Fossil Energy
New EBS equipment training for offshore helicopter passengers
Offshore safety training provider Falck Safety Services (Falck) has joined forces with aviation provider SaxonAir in Norwich to offer helicopter safety training to correspond with new offshore regulations. Falck, which is based in Aberdeen and Teesside, will provide specialist safety courses at Saxo
Kleven delivers ‘Ocean Art’
Atlantic Offshore, a Norway-based provider of offshore support vessels, has taken delivery the Ocean Art platform supply vessel.
Tidewater orders Wärtsilä-designed arctic PSV
A second confirmed design contract for Wärtsilä’s new series of arctic platform supply vessels has been signed.
Petrobras spuds first Libra well
Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras has started drilling the first exploration well in the Libra area, offshore Brazil. Called 3-RJS-731, the well is being drilled by the Schain Cerrado drillship. This is the first of two wells planned for the first phase of the Minimum Exploration Program (kno
SOCO: Drilling begins at LXM-101 well, offshore Congo
SOCO International has begun drilling operations at the Lidongo X Marine-101 (“LXM-101”) exploration well in the Marine XI Block, located in the Congo Basin, offshore the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville). The well is designed to test the extension of an adjacent gas/condensate/oil field into the Mari
TGS offers data for Liberian bid round
The Norway-based provider of multi-client geoscience data provider supports Liberian offshore licensing round. TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company (TGS), has today announced that it will, as the official data provider, be supporting the Liberian Government and the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) t
Statoil disappointed with Barents Sea drilling campaign
Norway’s Statoil has together with its partner Idemitsu Petroleum Norge made a small gas discovery in the Mercury prospect in PL614 in the Barents Sea. This completes Statoil’s 2014 exploration programme in the Hoop area. This summer Statoil drilled three exploration wells in the Hoop area in the Ba
Noreco: Production in July at 6979 boepd
Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) in July 2014 produced 6 979 barrels of oil equivalents per day (boepd) on average, down from 7 350 boepd in June 2014. Net realised price in July was USD 92.2 per barrel of oil equivalents (USD 100.9 per barrel of oil) after adjustments for inventory, NGL and gas pr
Best quarter in history of Pacific Drilling, CEO says
Pacific Drilling S.A. has reported revenue of $260.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014, as compared to revenue of $225.6 million for first-quarter 2014 and $176.8 million for second-quarter 2013. Net income for second-quarter 2014 was $49.9 million or $0.23 per diluted share, compared
Leni pays for MOG’s legal cost in Malta dispute
Mediterranean Oil & Gas (MOG) has today announced that it has received the final payment from Leni Gas & Oil (LGO), following the unsuccessful legal claim brought by LGO against MOG’s subsidiary Malta Oil Pty Limited earlier this year. On 27 March 2014 the Commercial Court handed down judgment dismi
Providence gets more time to decide on Barryroe development
Providence Resources P.l.c. has provided a licence update on Standard Exploration Licence (“SEL”) 1/11 and Licensing Option (“LO”) 12/4 which contains the Barryroe oil field and potential field extensions, offshore Ireland. Providence Resources (80%, Operator) and its partner Lansdowne Oil and Gas p
Mermaid Marine expands fleet
Mermaid Marine Australia Limited (“MMA) has this week delivered two new build vessels into its international fleet; Jaya Majestic, an Anchor Handing Tug Supply vessel (AHTS) and Jaya Victory, a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). Jaya Majestic, a high specification 78m DP-2 AHTS, was built at one of MMA’s
TGS, FairfieldNodal sign Gulf of Mexico cooperation deal
Norwegian seismic survey company TGS has announced a multi-year collaboration agreement with FairfieldNodal to develop, plan and execute multi-client Full Azimuth Nodal (FAN(TM)) seismic surveys across a substantial area within the U.S. Gulf of Mexico shelf region. This initiative will combine Fairf
‘Sapura Ônix’ launched at Royal IHC shipyard (VIDEO)
The Sapura Ônix was launched at the Royal IHC shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, near Rotterdam on Friday 1st August. She is the third of five identical sister vessels in the order placed with Royal IHC in 2013 by Sapura Navegação Marítima, a joint venture between SapuraKencana and Seadrill. All