Fossil Energy
DeepOcean Secures $18 Mln Contract from Statoil (Norway)
DeepOcean AS, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded a call-off under the current long-term frame agreement for offshore Light construction and survey services for Statoil. Estimated contract value is more than NOK 100 million (approximately 18 million). The frame agreement includes servi
Scana to Deliver Equipment for FPSO Applications in South Korea
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Skarpenord, been awarded contracts to deliver actuators and control systems to customers in South Korea and China for FPSO and LNG/LPG applications. The value of the contracts is 15 MNOK. Scana Skarpenord has through its strategic positioning emp
Production Resumes at Victoria Field, Bridge Energy Says
Bridge Energy today announced that production from Victoria field, located in the southern sector of the North Sea, off UK, has resumed. The production had been shut since November 30, because the gas export infrastructure system used by the Victoria field was unavailable. The system is now fully op
OMV Petrom Hires GSP Jupiter Rig (Romania)
Romania’s GSP Offshore has secured a new contract in the Black Sea for GSP Jupiter rig. GSP Jupiter shall provide light side track services offshore Romania for OMV Petrom on the Romanian continental shelf. The rig has successfully completed the works under the contract with Sterling Resources. The
Noble, U.S. Coast Guard Working to Fix Drillship Issues
Noble Corporation has announced that it is working cooperatively and diligently to rectify deficiencies and maintenance issues raised by the U.S. Coast Guard during a recent inspection of the Company’s drillship, the Noble Discoverer. The inspection followed a successful drilling season in offshore
Aker Solutions to Make Modifications to Gullfaks South Topside
Aker Solutions has been awarded a topside modification contract by Statoil to increase oil recovery at Gullfaks South. Estimated contract value is NOK 180 million (USD 32.3 million) . The main object of the project is to deliver topside modification for tie-in of two new templates, located at Gullfa
McMoRan to Re-Perforate Davy Jones Well (USA)
McMoRan has announced that operations to achieve commercial production at Davy Jones No. 1 on South Marsh Island Block 230, in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Shelf, are ongoing. Recent operations designed to unblock the perforations using a propellant stimulation gun had limited succ
Adira Gets More Time to Find Drilling Rig (Israel)
ADIRA ENERGY LTD has announced that the Ministry of Energy and Water of the State of Israel (the “Ministry”) has granted an extension of the date for the execution of a drilling contract of the first well on the Yitzhak offshore license from December 31, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Jeffrey E. Walter, Chi
Chevron Makes Two Gas Discoveries Offshore W. Australia
Chevron Corporation today announced further drilling success by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, a premier hydrocarbon basin. The Pinhoe-1 exploration discovery well encountered approximately 197 feet (60 meters) of net gas pay in the Barrow and Mungaroo
Keppel Secures Three Contracts Worth $343 Mln (Singapore)
Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd’s (Keppel O&M) subsidiaries have secured three new contracts – worth a combined value of S$420 million (USD 343 million) – to bring the group’s total order wins for 2012 to S$9.9 billion (USD 8.1 billion). Tong Chong Heong, Chief Executive Officer of Keppel O
South Korea’s DSME Confirms USD 1.76 Bln Mariner Topside Award
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in a filing with the Korea Exchange confirmed it has secured an order for the construction of a topside for a platform to be installed in the UK sector of the North Sea. The order, valued at approximately USD 1.76 billion, comes from the Norwe
Nam Cheong Sells Three Offshore Support Vessels
Nam Cheong Limited, SGX Main Board-listed leading global offshore marine player and Malaysia’s largest Offshore Support Vessel (“OSV”) builder, today announced that it has sold one Platform Supply Vessel (“PSV”) and two Anchor Handling Towing Supply (“AHTS”) vessels worth a total of US$56.4 million,
Panoro: No Oil at Jandáia Well (Brazil)
Panoro Energy ASA the independent oil and gas company with assets in West Africa and Brazil announces that the drilling of the Jandáia well, offshore Brazil, is completed. The Jandáia exploration well 1-VBEP-3-SPS was drilled in Concession BM-S-71 (Block S-M-1035) in the Santos basin. The well is lo
Cargotec Equipment for Chinese PSVs
Finland’s Cargotec has secured a comprehensive MacGregor offshore equipment contract for six platform supply vessels (PSVs) from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The vessels are being built for leading US offshore support vessel owner, Tidewater Marine LLC, and the equipment is scheduled for deli