ADX Energy Ltd announced today that the award process for the offshore exploration permit d 364 C.R-.AX in Italian waters has been completed . The adjacent permit d 363 C.R-.AX is under application by ADX. The awarded permit is contiguous to ADX’s offshore Tunisian Kerkouane permit which contains th
Ulstein Power & Control has signed a comprehensive contract for supply of equipment packages to yard number 295 at Ulstein Verft. The vessel is an offshore IMR / construction vessel of Ulstein´s SX148 design for the shipping company Eidesvik Seven AS and their client Statoil. Ulstein Verft entered i
AGR Field Operations (AGR FO) have announced key Senior Management appointments, confirming their goals to expand their full range of services across the globe. Eric Doyle is appointed as Business Development Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMA) and, Azhar Aziz will take the position of
Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) has completed the sidetrack well 16/3-4A of the first appraisal well 16/3-4 on the Avaldsnes discovery in PL501 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). A comprehensive data acquisition and sampling
BP Norge AS has received consent for continued use of the Hod 4” gas lift pipeline until 31 December 2014. Hod is located in the North Sea in block 2/11, 13 kilometres south of Valhall. The licensees are Amerada Hess Norway AS (62.5%) and BP Norge AS as operator (37.5%). The field was discovered in
In Europe and Asia, Hertel’s offshore teams are breaking milestones in terms of safety performance. On 30th June, a total of 700 days without an LTI was passed. Peter van Aken, Managing Director of Hertel’s offshore business in The Netherlands commented “700 days ago, one of our colleagues hurt his
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan predicts huge gas reserves from offshore field Absheron. By Rufat Abbasov (News.az) [mappress] Source: News.az, July 15, 2011;
Today the Danish Energy Agency granted Nord Stream permission to operate the first of its twin pipelines that will transport natural gas from Russia to Europe. The application for Line 1 was sent in March – exactly two years after Nord Stream applied for permission to construction of the Nord Stream
The German shipping group Harren & Partner / Offshore Installation Group (OIG) placed an order for the installation of three OCTOPUS-Onboard systems. Harren & Partner was founded in 1989 and has been expanding ever since. Today H & P operates a fleet of about 60 vessels consisting of tankers, contai
Oil & Gas UK, the leading representative organisation for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, responds to reported drop in UK Exploration. Mike Tholen, Oil & Gas UK’s economics director, said: “The drop in UK exploration and appraisal activity compared to other sectors of the North Sea since the B
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency. The meeting was moderated by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Chairman of the Coordinating Committee. Taking part in the mee
The original order from Statoil was for 175 new cabins at Oseberg field centre. Last week the assignment was extended. Now Aibel is to demolish all the cabins and build again from scratch. “We are demolishing floors, walls, ceiling plates, pipes and the electrics. Everything is going. There will be
During the period 7-8 June 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of Statoil aimed at the operating company’s work to ensure compliance with the petroleum regulations’ requirements for electrical installations and personnel responsible for electrical installations. Back
GSP Jupiter entered under a new contract, providing offshore drilling services for Melrose Resources on the Bulgarian continental shelf. The mobile offshore drilling rig will operate in the Kaliakra perimeter where GSP has been awarded the new drilling contract. GSP Orion, PSV, OSR capability (Oil S
