Fossil Energy
Keppel clinches $120M in orders from repeat clients
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard and Keppel Nantong have secured contracts from repeat customers worth a total of S$153 million (USD 119.7 million). Keppel Shipyard’s contract is for the conversion of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for Armada Caba
Eni hires INAER for helicopter services in Cyprus
INAER Aviation Italia, a provider of offshore transportation, medical emergency and rescue services and fire-fighting, has been awarded a contract for the provision of offshore transportation and medevac services by ENI Cyprus. The two helicopters will transport passengers engaged in the explorati
Wintershall’s Maria field work goes to FMC Technologies
Wintershall, Germany’s oil and gas producer, has announced the award of its first significant subsea contract for its Norwegian activities. Worth approximately NOK 1.8 billion ($280 million), the contract for Wintershall’s Maria development goes to FMC Technologies’ Norwegian subsidiary FMC Kongsb
Heerema-AF JV to remove Murchison platform
AF Gruppen ASA, in a consortium with Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE, has now signed a contract with CNR International (U.K) Limited, for the removal and disposal of the Murchison Platform in the North Sea. The Murchison oil field straddles the UK/Norway median line, with the platform itself
Roc Oil starts drilling second Beibu well (China)
Roc Oil (China) Company has informed that drilling has started on the second of two exploration wells in Beibu Gulf Block 22/12, offshore China. The second well, WZ12-10-2, is targeting the T42 and Weizhou formations, adjacent to the WZ12-8 West field in the WZ12-8 Development Area. Drilling from
Fugro supports Technip’s ops in North Sea
Real-time metocean data transmitted by a Fugro SEAWATCH Wavescan buoy is enabling energy industry construction expert Technip to plan its operations more effectively, leading to improved safety and cost-efficiency, Fugro reports. According to Fugro, work is well underway on Technip’s largest UK Nort
Infographic: How much does it cost to abandon North Sea well?
Claxton, an Acteon company, has released an infographic guide to well abandonment costs in the North Sea. Released on the eve of the Oil and Gas UK Offshore Decommissioning Conference, held annually in St Andrews, Scotland, to discuss decommissioning in the region, the infographic highlights the cos
Cairn finds oil in FAN-1 well off Senegal
Cairn Energy together with its joint venture partners has announced that the FAN-1 exploration well, offshore Senegal, has discovered oil. The well, located in 1,427 metres water depth and approximately 100 kilometres offshore in the Sangomar Deep block, has reached a Target Depth of 4,927 m and was
Stone Energy hires ENSCO 8503 rig for GoM work
Stone Energy Corporation has entered into an agreement to contract the ENSCO 8503 dynamically positioned deep water drilling rig for Stone’s multi-year deep water drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico. The primary contract term is for 30 months and is expected to start during the second quarter of
Reef Subsea to use Port of Blyth premises (UK)
Reef Subsea and Port of Blyth have announced a service agreement which will see Reef Subsea utilise the mobilisation and demobilisation facilities at the port. Reef Subsea has signed a service agreement with the Port of Blyth for a new storage, maintenance and mobilisation facility as part of the co
NOAA reports progress on Gulf of Mexico restoration
NOAA and its fellow Natural Resource Damage Assessment trustees in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have announced the signing of a formal Record of Decision to implement a Gulf restoration plan. The 44 projects, totaling an estimated $627 million, will restore barrier islands, shorelines, dunes, und
MWCC: COO transitions to CEO
Marine Well Containment Company has announced plans to transition the office of the CEO from Marty Massey to Don Armijo, who currently serves as the company’s chief operating officer. Massey has led MWCC as its first CEO since February 2011, the same month the organization introduced its Interim Con
Infographics: How to build an offshore oil platform
BP has shared an infographics on how to build an oil platform in six steps. The platform shown in the infographics is located in the Caspian sea, offshore Azerbaijan. The West Chirag platform (image) began producing oil from one of the pre-drilled wells – J05, on 28 January, 2014 . The oil first p
Spectrum gets Madagascar seismic data rights
Spectrum and OMNIS (Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Stratégiques) in Madagascar have signed an agreement where Spectrum assumes exclusive brokerage rights to the majority of the vintage seismic data located both offshore and onshore Madagascar. The various datasets total over 69,000