Fossil Energy
Songa Offshore CEO Delighted with Fleet Operational Uptime
I am very proud of the Songa Offshore employees that deliver 100% operational uptime on all four rigs in operation. This shows the quality that we have in our Songa Offshore operations, both in the North Sea and in South East Asia, said Bjornar Iversen, CEO of Songa Offshore SE today, commenting on
Northern Offshore Orders Two LeTourneau Super 116E Rigs
Northern Offshore, Ltd. today announced that two of its subsidiaries have executed contracts for the construction of two LeTourneau Super 116E Class jackup drilling rigs, with a priced option for the construction of two additional rigs of the same design. The yard contract price is less than US$180
SNC-Lavalin to Conduct FEED Study for Zirku Enhancement (UAE)
Canadian engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by ZADCO, a joint venture owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ExxonMobil and Japan Oil Development Company, to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) and pre-FEED services for the Zirku Facilities Capac
VIDEO: Launching of ‘Jumbo Kinetic’ Heavy Lift Vessel
Jumbo, a Dutch heavy lift shipping and offshore transportation & installation company, has launched an interesting video from the launch of the first of its new K3000 vessels. The Jumbo Kinetic was launched on the 17th September from the Brodosplit Shipyard in Croatia. The new vessel, which represen
Noble Energy Hits Gas Offshore Cyprus
Noble Energy, Inc. announced today that the A-2 appraisal well drilled on the Block 12 discovery offshore the Republic of Cyprus has successfully encountered approximately 120 feet of net natural gas pay within the targeted Miocene-aged sand intervals. The Cyprus A-2 well, which is more than four mi
Reef Subsea Wins North Sea Decom Gig
Reef Subsea Integrated Projects has secured a decommissioning workscope on the Angus Pipeline PL1857 Flushing projects for HESS Limited. Reef Subsea Integrated Projects (RSIP) will deploy the Polar King construction support vessel to provide operations in field, which marks the first decommissioning
PGS Seismic Vessel Transfers Data to Shore via 12 Mbit/s Link
Marlink has successfully completed delivery of Ku-band VSAT services based on a 12 Mbit/s dedicated return link for the Atlantic Explorer, a Petroleum Geo Services (PGS) owned seismic survey vessel. The high throughput link was an upgrade to Atlantic Explorer’s existing Sealink customized VSAT servi
South Stream Offshore Line to Launch in 2015
The Gazprom Management Committee Chairman Alexey Miller took part in a meeting of the South Stream Transport B.V. Board of Directors in Paris, France. During the meeting the Board of Directors approved a detailed construction schedule, endorsed the company’s long-term budget and confirmed the commis
Dong Energy CFO Leaves After 11 Years in Office
Carsten Krogsgaard Thomsen will step down as CFO after 11 years with Danish energy giant DONG Energy. His successor will be Marianne Wiinholt, who comes from the position of Senior Vice President of DONG Energy’s Customers & Markets division. Marianne Wiinholt will thus replace Carsten Krogsgaard Th
Decom North Sea Names New Directors (UK)
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, held its annual general meeting Tuesday in St Andrews, with 4 new directors elected and 4 directors re-elected from across all sectors of the decommissioning industry. The meeting heard that the supply chain body now has 225 fee pa
Dolphin Secures North Sea 3D Seismic Contract
Dolphin has been awarded the first 2014 North Sea 3D seismic contract by an undisclosed client. The survey is scheduled to commence with one of our high capacity 3D vessels in early April 2014. “We are pleased that we are able to secure work based on our proven track record for advanced seismic surv
Dolphin Geophysical Starts Barents Sea Seismic Survey
Dolphin Geophysical, in association with Searcher Seismic, has kicked-off acquisition of a new 3,300km2 3D SHarp BroadBand Multi-Client seismic survey in the Maud Basin South area of the Norwegian Barents Sea. According to Dolphin, the project was originally scheduled to start in April next year, ho
Dragon Oil Hires Two Jack-Ups for Cheleken Drilling
Dragon Oil plc, an international independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company, today announces that it has awarded a contract to BKE Shelf Ltd for the lease and management of two LeTourneau S116E jack-up rigs, Neptune and Mercury, in the Cheleken Contract Area, Turkmenista
Rosneft Buys Share in Caspian Sea Block from Lundin
Lundin Petroleum and its partner Gunvor Group (Gunvor) have entered into a Heads of Agreement with Rosneft Oil Company (Rosneft) to jointly sell 51 percent of LLC Petroresurs. LLC Petroresurs is the 100 percent owner of the Lagansky block licence located in the Russian part of the Caspian Sea. The L