International oilfield services company Expro announces today it has been awarded a well testing contract in The Netherlands worth around $8million. Total E&P Nederland B.V. has awarded Expro a three-year well testing contract for operations in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The contract has two
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), a part of IHC Merwede, will be showcasing a range of their bespoke engineering solutions at the forthcoming SUBSEA 11, on 9-10 February 2011, Aberdeen at stand number B14. The ambitious engineering company designs, builds and supports offshore equipment, including
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, announces that the Sapele-1 exploration well drilling in the Douala Basin, offshore Cameroon has been drilled to a total depth (TD) of 4,733 metres. Drilling was halted due to technical limitations after encountering a hi
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, announces today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Zektingroup (Zektin), an Australian-based specialist engineering consultancy for the oil and gas and resources industries, from its owner-managers. Closing is anticipa
MIS reports record profits, margin improvements at every level and net income of $35.7 million versus $29.0 million in 2009. MIS Co. Ltd. Inc reports a further quarter of robust operating profits, with results for the 4th Quarter 2010, operating and financial highlights of which are as follows: * Re
IHS Fairplay reports that Lloyd Werft is reportedly close to sealing an order for a cable-laying vessel from Bremen’s Beluga Shipping. The vessel, with a length of 110m and breadth of 28m, is to be delivered in mid-2012 for deployment on a North Sea offshore windfarm, the German daily newspaper NWZ
Providence Resources P.l.c., (‘Providence’) the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), confirms that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited to negotiate an oil off
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced the latest in a string of major deepwater natural gas discoveries off the coast of Mozambique. The Tubarao discovery well encountered more than 110 net feet (34 meters) of natural gas pay and no water in a high-quality Eocene-age reservoir that is separ
For years, it’s been a phrase linked to debates over where to build nuclear power plants, steel plants, auto plants, coal-fired power plants… By Tom Henry (toledoblade) [mappress] Source: toledoblade, February 07, 2011
BP Norge AS (BP) has received consent to use the mobile drilling facility Polar Pioneer(photo) on the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea. The consent relates to drilling of production wells on the Skarv field in the period April 2011 to May 2013. Skarv is located approximately 35 kilometres southwest
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to conduct exploration drilling in the Norwegian Sea with the mobile facility Transocean Leader. The consent relates to drilling of well 6407/4-2, in production licence 429 in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect being explored has been given the name “
Maruja Field Appraisal Karoon advises that the semi-submersible ‘the Diamond Offshore Ocean Yorktown(photo) semisubmersible drilling rig’ has now moved onto location and is preparing to commence drilling on the Maruja-2 appraisal well. The well’s surface location is 4.8 km north east of the Maruja-1
INPEX CORPORATION announces that through its wholly owned subsidiary, INPEX Gulf of Mexico Co., Ltd. (INPEX), it has acquired a 15% participating interest in the Walker Ridge 95/96/139/140 Blocks from Shell Offshore Inc.(Shell). The Walker Ridge Blocks are located 280km off the coast of New Orleans,
Following the Board’s decision, announced in November 2010, to commission a new build vessel to service the emerging market for ultra-large transports, Dockwise has appointed Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Korea as its ship building yard. HHI is scheduled to deliver the vessel during the last qua
