Fossil Energy
Fabricom: 1 Million Man Hours without LTI
Fast-growing facilities engineering company, Fabricom Offshore Services, has marked a major safety milestone after recording one million man hours worked without a single reportable incident or Lost Time Incident (LTI). The achievement spans Fabricom’s five-year history as well as work carried out o
UTEC Signs GWF Survey Support Contract (Australia)
Leading independent offshore survey company UTEC has inked the survey support contract with a major international pipelay contractor. This project encompasses pre-lay, installation support and as-built survey support on the Greater Western Flank (GWF) development off the North-west coast of Australi
CGG Begins New 3D Seismic Acquisition Program in North Sea
CGG has commenced acquisition of a new, highly pre-funded 3D multi-client program in the Central North Sea (CNS) using BroadSeisTM, its broadband marine solution, with BroadSourceTM, its broadband source option, to deliver superior imaging for enhanced interpretation. Quad 30 Phase 7 of CGG’s Corner
Statoil to Remove Esvagt Cobra Standby Vessel (Norway)
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to remove the dedicated Esvagt Cobra standby vessel when drilling well 30/9-J AH on Oseberg Sør. The Borgland Dolphin sesmi submersible rig is currently chartered to a company consortium to drill a number of wells on the Norwegian shelf. A dedicate
ADTI Hires Energy Endeavour Jack-Up Rig for N. Sea Drilling (UK)
Northern Offshore, Ltd. reported today that its subsidiary, Northern Offshore U.K. Limited, was awarded a contract with ADTI for the jackup Energy Endeavour. The contract, for operations in the UK Sector of the North Sea, is for a one-well program with an expected duration of sixty days, and is sche
Rocksource ASA to Drill in PL 506 S with Borgland Dolphin
Rocksource ASA has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 26/5-1 with the Borgland Dolphin semi submersible drilling rig. Well 26/5-1 will be drilled in production licence 506 S in the North Sea. Rocksource is the operator, and Petoro, Petrolia Norway and Valiant are the other li
Statoil Uses Ocean Vanguard for Drilling at Johan Sverdrup, Norway
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling with the Ocean Vanguard semi submersible rig on well 16/2-17 S at the Johan Sverdrup field. 16/2-17 S is an appraisal well located in the North Sea, in production licence 265. Water depth at the site is 111 metres.
Woodside Reports Record Full Year Profit (Australia)
Australia’s Woodside today reported a record full-year profit after tax of $2,983 million, up 98% (2011: $1,507 million) An underlying net profit after tax of $2,061 million was achieved (up 25% compared to previous year), excluding non-recurring items. These results were underpinned by a 31% increa
Allseas Gains Realtime Insight into Logistics Process
Offshore company Allseas, a specialist in offshore pipeline installation and subsea construction, has signed for the delivery of a supply chain forwarding portal by logistics software supplier Yellow Star Solutions. The system will assist Allseas to centrally manage their logistics processes. The su
African Petroleum Makes Oil Discovery Offshore Liberia
African Petroleum Corporation Limited announces a discovery at the Bee Eater-1 well, offshore Liberia. The well was designed to test the Turonian fan by way of a large step out of 9-5 km west of the original Narina-1 oil discovery and has encountered 48 metres of Narina equivalent oil bearing Turoni
Anadarko Appoints New Chairman
Anadarko Petroleum, a U.S.-based independent exploration and production company has announced that Al Walker has been elected Chairman of the Board, effective at the end of Anadarko’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 14, 2013. He also will continue to serve as President and CEO. Walker, 56, wil
Pacific Drilling Gets $1 Bln Loan to Pay for Construction of New Drillships
Offshore drilling contractor Pacific Drilling S.A. has signed a $1 billion senior secured credit facility agreement to finance construction of the Pacific Sharav and Pacific Meltem. The term loan made pursuant to the credit facility will have a maturity of 5 years from the delivery date of the Pacif
Petrobras: Oil Production Starts from Bauna Field
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has put into operation the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí, starting oil production in offshore block BMS-40 Baúna field, in the post-salt cluster of Southern Santos Basin. The FPSO is connected to well 9-SPS-88, which can produce up to 12,000 barrels per day. O
TE SubCom Provides Subsea Cable System for Chevron’s Big Foot TLP
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity Ltd. company and an industry pioneer in undersea communications technology, has announced that work is underway for Chevron U.S.A. Inc.’s Big Foot offshore facility undersea fiber optic communications system in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Under terms of a contract