Fossil Energy
Veripos Secures Offshore Positioning Contract in Singapore
Singapore-based Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO), a provider of offshore support vessels across South East Asia, Australia and the Middle East, has awarded Veripos a five-year contract for provision of high-precision GNSS positioning services in support of its fleet of 27 ships. Under the terms of the
Construction Deals for South Stream Offshore Section Expected in March, 2014
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee took part in the Board of Directors meeting of the South Stream Transport B.V. joint company in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) on Friday, January 24. The Board members noted a significant progress of the project. They approved the signing of p
Talisman-Sinopec Evacuates Buchan Alpha Platform
Buchan Alpha oil platform in the UK North Sea has been evacuated as a result of severe weather forecast. In an e-mail sent to Offshore Energy Today, Talisman-Sinopec, the operator of the Buchan Alpha, said that it had completed the evacuation of 75 workers on Sunday. “As per the installation’s Safet
ASL Marine Buys Miclyn’s Shipyard in Batam, Indonesia
ASL Marine is expanding its shipbuilding and ship repair capability and capacity with the acquisition of a shipyard in Batam, Indonesia. The company has through its wholly-owned subsidiary, PT. Sukses Shipyard Indonesia, entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Miclyn Express Offs
Report: Mexico’s Energy Reforms Could Attract $30B of Foreign Investments per Year
Mexico’s energy reforms will create “abundant opportunities” for U.S. energy companies and shrink the socioeconomic disparities between Texas’ booming metro areas and its border cities, according to the latest BBVA Compass research. Mexico’s Congress approved energy reform legislation last month tha
Air Energi to Provide Technical Manpower Services to Statoil
Air Energi Norway AS has been awarded a multi-year contract by Norwegian oil giant Statoil to supply administrative and technical consultants internationally. Statoil is an international energy company with operations in 34 countries and the leading integrated oil and gas operator on the Norwegian C
AGR to Grow its Share in Field Abandonment Projects
Norway-based oil and gas service company AGR is aiming to build on a highly successful year of offshore activity by further expanding its involvement in field abandonment projects. Having delivered several successful plug and abandonment contracts for exploration wells in the North Sea and the Norwe
Ramboll Takes Part in Kuvykin Field Development (Russia)
The development of the Kuvykin field in the Russian sector of the North Caspian Sea is taking shape. Denmark’s Ramboll will contribute with pre-FEED studies for a drilling complex and topside living quarters designed for operation in arctic conditions. The Yuri S. Kuvykin field is a gas condensate f
ONGC, Mitsui Team Up in Natural Gas Exploration Efforts
India’s oil and gas giant ONGC and Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will provide for cooperation in Exploration and Production for conventional and unconventional petroleum and natural gas opportunities in India and in third countries. The deal
ExxonMobil Extends AHTS Contracts in Malaysia
Malaysia’s Jasa Merin Sdn Bhd been awarded contracts extension by ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. for the provision of two 60MT Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels. The contracts extension, which will begin in early February, are for a one year period. The deal in total is estimat
GranEnergia Accepts Delivery of CSS Olympia
GranEnergia, the logistics and energy arm of Brazilian holding company GranInvestimento, has taken delivery of the Compact Semi-Submersible (CSS) Olympia from MAC Offshore. STXM and partners in CSS Designs Ltd. developed the innovative, CSS design over the past five years and this successful deliver
Oil from Statfjord C Platform Leaks into Sea
Norway’s Statoil has announced that gas detection was reported on Statfjord C Platform in the North Sea at 03.30 Sunday morning. The alarm was triggered by an oil leak. The site of the leak has been identified and the leak has been stopped. The crew of 270 people mustered at the lifeboats, but they
Salamander Energy: Bualuang Production to Resume in Early February
Salamander Energy has announced it expects production from the Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand to resume in early February. Production was stopped after a drifting FPSO damaged the risers at the field. Earlier this month, during bad weather conditions, the Rubicon Vantage FPSO drifted int
Faroe Petroleum Hits Oil at Novus Well (Norway)
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the UK and Norway, announces the results of the Novus exploration well (Faroe 30%). Operated by Faroe, the exploration well 6507/10-2S, which spu