Loading operations of the first platform of South Pars gas field phase 12 started today in Khoramshahr, Iran. Managing director of Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC), Ali Taheri told Shana the platform with 3.26 thousand tons of weight and 4.410 square meters area will be i
TI Africa Limited, the owner of FSO Africa, has signed a new agreement with Maersk Oil Qatar AS (MOQ) for the provision of FSO services on the Al Shaheen field offshore Qatar. The contract has a fixed duration of five years beginning 1 October 2012 with an option granted to MOQ to extend the contrac
Dolphin Geophysical using its High Capacity 3D vessel, the Polar Duke is acquiring a new, long offset high resolution Multi-Client 3D seismic survey in the Levantine Basin offshore Lebanon. This project is in cooperation with Spectrum who has an exclusive contract with the Ministry of Energy and Wat
Managing-Director of the National Iranian Offshore Oil Company (NIOOC) Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh announces that his company is conducting negotiations over several deals worth 14 billion dollars. Zirakchianzadeh told Shana that the technical and financial aspects of the contracts had been finalized an
Gas production will start in South Pars gas field phases 17 and 18 this winter, an official said, adding that the gas will then be injected to the national gas grid after treatment at gas processing plants of phases 15 and 16 in Assalouyeh, the onshore installations of the South Pars gas field. Mana
Deputy minister of petroleum for planning and supervision on hydrocarbon resources says development contracts of 3 oil and gas fields, worth about 7 billion dollars, will be signed in near future. Speaking in a regular meeting of high ranking oil industry managers with media representatives, Mohsen
The final stage of loading Platform A, weighing 2800 tons, for Phase 17, South Pars Gas Field Development Project, began in Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Co.’s yard in Khorramshahr, in the presence of Eng. Rostam Qassemi. According to SHANA’s correspondent from Khorramshahr, after lo
Eurasia Drilling Company Limited, the leading onshore and offshore drilling service provider in the CIS, announces that it has been awarded a multi-year contract extension with PETRONAS Carigali (Turkmenistan) Sdn Bhd for drilling offshore Turkmenistan in the Caspian Sea. Effective from January 9, 2
Drydocks World, the leading shipyard engaged in ship repair, conversion, new building and offshore construction, announced the completion of conversion and upgrade of Jack-up Drilling Platform, Beynouna belonging to the National Drilling Company (NDC). The Rig arrived at the Dubai shipyard in late J
Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) will start exploratory drilling operations in the Eastern Mediterranean in 2013, Reuters has reported. The national oil and gas company of Turkey expects to begin the search for hydrocarbon reserves in Mersin and İskenderun Bays without the support of internation
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) announces that its associated company Smit Lamnalco has been awarded a significant annual contract by Petrofac to support Single Point Mooring operations 20 km off the Al Fao Peninsula for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP). The annual con
Offshore Solutions BV (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland NV, is to hold the third in a series of Marine Access Seminars in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday 26th September. The event will take place at the new Hilton Doha from 10.00-15.00 and will allow guests to learn about the sign
GeoGlobal Resources Inc. announced that the Myra-1 well reached a final Total Vertical Depth Subsea (“TVDSS”) of approximately 5,200 metres. Based on logging performed during the drilling, sands were encountered in the Miocene but they appeared to be water saturated and no significant quantities of
DNO International ASA (“DNO International”), the Norwegian oil and gas company, announced today that it has restarted production from the West Bukha field in Block 8, offshore Sultanate of Oman, at an estimated daily rate of 10,000 barrels of oil and 25 million cubic feet of gas following a five mon
