Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said today that Turkey has reached agreement with Dutch oil giant Shell, for the exploration in Gulf of Antalya. Turkey also plans to announce a tender for hydrocarbon exploration in Gulf of Mersin and Iskenderun, and many major oil companies such as Statoil, Pet
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias yesterday paid a visit to an offshore drilling rig searching for gas south of the Mediterranean island, Reuters reports. Noble Corporation started with exploration drilling in September and this was Christofias’ first visit to the drilling site. “My presence her
The Herøy-based company has signed a contract with Supply Service for delivery of a vessel of Havyard 832 L design to the Faroe Islands and shipowner Tummas Justinussen. This will be the fourth ship of a Havyard design heading to the Faroe Islands and it is the third Supply Service vessel being buil
Wärtsilä Corporation announced that it has reached agreement with the Board of Hamworthy plc , a UK listed engineering company focussed on the marine and oil and gas sectors, in regards to a recommended cash offer for the acquisition of Hamworthy. Under the terms of the acquisition Hamworthy shareho
Aberdeen-based pipeline integrity and intervention specialist, STATS Group, has bolstered its management team with the appointment of former Sparrows Offshore executive Graham Thomson as general manager. STATS said the creation of the new post was part of its 2012 growth strategy and will allow the
Plexus Holdings PLC, an oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, announces world leading oil and gas companies Maersk Oil , Shell, Wintershall, and the UK entity of the world’s largest offshore drilling company, and oil and gas
Deep Sea Supply, a ship owner and operator of a substantial number of Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels (AHTS vessels) and Platform Supply Vessel (PSV), today said that its PSV, Sea Trout, has been awarded a 300 days extension of the time charter contract with EnQuest for operations in the North Se
Dolphin Geophysical has signed one out of potential three 3D contracts in Africa, as previously disclosed as upcoming work for Polar Duke. If all contracts materialize in line with management expectation, the vessel will be occupied in Africa from December until April 2012. Following a successful an
Hamworthy has turned spotlight on its position as the world’s leading supplier of inert gas systems by securing contracts to install its technology on 21 LNG carriers under construction in South Korea. The contracts have been secured with Norwegian owners Golar, AWILCO and Höegh LNG, and Greek owner
Providence Resources P.l.c., has started with drilling operations at Barryroe, located in Standard Exploration Licence 1/11 in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore southern Ireland. Providence owns a 50% interest in the Licence and operates on behalf of its partners San Leon Energy Plc (30%) and Lan
Statoil ASA has decided to farm down three and exit five assets on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) for the consideration of USD 1.625 billion. The buyer is Centrica, a UK based energy company and established NCS player. “The transaction strengthens our capacity to further focus on value creati
E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS, an upstream company established in Stavanger, Norway in 2003, has been granted a drilling permit for well 6507/6-4-A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6507/6-4-A will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling rig at position 65°38’55.6” north and
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/5-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/5-2 will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 58°44’43.55’’N 02°37’58.20’’E after completing the drill
A working meeting was held yesterd between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Do Van Hau, President and CEO of Petrovietnam State Oil and Gas Corporation. The participants tackled the main aspects of the Russian-Vietnamese cooperation within the oil and gas segment and
