The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy Norway has announced the annual licencing round for mature areas on the continental shelf, comprising the predefined areas with blocks in the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the Barents Sea. The aim is to award new production licences in the announced areas in e
Coastal Energy Company , an independent exploration and production company with assets in Thailand, announces the results of the Bua Ban South A-02 and A-03 wells. The Bua Ban South A-02 well was drilled to a total depth of 8,275 feet TVD. The well encountered 8 feet of net pay in the Lower Oligocen
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) has started the drilling of exploration well 7228/1-1 on the Eik prospect in the Barents Sea. The Eik-prospect in the PL 396 license is located northeast in the Barents-sea, 210 kilometres northeast of the North Cape, and about 75 kilometres east of the gas disc
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS), a shipping company established a century ago in the Port of Breskens, the Netherlands, took delivery of VOS Shine on Wednesday, March 28. The vessel was delivered from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China and is the first of two subsea-support vessels (SSV) to be built a
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $175 million from ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited/Bluewater, the operator on the Cheviot Field, situated 120km East of Shetland. The Cheviot Field development will use a moored floating process facility which will import o
Oil & Gas UK says today that it is extremely concerned by the European Commission’s proposals for EU Regulation of offshore safety. “The Commission’s reaction to the Elgin incident and the safe evacuation of all personnel following the gas leak at the installation only serves to reinforce the concer
Polarcus Limited, a seismic specialist headquartered in Dubai’s supersupertall skyscraper, the Almas Tower, today accepted delivery of Polarcus Amani seismic vessel. This is the seventh vessel for 3D seismic acquisition that has entered Polarcus’ fleet, so far. Polarcus Amani was constructed at Ulst
The gas leak that occurred at the wellhead platform on the Total-operated Elgin field in the UK North Sea, remains ongoing, the operator reports. The gas has been flowing since Sunday, March 25th, when Total evacuated all the personnel from the Elgin platform. The precise cause of the gas leak, that
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Brazil and Saudi Arabia, worth approximately $700 million
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has signed a contract with Aveon Offshore Limited to provide marine transportation services for the Chevron OAGM project in Nigeria. The FJELL will transport two power barges from the Bonny River in Nigeria to the Escravos Area. The contract value is USD 1.2 mill
In 2012 Gazprom will launch gas production from the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field on the Sakhalin shelf as part of the Sakhalin III project. For the first time ever natural gas will be produced by a subsea production system in Russia. By the moment, a gathering manifold to intake gas mixture f
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a £24 million order to design and equip four offshore service vessels which will be built by COSCO (Guangdong) Shipyard Co., Ltd in China. The Rolls-Royce UT 771 CDL vessels will feature a fully integrated equipment system including highly effic
France-based, international oilfield services provider,Technip, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Inc. has been awarded a contract by Bluewater Industries Inc. for the Cheviot field development. The Cheviot field, operated by ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Limited is situated in Block 2/10B, appro
On March 28, 2012, China’s leading private shipbuilding company SINOPACIFIC Shipbuilding Group’s Zhejiang Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. held a grand naming ceremony for its first self-designed and the world’s most advanced small AHTS offshore support vessel(OSV) – SPA 80 Diesel Electric DPII 80mt AHTS. It
