Fossil Energy
Siem Spearfish begins Gulf of Mexico adventure
Harkand completed the project management and engineering for the mobilization of Siem Spearfish in Port Fourchon, Louisiana after arriving just nine days earlier from the Vard facility in Norway.
INPEX unloads Ichthys modules
INPEX announced today the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project is preparing for the next phase of its onshore construction effort, following the unloading of its first large pre-fabricated modules on June 29.
Otto Energy pays Galoc debt
Otto Energy Ltd has fully repaid the BNP Paribas financing facility, which was put in place in December 2012 to fund Otto’s share of the Galoc Phase II development.
Statoil gets Mercury nod
Statoil has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7324/9 Mercury in production licence 614 in the Barents Sea using the Transocean Spitsbergen semi-submersible drilling rig.
Polarcus hired for W. Africa survey
Polarcus Limited has received a letter of intent for a seismic survey in West Africa. The UAE-based seismic survey specialist today said that the contract would be for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project for an undisclosed client offshore West Africa. The project, subject to the execution of a s
Hess orders central processing platform for offshore project in Malaysia
Hess Corporation has ordered a central processing platfrom for its Bergading Complex in Malaysia from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Freeport-McMoRan wraps up $919M Gulf of Mexico acquisition
Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas (FM O&G) has completed the previously announced acquisition of certain of Apache Corporation’s interests in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). Following the exercise of preferential purchase rights by other working interest owners in the Lucius project, FM O&G acquired fo
Subsea 7 reduces number of US Directors
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today an action to facilitate use of its vessels for energy development related projects executed in US waters. The action is designed to enable the Company to meet requirements applicable to non-US companies operating vessels in US waters. Included within these requirements
Origin, Karoon skip Poseidon permits pre-emption hurdle
PetroChina and ConocoPhillips have not exercised their pre-emption rights in relation to Karoon’s sale of its 40 per cent interest in the Poseidon exploration permits to Origin, Karoon has reported. This clears the way for Origin’s purchase of the WA-315-P and WA-398-P in Western Australia’s Browse
AWE: Oi-1 well at 1,505m depth
AWE Limited , as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, reports that, as at 06:00 hours (6.00am) NZDT today, the Oi-2 exploration well was at a measured depth of 1,505 metres. The 9 5/8” casing string has been installed and cemented at a depth of 1,487 metres. Prep
Wood Group Kenny wins engineering job at TEN project in Ghana
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has been awarded an engineering services contract to support Tullow Ghana Limited and its partners through the execution phase of the Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) project, offshore Ghana. WGK will provide subsea, umbilical, risers, flowlines (SURF) engineering services.
Petrobras starts EWT at Iara (Brazil)
Petrobras announces that the Extended Well Test (EWT) in the evaluation area known as Iara started-up on June 21, in block BM-S-11, some 300 km off the coast and at a water depth of approximately 2,200m. The Extended Well Test is part of the Discovery Evaluation Program, approved by Brazil’s Nationa
Talos buys Stone Energy’s non-core GOM assets
Stone Energy Corporation has announced a definitive agreement to sell its non-core Gulf of Mexico (GOM) conventional shelf properties to Talos Energy Offshore LLC for $200 million in cash and assumed future undiscounted abandonment liabilities estimated at approximately $117 million. These propertie
Bredero Shaw coating for South Stream Pipeline
ShawCor Ltd’s pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value of approximately US$50 million from Marubeni Sumitomo Consortium for coating services for Line 2 of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The South Stream Offshore Pipeline system is comprised of 4 pipelines that w