Fossil Energy
API: Expanding Access to Offshore O&G Development Receives Support (USA)
There is broad and bipartisan support from the public and policymakers at the state and federal level for expanding access to offshore oil and natural gas development, API said in a press release issued yesterday. API Director of Upstream & Industry Operations Erik Milito told reporters yesterday af
Dolphin Geophysical to Carry Out 3D Seismic Survey in North Sea
Dolphin Geophysical has secured a contract to carry out a 3D seismic survey in the North Sea from an undisclosed client. The survey will be acquired by the high capacity 3D vessel M/V Polar Duke, commencing in August for the duration of approximately five weeks. “We now have a full backlog for the S
NASA’s TTMS Increases Offshore Safety
A new fiber-optic monitoring system developed through a Space Act Agreement between NASA and Astro Technology Inc. of Houston is helping to increase safety for workers and reduce the risk of leaks and spills on two oil platforms off the coast of West Africa. The technology also has potential future
Pura Vida: Nkembe Block Holds 815 mmbo (Gabon)
Pura Vida Energy NL, an Australian-based African oil explorer , has completed an initial evaluation of the potential resources in the Nkembe block, offshore Gabon, West Africa which has resulted in the recognition of net mean recoverable prospective resources to Pura Vida of 815 mmbo. This resource
One Seismic Survey Done. Another on the Way (Falkland Islands)
FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands has provided the following operations update with respect to the ongoing 3D seismic programme. 3D seismic survey over the Cretaceous Fault Blocks completed The PGS M/V Ramfo
SeaEnergy Opens Offshore Ship Management Unit (UK)
SeaEnergy, the energy services group, announces today that it is launching a ship management company, SeaEnergy Ship Management Limited, to offer ship management services across the offshore energy sector with a particular specialism in “walk to work”. It has recruited the team which formerly operat
Discovery Offshore Gets More Time to Pay for New Jack-Up Rig
Discovery Offshore S.A. announced today that the due date of the final shipyard installment on the Discovery Triumph to Keppel FELS Limited has been extended to 1 August 2013. Discovery Offshore is a Luxembourg-based public limited liability company incorporated on 12 January 2011 for the purpose of
ROC: Bentara-3 Well Hits Hydrocarbons (Malaysia)
ROC advises that BC Petroleum Sdn Bhd (“BCP”), the company incorporated to operate and manage the Balai Cluster Risk Service Contract (“RSC”) in Malaysia, has drilled the Bentara-3 well to a total depth (TD) of 3,043 metres TVDSS. Bentara-3 is the fifth and final well in the current pre-development
Chevron North America E&P Gets New President
Chevron Corporation announced that Jeff Shellebarger has been named president of Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company, effective August 1, 2013. Shellebarger succeeds Gary Luquette, who will retire from Chevron after 35 years of distinguished service. Shellebarger, 56, is current
GE to Supply Equipment for Pemex’s Offshore Projects (Mexico)
GE Oil & Gas has signed an $84 million agreement with PEMEX Exploration and Production to supply and to install subsea wellheads for PEMEX’s deepwater and ultra-deepwater drilling projects in the Gulf of Mexico. This marks GE’s largest agreement with PEMEX for the supply of subsea high capacity well
Canada Approves Amendment to Husky’s South White Rose FDP
Canada’s Husky Energy has received regulatory approval for a development plan amendment for the South White Rose field, the third satellite extension at the White Rose field in the Atlantic Region. The approval marks the latest step in the Company’s strategy to maintain stable, high-netback producti
MWCC Introduces 10K psi Capping Stack (USA)
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) today announced the availability of a 10k psi capping stack for use in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The completion of the 10k psi capping stack – which stands 25 ft. tall including the necessary lifting gear and weighs approximately 50 tons – marks anothe
Atwood Condor Semi-Submersible Rig Hired by Shell (USA)
Atwood Oceanics, Inc. has been awarded a drilling services contract by Shell Offshore Inc. for the dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater semisubmersible rig, the Atwood Condor. The contract has a term of 39 months from the date the rig is assigned from Hess Corporation, which is expected to occur
Shell Orders Subsea Trees for Gulf of Mexico Projects
FMC Technologies, Inc. has received an order from Shell for subsea equipment for its portfolio of projects in the Gulf of Mexico. The scope of supply includes 12 enhanced vertical deepwater trees and controls. “FMC Technologies has been supporting Shell’s subsea requirements for nearly two decades,”