Wärtsilä, a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets, yesterday reported that, at both the Court Meeting and General Meeting of Hamworthy plc held earlier yesterday morning in relation to Wärtsilä’s recommended acquisition
The multi-component seismic company Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA (RXT) has received an contract award for an Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBC) survey for the Kvitebjørn Field in Norway for Statoil. The main objective is to improve structural interpretation and achieve better illumination of fault p
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has given Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 30/6-28 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 30/6-28 S will be drilled from the COSL Pioneer drilling facility at position 60°33’59.33” north and 2°44’40.69” east after completi
Hurricane Exploration plc, an oil exploration company focused on hydrocarbon resources in fractured basement reservoirs, has been offered a Frontier Licence by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the second tranche of offers in the 26th Seaward Licensing Round. The Licence covers ten offs
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that due to technical difficulties the drilling of a side-track well on the Butch South West exploration prospe
Dolphin Geophysical has appointed Paul Tollefson as Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Multi-Client and Processing. Reporting to Ian T. Edwards, Vice President of Global Multi-Client, Paul will be responsible for the development and marketing of new Multi-Client surveys and promoting Dolph
EMAS AMC, a global offshore contractor providing construction, marine, production and well intervention services has been awarded two contracts from Norway’s oil major Statoil, for mooring chain and riser replacements in the North Sea on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The combined contract value i
Dana Petroleum plc (“Dana”) in a 50/50 partnership with Sorgenia E&P (UK) Ltd has secured blocks 42/27, 47/2b (split) and 47/3g (split) in the UK Southern North Sea, in the final stage of the 26th round of UK offshore licensing. Dana will be the operator of the blocks and the work obligations compri
Maersk Supply Service, a leading provider of global offshore marine services has won four major contracts worth about around USD 250 million with the major Brazilian oil company Petrobras and American oil giant ExxonMobil for operation in Australia. Brazil is a strategically important area for Maers
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the delivery of a deepwater drilling riser system to the DSME shipyard in South Korea. The riser package will be installed on Atwood Oceanics, Inc.’s ultra-deepwater drillship, the Atwood Advantage. The
EnQuest PLC has agreed with Canamens Limited to buy two of its companies, whose assets include the 20% interest in the Kraken oil discovery. EnQuest will pay an initial consideration of US$45 million dollars in cash and a further US$45 million in cash, contingent upon approval of the Kraken Field De
Statoil ASA has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made a substantial oil discovery in the Havis prospect in the same licence as Skrugard (PL532) in the Barents Sea. This is the second high-impact discovery in the North in nine months. Well 7220/7-1, drilled by the drilling rig Ak
DOF Subsea Norway AS has been awarded a Frame Agreement for Offshore Survey Services by Statoil. The 4-year frame agreement with 2 x 1 year options includes services for light construction, ROV survey with MultiBeam Echosounder (MBE), ROV survey w/o MBE, acoustic survey, acoustic survey with ROTV, a
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has today taken delivery of “Normand Arctic” from STX OSV AS, Langsten. “Normand Arctic” is a large LNG fuelled platform supply vessel (PSV). The vessel will be trading in the North Sea for Statoil for a firm period of 3 months with additional 5 montly options. [mappress
