Fossil Energy
Kosmos to Spud Eagle-1 Well Offshore Morocco in 1Q 2014
Fastnet the listed E&P company focused on near-term exploration acreage in Morocco and the Celtic Sea, notes that its partner in the Foum Assaka license, offshore Morocco, Kosmos Energy , provided a Technical Update on its exploration assets on 14 November 2013. In its presentation to analysts and
AGR Celebrates 10th Anniversary of RMR System
Offshore technology provider AGR Enhanced Drilling is celebrating 10 years of its Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR®)system – trusted to reduce risk on more than 200 wells worldwide to date. RMR® is an innovative way to return mud and cuttings to the rig before the riser is run, without any discharge to t
Dana Gas Orders Offshore Platform for Zora Field
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas company, announced today that Adyard Abu Dhabi, a subsidiary of Interserve plc, has been awarded a $17 million contract for the fabrication of an offshore platform for the Zora Field Development Project which spans the territori
Statoil Evacuates Workers from Njord A Platform
Statoil on Saturday completed the airlift of personnel from the Njord-A platform, and all employees have been sent to shore. The de-manning was initiated as a precautionary measure since the platform is currently subject to weather restrictions, in connection with ongoing reinforcement work taking p
Polarcus Secures Multiple Seismic Survey Contracts
Polarcus Limited has received Letters of Intent from four undisclosed clients for separate 3D seismic acquisition projects offshore New Zealand, East Africa, and West Africa. The current contract backlog inclusive of the bareboat charter of Vyacheslav Tikhonov to SCF amounts to USD 190 million and t
Bureau Veritas: Offshore is More Than Only Marine and Oil & Gas
What is a classification society? What are its roles? What are the biggest challenges when it comes to the offshore sector?
Top News of The Week October 11-16, 2013
Allseas to Build Vessel Larger Than ‘Pieter Schelte’ Swiss-based Allseas has decided to build a second single-lift platform installation and decommissioning vessel. The new vessel, larger than Pieter Schelte, can remove all platform topsides in the North Sea which are beyond the capability of Pieter
TAQA Sells Stake in Gas Pipeline in The Netherlands
TAQA, the international energy company from Abu Dhabi, has reached an agreement with PensionDanmark A/S, the Danish pension fund, to sell its stake in the Noordgastransport B.V. (NGT) natural gas pipeline in the Netherlands. NGT consists of approximately 470 kilometres of offshore pipeline with a
CGG Wins Diskos Contract
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) and the oil companies in the Diskos group have awarded contracts for software and operation of the Diskos databases to CGG. The contracts apply for the period 2015 to 2020. The contract award is a result of a comprehensive public procurement process, in whic
Reef Subsea Extends ‘Polar King’ Charter
The subsea service company Reef Subsea has today exercised its option to extend the charter party for the subsea vessel “Polar King” with nine months. This extends the current contract until February 2015. Reef Subsea has an option of extending the contract for another 15 months. “Polar King”, owned
Bumi Armada Enters North Sea Market with Kraken FPSO Deal
Malaysia-based oilfield services provider, Bumi Armada announced today that EnQuest has via a Letter of Interim Agreement , confirmed its intention to award a contract for the supply and operations of an FPSO to Bumi Armada to operate in the Kraken field (UKCS Block 9/02b) in the UK sector of the No
ClampOn to Supply CEM Systems for Saipem’s Offshore Project in Egypt
ClampOn has been awarded a contract from Saipem for the supply of ClampOn Subsea CEM®, Corrosion-Erosion Monitors, offshore Egypt. This is one of the largest contracts received by ClampOn to date.
Center for Biological Diversity Calls for End of Offshore Fracking in California
Citing the use of hazardous hydraulic fracturing chemicals and the release of oil industry wastewater off California’s coast, the Center for Biological Diversity yesterday called on the Coastal Commission to halt fracking for oil and gas in state waters and press for tighter regulation of fracking i
Boskalis Raises Full Year Earnings Outlook
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) today announced it has concluded an exceptionally good third quarter. Revenue, adjusted for the sale of the 40% stake in Archirodon, and earnings were higher than in the first and second quarter of 2013 against stable market conditions. The order book incre