Fossil Energy
Bumi Armada Names New CFO
Malaysia based international offshore oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad announces has appointed former Maersk Oil man as its Chief Financial Officer. Kenneth Murdoch has been appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of Bumi Armada Berhad to succeed Shaharul Rezza Hassan wh
Oil & Gas Recruiter Petroplan Opens Sub-Saharan Africa Hub
Petroplan, the global recruiter for the oil and gas industry, is opening a new South African office. The office – Petroplan’s first in Africa – is located in Century City, a business development within the suburbs of Cape Town. It will act as a regional hub for Petroplan’s activities in Sub-Saharan
Kenz Cranes Delivers Cranes for Thistle Alpha Plaform
Kenz Cranes has delivered two identical 60t diesel-hydraulic Boom Hoist cranes to EnQuest on September 18th and October 24th of this year. After successful Factory Acceptance Testing, the cranes were sea fastened and shipped to the client’s Peterhead shore based facility in the UK. At this location,
Sonde Resources: No Cash, No Farm-Out (Tunisia)
Sonde Resources Corp announced today that the North Africa farm-out agreement with Viking Exploration and Production Tunisia Limited (“Viking”) has been terminated. Under the terms of the Assignment Agreement to Viking dated October 4, 2013 (the “Assignment”), Viking had 21 calendar days (until Octo
DNV GL Starts JIP to Promote ‘Walk to Work’ Approach for Offshore Sector
DNV GL is initiating a Joint Industry Project (JIP) to provide guidance on an alternative means of personnel transfer onto offshore installations. The “Walk to Work” (W2W) approach, where offshore installations are manned from a ship via gangway is being increasingly considered and used in the North
Bibby Offshore Ends IRM Works on Shell Brunei Assets
Bibby Offshore Singapore (BOS) announces the successful completion of extensive Inspection, Repair and Maintenance (IRM) work on Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) offshore assets. The project involved the inspection of BSP’s East and West assets and covered a total of 48 pipelines, with a combined length
DNS Holds Lunch and Learn (UK)
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil and gas decommissioning forum, will be hosting a lunch and learn to provide attendees with an insight into supply chain companies’ decommissioning capabilities. The lunch and learn will take place on Wednesday, November 27, at the Palm Court Hotel, Aberdeen, f
OMV to Spud Matuku Well This Week (New Zealand)
Octanex N.L. has reported that OMV New Zealand Limited (OMV),the Operator of the Joint Venture exploring PEP 51906 (Permit) in New Zealand, has advised the Company that the Matuku-1 well is due to spud within the next 5 days, most likely on Friday, 22 November 2013. The Permit is located in the of
Murray & Roberts Acquires Clough Shares
Clough Limited (ASX:CLO) announced that the proposal by Murray & Roberts to acquire all of the outstanding shares in Clough that it does not already own (“Proposed Acquisition”), was approved by the requisite majority of Clough shareholders, at the General and Scheme Meetings, held in Perth. This re
Mubadala Spuds Malida-1 Well Offshore Thailand.
Tap Oil Limited, an independent oil and gas exploration company based in Australia, today announced that Malida-1 well, located in the northern Gulf of Thailand was spudded on November 15. The Malida-1 exploration well is located in the G1/48 concession in the Gulf of Thailand approximately 5 kilome
Havyard to Build Offshore Icebreaker for FEMCO in Russia
Havyard has agreed a contract with the Russian shipping company FEMCO about design and construction of a Havyard 843 Ice, an icebreaking offshore vessel. The vessel will be designed by Havyard Design & Solutions in Fosnavaag, Norway, and is going to be constructed at Havyard Ship Technology`s shipya
Oil & Gas UK: Kraken Proves North Sea Has a Lot to Offer
Oil & Gas UK has welcomed the announcement that EnQuest’s Kraken development is to go ahead, a project set to recover around 140 million barrels of oil from the North Sea, secure thousands of jobs and generate billions of pounds of revenue for the Treasury over the next 25 years. The project, EnQues
DW: Necessity is Mother of Invention in Oil & Gas Industry
Unrecoverable reserves are the oil and gas industry equivalent of Tantalus’ fruit tree, plain to see but just out of reach, Douglas Westwood said in its DW Monday report titled “Increasing Oil Recovery”. According to some estimates, the industry recovers around one third of the oil in the ground.
KS Energy Secures Contract Extension for ‘Java Star’ Rig
KS Energy Limited has informed that its subsidiary KS Drilling Pte. Ltd. together with its Joint Operation partner, Pertamina Drilling Services Indonesia, has been notified of the exercise of 1 year option on their current contract for the “KS Java Star” jack- up drilling rig. By this exercise of th