Fossil Energy
U.S. Weekly offshore rig count down
Baker Hughes Incorporated on Friday announced its Weekly Rig Count report. Offshore rig count has dropped.
Director leaves Seadrill to focus on Golar LNG
Seadrill Limited, a Norwegian offshore drilling contractor, has announced today that Tor Olav Trøim has decided not to stand for re-election to the Board of Directors in order to focus his efforts on developing Golar LNG. The Board thanked Trøim “for his many years of service and role in developing
Chevron unloads Dutch assets
Chevron, a U.S.-based oil giant, has announced today that it will divest its interest in its Dutch North Sea assets. The company’s subsidiary, Chevron Netherlands Holdings B.V. has entered into a share sale agreement to sell its shares in Chevron Exploration and Production Netherlands B.V., includin
Statoil finds gas traces in Pingvin well off Norway
North Energy has informed that as a partner in production licence 713, in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway, the company is completing the drilling of the Pingvin prospect in exploration well 7319/12-1. The well has identified gas in a sandstone reservoir. Extensive data has been acquired from the we
Drillship ‘Maersk Valiant’ starts its GoM ops
Maersk Drilling has informed that the company’s second drillship Maersk Valiant has started operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company has reported through their Facebook page that the drillship Maersk Valiant has started its work in the Gulf of Mexico which marks the beginning of its two-ye
RWE Dea: No go for Zidane
The Plan for Development and Operation (PDO) for the Zidane development offshore Norway will not be submitted to the authorities in October as planned.
Report: Exxon, Rosneft halt Kara Sea drilling
ExxonMobil and Rosneft have reportedly put drilling operations in the Kara Sea, off the Russian north coast, to a halt. According to Bloomberg, which cited sources familiar to the matter, the companies have stopped drilling at the Universitetskaya-1, the Russian Federation’s northernmost well, in th
Polarcus in 3D seismic survey off West Africa
Marine seismic specialist Polarcus Limited has announced that the company has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will start in Q4 2014 and is expec
Neptune: ‘Bhagwan Dryden’ DSV arrives in Dampier, Australia
Neptune Marine Services has informed that the Bhagwan Dryden, a new-build Dive Support Vessel, built in collaboration with Bhagwan Marine, has arrived in Dampier, Western Australia. As first announced to the ASX on 28 August 2012, the Bhagwan Dryden is a state-of-the-art 57 metre DP2 hybrid catamara
IPB: ‘Stena Clyde’ to arrive at Pryderi site in October (Australia)
IPB Petroleum has advised that the WA-424-P Joint Venture have received notice from the rig contractor that the estimated start date for the Pryderi-1 rig contract offshore W. Australia is October 17, 2014. Pryderi-1 well is located in the Browse Basin, north of Broome, offshore Western Australia. T
IAGC elects new President
After a three-month long search process, the International Association of Geophysical Contractors (IAGC) Board of Directors has announced that Ken Wells has been named as the organization’s president.
DNV Oil & Gas names manager for South America
Alex Imperial has taken over as DNV GL Oil & Gas’s regional manager for South America just as the company is creating a dedicated research unit in Brazil. Imperial recently left Singapore, where he was Director for DNV GL’s Deepwater Technology Centre, to take over DNV GL’s Oil & Gas Division in Sou
Wild Well Control reveals new subsea capping stack in Singapore
Wild Well Control, Inc., a Superior Energy Services company focused on firefighting and well control, has unveiled its new subsea capping stack for response to a global deepwater well control incident.
Searcher Seismic starts seismic shoot in Mialara (Philippines)
Searcher Seismic in cooperation with the Philippines Department of Energy, and in conjunction with SeaBird Exploration, has announced that acquisition of the Mialara 2D seismic survey, East of Palawan in the Philippines has started. The ~5,000 km survey over a 10 by 10 km grid in the Mialara sub-bas