Fossil Energy
Antrim Energy Upgrades Licensing Option to FEL (Ireland)
Antrim Energy Inc., a Canada-based international exploration and production company, today announced approval has been received from the Irish Government for the conversion of Licensing Option 11/5 (Antrim 25%) in the Porcupine Basin offshore Ireland’s west coast to a Frontier Exploration Licence (“
MEO Australia Completes Assessment of Beehive Prospect
MEO Australia Limited has completed its assessment of the Beehive prospective resource estimates in its recently awarded, 100% owned WA-488-P. The estimated prospective recoverable resources for the two objectives in the Beehive prospect: MEO’s CEO and MD Jürgen Hendrich commented on the announcemen
Top News of the Week July 8 – 13, 2013
Top News of the Week July 8 – 13, 2013
Ukraine, Exxon Discuss Energy Cooperation Options
The First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Serhiy Arbuzov has held a meeting with representatives of ExxonMobil. During a meeting the parties discussed cooperation possibilities between Ukraine and ExxonMobil in the energy sector. The main point of the talks were preparations for the signing of the Pr
ConocoPhillips Accepts Delivery of 8,000t Wellhead Platform
Aker Solutions today handed over an 8,000-tonne wellhead platform for installation at the ConocoPhillips-operated Ekofisk field in the North Sea. The Ekofisk 2/4-Z platform is 75 metres in length, 43 metres in width and 30 metres in height. It will now be transported to the Ekofisk field from Aker S
Clair Ridge Quarters Utility Jacket Leaves Kvaerner Verdal Yard
Norwegian Kvaerner yard this morning held a sail away ceremony for yet another jacket built for an oil industry client. The 9.400 tonnes Quarters Utility jacket, loaded on a Heerema-owned barge, will be deployed at the Clair Ridge project in the UK, on its location west of the Shetland Islands. “Thi
Noble Nets Drilling Contracts in Arabian Gulf
Noble Corporation, a Swiss-headquartered drilling contractor which recently announced it was contemplating a move to the UK, today announced it has secured two drilling contracts in the Arabian Gulf. The contracts are for the Noble Dhabi II and Noble Jimmy Pucket jack-up drilling rigs. The Dhabi II
Oilex Scraps Timor Sea PSC Amid Maritime Border Disputes
Oilex Ltd , in its capacity as Operator, on behalf of the Joint Venture Participants to the Joint Petroleum Development Area (“JPDA”) 06-103 Production Sharing Contract in the Timor Sea, has today submitted to the Autoridade Nacional do Petróleo (“ANP”) a request to terminate the PSC by mutual agree
KrisEnergy Launches IPO in Singapore
KrisEnergy Ltd. , an independent upstream oil and gas company focused on the exploration for, and development and production of, oil and gas in Southeast Asia, today announces that it has registered the Prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore in connection with the Company’s initial publ
Oil and Gas Industry Students Competing for £2000 Prize
Around 50 students from across Europe are to take part in the inaugural Society of Petroleum Engineers Europe Petro League, which is to be hosted by the Aberdeen Section during Offshore Europe. This competition is the first of its kind in Europe and will bring together those studying oil and gas rel
BP to Use Island Constructor for Skarv Field Well Intervention, Norway
BP Norge AS (BP) has received consent to use Island Constructor for well intervention on the Skarv field in the Norwegian Sea. The consent covers work on well 6507/3-D-2H at Skarv field. The operation has an estimated duration of one month. The Island Constructor is operated by Island Offshore Manag
PSA Norway Launches List of Knarr FPSO Irregularities
From 11 to 14 June 2013, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of Teekay Petrojarl (TKPJ) and the company’s design and building of Knarr FPSO. The activity concerned the areas of working environment and logistics (materials handling, cranes, lifting appliances and lifting
Seascape Charters ‘MEO Rover’ PSV for ROV Support Works
Miclyn Express Offshore announces that the MEO Rover, a 2,000 DWT Platform Supply Vessel under construction in the Company’s Batam Shipyard, has been awarded a three year charter with Seascape Surveys, a business unit of Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited, for the provision of ROV and full subs
TSC, Lanshi Equipment to Jointly Bid for Offshore Rig Tenders
On 11 July, 2013, TSC Group Holdings Limited signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Lanzhou Lanshi Oil Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd (“Lanshi Equipment”) , which marks the formal establishment of the strategic alliance between both parties. The two parties will cooperate on equipment supply,