EnCore Oil plc announced that a rig contract has been signed to enable further drilling to take place in UKCS Central North Sea Block 28/9, where the Catcher discovery was made in June this year. The Transocean Galaxy II heavy duty jack-up rig is expected to return to the Catcher area later this wee
ОАО LUKOIL and a group of investors headed by UniCredit Bank have acquired 42.5 million ordinary shares in the form of ADR under the agreement with ConocoPhillips. By pursuing this transaction, the Company is implementing a program, approved by the Board of Directors, to raise shareholder returns by
Nexen Inc. announces that hook-up and commissioning of the fourth platform at Buzzard in the North Sea is progressing well and start-up activities are being advanced from early next year to take advantage of cost efficiencies. As a result, start-up of the new platform will commence in October and fo
Greenpeace activists who prevented a Chevron oil drilling ship from moving to a drill site this week agreed Friday to end their protest … By Brian Walker (CNN) [mappress] Source: CNN, September 27, 2010:
Countries bordering the north-east Atlantic rejected a ban proposal on deep-sea offshore drilling destined to avoid an environmental disaster comparable to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, Norway said Friday. The ban was proposed by Germany at a meeting in the western Norwegian city of Bergen of the OS
Lundin Petroleum AB (“Lundin Petroleum”) announces that drilling of exploration well 16/1-14 in PL338, has commenced. The well will target the Apollo structure, which is situated immediately to the south of the Draupne field in PL001B, and some 5 kms northwest of and down-dip from the Luno field loc
Professor Curtis Hays Whitson has been awarded Statoil’s research prize 2010 for his major input to boosting knowledge about recovery of gas and gas condensate fields and improved recovery of oil fields by the use of gas injection. Consisting of NOK 200,000 and a work of art by Håkon Gullvåg the pri
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London and Dublin , provides a technical update on Licensing Option 10/01 in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland which contains the Baltimore heavy oil discovery. Providence (60
Dolphin AS, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a Letter of Award with Lundin Norway AS for a 2 wells drilling contract for the semi submersible drilling rig Bredford Dolphin for operation on the Norwegian continental shelf with estimated commencement in January/February 2011. T
Foster Findlay Associates Ltd (“ffA”) and Statoil ASA (“Statoil”) have agreed a continuation of their ongoing Research and Development Collaboration. This is the sixth phase of the collaboration, which has allowed the companies to work together in producing state-of-the-art 3D seismic analysis capab
Endeavour International Corporation announced that John G. Williams, executive vice president – exploration, will retire effective September 30, 2010. Since joining Endeavour in 2007, he has been a member of the company’s executive committee assigned to the company’s London office as head of explora
Bjørge Gretland has informed Badger Explorer ASA that he will resign as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors effective from 4 October 2010 due to the fact that he has moved to Silicon Valley (California) for the duration of one year. Following this, the Board of Directors will comprise Rolf
Boa has recently sold offshore construction vessel Boa Rover to the Dubai based Topaz Energy and Marine Ltd. About Boa Group BOA GROUP (Taubåtkompaniet AS/Boa companies) is a family business, which has been providing offshore services since the 70’s. From the main office in the central part of Norwa
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues development of its key offshore field – Guneshli. Company’s statement says that it has finished drilling of well #80 from platform #13 and well #56 from platform #11. Well #312 from platform #13 is underway. “Well #56 at depth of 3 750 m uncovere
