Fossil Energy
Speedy, Denholm JV to Provide Asset Management Services for Kazakh Oil Fields
Speedy today announces that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with J. & J. Denholm Group (“Denholm”) to provide asset management and equipment rental services to the extensive oil & gas sector in Kazakhstan, including the “super giant” fields at Tengiz, Karachaganak and Kashagan, three of th
Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Offshore Crewman (USA)
The Coast Guard suspended the search for a crewmember from the offshore supply vessel Dustin Danos, Monday. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report, Saturday, of a missing crewman last seen aboard the offshore vessel Dustin Danos wearing gray long johns and a white T-shir
ABS: Improved Fire Protection Guide for OSVs
ABS, the leading provider of classification services to the global offshore and marine industries, has released the ABS Guide for Enhanced Fire Protection Arrangements, as guidance for improved safety on offshore vessels and installations as well as oceangoing vessels. “Protection against fires on b
Brazilian Shipbuilder OSX Files for Bankruptcy Protection
OSX Brasil S.A. a Brazilian publicly held corporation which provides equipment and services to the offshore oil and natural gas industry, with integrated operations in shipbuilding, leasing of exploration and production (E&P) units and operation and maintenance services (O&M), hereby informs its sha
JX Nippon Gets Vietnam PSC Extension
JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation has announced that that 5-year extension of Block 15-2 Production Sharing Contract (“PSC”) has been granted by the Vietnamese government for its activities in Rang Dong oilfield of the block. Japan Vietnam Petroleum Company Ltd. (“JVPC”), a subsidiary of J
Sir Ian Wood Calls for New Oil & Gas Regulator in UK
Sir Ian Wood, recently retried Chair of the Wood Group, a multi-national engineering services company focused on the energy sector, has published his interim report revealing the economic and energy security opportunities still available from the UK’s offshore oil and gas resources. The “UKCS Maximi
Statoil Gets Licence to Drill in Barents Sea
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 7220/4-1, cf. in the Barents Sea. The well will be drilled from the West Hercules semi-submersible drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 7220/4-1 concerns drilling of a wildcat well in production
Ekofisk to Remain on Stream Far Longer Than Initially Planned
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the Ekofisk 2/4 Z facility on the Ekofisk field. The Ekofisk field in the Norwegian part of the North Sea will remain in production far longer than originally planned when the field was first put into production in 1970. This has created a ne
Transocean, Carl Icahn Come to Terms
Transocean Ltd. today announced that it entered into an agreement with Carl Icahn and certain investment funds managed by Mr. Icahn (the “Icahn Group”). Under the terms of the agreement, Transocean’s Board of Directors has agreed to propose and support at the Company’s 2014 Annual General Meeting (“
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 Schelte. Besides decommissioning, the vessel is desi
EMGS: Atlantic Guardian En Route to Mexico
Norwegian electro magnetic survey specialist EMGS today announced that the vessel Atlantic Guardian, which has been working on a multi-client campaign in the Barents Sea since mid-April is mobilising to the Gulf of Mexico. The vessel will join the BOA Galatea under the current contract for PEMEX. At
Repsol Sinopec Receives Drilling Permit for Campos Basin Block
Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) has given permission to Repsol Sinopec Brasil to operate an offshore drilling rig in the Campos Basin’s Block BM-C-33. The permit is valid until November 30, 2017. The institute did not reveal the name of the rig, but this co
North Atlantic Drilling Files for IPO on NYSE
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. (NADL, or the Company) announced today that it has filed its first amended registration statements with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with its initial public offering and concurrent offer to exchange previously issued unregister
Anti-Anadarko Flotilla Sailing Towards Drill Site Off New Zealand
The Oil Free Seas flotilla has set sail today from Auckland and Kaikoura, to confront Anadarko’s drillship over 100 nautical miles off the west coast of New Zealand. “Texan oil company Anadarko is due to start drilling around the middle to the end of November, using the previously untested drill shi