Fossil Energy
First Subsea’s Mooring Connectors for LLOG’s Delta House Platform
Deepwater mooring specialist, First Subsea has been awarded a contract by LLOG Exploration to supply the subsea mooring connectors for the Delta House semi-submersible floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. The FPS will be located in Mississippi Canyon 254 in 4,500ft (1,373 m) water
ConocoPhillips Gets New Crane for Tyonek Platform Off Alaska
Sparrows Manufacturing has announces that they recently shipped crane S/N: 1208, an EC 800 with 100ft boom, to ConocoPhillips’ Tyonek Platform offshore Alaska. The crane is the 2nd supplied to platform and the first of the new EC800 lattice boom model to be built. Related: ConocoPhillips Pays $18 Ml
SPEX Group to Develop Emergency Severance Tool for Shell (UK)
SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-headquartered provider of innovative technology solutions and services to the global oil and gas industry, has secured a further multi-million dollar contract with Shell for the development of a subsea tool. The Emergency Severance Tool (EST) is due to undergo final field tes
Unique Hydra, In Situ Sign CPT Rental Agreement (South Africa)
Unique Hydra, a Unique Maritime Group (UMG) company which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers has recently signed an agreement with In Situ Site Investigations (In Situ) based in Battle East Sussex, United Kingdom to offer rental Cone Penetration T
Jette Continues to Boost Det norske Oil Production (Norway)
Det norske, a Norwegian, privately-held, oil and gas company today announced that the company’s physical production in June was 9,655 barrels per day. In May, Det norske’s production increased by over 250 percent, spurred mainly by the start of production from the Jette field. The first well on the
Fitch Downgrades OGX Rating to CCC. Outlook Negative
Fitch Ratings views OGX Petroleo e Gas Participacoes S.A.’s (OGX) decision to cease the development of its Turbarao Azul Field as neutral to negative for the company’s credit quality given the already sluggish production performance and tightening liquidity position. On July 1, 2013, OGX announced i
Ophir Drilling towards Total Depth at Starfish Well (Ghana)
Australian oil and gas company Tap Oil Limited today announced that the 17½” (444.5mm) hole section of the Ophir Energy-operated Starfish-1 oil exploration well in the Offshore Accra Contract Area, Ghana, was drilled to final total depth. The 13 ⅜ ” ( 340 mm) casing was run and set at 3,035 metres a
Woodside Lowers 2013 Production Target
Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Woodside announced that its 2013 production target range has been revised to 85 to 89 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe). The previous target range was 88 to 94 MMboe. There are two principal reasons for the change. Firstly, there has
Ophir, BG Hit Gas at Ngisi Well Offshore Tanzania
Ophir Energy plc announces the successful results of its Ngisi drilling programme, Block 4 Tanzania and the upgrade of the recoverable resource across the Chewa-Pweza-Ngisi hub in Block 4 to 4.5 TCF. Ophir holds 40% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4. BG Group operates with 60%. Ngisi discovery, successful Chewa
Shell Makes Gulf of Mexico Oil Discovery
Shell today announces a successful exploratory well at Vicksburg in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The well is located 75 miles (120 kilometers) offshore in the De Soto Canyon Block 393 in 7,446 feet (2,269 meters) of water. It was drilled to a total depth of 26,385 feet (8,042 meters) and encountere
Wood Group Buys Pyeroy (UK)
Wood Group announces the acquisition of Pyeroy Group Limited , a provider of specialist coatings, access and fabric maintenance services to the oil & gas, marine and rail industries. Headquartered in Gateshead, UK, Pyeroy was founded in 1973 and employs approximately 1,800 personnel at eight locatio
Petrobras Sets Pre-Salt Production Record. Total Output in May Down 2 Pct (Brazil)
Petrobras, Brazil’s state-run oil and gas corporation, on May 18, set a new pre-salt production record, with an output of 322,100 barrels of oil per day (bpd), 11,000 bpd up on the previous record of 311,500 bpd (April 17). In addition to encouraging figures for pre-salt production, the company also
Wilson Sons to Build 2 OSRVs and One PSV for Geonavegação
Brazil’s Wilson Sons Limited has signed a contract with Geonavegação S.A., wholly owned subsidiary within the Georadar Group, for the construction of two Oil Spill Recovery Vessels (“OSRV”) with 1,080 m³ of recovered oil storage capacity and one Platform Supply Vessel (“PSV”) with deadweight of 5,00
Aker Solutions to Provide Drilling Package for Mariner Platform
Aker Solutions won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) to deliver a drilling equipment package for the production platform at the Mariner oilfield in the UK North Sea. The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the order, which includes a complete topside equipment