Damen Shipyards and Smit Lamnalco have today signed a contract for delivery of three tug boats. The signing ceremony took place at Damen Shipyard’s booth at the SMM 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. Phil Cornish, Smit Lamnalco Technical Manager, Andrew Brown, Smit Lamnalco Business Development Manager and A
Managing director of National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC), says 1.202 oil and gas wells which totals 2.724 million meters have been drilled during the 9th and 10th administrations, headed by president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad since 2005. Elaborating on drilling oil and gas wells, NIDC’s managing dire
The first SP-12 platform, as the biggest phase of the gas field, is going to be installed in two months’ time. The construction of the first SP-12 platform is close to be completed in Khorramshahr Yard and the platform is planned to move towards the installation site (Assalouyeh) within the next mon
Schlumberger announced today the release of the Rhino XC* on-demand reamer. This next-generation reaming tool provides unlimited activation of the flow actuation system to reliably enlarge boreholes. Building on Rhino XS* hydraulically expandable reamer technology, the Rhino XC reamer actuation syst
Lamprell, has completed construction of the jackup rig Makasib and has delivered the rig to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (‘NDC’). Completion of the jackup rig, within budget, was marked at a ceremony at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE on 12 July. Yesterday, August 23, the rig depart
Seismic surveys are the primary means by which geologists find possible places where oil or gas is hiding underground. They involve digitally processing recordings of seismic waves — essentially sound waves — to create images of rock layers.
After Dolphin Geophysical last week announced it would, together with Spectrum, start the the acquisition of a new Multi-Client 3D seismic survey in the Levantine Basin offshore Lebanon, Spectrum has today provided a more detailed insight into the project. Under contract to the Ministry of Energy an
DNO International, an oil and gas company headquartered in Norway, has announced that the company has been working vigorously to bring the West Bukha field in Oman’s offshore Block 8 to production. In Block 8 located in the Strait of Hormuz, DNO has addressed a blockage since late March in the 12-in
Dolphin announced a new 3D Multi Client survey in cooperation with Spectrum to be acquired by the high capacity seismic vessel, M/V Polar Duke. The survey is located offshore Lebanon and will have a minimum size of 1,500 square kilometres. The acquisition is scheduled to finish within September, and
Sadra Shipbuilding Plant in Busher has launched its second barge for transportation of platform jackets for the offshore South Pars field developments, Pars Oil and Gas company reports. Mahdis II, a 1,500-metric ton (1,654-ton) vessel, is 84 m (275 ft) long, with a breadth of 27 m (88 ft), height of
Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, has today signed a contract worth approximately US$100 million to provide offshore operations and maintenance services for the Iraq Crude Oil Expansion Project. Awarded by Iraq’s South Oil Company (SOC), the 12-month contract will commence foll
International mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, has signed a joint venture agreement with Saudi based Shoaibi Group to form EnerMech Saudi Arabia Limited (EnerMech S.A. Ltd). Based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, EnerMech S.A. Ltd will provided crane, hydraulics, valves, process, pipelines and umb
Renaissance Subsidiary, Topaz signs over $65 million of new charters and announces the acquisition of two AHTS.
GeoGlobal Resources Inc. yesterday announced as the Operator of the Myra-1 well, that there has been a stuck pipe incident while drilling the well which could not be released. “As we could no longer continue the drilling according to the original plan, after consultation with the partners, we decide
