Fossil Energy
N.Sea Official Oil and Gas Industry Careers Website Marks First Anniversary (UK)
The North Sea oil and gas industry’s official career information website marks its first anniversary today (Friday, January 25th, 2013) by unveiling a new platform dedicated to targeting professionals with transferable skills. A pan-industry initiative led by Aberdeen headquartered OPITO, the sector
COSCO Delivers Posh Mogami Barge (China)
COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd (“COSCO Zhoushan”), has delivered a 150 meters Semi-Submersible Barge, “POSH MOGAMI”, to its Asian buyer. The Semi-Submersible Barge measures 150 meters in LOA (length of all), 40 meters in breadth and 10.5 meters in depth. [mappress] January 25, 2013
Better Coordination Between Ocean Industries Needed (USA)
Submarine cables are critical infrastructure for the modern world. Seabed access enables a subsea network such as Arctic Fibre to be built and operated to provide essential communications. Douglas Cunningham, Arctic Fibre CEO, emphasized that “The seabed is becoming more crowded. To ensure that ocea
Zaliv Launches PSV Hull of Ulstein Design
Ukraine’s Zaliv shipyard on 24 January 2013 launched a platform supply vessel hull built for Norway’s Ulstein Verft. This is the fifth in a series of six PSV’s of ULSTEIN PX121 design for Blue Ship Invest. The hull is now ready for towing to Ulstein Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway, for final constructio
Wartsila Names New CFO (Finland)
Marco Wirén (47), M.Sc. (Econ.), has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Management of Wärtsilä Corporation, effective 1 August 2013. Wirén has broad-ranging experience of financial management and international business management. He currently
Transocean John Shaw Arrives at Timon Prospect (UK)
MPX North Sea Limited announces that the Transocean John Shaw semi-submersible drilling rig has arrived on location to complete the drilling of the Timon prospect located in the UK Northern North Sea in Blocks 211/11b and 211/16b. The 211/11b-7 well was originally spudded in May 2012 before being su
Wärtsilä Cautious About 2013 Outlook (Finland)
Wärtsilä, a Finnish manufacturer of engines for ships and power plants, today provided a cautious forecast for the shipping and shipbuilding market in 2013. The contracting outlook remains challenging for certain ship types, such as bulk carriers, due to the remaining overcapacity. Overall, the cont
Apache Promotes Executives to Support Growth (USA)
Reflecting its expanding worldwide operations, Apache Corporation has promoted executives to lead new growth initiatives. Since 2010, Apache has completed more than $16 billion in acquisitions across its global portfolio. In addition, Chevron recently joined the Kitimat LNG project — a move that is
AGC Wins Additional Fabrication Work on Chevron’s Gorgon Project (Australia)
AusGroup Limited subsidiary AGC Industries Pty Ltd (“AGC”), a leading Australian based construction and fabrication company announced it has been awarded additional fabrication work to the value of approximately AUD20 million on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project, taking the total contract value to
SEAS Christens FSIV Bourbon Shamal (Vietnam)
FSIV BOURBON SHAMAL was christened on Saturday, January the 12th, by SEAS in Vietnam, prior to her ship-owner handover. BOURBON SHAMAL is a 53m FSIV, the largest of PIRIOU In-house designed FPSV comprehensive range, which includes vessels from 19m to 53m. BOURBON currently has a fleet of 30 Fast Sup
Namibian Authorities Approve Galp-HRT Farm-Out Deal
HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. announces that, the assignment of a 14% participating interest in the exploratory rights over three (3) offshore Petroleum Exploration Licences (PEL) in Namibia to Galp Energia, was approved by the Minister of Mines and Energy (“MME”) of the Government of Namibia.
Ichthys Project: Steel Cutting for The World’s Largest Semi-Submersible Platform
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project (the Project) is on track to achieving first gas by the end of 2016 with the first steel cutting today by Samsung Heavy Industries for what will be the world’s largest semi-submersible platform. The 150 metre by 110 metre large central processing facility (CPF)
Lundin’s Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Well Hits 30m Oil Column (Norway)
Lundin Petroleum, a Swdwn-based oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that the Johan Sverdrup appraisal well 16/2-16AT2 in PL501, located in the North Sea sector of the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), is successfully completed. Well 16/2-16AT2 was drilled in PL501 as a sid
Mermaid Secures Subsea Construction Work in China
Mermaid Offshore Services Limited (“MOS”) has been awarded another subsea construction services contract in China with China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. (“COOEC”). The contract is scheduled to commence in March 2013 for a duration of approximately six months. Contract revenues are expected to