RigNet, Inc., a leading global provider of managed communications solutions for the oil and gas industry, announced that its subsidiary in Oman, RigNet Middle East LLC, has been awarded a Class III VSAT license. This license allows RigNet to serve Oman’s oil and gas industry, both onshore and offsho
Noble Energy, Inc. announced today that it has ended drilling operations at the Leviathan #2 appraisal well location, offshore Israel. During the drilling process, the Company identified water flowing to the sea floor from the wellbore. The source is a water sand that flowed behind the surface casin
Drilling operation of the first well at the South Pars gas field phase 14 will be started this week, the operator of the South Pars gas field phase 14, Mr. Galedari announced here. He went on to say that drilling appraisal well of the phase is scheduled to start at the end of the […]
A new threshold has been reached in the price of natural gas: $8.50 per million British Thermal Units (BTU) – the price reportedly … Source: Globes-Online [mappress] Source:Globes , May 16, 2011;
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured contracts to build two high-specification KFELS B Class Bigfoot jackup rigs from returning customer Gulf Drilling International Ltd. (q.s.c.) (GDI) of Qatar, worth about US$393 million. These latest contracts follow closely after Keppel FELS was awarded
Bontan Corporation Inc. provides the following update with respect to its indirect working interest of 5.23% in the Israeli project comprising the Sara and Myra licenses located in the Levantine Basin: Progress on Israeli Project: The Petroleum Commissioner in Israel approved to extend the validity
RWE Dea Egypt has announced a further gas find in the North El Amriya concession. The company, as operator, holds a 100% stake in this concession. The NEA 4x strike is about six kilometres east of the NEA 3x find confirmed in January in the offshore concession North El Amriya, some 40 kilometres nor
Lamprell , a leading provider of specialist engineering services to the international oil & gas and renewables industry, announces that during the first four months of 2011 orders have been secured from multiple clients to undertake a number of jackup rig upgrade and refurbishment projects, with a c
Kish gas field reservoir holds more than 70 trillion cubic feet of gas and it is thought the exact figure to be higher, the managing director of Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), Naji Sadouni announced. He went on to say that development of three phases of Kish gas field had bee
The load out operation for Reshadat field’s P4 jacket started on Wednesday 27, April 2011 at around noon and ended the following morning at 2:30 a.m. on Thursday. According to IOEC Public Relations Department the dimensions of P4 and its weight of 3200 Mt makes it an exceptional Jacket. The jacket w
Qatar Navigation, through its wholly owned subsidiary Halul Offshore Services Company (HOSC), announces that it has taken delivery of its newest vessel. Khalifa Mohamed Al-Hitmi, Chief Executive Officer of Halul Offshore Services Company, announced yesterday that the company will launch its newest a
Drydocks World will carry out refurbishment worth $3.3m onboard semi-submersible crane vessel Hermod belonging to Dutch company Heerema Marine Contractors, a service provider in the offshore oil and gas industry. The ship is 154 m long and 86 m wide and is one of the largest in operation. Its draft
Polarcus Limited has received a Letter of Intent for a 3D offshore seismic acquisition project for an undisclosed client. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will commence in Q2 2011 and is expected to run for approximately 100 days. As a result of this announcement the Comp
Minister of National Infrastructures Uzi Landau told “IDF Radio” (Galei Zahal) today that Israel will speed up construction of the gas … Read the interview at Globes.co.il [mappress] Source:Globes.co.il, April 27,2011;
