Fire Breaks Out on Hercules 265 (USA) Fire on Hercules GoM Rig Not Yet Extinguished Hercules 265 Evacuated After Well Control Incident in U.S. GoM Aibel Signs LoI for FPSO Topside Contract Chevron Awards Contracts for Alder and Rosebank Projects (UK)
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Drilling Fluids (Oil-Based Fluids, Synthetic-Based Fluids And Water-Based Fluids) For Oil And Gas (Offshore & Onshore) Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size Share, Growth, Trends And Forecast, 2012 – 2018” report to their offering. Ever-incre
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company (UMG), is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, has recently signed an agency agreement with Wills Ridley Limited for the supply of marine steering systems in India, parts of the Middle East and the Af
A steel cutting ceremony to signify the commencement of the construction of the first of four new class Crane/Workboats for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) was held at Grandweld Shipyards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on July 18, 2013. The contract was signed in February 2013, to design and build a series
Seadrill to Build Four New UDW Drillships (South Korea) Shell’s Olympus on Its Way to U.S. GoM Mars Field COSCO Secures USD200 Mln Semi-Submersible Construction Contract SBM Offshore’s New FPSOs to Work in Lula Field Off Brazil Norwegian Projects to Increase European Drilling Expenditure to
Adira Energy Ltd. announced that further to its press release dated December 24, 2012, Modi’in Energy L.P has published a revised resource report in respect of the Yam Hadera license, offshore Israel, in which Adira has an option to purchase up to a 15% participating interest therein, subject to Adi
An Iranian energy official says the country’s daily gas production will increase by 14 percent by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2014). Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Ahmad Qalebani said on Wednesday that Iran produced 700 million cubic meters per d
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, production and development company, today issues an operational update and financial highlights for the six months’ period ended 30 June 2013. Key operational highlights are: – 15% increase in average daily production rate at approximately 73
Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd. (Oxy Qatar) and Qatar Petroleum have agreed on the Phase 5 Field Development Plan (FDP) of the Idd El Shargi North Dome Field (ISND), offshore Qatar. The ISND Phase 5 FDP has been pre
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Noble Corporation, a Swiss-headquartered drilling contractor which recently announced it was contemplating a move to the UK, today announced it has secured two drilling contracts in the Arabian Gulf. The contracts are for the Noble Dhabi II and Noble Jimmy Pucket jack-up drilling rigs. The Dhabi II
Occidental Petroleum Qatar has entered into a two year drilling contract with Gulf Drilling International for the use of the Al Rayyan rig. The value of the contract is estimated at approximately $750 Mln. Steve Kelly, President and General Manager of Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd (Oxy Qatar) an
Grandweld Shipyards has completed the delivery of two 33.5m Aluminum crew boats for Fujairah National Group. FNSA 1 and FNSA 2, sister vessels of the 33.5m class boats, are an optimized version of the successful in-house design that is built to assist in fast transfer of offshore personnel, deck car
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, today publishes an update on the wells completed in the second quarter of 2013 and production numbers for 1H and June 2013. Since the previous quarterly drilling update on 2 April 2013, Dragon Oil has compl
