting ceremony of newbuild NB293, named POLARCUS ADIRA, took place in March 2011. POLARCUS ADIRA is the second of two newbuild 3D seismic vessels ordered from Ulstein Verft AS of Norway and announced by Polarcus on 18 November 2010. The vessels ar
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. will publish its 2011-2013 Corporate Strategy today at 10.00 CET. Peter Berdowski, CEO, will present the strategic plan through a live webcast. The English spoken webcast will commence at 10.00 CET. At the same time, the strategy update will become available through t
ConocoPhillips recently awarded Vector International a contract for the Jasmine Development Project. The awarded package includes over 2,500 Techlok clamp connectors of all different sizes. The Jasmine field is located in the UK central North Sea and is one of the UK’s largest discoveries since the
Reference is made to the reorganisation of Seadrill’s harsh environment drilling services and the establishment of North Atlantic Drilling Ltd announced on February 15, 2011. Seadrill announces that North Atlantic Drilling’s acquisition of our harsh-environment drilling activities was successfully c
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by BP Exploration and Production to programme manage their existing portfolio of onshore and offshore projects in the North Sea, estimated to be worth £60 million over the four year contract. As part of the BP-AMEC
