Fossil Energy
Genel Awards Logistics Services Contract to Medserv (Malta)
Medserv successful in their bid to provide logistics and support services for the oil and gas exploration to take place in the Maltese waters.
Prosafe Secures Contract Extensions for Three Flotels
Prosafe and Elf Exploration UK Ltd have agreed an extension to the firm period for the provision of the Safe Bristolia accommodation support vessel at the Elgin-Franklin Facility in the British sector of the North Sea. The duration or the firm extension period is 61 days starting mid-October 2013. T
Ichthys FPSO to Receive MPPE Unit from Veolia (Australia)
VWS MPP Systems, subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, has been awarded a contract by a leading shipbuilder, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply a Macro Porous Polymer Extraction water purification (MPPE) unit for the Ichthys LNG Project’s Floating Production St
Wärtsilä Launches New Series of Thrusters
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, introduces a new series of both steerable and transverse thrusters that will further develop the current portfolio. The new Wärtsilä Steerable Thruster series (WST) is being introduced to replace the company’s Modular Thruster
BPZ Spuds Well at Albacora Field Offshore Peru
BPZ Energy has announced spudding of the A-18D development well at the Albacora field platform, located in offshore Block Z-1 in Peru. Drilling and completion of the well is expected to take up to twelve weeks. Targeted depth of the well will be approximately 12,000 feet subsea. BPZ Energy President
APPEA Advisory Board Gets New Chairman (Australia)
APPEA announces that Martin Ferguson AM has accepted the newly-created position of Chairman of the APPEA Advisory Board. APPEA Chairman, David Knox, said: “There are few people in Australia with such a comprehensive understanding of Australia’s oil and gas industry. “Martin is held in the highest re
Lundin Makes New Oil Discovery in Barents Sea
Lundin Petroleum has announced the flow test rate of the previously announced Gohta discovery of approximately 4,300 barrels of oil per day (bopd). Gohta is Lundin Petroleum’s first oil discovery in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The well 7120/1-3 operated by Lundin Petroleum was drilled on PL492
Lamprell Appoints New CFO
Further to the announcement of 28 August 2013, Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewable energy industries, confirms that Joanne Curin has now taken up her role as Chief Financial Officer for the Group and as
SOCO Wraps Up TGT-10XST1 Exploration Well Drilling Offshore Vietnam
SOCO announces that testing of the TGT-10XST1 exploration well on the H5 fault block of the Te Giac Trang (“TGT”) field is complete. The well, which exceeded all pre-test expectations, flowed at combined average maximum production from the three zones tested at over 27,600 barrels of oil equivalent
Oceaneering Orders Subsea Support Vessel
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced today it has commissioned the construction of a subsea support vessel from BAE Systems. Expected delivery of this vessel is by the end of the first quarter of 2016. This vessel will be U.S. flagged and documented with a coastwise endorsement by the U.S. Coas
BG Completes Pweza-3 Drilling in Tanzania
BG Group today announced it had successfully completed a drill-stem test in the Pweza gas field offshore southern Tanzania, concluding an intensive appraisal programme in Block 4. The Pweza field is approximately 70 kilometres off the Tanzania coast in some 1 400 metres of water. Initial results fro
Jackson Offshore to Construct Two PSVs for BP
Lee Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Jackson Offshore Operators, announced today that the company has entered into a multi-year agreement worth over $100 million dollars with BP America to build two Jones Act deepwater PSVs (platform supply vessels). The M/V SQUALL and the M/V LIGHTNING will be 252-feet
New Organizational Structure in Encana (Canada)
As part of its ongoing strategy development process, Encana announced today its new organizational structure and the members of its Senior Management Team who will report directly to President & CEO Doug Suttles. “The new organizational structure aligns with the core competencies needed to get Encan
Petrobras Orders Umbilicals Worth $260 Mln
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded new major contract worth a total of up to approximately $ 260 Million, related to a frame agreement for Umbilical products for offshore oil and gas extraction, by Brazilian oil company Petrobras. The awar