Fossil Energy
Dron & Dickson expands management team
Dron & Dickson, specialists in design, supply and maintenance of hazardous area electrical equipment, has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Lenny Collins as HSEQ manager and Bruce McHattie as UK wholesales operations manager. Lenny Collins will be based at Dron & Dickson’s hea
Sedco 712 rig moves to drill Lancaster appraisal well
Hurricane Energy plc, the UK-based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has started the mobilisation process for the Transocean Sedco 712 semi-submersible drilling rig to its West of Shetland location. The planned operation is to drill and
Sterling: Cladhan slightly behind schedule, but within budget
Sterling Resources today announced that the Cladhan development in the UK North sea, is proceeding satisfactorily, slightly behind schedule but within budget. First production from the TAQA-operated project is expected around the end of the first quarter of 2015. According to Sterling, which owns a
Ezion gets service rig charter deal
Singapore’s Ezion Holdings Limited has secured a charter contract with a value of approximately USD 35 million over a 3 year period to provide a service rig to be used by a Middle Eastern state-linked company to support its oil & gas activities in the Arabian Gulf. The service rig is expected to be
WHL Energy’s Seychelles farm-out approved
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited announced that the Republic of the Seychelles has signed formal documentation approving Ophir Energy plc’s previously reported farm-in to WHL Energy’s large offshore Seychelles exploration position. Under the agreement Ophir is farming-in to earn a 75% in
Niko Resources welcomes new Board member
Canada-based Niko Resources Ltd. has announced that Stewart Gossen, a 40 year veteran of the oil and gas industry, has been elected to the Board of Directors effective April 11, 2014. Gossen is a former executive with Vecta Energy Corporation, Enbridge Inc. and Home Oil Company. He is also the curre
CIMC Raffles delivers ‘HYSY 932’ jack-up rig to COSL
On April 16, 2014, CIMC Raffles delivered the “HYSY 932″ jack-up drilling rig to China Oilfield Services Limited (“COSL”) in Yantai, Shandong. “HYSY 932″ will proceed to start its operation in Bohai Bay. “HYSY 932″ is a Super M2 design jack-up drilling rig, based on a basic design by Friede & Gold
Large wave damages Ensco 8506 rig in Gulf of Mexico
The Coast Guard is overseeing response efforts for an offshore drilling rig that began taking on water into a ballast tank after a large wave hit them in heavy seas more than 100 miles south of Galveston. Tuesday morning the Coast Guard received a report that the ENSCO 8506, an offshore semi-submers
USCG: Deepwater Horizon response far from over
The Coast Guard federal on-scene coordinator (FOSC) for the Deepwater Horizon Response completed the transition to the “Middle Response” (“Middle R”) process today and opened active National Response Center (NRC) cases for three miles of coastline in Louisiana. “Our response posture has evolved to t
Technip, Heerema secure $3.5B Kaombo contract from Total
Technip and Heerema are taking part in the development of Total’s Kaombo project offshore Angola. The consortium, comprising Technip and Heerema Marine Contractors (Heerema), was awarded a major lump-sum contract by Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI)
Edison Chouest invests in offshore base in Brazil (VIDEO)
Brazil’s Prumo has signed a rental agreement with the US company Edison Chouest, which is going to build an offshore logistics support base and ship repair yard for its own vessels at Açu Port. Able to receive up to 12 vessels and serving the current clients of Edison Chouest, the base will be const
Unions: Chevron keeping head in sand over Gorgon costs
The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has joined forces with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in a global campaign to, as they say, build awareness over delays and cost overruns on Chevron’s Gorgon LNG project in Australia. The MUA says that the Australian Mines and Metals Assoc
Heerema completes Cygnus Alpha topsides
Heerema Fabrication Group has completed construction of the Cygnus Alpha topsides structure which will be a part of an offshore platform installed at the Cygnus field, in the UK North Sea. The 1,640 tonne Cygnus Alpha Wellhead topsides is now at Heerema’s Hartlepool yard loaded on a barge, waiting t
Caterpillar gensets to power China-built jack-up rig
Caterpillar Oil & Gas announced today that the Cat® C175 and Cat 3512 generator sets have been selected to power the first Zentech R550-D jackup newbuild for Alliance Offshore in China. Five Cat C175 generator sets, each with rated power of 1833 ekW at 1200 rpm, will be used as the prime power for t