Norwegian oil giant, Statoil, said that broad efforts have been made to identify the direct and underlying causes of the Gullfaks C well control event on 19 May 2010. The company has responded today to the most recent post-incident orders from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA). As required
Incat Crowther has announced the launch of the 20m monohull crew boat Ahuva. Built by Veecraft Marine in South Africa, Ahuva will join 30m monohull crewboats Perez and Deborah in the C&I Leasing fleet in Nigeria. Ahuva is specifically designed for efficient safe crew transfer to offshore energy inst
Statoil Petroleum AS has been granted consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7220/5-1 in the Barents Sea with the Aker Barents mobile facility. The well is an appraisal well that is part of the assessment of the Skrugard field that has been discovered in the adjacent block 7220/8, product
Russian International News Agency (RIA Novosti) reported today that an oil rig has sunk off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Sakhalin Island. The jack-up rig, named Kolskaya, overturned during the towing operations and sunk in the icy Ohotsk Sea. Rescue workers have recovered four bodies, and 50 mo
The Gazprom headquarters hosted yesterday a meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The parties tackled the Gazprom and SOCAR cooperation issues surrounding the gas supplie
Italy based Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in South America worth approximately $600 million. In Brazil, Saipem has been awarded an EPIC contract by Petrobras for the development of the gas export pipeline Lula NE – Cernambi, in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Region, approximately 270
PGNiG was informed by its Norwegian subsidiary that the production start from the Skarv field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf is now likely to be deferred from the first quarter 2012 to the second quarter 2012. The reasons are harsh weather conditions on the Norwegian Sea during the installation
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/164 development well, offshore Turkmenistan. The well was drilled to a depth of 1,865 metres and completed as a single producer by the
BOURBON opens a new affiliate in Saint Petersburg, Bourbon Baltic, which will provide clients with first-class ship management resources. It complements BOURBON’s current operations in Sakhalin. Global leader in offshore oil and gas marine services, BOURBON opens Bourbon Baltic, an affiliate based i
Fugro Brasil has signed a contract with Wilson Sons to build a DP-2 ROV Support Vessel in Brazil. The vessel´s total length is 83 meter with a main deck space of 520 square meter, gross tonnage of 4,400 ton, and accommodation for in total 60 persons. The vessel will be built at Wilson Sons´ shipyard
Newly founded offshore support company World Wide Support (WWS) has ordered four PSV 3300 CD’s with Damen Shipyards. The PSV 3300 CD, built according to Damen’s E3 principles, is a newly designed platform supply vessel for servicing oil and gas rigs worldwide and is specifically designed to perform
BP today announced that it has reached agreement with Cameron International Corporation (“Cameron”), the designer and manufacturer of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer, to settle all claims between the companies related to the Deepwater Horizon accident and spill. BP and Cameron have concluded
EMGS and Schlumberger have announced the intention to enter into a cooperative agreement effective from 3 January 2012 in which the parties will offer to the industry their respective expertise in the marine electromagnetic related fields of processing, advanced modelling and earth model building. S
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit targeting drilling and well technology systems on board the West Elara jack-up drilling rig. North Atlantic Drilling has applied to the PSA for an AoC (Acknowledgement of Compliance) for West Elara. The facility has not previously had
