The Board of Desire Petroleum plc announces the appointment of Mr Ken Black as Exploration Director. Aged 51, Ken is a petroleum geoscientist with 30 years experience in the oil industry. He began his career as a geophysicist with BNOC/Britoil before moving to Clyde Petroleum Plc where he became an
Statoil has been granted consent to use the mobile facility Scarabeo 5 for permanent plugging of well 6506/11-A-3H in the Norwegian Sea. The well is part of production licence 134B/C and is located on Morvin, about 20 kilometres north of the Kristin field and 15 kilometres west of the Åsgard field.
Siem Offshore Inc. (“the Company”) announces that it will enter into the business for submarine cable installation, repair and maintenance projects. The Company has identified the installation of submarine cables and associated services to be an emerging growing market, both with respect to field an
The oil industry has signed contracts with three suppliers for the purchase of new oil spill contingency equipment to protect the coast of Finnmark. 75 per cent of these investments will go to companies from northern Norway. The equipment will be located in depots to be established in Hasvik and Mås
TGS announces that it will conduct extensive reprocessing of over 13,550 km of 2D multi-client seismic data located in waters off the Faroe Islands. This project, designated Offshore Faroe Reprocessing 2011, will extend to the UK/Faroe border. The data for the reprocessing has been made available by
This will be the year Statoil is planning and realising several fast-track developments on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Two new projects are being launched these days, namely Gamma/Harepus and Snorre B template. A plan for development and operation (PDO) of Gamma/Harepus is to be submitted
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that drilling of the J03 well on the Jacky field has now recommenced, as previously stated. The Energy Enhancer drilling unit is now fully operational following successful repair to the drilling mud handling system onboard the rig. Production from J01 was briefly suspend
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a three-year charter agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (“MoD”) for the vessel “Polarbjørn”. The contract commences medio April 2011 and expires in March 2014. The contract with MoD will in combination with the recently announced charter agreement for the C
Deep Sea Supply yesterday took delivery of “Sea Jackal”, a newbuilding AHTS from ABG Shipyard, India. “Sea Jackal” (AHTS Seatech P-729) is the 6th delivery in a series of 9 newbuilding AHTS vessels from ABG. The Deep Sea Supply fleet now consists of 13 AHTS and 8 PSVs, in total 21 vessels. In additi
Antrim Energy Inc., an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces it has signed a “Letter of Award” with AGR Peak Well Management Limited (“AGR”)to provide well project management and drilling services, including the provision of the semi-submersible drilling rig, WilPho
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/152 and B/153 development wells. The Dzheitune (Lam) 28/152 well was drilled to a depth of 3,768 metres and completed as a dual producer by the NIS
The world’s largest offshore drilling contractor said it will consider spinning off an older part of its fleet to improve its financial … Source: IBD [mappress] Source:IBD, March 29, 2011;
The Sarens Group of Wolvertem, Belgium introduces the SGC 120 Crane, which will be available in early 2011. This innovative and versatile Heavy Lift Crane System is the product of the combined engineering efforts of Sarens and its newest group member, Rigging International of Alameda, California. Th
Leading international oilfield services company Expro today announces the award of a UK well test and subsea services contract with EON Ruhrgas. The three-year contract, worth up to £2million, involves work on the Huntington project, which is EON’s first Central North Sea field. All its previous wor
