The PSA conducted an audit from 10 to 12 May 2011 focusing on issues relating to technical safety, safety systems and maintenance management on board the facility West Elara. Background West Elara is a new jack-up, N-class drilling facility built by the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore. The PSA’s activi
The WilPhoenix commenced its contract with AGR on the 27 June and the WilHunter commenced its contract with SPD and Nautical Petroleum on the 1 July. The contract commencements follow on from the rigs’ respective final system testing and commissioning activity, undertaken during mobilization and on
Farstad Shipping ASA has, through its wholly owned subsidiary P/R International Offshore Services ANS, reached an agreement to sell the PSV vessel ‘Lady Christine’ (1985, ME 202, 2.368 DWT). Delivery of the vessel to the new owner is expected to take place in October 2011. Sale of the vessel will gi
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), announces that it has, on behalf of itself and its partners, successfully completed the 3D seismic acquisition project over the Barryroe oil
SeaBird Exploration PLC (“SeaBird” or “SBX”) provides a contract update regarding its business activities as set out below; After completing half of her multi client survey in the Gulf of Mexico mid April, Osprey Explorer, will from mid July continue her multi-client survey following dry dock and st
Centrica Energi has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 8/10-4S in the North Sea with the Mærsk Guardian mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 405, with Centrica as the operator (40%). The other licensees are Petro-Canada (30%), Spring Energy (15%) an
In addition to the popular subsea Contracts and Projects Databases, Subsea UK announces two new databases, cataloguing subsea vessels globally, as well as FPSOs & FPUs. The FPSO & FPU Database contains information on 175+ Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels and around 100 Floating Pro
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that stable production from the Jacky field has been restored in the J01 well (“the well”) at approximately 3,120 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”)(1,482 bopd net to Ithaca). Production has been restored to this level through the replacement of a dual ESP system with sligh
Shah Deniz offshore gas condensate field produced 2.591bn cubic meters of gas in January-May, according to sources in SOCAR. Gas … By Rufat Abbasov, News.Az [mappress] Source: News.az, July 1, 2011;
Bergen Group has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Skarveland AS, received a contract with the Norwegian yard Hellesøy Verft AS for complete pipe installation valued NOK 22 million. The contract is related to a newbuild offshore vessel for a Norwegian shipping company. The delivery will be comple
Sevan Marine ASA , a company specializied in owning, operating and licensing FPSOs and drilling units, based on its patented cylindrical floater technology announces fleet technical uptime for May 2011. Technical Uptime for June 2011 was as follows: FPSO Sevan Piranema 98 (%) FPSO Sevan Hummingbird
As from today, Hans-Joachim Polk will be the new Managing Director of RWE Dea Norge. Polk joined RWE Dea as far back as 1992, directly after graduating with a masters’ degree in petroleum engineering from the technical university of Clausthal-Zellerfeld. In the course of his career, Polk spent three
Following the completion of the restructuring activities of Cecon this winter, focus has been marketing the company’s services using modular spreads on third party vessels. With the 1600t Sampson DPIII pipelay / heavy lift vessel being part of the company’s marketed portfolio, focus has shifted to a
On 29 June, Offshore Energy’s Committee of Recommendation convened in Rotterdam for a diner pensant. The members, among others CEO’s and managing directors of Dockwise, Chevron, Van Oord, Mercon and Tullow Overseas Holding, discussed the ambitions, market position, program and organization of Offsho
