Energy Minister Charles Hendry has given BP consent to drill the deepwater North Uist well, northwest of the Shetland Islands. The Department of Energy and Climate Change has subjected BP’s application, including the environmental impact and emergency response plans, to detailed and extensive scruti
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), provides an update on Licensing Option 11/11 (‘Option’). This licensing authorization is located c. 250 km off the south-west coast of Ireland in c. 1,000
Havila Shipping has entered into an agreement with Brazil’s state controlled oil company, Petrobras, for the PSV vessel Havila Fortress. The contract is for a firm period of four years with possible extension for another four years. The commencement is at the end of second quarter. Havila Fortress w
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has today received an order from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co, Ltd. to design and equip four deepwater platform supply vessels. The contract is worth more than £45 million to Rolls-Royce and includes options for a further two vessels of t
Aker Solutions has won a contract from Det norske oljeselskap to conduct a front-end, engineering and design (FEED) study for the Draupne field on the Norwegian continental shelf. The study will be carried out by Aker Solutions’ newly established engineering office in London, and delivered to the li
Further to the stock exchange announcements of 31st of January and 18th February 2012, Awilco Drilling PLC confirms that the WilHunter recommenced normal drilling activity yesterday, 21st March, for MPX Energy Ltd on the Orlando well, Block 3/3b in the UKCS, as part of the SPD multi-well multi-clien
Melrose Resources plc, the oil and gas exploration, development and production company, today provides an update on its Muridava (Ex-27) exploration concession offshore Romania. In line with its previously stated strategy, Melrose has agreed to farm-out a proportion of its equity in the Concession,
Schlumberger announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Altor Fund II to acquire SPT Group—a privately owned software company specialized in dynamic modeling for the oil and gas industry. The company provides a combination of software and consulting services for multiphase flow and r
Statoil has been granted consent for use of the Floatel Superior mobile living quarters facility on Oseberg Sør. The consent applies from 20 March 2012 to 10 August 2012. The facility will accommodate extra personnel during a high activity period in the Oseberg area. The floatel will be connected to
Saab Seaeye, the world’s largest manufacturer and market leader in electric ROV systems, and provider of autonomous and hybrid underwater vehicles will showcase its four key underwater vehicles including the new double-hulled Sabertooth AUV/ROV at Seawork International which will be held in May in t
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has officially submitted its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to the Ministry of Environment in Italy. The TAP project aims to deliver secure natural gas supplies from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan to western Europe, transporting the gas via Gr
EnerMech, the mechanical engineering company, has announced a major expansion in the Asia Pacific region, India and Australia which will see the opening of seven new offices. The company already has well established bases in Singapore, and in Perth and Melbourne, and in the last two years has invest
Statoil intends to establish a new operational area on the Norwegian continental shelf, which will be based in Harstad with start-up in the first half of 2013. Statoil is setting up a separate operational area in Northern Norway due to the considerable increase in activities taking place off the thr
Xcite Energy, earler this month, secured all the approvals necessary to drill and produce the wells in Phase 1A of the Bentley field work programme, and began drilling operations this week. The well 9/3b-7 was spudded on the 18 March 2012 using Rowan Norway jack-up drilling rig. Xcite Energy is a 10
