Eni, Italian oil company, has been present in Angola since 1980. Yesterday, Eni and Sonangol E.P. signed in Luanda a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the exploration of Block 35, which is situated in deepwater offshore Angola, 150km off the coast of the capital Luanda. The Block covers approxim
Dutch heavy lift/shipping specialist Dockwise Ltd. today announces twelve new awards totaling USD 55 million, of which six, to the value of more than USD 15 million, are for execution in Q4 2011. The remaining contracts are for execution in 2012 and 2013. Furthermore the company has entered into a M
Oceaneering International, Inc. that it has closed the previously- announced definitive agreement to acquire AGR Field Operations (AGR FO). AGR FO is a provider of inspection, maintenance, subsea engineering, and field operations services, principally to the oil and gas industry. The acquisition pri
EnCore Oil plc announces that the Tudor Rose well 14/30a-5 in Central North Sea Block 14/30a has reached Total Measured Depth of 3,590 feet. The well encountered an oil column within the target Beauly Formation and Oil Water Contact at 3,236 feet Total Vertical Depth Subsea. Wireline sampling and pr
Deep Sea Supply, an international operator of offshore supply vessels has taken delivery of the newbuilding platform supply vessel (PSV), Sea Brazil, from STX OSV in Brazil. A naming/launching ceremony was held on November 15 in STX OSV shipyard in Niteroi, Brazil. The vessel is of STX 09 CD design,
The Gazprom headquarters yesterday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni. The parties discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation as part of the Strategic Partnership Agreement. In particular, Alexe
DNV today announced that a project has been established to identify energy efficiency and fuel saving initiatives for the offshore shipping industry. The partnership involves a collaboration of seven Norwegian offshore shipping companies. The Joint Industry Project is called Energy Efficient Offshor
Siem Offshore, an international supply and subsea shipping company with main offices in Kristiansand, Norway has entered into an agreement for the sale of the mid-size PSV “Siem Danis” at a price of USD 34 million to an undisclosed buyer. The vessel is a Platform Supply Vessel designed to carry out
From 26-28 September and 21-25 October 2011, the PSA carried out an audit of Teekay Petrojarl’s (TKPJ’s) design of FPSO Knarr. The audit included the working environment and material handling disciplines. The Knarr field (previously known as Jordbaer) is located in the northern part of the North Sea
By order of the government of the Russian Federation Oil Company Rosneft has been granted five blocks on the Sea of Okhotsk shelf for geological surveying, exploration and development. The five blocks are Magadan-1, 2 and 3, Lisyansky and Kashevarovsky. According to Rosneft estimates, total recovera
German based, Aker Wirth has on December 15th delivered its the 250th mud pump in the TPK 2200 series. Following its successful trial run, the jubilee pump is now on its way to Korea. It will be installed there as one of four pumps in the “Tungsten Explorer” drillship from Vantage Drilling being bui
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Northern Offshore to transport the jack-up drilling rig ENERGY EXERTER from Malta to Northern Europe in January 2012. The Fairstar open stern, semi-submersible vessel FJELL is expected to load the ENERGY EXERTER in early January and
IEV Holdings Limited announced that, on 13 December 2011, its 30% associate, IEV (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., has been awarded a major supply and installation contract from an established and major oil and gas operator in South East Asia . The scope of work of this turnkey project includes the engineering,
ASCO, one of the world’s leading oil and gas logistics companies, has announced the retention of three significant long-term North Sea contracts – two with Nexen Petroleum UK Limited and one with Centrica Energy Upstream. Together the contracts are valued in excess of £90 million ($ 139.4 million).
