Serica Energy announces that on 30 July drilling operations commenced at the Oates exploration well location in Block 22/19c in the UK Central North Sea. The well will be drilled by the Ensco 100 jack-up drilling rig to a depth of approximately 10,000 feet and is anticipated to take approximately 30
BW Offshore has signed the contract for the completion of the FPSO OSX-1, a project with an approximate value of the scope of USD 150 million. BW Offshore will act as the project manager, assisting the owner, a subsidiary of the Brazilian publicly traded company OSX Brasil S/A, providing engineering
Statoil commenced production of oil from the Morvin subsea field towards the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea Sunday, 1 August. “The field is strategically important for further development and operation of activities in the Norwegian Sea,” says Ivar Aasheim, head of the Operations North cluster in
CHC Helicopter today it has been awarded an £11m/year contract to provide crew change services for Apache North Sea. The five-year deal, which has the potential for two one year extensions, will see CHC Helicopter add a second Sikorsky S92 aircraft to its Aberdeen fleet at a cost of £14.5m. The cont
Statoil has been granted consent to use the mobile facility Island Wellserver for well intervention activities on Yttergryta and Snøhvit. Statoil has previously been granted consent to use Island Wellserver for well intervention activities on fields in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea, and has no
Melrose Resources, the oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announced an exploration discovery in the Galata block offshore Bulgaria. The Kavarna East No.1 well has been successfully drilled to test an exploration prospect approximately 10 kilometres to the east of the Melros
Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Petroleum) has received consent to conduct exploration drilling of well 16/1-14 in PL 338. The well will be drilled with the mobile drilling facility Transocean Winner The purpose of drilling is to investigate the production characteristics of the formation. The drilling loc
The Board of Directors of Total, led by Chairman and CEO Christophe de Margerie, met on July 29, 2010 to review the Group’s second quarter and first half 2010 accounts. Adjusted net income for the second quarter 2010 was 2,961 million euros (M€), an increase of 72% compared to the second quarter 200
The topside for the second phase of the Akcakoca field development was fabricated within GSP Shipyard. The load out operation was carried out under the supervision of the project management team and the beneficiary’s representatives. GSP Neptun, the 1800 tons heavy lift crane barge, performed the lo
Subsea 7, one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies has chosen BlueView Technologies to provide an acoustic imaging system for its new line of Autonomous Inspection Vehicles (AIVs). Under this agreement, BlueView will deliver both forward looking navigation and trackin
CGGVeritas announced today, at the proposal of FSI (Fonds Strategique d’Investissement) and the approval of CGGVeritas Board , that Mr. Denis Ranque will sit on the CGGVeritas Board of Directors on behalf of the FSI. Mr. Denis Ranque became a director of CGGVeritas on May 5th 2010, the date of the l
Statoil has received consent to conduct exploration drilling of well 7220/8-1 using the mobile drilling facility Polar Pioneer. The well will be located about 200 km from land NW of Ingøy in Finnmark and about 210 km SSE from Bear Island. The well has the following geographic coordinates: * N 72 ° 2
RWEA-DEA Norge AS has received consent to conduct exploration drilling with Bredford Dolphin of well 35/9-6 S in production license PL 420 The purpose of the exploration well is to verify and evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of a formation in production license PL 420 The well will be located abou
Noble Corporation announced that it has closed its acquisition of FDR Holdings Limited (“Frontier”). The acquisition of Frontier, formerly an independent drilling company, and previously announced agreements with Shell increase Noble’s drilling fleet size to 69 from 62 units, with the addition of th
