Fossil Energy
PGS Orders Two Ramform Titans in Japan
Norway’s seismic acquisition specialist Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) has exercised its options to order another two Ramform Titan-class vessels at Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Two vessels were ordered in 2011. The two additional vessels will be vessel number three and four in the Ram
Premier Spuds Spaniards East (UK)
Premier Oil has spudded the Spaniards East exploration well, located in the UK sector of the North Sea, Faroe Petroleum has informed. The Spaniards East prospect is situated on Block 15/21a, south of the Perth field (Faroe 34.62%) and close to the producing Scott field in the Central North Sea. The
Tullow Gets Approval for Tooq (Greenland)
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces that Naalakkersuisut, Greenland’s Government, has approved an agreement with Maersk Oil for Tullow to take a non-operated 40 per cent equity position in Block 9 (Tooq licence), Baffin Bay, north-western Greenland. Maersk Oil will continue to act as operator of the l
Vestnes’ Furniture for Ulstein Newbuilds (Norway)
Vestnes FMT has received a contract for 4 newbuildings at Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik. This is newbuilding 296, 297, 298 and 299 for Blue Ship Invest. “We are happy that Ulstein again chose us for the furniture packages for these vessels and look forward to co-operate with them on these projects,” s
Troll A Gas Production Drops Due to Safety Issue
Natural gas production from the giant Troll field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea has been reduced by 30 million cubic meters per day, Reuters today reports. Gassco, the operator of the gas processing plant at Kollsnes, has informed Reuters that there has been a safety issue at the Troll A
Oil Companies Fund Subsea Education (Norway)
Plans to establish a bachelor study in underwater technology engineering in Florø from the autumn of 2013 have taken a big step closer to realization. Statoil has decided to contribute 2 million NOK, GDF SUEZ 1 million and the INC group gives 1 million NOK. Also BG Norge is prepared to contribute 10
Socar, Statoil Discuss Joint Oil and Gas Projects (Azerbaijan)
On October 11, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev met with Statoil delegation led by executive vice presidents Lars Christian Bacher and Eldar Saetre. Welcoming the guests, Abdullayev emphasized that SOCAR and Statoil have a longstanding successful cooperation. Talking about the energy projects carri
Eni Reaches Elang-Plover Objective at Heron South-1 Well (Australia)
MEO Australia Limited provides the following update in relation to Heron South-1 being drilled in NT/P68, operated by Eni Australia Ltd. At 07:00 Darwin time on Friday 12th October, 216mm (8 ½”) hole had been drilled from 4,186m to 4,328mMDRT (metres Measured Depth below Rotary Table) and is interpr
Subsea 7 Bags $300 Mln Contract West of Shetlands
Subsea 7 S.A. today announces that BP has extended its contract for subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance services for the Foinaven and Schiehallion fields located west of the Shetland Islands. The contract extension is valued at approximately US$300m and will run from 2013 until 2
Lotos to Use Plexus’ POS-GRIP Technology in Norway
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, announces that it has secured a £1 million contract to supply its POS-GRIP technology wellhead equipment to new customer Lotos Exploratio
GSP Falcon Completes Pipeline Installation in Dutch North Sea
Grup Servicii Petroliere’s GSP Falcon vessel has completed its first North Sea project for Wintershall Noordzee B.V., the Romanian company has announced. The vessel installed 30 kilometers of 10 inch diameter pipeline in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. The newly installed pipeline reroutes produc
Lundin Spuds Barents Sea Well (Norway)
Swedish independent Lundin Petroleum yesterday afternoon started the drilling of well 7120/6-3 S in PL490 on the Snurrevad-Juksa prospect in the Barents Sea, some 10 kilometers north of Snøhvit field. The main objective of the well is to prove the presence of hydrocarbons in lower Cretaceous/upper J
Lundin Completes Exploration Well in Norwegian North Sea
Sweden’s Lundin Petroleum , through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway), has completed the drilling of exploration well 6201/11-3 in PL519. The well targeted the Albert prospect, which is situated 65 km north west of the Snorre Field in the northern North Sea, offshore Norwa
Norway’s Aker Solutions Sells Lewek Connector
AMC Connector AS, a joint venture between Aker Solutions and Emas Offshore Limited, has agreed to sell subsea construction and cable-lay vessel Lewek Connector (previously called AMC Connector) to Ocean Yield AS. In October 2010, Aker Solutions announced that it would sell its offshore construction