Fossil Energy
3D Oil Wins New Exploration Permit Offshore Tasmania
3D Oil Limited has been awarded a new exploration permit, T/49P in the offshore Otway Basin of Tasmania, bid on in 2012 Australian Offshore Gazettal round. T/49P covers an area of 4,960 km2 in water depths generally no greater than 100m. The permit is lightly explored covered by a broad grid of 2d s
Oil & Gas UK: Well Services Sector Booming
Oil & Gas UK’s survey of the well services sector published yesterday (23 May) reveals that companies delivering drilling, completion, testing and maintenance for oil and gas wells generated gross revenue of £1.9 billion ($3.05 billion) in 2012, the highest since records began in 1996. In line with
Petroceltic Disappointed with Bulgarian Offshore Well
Petroceltic International plc has provided an update on its western Black Sea drilling operations where the GSP Prometeu jack-up drilling rig has completed the first of four wells planned for this year. The Kamchia-1 exploration well offshore Bulgaria was designed to test a prospect located in the c
Petrobras’ Florim Well Holds Good Quality Oil
Brazil’s Petrobras has completed drilling and conducted a formation test in the well that discovered oil in the Rights Transfer area referred to as Florim, in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster. Well 1-BRSA-1116-RJS (1-RJS-704), informally known as Florim, is located at a water depth of 2,009 meters,
ConocoPhillips to Continue with Proteus-1 Drilling After Setback (Australia)
Karoon Gas Australia has announced that at 06:00 WST on the 23rd of May an 8-1/2” drilling assembly was being made up as final preparations are made to recommence drilling in the 8-1/2” hole section at the ConocoPhillips-operated Proteus-1 well, offshore W. Australia. Since the last update the 8-1/2
UK: Cygnus Field Accommodation Platform Job Awarded to BiFab
The Rt Hon Edward Davey MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in the UK, joined GDF SUEZ E&P UK in Aberdeen yesterday to witness the signing of another major contract with the UK supply chain for the Cygnus project. The deal with Burntisland Fabrication Ltd (BiFab) to construct the ac
Shell Orders Subsea Equipment for Stones Development (USA)
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Shell for the supply of subsea equipment to support the Stones field development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Stones is an ultra deepwater project located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 200 miles
Liwan Topsides Installation Nears Completion (China)
China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) is reaching the final phase of the installation of the 30,000-metric-tonne topsides on the jacket at the Liwan 3-1 field in the South China Sea, China Daily has reported. The news agency added that it has been informed by CNOOC that the progress has experi
VIDEO: Virginia Senators Introduce Offshore Energy Bill
Virginia’s U.S. Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) yesterday introduced The Virginia Outer Continental Shelf Energy Production Act of 2013. The legislation would expand American offshore energy production with a revised five-year leasing plan, and provide revenue sharing. The bill woul
BGP, TGS to Shoot Seismic Offshore East Africa
China’s geophysical services company BGP has signed a three year Cooperative Agreement with Norway’s TGS to acquire, process and market multi-client 2D and 3D seismic data in East Africa. The agreement includes an initial 2D multi-client 13,135 km seismic survey in west Morondava, offshore Madagasca
Wärtsilä Bags DEH Contract for Lianzi Project (Congo)
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has been contracted to supply its Direct Electric Heating (Wärtsilä DEH) system for Chevron Overseas Congo Limited’s Lianzi offshore development project, located off the Republic of Congo and Angolan coasts. The 9000kW system w
Ocean Rig CEO: ‘Outlook for the UDW Drilling Industry is Very Positive’
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., an international contractor of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced its unaudited financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. The Company reported a net income of $6.4 million, or $O.05 basic and diluted earnings per share. Also, the Com
Statoil Receives Permission to Drill Appraisal Well in PL 128 (Norway)
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 6608/11-8 in the Norwegian Sea. The well will be drilled from the Songa Trym drilling rig. The drilling programme for well 6608/11-8 relates to drilling of an appraisal well in production licence 128. Sta
Origin to Spud Vietnamese Well in June
Australia’s Origin Energy is getting ready to start drilling an exploration well in the Block 121, offshore Vietnam. According to Pan Pacific Petroleum, which owns a share in the block, the “Ocean General” semi-submersible drilling rig is now on tow to the area. Origin, operator of the block is expe