Fossil Energy
Rolls-Royce deck machinery for Edison Chouest anchor handlers
Rolls-Royce has won a £50m contract to deliver deck machinery for four large anchor handlers for Edison Chouest Offshore. The vessels are designed by North American Shipbuilder Inc. and will be built in Brazil by Estaleiro Navship LTDA. The four vessels have been specially developed to operate in
Awe respuds Oi well (New Zealand)
AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, advises that due to operational challenges in managing near surface unconsolidated formations the Oi-1 exploration well will be abandoned and a new well, Oi-2, will be drilled from an adjacent location. As at 0
Former Diamond Offshore man joins Pacific Drilling
Pacific Drilling S.A. announced today that Michael Acuff joined the company as senior vice president of sales and business development, effective June 1, 2014. Acuff will be based in Houston and responsible for management and administration of all company sales, contract acquisition and corporate pl
Circle Oil spuds its first offshore well (Tunisia)
Circle Oil Plc has started drilling of the well EMD-1 on the offshore Mahdia Permit using the drillship PetroSaudi Discoverer. The well is located within the vicinity of many producing fields, including the Tazerka, Birsa, Oudna, and Halk El Menzel oil fields, and the Maamoura gas field. The well is
Maxoil Solutions names Corporate Strategy Advisor
Maxoil Solutions has appointed a Corporate Strategy Advisor to drive the company’s ambitious global growth strategy.
Costain wins Barrow gas project EPC
Costain, one of the UK’s leading engineering solutions providers, has won a contract with Centrica Energy for the provision of Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) services as part of Centrica Energy’s Barrow Gas Terminals Project. The Barrow Terminals Project represents a total investment
MAS Australasia wins Gorgon contract
AusGroup Limited subsidiary MAS Australasia Pty Ltd (’MAS ), a provider of scaffolding and associated services for construction and maintenance projects in the mining, oil & gas and infrastructure sectors has secured a contract for the supply of scaffolding material by CB&I and Kentz Joint Venture (
Cobalt hires Air Energi for support services in Malaysia
Air Energi Group, the global workforce solutions provider for the oil and gas industry, has been awarded a contract to provide global exploration company, Cobalt International Energy, with regional support services in Malaysia. The nine month agreement – with an 18 month extension option – will see
MCG, Exploro in Barents Sea survey
On the 5th of June, MCG and Exploro mobilized Guardsline’s Polar Surveyor for the Super High-Resolution MC2D survey in the Hoop area in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The survey will last approximately two months and final, broadband processing will be completed before year end. DownUnder GeoSolutions (
Glacier opens new workshop in Fife
Glacier Energy Services is expanding its industrial facilities in Scotland in support of ongoing growth in the energy sector, investing £1million and creating an initial 10 jobs with the opening of a new workshop and warehouse facility at Dalgety Bay, Fife. The oilfield service provider has moved in
Four gas discoveries for SapuraKencana Energy
SapuraKencana Energy (SKE) today announced four significant gas discoveries in the SK408 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.
Baron Oil’s EIA Approved for Block Z34 (Peru)
Baron Oil announced that the Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) has been approved by the Ministry of Energy and Mines. The license is now in the third phase out of five exploration phases. The third phase consists of 720 working units or 1 exploration well. The period is eighteen months. No fur
Oil worker who claimed seeing MH370 plane in flames fired
Mike Mckay, an oil worker who claimed he saw the Malaysian MH370 flight go down in March this year, received a contract termination as a consequence.
Ocean Star PSV begins Statoil adventure
Atlantic Offshore’s newly built platform supply vessel, the Ocean Star, has started its charter with the Norwegian oil company Statoil.