Det norske has recieved Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s permission to drill exploration well 6508/1-2 at the Skaugumsåsen prospect. The prospect is located in production license PL482 in the Norwegian Sea, south east of Norne. See illustration at the left for location, press for bigger. Det norske
Suncor Energy Inc. today announced changes to the company’s senior executive team and organizational structure. The changes are designed to fully support the company’s recently announced strategic growth plan, as well as to streamline certain areas of Suncor’s operations. All changes will be effecti
Santos, as operator of the offshore Otway Basin producing fields (Casino, Netherby and Henry), in which AWE has a 25% equity, has completed a reassessment of reserves in those fields. As a result the initial proven plus probable (2P) recoverable reserves from these fields have reduced from 602.5 PJ
Tap Oil Limited has exercised its pre-emptive right to acquire an additional 20% interest in the highly prospective WA-351-P exploration permit in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin. This unique opportunity for Tap to increase its interest in this strategic permit arose as a result of Tap’s right u
The Songa Mercur is currently off-hire in China resulting from structural failure of the telescopic joint, causing an uncontrolled descent of the BOP and Marine riser a short distance to sea bed on 16 January 2011. The rig was not drilling at the time of the incident and the BOP is in safe distance
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed a contract with Statoil for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Gygrid offshore development. The award has a value of approximately $54 million in revenue to FMC Technologies . Gygrid is a fast-track oil a
Roc Oil (WA) Pty Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ROC, announced on 20 December 2010 that it had agreed to sell its 20% interest in WA-351-P, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, to Woodside Energy Ltd for US$15.75 million subject to working capital adjustments and normal industry terms
· European Wind Energy Association 2010 stats just released, confirm UK position · Total EU offshore now close to 3 gigawatts, powering 2.9 million EU homes · 19 gigawatts consented in EU waters, sufficient to power 14 European capital cities Latest offshore wind statistics, released today by the Eu
Atwood Oceanics., a Houston-based international drilling contractor , announced today that on January 14, 2011, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited (“AOPL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics, Inc., exercised the first of three options and executed a turnkey construction agreement to construc
Two Wilh. Wilhelmsen companies join forces to provide a more comprehensive portfolio of solutions, equipment and services tailored to the maritime and offshore industries. The newly formed company, Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions, will be a global provider of fully engineered environmental, safety, H
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipyard, today clinched a USD 1.03 billion (KRW 1.14 trillion) order to build two new … [mappress] January 19, 2011;
Lundin Norway AS has been granted consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/1-15 in the North Sea. The well will be drilled in production license 338 in the North Sea, 180 km west of Jæren. The well has the coordinates N 58° 52′ 24”, E 02° 15′ 41”. The water depth at the […]
The prospectively evaluation of license Skagen (PL 498), which is a license from the 4 sea acquisition early 2010, has proven positive, and the license partnership has made a drill decision scheduled for 2012. Drilling of Jette (PL 385), which was scheduled Q1 2011, has been rescheduled to Q4 2011/Q
Hamworthy has brought its electrically-driven deepwell cargo pump technology to a new market, following a breakthrough contract in the Brazilian offshore sector. The fluids handling specialist has received an order covering electric driven cargo pump systems for eight Floating Production Storage and
