Fossil Energy
EPC Offshore Names New Head of Business Development (UK)
Specialist oil and gas project management company EPC Offshore has appointed a new head of business development to expand the firm’s customer base across the North Sea and internationally. Jonathan White’s appointment is the latest in a series of new senior management positions amid strategic restru
Ferguson Group Makes New Management Appointements (UK)
Aberdeenshire-based Ferguson Group has started the New Year by strengthening its management team with a round of key appointments. The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers, refrigeration containers, accommodation modules and engineering modules to the global offshore energy, has s
Welltec Bags Total Angola Contract
Welltec Corporation, a Danish-based oil and gas services company, has been awarded a direct contract from Total Angola (TEPA) for the supply of conveyance and intervention services. Total Angola has awarded Welltec® a landmark, three (+1 +1) year contract to provide its pioneering conveyance and int
EnerMech Profits to Double (UK)
Mechanical engineering services company, EnerMech Ltd, doubled turnover in 2011 to £102 million, up from £50.6 million in 2010, according to its latest group accounts. The Aberdeen-based group delivered an £8.4 million profit (EBITDA) and forecast 2012 profits would almost double to £14 million on e
Aker Solutions Signs Subsea Construction Contract Offshore Brazil
Aker Solutions subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services has signed a contract to provide subsea construction services offshore Brazil. Contract value is undisclosed. An undisclosed customer will utilise Aker Oilfield Services’ subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer for a period of 230 days. Start-up of o
EU Working Against Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
The European Union yesterday introduced a new project which will boost security and the safety of maritime routes across seven African countries in the Gulf of Guinea. The Critical Maritime Routes in the Gulf of Guinea Programme (CRIMGO) will help governments across West and Central Africa to improv
PTTEP Hires Glen Affric Barge for Zawtika Project (Myanmar)
KCA Deutag, one of the world’s largest international drilling contractors, has been awarded a strategic new contract from PTTEP, the National Oil Company of Thailand, for the provision of drilling operations and maintenance services with KCA Deutag self-erect tender barge, the Glen Affric. The Glen
JDN Monorail BOP Handling Hoists Pass First Annual Inspection (Norway)
Four J D Neuhaus EH 60 air operated monorail hoists supplied for offshore BOP handling have completed 12 months satisfactory operation to customer requirements and have also successfully passed their first annual inspection. These hoists were supplied and initially mounted in Norway by Westcon Løfte
Rep. Markey: Shell Wanted to Avoid Tax Liability on Kulluk Rig (USA)
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is challenging claims by Shell Oil that they moved an Arctic drilling rig due to weather reports indicating a prolonged period of good weather, citing inconsistencies with reports from the National Weather Service and tax concerns that could have spurred Shell to attempt to
Wintershall Discovery Oil at PL 457 (Norway)
Wintershall Norge AS, operator of production licence 457, has completed drilling of wildcat well 16/1-16 (Asha Noor) and appraisal well 16/1-16 A. The 16/1-16 and 16/1-16 A wells were drilled about three kilometres east of the 16/1-9 discovery well in the Ivar Aasen discovery and about three kilomet
Songa Offshore Appoints New Directors
Songa Offshore SE, an international offshore drilling contractor, yesterday announced an extension of its Board of Directors with the appointment of two new independent directors, Arnaud Bobillier (56) and Steven James McTiernan (61). The newly appointed directors have extensive experience of the in
Ajek-1 Discovery Not Commercial, Niko Says (Indonesia)
Niko Resources has announced that the Ajek-1 exploration well in the Kofiau block, located offshore Papua province in eastern Indonesia, was drilled to a depth of 6,270 feet in 25 days, 32% faster than planned, and encountered 23 feet of pay over two target intervals, with additional thin bedded pot
Tidewater Buys Three Platform Supply Vessels from STX OSV (Norway)
STX OSV Holdings Limited, has announced that Tidewater Inc. has acquired contracts for three Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) under construction at STX OSV in Norway. STX OSV had originally secured the contracts for the design and construction of three vessels for STX Pan Ocean Co. Ltd. in 2010, and T
Boskalis Raises Cash to Finance Dockwise Acquisition (The Netherlands)
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has successfully raised EUR 320 million of equity at a price of EUR 33.00 per ordinary share. A total number of 9,696,969 new ordinary shares (the Shares) were placed, 4,896,180 through an accelerated bookbuild offering (the ABB Offering) and 4,800,789 thro