Antrim Energy Inc. today announced that it has been notified by operator Premier Oil UK Limited (“Premier”) that drilling operations have commenced on the East Fyne appraisal well in the UK Central North Sea block 21/28a (Antrim working interest 35.1%). Well 21/28a-11 (the “East Fyne well”) is locat
Island Offshore, a Norwegian shipping company that owns a modern fleet of advanced and high quality service vessels for the offshore oil industry, has signed an agreement with Statoil for a three month charter with the MV Island Vanguard AHTS. The main duty for the vessel is anchor handling and asso
Tersan Shipyard launched Multipurpose Offshore Construction Vessel, Grand Canyon with the honorable presences of Norway Prime Minister Mr. Jens Stoltenberg and Turkey Minister of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communication Mr. Binali Yıldırım. Grand Canyon is a cooperation of Tersan Shipyard
The PSA has granted Statoil consent to use Aker Barents for plugging well 7222/11-1 in the Barents Sea. The objective of the operation is to permanently plug exploration well 7222/11-1. The well was temporarily plugged in 2008. The planned activity entails removing the trawler protection from the we
Olympic Shipping announced that the naming ceremony of their new vessel Olympic Commander was held on Saturday in Alesund, Norway After the ceremony the vessel was open to the public and several hundred used the opportunity to take a look inside. Olympic Commander is a MT6015 design, and the first o
Global marine technology developer Kongsberg Maritime will lead a new research project called ‘Situation Awareness and Decision Support Tools for demanding marine operations’ (SITAWARE), which begins on February 2nd 2012. Part-funded by the Norwegian Research Council and undertaken in collaboratio
Lundin Petroleum Norway, as operator for PL501, has completed the appraisal well, 16/5-2S located approximately 8.5 km south of the Avaldsnes discovery well 16/2-6, and 4 km south of the appraisal well 16/2-7. The objective of the 16/5-2S well was to delineate the southern flank of the Avaldsnes dis
DEO Petroleum plc, the oil and gas development and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, announces that the amalgamation agreement to combine the Licence P218 Block 15/21a Gamma Sub Area (“Gamma”) and Block 15/21g (“Spaniards”) areas has been finali
On Wednesday afternoon, Statoil temporarily shut down production at its LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following rupture of a fire water line. The fire water unit is part of the plant’s safety system, and Statoil implemented a controlled production shut down. A water leakage at the rupture
TransAtlantic has received the delivery of Brage Viking, an AHTS vessel from the Astilleros Zamakona S.A shipyard in Spain. The vessel will be flagged up in the Danish register of ships, DIS. Brage Viking is the last new-built ship in a series of four, which have been built at the Spanish shipyard.
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 received £260,000 funding from Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (‘Maersk Oil UK’), a leading independent oil and gas
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces that the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/140A sidetrack was completed with a single string to a depth of 2,237 metres by Rig 40 and tested for initial production at 2,123 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”). This
Astilleros Gondán shipbuilders have yesterday (12th January 2012) delivered the LNG Guardian stand-by vessel to its Italian owner, Fratelli Neri S.p.A. The LNG Guardian is the third ship to be built for Fratelli Neri at Gondan Shipyard. This is an FRSU ( Floating Storage Regasification Unit) support
TTS Energy AS has on the 12th of January 2012 signed the contract for delivery of two complete wellhead platform drilling units with OSX WHP 1&2 Leasing B.V, a subsidiary of OSX S.A of Brazil The 2 units are to be delivered Q2 and Q3 2013. The scope of work will be performed jointly by […]
