Fossil Energy
Saipem hires Ocean Fighter for ERRV services
Saipem has hired Atlantic Offshore’s Ocean Fighter vessel for ERRV services for up to 200 days. Saipem has recently received a contract to provide pipe lay services for the South Stream offshore pipeline using the Saipem 7000, a J-Lay vessel suitable for ultra-deep water that had already constructed
Golden Energy Offshore orders two PSVs in China
Norway’s Golden Energy Offshore has placed an order for two new platform supply vessels of Ulstein’s PX121H design. Golden Energy Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding contract with NANTONG RAINBOW OFFSHORE & ENGINEERING EQUIPMENTS CO.,LTD (ROC) in China for the construction of two PX121H Platfor
Dragon Oil reduces output target on drilling delays
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, has published a quarterly update on the drilling activity in the Cheleken Contract Area and its exploration assets in the first quarter of 2014. In the Cheleken Contract Area, the Dzheitune (Lam) B/155A sid
Noreco spuds Verdande well with Bredford Dolphin rig
Norwegian Energy Company ASA has announced that the drilling of exploration well 6608/10-16 on the Verdande prospect in license PL484 in the Norwegian Sea has started.
P-66: First of eight ‘cloned’ FPSO hulls gets out of dry-dock
The hull of the P-66 floating production storage & offloading unit has left a shipyard in Brazil.
DW: O&G demand will require many new development wells to be drilled
Douglas-Westwood’s new Drilling & Production information service is producing some interesting numbers, not least that meeting future global oil & gas demand will require massive numbers of new development wells to be drilled; in 2014 some 83,000, of which 80,000 will be onshore and 3,000 offshore.
Boskalis confirms ‘Black Marlin’ tilted in Malaysian yard
Dutch maritime company Boskalis has confirmed that one of its heavy-lift vessels was involved in a tilting incident in Malaysia. In an e-mail sent to Offshore Energy Today this morning, the company’s spokesperson said that the incident occurred at around 11.00 pm on 26 March, while the load-out of E
Premier Oil, AGR enter well services agreement
AGR has been assigned by Premier Oil to deliver a range of services within the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The contract period is for five years plus additional three years. The scope of the agreement covers Well Management and Well Planning Services for exploration drilling and field develop
Lundin to use Island Innovator on Gohta field
Lundin Norway AS will use the Island Innovator for drilling and production testing on the Gohta field. Lundin Norway AS has received the consent of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the Island Innovator mobile drilling rig for drilling and production testing of wildcat well 7120/1-4
Rolls-Royce to equip Bourbon’s Arctic AHTS
Rolls-Royce is to deliver deck machinery and engines to an arctic Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS) to be built by Vard for Bourbon Offshore Norway. The contract has a value in excess of £17M for Rolls-Royce. The deck machinery delivery from Rolls-Royce will consist of anchor handling winches
Matrix production buoyancy for Ichthys project
Matrix Composites & Engineering has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of McDermott International, Inc. in Australia for the supply of production buoyancy which will be used on the INPEX-operated US$34 billion Ichthys LNG Project. McDermott is the appointed main contractor for the subsea um
MultiClient Geophysical to shoot seismic over Hoop area, Barents Sea
MultiClient Geophysical ASA (MCG) will conduct a Super High-Resolution multi-client 2D MC2D seismic survey in the Hoop area, Barents Sea. The survey will provide oil companies with critical, detailed information for the prospect evaluations of the shallow Jurassic and Triassic prospects. The Super
Songa Offshore: Bad weather in Norway decreases rig fleet earnings efficiency
Songa Offshore, an international offshore drilling company, has announced its drilling rig fleet status update for March 2014. Songa Venus achieved an operational efficiency of 100% and an earnings efficiency of 98% during the month working for Mubadala Petroleum in Malaysia. Songa Mercur achieved a
AWE: Pateke well at 4,083m depth
AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZST) today, the Pateke-4H development well, offshore New Zealand, including the sidetrack section, was at a measured depth of 4,083m with the 9 5/8 inch casing successfully installed and cemented to a depth of 3,669m. Preparations are under way for