Fossil Energy
Incat Crowther delivers monohull Crew Supply Vessel to Barry Graham
Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of John Jacob, a 205’ aluminum monohull Crew Supply Vessel, for Barry Graham Oil Service of Bayou La Batre, Alabama. The vessel was built by Halimar Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. Driving factors in the design and build process included providing a mode
Premier hits oil at Kuda Laut well (Indonesia)
Premier Oil, a UK-based independent oil and gas exploration company, announces that the Kuda Laut-1 well in Tuna PSC offshore Indonesia has discovered 183 feet of net oil-bearing reservoir and 327 feet of net gas-bearing reservoir. Oil and gas samples have been recovered to surface. Following comple
BG Group’s Chief Executive resigns
BG Group today announces the Board has accepted Chris Finlayson’s resignation as Chief Executive and as an Executive Director of the Board with immediate effect, for personal reasons. Until a permanent replacement is appointed, Andrew Gould, BG Group’s Non-Executive Chairman, will take over as inter
Huricane spuds Lancaster (UK)
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has announced that the Lancaster horizontal appraisal well was spudded at 10:30hrs BST on 26 April 2014. The Company is using the Transocean Sedco 712 semi-submersible
Pancontinental: Second 2D survey off Namibia ends
Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL advises that a second seismic survey acquisition of 1,000km of 2D data has now been completed within its highly prospective offshore acreage in licence area EL 0037 offshore Namibia, southwest Africa. The 2D acquisition extends to the south beyond a recently completed 3D
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Baker Hughes weekly rig count: U.S. offshore rigs up by 2 from last week
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count report on Friday. According to the report the U.S. offshore rig count has increased by 2 from the last week. BHI Rig Count: U.S. + 30 to 1861 rigs U.S. Rig Count is up 30 rigs from last week to 1861, with oil rigs up 24 to […]
GMS to equip its two jack-up barges with NES technology
Norwegian Electric System has announced that the company has signed new contracts with Gulf Marine Services, Abu Dhabi, for the two new GMS S-Class self-propelled jack-up barges. The scope of supply includes the full diesel electric package including: – NES`Quadro Drive® technology. Possibly the mos
Seacor Senior VP, CFO calls it quits after seventeen years
Seacor Holdings Inc. has announced that Richard J. Ryan, the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, has communicated his intention to retire from the Company, effective as of August 1, 2014, after a highly successful seventeen year career with the Company. The Company named Matthe
WPP to sponsor Open House for OTC 2014
Worldwide Power Products, a power-generation equipment provider to industrial and petroleum clients worldwide, has announced it will sponsor an Open House on May 7 at its Northwest Houston headquarters (5711 Brittmoore Rd.). The event is timed to coincide with the Offshore Technology Conference, whi
RWE Dea Norge gets to drill third well in licence 420
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted RWE Dea Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 35/9-11 A, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 35/9-11 A will be drilled from the Leiv Eiriksson drilling facility at position 61°21’25.60” north and 3°40’44.56” east. The drill
Deep Casing Tools sets new manufacturing record in Q1
Deep Casing Tools has announced that the company has already exceeded the manufacturing output of 2013 within the first quarter of this year. Deep Casing Tools provides a range of innovative tools designed to land casing and completions at target depth within oil or gas wells. More than 70 tools hav
Lundin gets green light from NPD to drill wildcat offshore Norway
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for wellbore 33/2-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 33/2-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Artic drilling facility at position 61°59’30.76” north and 1°32’42.52” east, after complet
Rosneft to invest $3.1B on Far East exploration (Russia)
Rosneft President, Chairman of the Management Board Igor Sechin today took part in a meeting of the Governmental Committee on socio-economic development of the Far East in Khabarovsk under the leadership of Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The meeting discussed implementation of investment p