Fossil Energy
Bamboo-1 well bears no oil for Murphy (Cameroon)
Sterling Energy Plc has informed that no oil has been found at the Ntem Concession well, offshore Cameroon. Bamboo-1, the first exploration well to be drilled on the Ntem Concession started operations on 9 February 2014 and Murphy Cameroon Ntem Oil Co. Ltd (“Murphy”), the operator with 50% working i
CGG starts its largest multi-client survey in Norway
CGG has started acquiring a large BroadSeisTM/BroadSourceTM 3D multi-client survey in the Northern North Sea offshore Norway. The Horda survey will be the largest broadband multi-client program CGG has acquired in NW Europe as well as the largest multi-client 3D survey ever shot by any company in No
WHL Energy: Encouraging results of La Bella seismic survey
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has provided an update on the interpretation of data obtained from the La Bella 3D seismic survey acquired in the Otway Basin permit VIC/P67 (WHL 40% and AWE 60%), offshore Victoria, Australia, in late 2013. While further state-of-the-art and more detaile
UTEC supports Saipem’s pipelay operations at Ichthys project
UTEC Survey (Australia) Pty Ltd has been awarded the largest pipelay support survey and positioning contract in Australia, the company has announced. The contract was awarded to UTEC by Saipem and involves the provision of offshore survey and positioning services during the pre-lay, lay and post-lay
CGG releases reservoir modeling solution
CGG has released EarthModel® Builder, an affordable modeling solution that is used to improve efficiency, accuracy and flexibility for more realistic representations of the reservoir.
Congressman Pallone against seismic surveys in the Atlantic
Congressman Frank Pallone, the U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 6th congressional district, is opposing the U.S. Government’s plans to carry out seismic survey in the Atlantic Ocean. He last week sent a letter to Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminis
BSEE team inspects ‘Eagle Texas’ vessel
The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) last week sent a team of engineers and inspectors to carry out a safety inspection of the first FPSO (floating production storage and offloading) vessel designed and built for containment use in the Gulf of Mexico. The pre-production ins
NCS Survey names new Aberdeen business development manager
NCS Survey, an Acteon company, has appointed Simon Goldsworthy as business development manager in its Aberdeen office. Goldsworthy will be responsible for building relationships with existing and potential clients and growing NCS Survey’s presence in the offshore industry globally. Having been activ
Rolls-Royce to open new marine facility in Brazil
Rolls-Royce and UK Chancellor George Osborne have announced that the Group will further invest in Rio de Janeiro State to better support customers in the rapidly expanding offshore oil and gas industry. A new £22 million ($36.5 M) marine facility in Duque de Caxias will be used to assemble and test
S3 buys two ROVs from FMC Technologies
Specialist Subsea Services (S3) has announced the purchase of two new ROVs from FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics. The acquisitions, worth in excess of £4,000,000, ($6.64 M) form part of the company’s ambitious global growth plans and bring the total number of work class ROVs within S3’s fleet to
Crest Offshore and Westsea Marine sign JV agreement
Pacific Radiance Ltd. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Crest Offshore Marine Pte. Ltd., has entered into a joint venture agreement with Westsea Marine (S) Pte. Ltd., on 7 April 2014. Westsea Marine (S) is part of the Australia-based Westsea Marine’s group of companies. The Westsea Mar
Aibel scores topside engineering job for Catcher FPSO
Aibel’s Singapore office will perform topside engineering services for the Catcher project with BW Offshore Singapore. The scope includes detailed engineering services for around 7,800 tonnes of topsides modules for the Catcher FPSO (Floating Production Storage and Offloading). The project represent
Kashagan production restart depends on pipelines investigation results
Production from the huge Kashagan oil field in the Caspian Sea, offshore Kazakhstan may not resume this year. Following the start of production from the Kashagan field on 11 September 2013, the operations had to be stopped on 24 September, due to a gas leak in the onshore section of the gas pipeline
Eni renews Foster Wheeler contract
Foster Wheeler AG has announced today that ENI S.p.A. has renewed for a further two years its existing framework agreement with a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group. Under this agreement, Foster Wheeler provides basic design and front-end engineering design for