Fossil Energy
Petroceltic Awarded Exploration Permit in Central Adriatic (Italy)
Petroceltic International plc , the upstream oil & gas exploration company focused on North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, has announced an update on its activities in Italy. Central Adriatic – New permit award Petroceltic’s wholly owned subsidiary, Petroceltic Italia Srl, has
Citec Buys French Oil & Gas Engineering Consultancy Akilea
Finalnd’s Citec is strengthening its competence and offering within the oil and gas segment by acquiring the French oil & gas engineering consultancy Akilea Engineering. Akilea designs offshore platforms, oil refineries, pipelines and power plants. The company’s service offering includes engineering
Pacfic Rubiales Becomes Technical Operations Manager at Block Z-1 (Peru)
BPZ Energy , an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, today provided an update on offshore Block Z-1 in Peru. Platform monitoring and control system modifications to facilitate operation of the CX-15 platform before new drilling can begin are being worked on by the Block Z-1 pa
Eastern Shipbuilding Delivers OSV to Hornbeck Offshore
Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. announced the christening and launching of the M/V RED DAWN for Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. The event was held on February 15, 2013 at Eastern’s Allanton facility with hundreds of Eastern Employees and Guests. Attending from Hornbeck was President & CEO Todd Hor
FMC Technologies Bags Subsea Contract from Statoil (Norway)
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Statoil for subsea equipment for the Smorbukk South Extension Project, offshore Norway. The order has an estimated value of $96 million in revenue. FMC Technologies’ scope of supply includes subsea trees, wellheads, a manifold
52 Oil & Gas Firms Want Lebanese Offshore Acreage
Lebanon’s pre-qualification phase for the 1st License Round has attracted bids from 52 oil companies. The companies had until March 28, 2013 to send in their offers in closed envelopes. The applications came from 25 different countries all around the world. Oil majors such as Exxon Mobil, Chevron, E
Senergy Adds New Members to Its Management Team (UK)
Global-leading energy services company Senergy has enhanced its senior management team with a number of key appointments to consolidate its position for future growth. The company, which provides fully-integrated project and asset development services across the energy industry, anticipates creating
Apply to Construct Ivar Aasen LQs (Norway)
Singapore based SMOE, a subsidiary of Sembcorp Marine has awarded a Letter Of Intent for delivery of the Ivar Aasen Living Quarters to Norway’s Apply. SMOE is the Topsides EPC contractor to Det norske oljeselskap ASA for their Ivar Aasen field development. Apply’s business area LQ & Helidecks will p
Ulstein: Seven Viking Nominated as Ship of the Year 2013 (VIDEO)
The IMR vessel ‘Seven Viking’ has been nominated as ‘Ship of the Year 2013’ by the maritime magazine ‘Skipsrevyen’. ‘Seven Viking’ has been working for Statoil in the North Sea since February, and carries out a multitude of tasks including inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) of subsea oil insta
Apache Clinches 14 Offshore Blocks in Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale
Apache Corporation has announced that its subsidiaries were the apparent high bidders on nine shallow water blocks and five deepwater blocks in the recent Gulf of Mexico lease sale held by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Lease Sale 227, held March 20 in New O
Noble Energy Spuds Carla South Well Offshore E. Guinea
Noble Energy-operated I-7 exploration well on the Carla South exploration prospect in Block I was spudded by the Atwood Hunter semi-submersible drilling rig just before Easter. The news was reported today by PA Resources which owns a 5.7% stake in the area. The Carla South prospect lies on trend wit
Study: Oil Platforms Have No Influence on Contaminant Levels in California Fishes
Fishes residing near oil platforms in southern California have similar contaminant levels as fishes in nearby natural sites, according to two recent reports by the U.S. Geological Survey, which were conducted to assist the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in understanding potential consequen
Borgland Dolphin Contract Extended (Norway)
Dolphin Drilling has secured a contract extension for its Borgland Dolphin semi-submersible drilling rig with a consortium consisting of 8 oil companies, managed by Rig Management Norway AS. The contract, originally signed in September 2012, has been extended from a 15 well drilling contract to an 1
Prosafe Secures Contract Extensions for Its Rigs in Mexico
Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of accomodation rigs today announced that Mexico’s Cotemar Group has awarded Safe Britannia rig a 640-day contract until the end of 2014 and that the Jasminia contract has been extended to the end of October 2013. The total value of the contract and extension is approxi