The Ramform Valiant, a seismic vessel owned and operated by Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, has started acquisition of over 26,000 km² of GeoStreamer® data in five blocks in the Kwanza/Benguela Basins in Angola. The size of the survey area corresponds to an area slightly larger than Massachusetts or Wal
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS), a shipping company established a century ago in the Port of Breskens, the Netherlands, have taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The vessel VOS Athena, 59.25 m in lenght, was delivered from the Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China at approximately 11
The Gjøa gas export riser replacement project has completed its activities within less than 10 months, reported the field operator GDF Suez. The Gjøa facility is now producing according to current reservoir production potential. “The execution of the project went very well, thanks to careful plannin
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate today reported that seven oil companies have purchased it’s seismic data package from Lofoten and Vesterålen, and several more have indicated their interest. The seven oil companies that have purchased the seismic data package are Statoil, ExxonMobil, Norske Shell
An overview from a Norwegian state owned company that operates 7,800 kilometres (4,800 mi) of natural gas pipes Gassco shows that 94.2 billion standard cubic metres (scm) of natural gas were transported from the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) in 2011. These volumes went to receiving terminals in
Xtract Energy has recently been advised by Chevron that the Noble Byron Welliver is now on site at the P2-10 drilling location and the well has spudded. P2-10 drilling was expected to begin in early December 2011 but the rig move was delayed due to the weather conditions that prevailed throughout De
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has sold four Perry XLX Generation 2 (G2) Work-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to Technip. French based Technip, a company which is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, will deploy two of the vehicles in S
Norwegian governmental supervisory body, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of how emergency preparedness aspects are reviewed on board the West Elara jack-up rig. The objective of the audit activity was to verify the organisation and management system on the facility as
Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a significant pre-contract award with BP for the provision of a new build, semi-submersible drilling unit for use in the UK’s West of Shetland region. The contract value is approximately $1.2 billion, excluding options, and represents the largest contract in Odfjell
Technip, a French based provider of project management, engineering, and construction services for the oil and gas industry was awarded by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €135 million ( $ 172 million), for the Golden Eagle development located 110 kilometers Nort
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted a drilling permit for wellbore 6407/1-5, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6407/1-5 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility at position 64°59’20.14”north and 07°00’17.24”east after completing the dri
ExxonMobil’s Romanian subsidiary together with Petrom has started exploration drilling on Domino-1, the first deepwater exploration well in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. The Domino-1 well is located in the Neptun Block, 170 kilometers offshore in water about 1,000 meters deep and will be dr
Claxton Engineering Services Ltd, an Acteon company, is supplying a Norwegian client with a complete subsea drilling riser package enhanced by services and equipment drawn from around the Acteon Group. The 7000-psi, 24-in. riser will be used to drill one well and two completion wells in 135 m of wat
Norway’s Det norske oljeselskap ASA has commenced drilling of exploration well 25/6-4 S in PL414. Target for the well is the Kalvklumpen prospect. The well will be drilled in the central part of the North Sea about 20 kilometres southeast of the Frøy field and 37 kilometres northeast of the Heimdal
