Fossil Energy
Nexen: Blackbird’s second production well tested
Atlantic Petroleum has announced that the initial production testing from the Blackbird Field second production well, 20/02a-B3, has achieved sustained rates of over 7,000 bbls/day (c. 660 bbls/day net to Atlantic Petroleum), which was constrained by surface equipment. The well is being drilled and
Amarcon gets OCTOPUS order from Pan Ocean
The Korean based global shipping company Pan Ocean, has ordered OCTOPUS-Onboard system from Amarcon for two semi-submersible heavy lift vessels. The state-of-the-art ship monitoring and advisory system will support the vessels’ route planning, optimization of speed, heading and fuel consumption. For
Australia: Labor to fight for offshore workers
Shadow Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Richard Marles has accused the Abbott Government of attempting to undermine important legislation protecting workers employed in offshore resource projects. The Abbott Government is currently trying to use the Migration Amendment (Offshore Resour
Ezion secures North Sea service rig charter deal
The Board of Directors of Ezion Holdings Limited has announced that it has secured a contract with an approximate value of USD 122.6 million to provide a Service Rig over a 7 year period to support the oil & gas activities of an east European based national oil major in the North Sea. The Service Ri
Norshore wraps up well intervention for BlueSky
Norshore Atlantic has successfully completed of its first contract with BlueSky Langsa. The work has been a combination of ROV inspection and well intervention work on 2 subsea wells on the Langsa Field in Indonesia. The vessel as well as the crew has performed very well and to our client’s satisfac
AWE soon to abandon Oi-2 well
New Zealand Oil & Gas has announced that operations this morning are continuing to plug and abandon the Oi-2 well in Petroleum Mining Permit 38158, offshore Taranaki, New Zealand. The next operation will be to abandon Oi-1 prior to releasing the rig. Related: AWE’s Oi-2 well comes to nothing The wel
8over8 launches contractual risk management solution ProCon 2014
International software firm 8over8 Ltd. has announced the launch of ProCon™ 2014, the latest release of its flagship contractual risk management solution. ProCon 2014 enables owner operators of large capital projects to establish a commercial firewall against value leakage from mismanagement of unfo
Bowleven terminates alliance agreement with Petrofac
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, has announced that it has reached a mutually acceptable agreement with Petrofac to terminate the Strategic Alliance Agreement. This satisfies one of the conditions of the LUKOIL and NewAge farm-out transaction announced on 24
FES International to deliver DBSCs for Kraken oil field
FES International has won a contract to supply 12 Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) to contractor GE Wellstream. FES International has supplied DBSCs to GE Wellstream for more than a decade. The product is one of the firm’s most successful product lines enabling the quick, efficient and sa
Otto Marine: Healthy order book in 1H2014
Otto Marine Limited, an offshore marine company which owns and operates a large fleet of offshore support vessels, shipyard and offers specialized offshore services, has announced that the Group has secured charter contracts worth approximately US$404 million in the first half of 2014 (“1H2014”). Wi
Kvaerner: ‘Transocean Barents’ to arrive at Stord for two month yard stay
Kvaerner has reported that the H-6e drilling rig Transocean Barents will arrive at Kvaerner’s facilities at Stord this week for a two month yard stay. The main purpose of the stay is the five year classification of the rig, as well as upgrade and modification work. When the rig arrives, it will firs
Trelleborg to showcase subsea solutions at ONS (Norway)
Trelleborg will present an extended range of subsea solutions, including its recently re-branded portfolio of thermal insulation materials and subsea seals, at the ONS Exhibition and Conference in Stavanger, Norway. Trelleborg Sealing Solutions and Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, located togethe
New managing director for EFC Group
EFC Group, a leading designer and manufacturer of instrumentation, monitoring, handling and control systems for the global oil and gas industry, has appointed Anand Puthran as its managing director, a newly created role for the company. Anand joins Electro-Flow Controls with more than 15 years’ expe
Centrica spuds Pegasus West (UK)
Atlantic Petroleum, a Faroese independent exploration and production (E&P) company, announced that drilling of the Pegasus West well 43/13b-7 has started on P1724 in the UKCS. The well is being drilled with the Noble Julie Robertson jack-up rig in a water depth of about 95 feet. Pegasus West is bein