Fossil Energy
Chariot Oil & Gas Announces Board Changes (UK)
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic Margins focused oil and gas exploration company, today announces that Philip Loader, Non-executive Chairman, will become Executive Vice President for Global Exploration for ASX listed Woodside Petroleum Ltd on 1 July 2013 and as a result is required to step do
Exxon Orders Umbilical for Julia Field (USA)
Oceaneering International, Inc. (NYSE:OII) announced that it has secured a contract with Exxon Mobil Corporation to supply a production control umbilical for its Julia field development located in the Gulf of Mexico Walker Ridge block. The order is for an electro-hydraulic, steel tube umbilical appr
Woodside Farms Into Blocks Offshore Ireland
Woodside advises that it has had two separate offers accepted to farm-in to offshore blocks located in the prospective Porcupine Basin off Ireland. Petrel Resources plc has accepted Woodside’s offer to acquire 85% participating interest in Licensing Option 11/6 (comprising offshore blocks 45/6, 45/1
Free Seminar on Flexible Risers in Norway
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) will hold a flexible risers seminar in Stavanger on Tuesday, 26 November 2013. The seminar will focus on integrity, learning, sharing experience, continuous improvement and prevention of major accidents. The background for the seminar is a number of incide
Sevan Drilling Board: Seadrill’s Offer Too Low
After it was earlier today announced that one of the world’s largest drilling contractors, Seadrill Limited, had acquired 50.1 % shares in its rival Sevan Drilling, and after the company revealed it intended to acquire all of the remaining share in Sevan, the Sevan board of directors responded negat
No Azerbaijani Gas for Nabucco Pipeline
The Shah Deniz II consortium, which operates Azerbaijan’s largest offshore gas field, informed OMV, as a shareholder of NABUCCO Gas Pipeline International Gmbh (NGPI), about the decision on their preferred gas transportation route to Europe. The Nabucco West project was not selected by the consortiu
SapuraKencana Nets $2.7 Bln PLSV Contract in Brazil
Sapura Navegação Marítima S.A., Brazil (SNM), a company jointly owned by SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad and Seadrill Limited has secured $2.7 billion contract in Brazil. Under the contract, awarded by the Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras, SNM will build, charter and operate three Pipe Laying
Serica Welcomes Centrica Into East Irish Sea Blocks (UK)
Serica Energy plc has reached agreement with Centrica through its subsidiary Hydrocarbon Resources Limited (“HRL”) for the farm-out of UK East Irish Sea Blocks 113/26b and 27c (Licence P.1482), in which Serica presently holds a 65% interest. Under the agreement, HRL will acquire an operated 45% inte
UK Offshore Workforce Growing
Oil & Gas UK’s 2013 Offshore Demographics Report published yesterday (26June) reveals that the UK’s core offshore workforce, which comprises those who spend over 100 nights a year offshore, grew in 2012 to 25,760, the largest since the first report in 2006. Almost 57,000 people travelled offshore in
ROMAR Nails Two Contracts in South East Asia
Aberdeenshire-based oilfield service company ROMAR International has been awarded two contracts with a combined six figure value in South East Asia with two major oil and gas operators. This is the first contract win for the company since recently expanding into the region with local representative,
Statoil to Use Transocean Spitsbergen on Skuld Field, Norway
Statoil Petroleum as has received consent to use the Transocean Spitsbergen rig for drilling in the Norwegian Sea. The consent relates to production drilling and completion for the Skuld field in production licence 128. Water depth at the site varies from 343 to 360 metres. The expected start-up for
Bourbon Places Order for MacGregor Subsea Crane
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order for a 150-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane from leading offshore oil & gas marine services specialist, BOURBON. This builds on a contract that was secured at the end of 2007 from the operator for ten similar cranes. This crane will be de
ABB to Power Dana Petroleum’s FPSO
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has been awarded an oil and gas contract worth $20 million for providing power and automation technologies to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) built by the Chinese shipyard COSCO Nantong for Dana Petroleum. The contra
Seadrill to Launch Offer for Sevan Drilling Takeover
Seadrill Limited issued June 26, a mandatory notification of trade regarding purchase of shares in Sevan Drilling ASA. Following the notification Seadrill has today purchased an additional 116,934,875 shares in Sevan Drilling at a price of NOK 3.95 per share. Following the purchase, Seadrill owns (i