Fossil Energy
Equinox Loses Vessels and Petrobras Contract
Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard has acquired all the membership interests in Equinox Offshore Brazil Cooperative U.A and shares in Equinox Offshore ARV3 BV as EO ARV3 was unable to fulfill its payment obligations for the conversion of the accommodation and repair vessel ARV3 by Sembawang Shipyard. Th
Stork Wins IADC Safety Achievements Award (UK)
Stork Technical Services won the ‘Associate Member’ prize at this year’s IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) Annual Safety Awards. The award recognises an Associate members’ safety achievements over the past year which can include launching schemes to improve safety performance, technical or operational in
Det Norske: Jette Field Comes on Stream
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has initiated production from Jette field, offshore Norway. The first well, located in the North Sea, is in production, and with good results, the company has announced. This is the first oil produced by Det norske as operator, representing a milestone for the company. The
IPB Petroleum Gets Full Interest in WA-485-P (Australia)
IPB Petroleum Limited “IPB” announces that the Commonwealth-Western Australia-Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority granted to IPM West Pty Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of IPB Petroleum Limited) a 100% interest in Petroleum Exploration Permit WA-485-P for a period of 6 years, commencing 14 May 2013.
Hyundai Heavy Orders MacGregor Crane for Subsea 7 DSV
A new dive support vessel (DSV), optimised for operations in the North Sea, will feature three MacGregor offshore cranes, enabling efficient load-handling in the subsea environment
Hornbeck Orders Two MPSVs from LEEVAC
LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings LLC, has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC for the construction of two STX Marine SV 310 Multi-Purpose Supply Vessels. “These will be the twenty-third (23) and twenty-fourth (24) vessels to be built by LEEVAC for Hornbeck” says Christian Vaccari, Preside
Santos Preparing for BOP Testing at Winchester Well (Australia)
Santos Offshore Pty Ltd, the Operator of the Winchester-1 exploration well being drilled in the Dampier Sub-basin permit WA-323-P, offshore Australia, has announced that that at 06:00 hours (WST) on Tuesday, 21 May 2013, the well was at a depth of 2891m MDRT (measured depth below rotary table) and c
HRT Announces Sub-Commercial Oil Discovery Offshore Namibia
HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A., announces that its first exploration well (Wingat-1 2212/07/1) in a multi well offshore program in Namibia has found oil although not in commercial volumes. This well is located in Petroleum Exploration License 23 (“PEL-23”), in the Walvis Basin, offshore Republic
BMT Achieves Financial Growth in 2012 (UK)
BMT Group Ltd (BMT), the international design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has announced another strong financial performance for the year to 30 September 2012. By focusing on markets where it can deliver high-value customer solutions, revenues from BMT’s continuing businesses rose
Saipem Awards Oceaneering with Subsea Contract Offshore Egypt
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a contract from Saipem to supply umbilicals for the Burullus West Delta Deep Marine Phase IXa development located offshore Egypt. The order consists of ten subsea production control umbilicals totaling approximately 84 kilometers (52.2 mi
Ensco Welcomes New Directors (UK)
At today’s annual general meeting, shareholders of Ensco, a UK-based drilling contractor, elected two new directors to the board of directors of Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and passed special resolutions authorizing $2 billion in share repurchases and declassifying the board. The new board members are Rox
VIDEO: RWE Dea Wins Award for ‘North Sea Gold’ Documentary (Germany)
RWE Dea AG won the Silver Award at this year’s WorldMediaFestival for the documentary “North Sea Gold”. The film realised by Steinlein & Partner Filmproduktion last year, documents life and work on Germany’s only oil drilling and production platform Mittelplate located at the southern edge of Schles
Trøim Follows Fredriksen. Joins SapuraKencana Board (Malaysia)
Tor Olav Trøim, a Norwegian businessman and engineer, often described as the right hand of a Norwegian-born Cypriot oil tanker and shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, has been appointed as Non Independent & Non Executive of Malaysia’s oilfield services provider SapuraKencana. To remind, Fredriksen hims
‘WG Cook’ Seismic Vessel Refitted at Gibdock Yard
Gibdock, a shipyard located in Gibraltar, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, has completed a refit of the seismic vessel WG Cook for WesternGeco, reflecting the yard’s growing ability to attract return customers in the specialised offshore vessel market. WG Cook is one of six 12-streamer 3D