A working was held yesterday in Saint Petersburg meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee (right) and Helge Lund, President and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil(Left). The parties tackled the main issues of colaboration in the gas sector and exchanged views on th
Dong E&P Norge AS, operator of production licence 518, is about to complete the drilling of wildcat well 7121/9-1. The well is dry. The well was drilled about 100 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest and about 20 kilometres west of the Goliat field in the southwestern part of the Barents Sea. The obje
FES International has secured a $4.7M order to supply, Maersk Oil UK with 22 bespoke diverless bend stiffener connectors (DBSC) for its Gryphon FPSO vessel in the North Sea. The FES DBSCs are designed to enable quick, efficient and cost effective installation of Riser and Umbilical Bend Stiffeners i
ProEight Offshore Engineering Sdn Bhd plans to establish German subsidiary for the purpose of exporting its mechanical seals to the Middle East market. The managing director of the company ,Ir Azhar Zainal Abidin, explained that the actual parts will be manufactured in Malaysia but testings and fini
The Global Marine Group, comprised of the largest independent providers of submarine cable installation, maintenance and related engineering services worldwide reported today that it has legally incorporated its Energy business unit into a new company named Global Marine Systems Energy Ltd. The new
Pacific Drilling S.A. today provided an update on the status of its ultra-deepwater drillships. The Pacific Bora commenced its three year contract with a wholly owned Chevron subsidiary on August 26, 2011, and continues to operate in the Agbami Field in Nigeria. The rig has reached performance level
About 40 energy-company representatives participated in an EMGS executive briefing in London on the 16 November 2011. The forum facilitated open and constructive dialogue, said EMGS in its press release. Candid reports on the application of 3D EM methods by Shell and Emergy Exploration were a partic
Saturday November 19th, the LNG-powered ship Viking Prince was launched at Kleven Yard. Kleven Maritime is the leading supplier of gas-powered ships, with five ships delivered, and another three in the order book, including the Viking Prince. Eidesvik Offshore and Kleven Maritime constructed the wor
Premier Oil Norge AS, operator of production licence 406, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 9/1-1 S (Gardrofa). The well is being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. The well, which is the first exploration well in PL 406, was drilled was drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. today announced the sale of five Perry XLX Heavy Work-Class Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) systems to Marine Platforms Limited (MPL). MPL offers diverse oil and gas services to the upstream sector of the oil and gas industry in West Africa from their Lagos and Onne Fre
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that its wholly owned Norwegian subsidiary, Oceaneering AS, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AGR Field Operations (AGR FO) from AGR Group ASA and FieldCo Invest AS. AGR FO, headquartered in Bergen, Norway, is a provider of inspection, maint
Asia still needs international oil companies to continue to play a large and essential role in the oil and gas industry’s research and development activity, despite the rise of national oil companies, a group of the region’s oil and gas industry leaders has stated during the round table discussion e
Chinese National Petroleum Cooperation (CNPC) subsidiary, BGP, has chosen Marlink as its provider of VSAT satellite communications for its fleet of state-of-the-art seismic vessels. BGP Prospector, the most recent vessel to join the fleet is equipped with Marlink’s Sealink™ C-Band, SCPC VSAT. The BG
Kleven Maritime has signed a contract with Myklebusthaug Offshore, Norway, on the building of a new multipurpose offshore service vessel. The vessel is to be built at Kleven Yard in Ulsteinvik, Norway. This will be the first vessel to include ABB’s Onboard DC Grid system which leads to significantly
