Fossil Energy
Asha Discovery Could Hold 35 mmboe, Bridge Energy Says (Norway)
Wintershall Norge, operator of PL 457, is about to complete operations on the 16/1-16A sidetrack on the Asha discovery in PL 457 in the Norwegian North Sea, Bridge Energy has today reported. The Asha discovery was made by the first wellbore, 16/1-16, encountering good quality oil in excellent reserv
ConocoPhillips to Use Ekofisk LQs Beyond Original Lifetime
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (ConocoPhillips) has received consent to use Ekofisk 2/4-H, 2/4-C, 2/4-Q beyond the original lifetime. Ekofisk is an oil field located at a water depth of 70-75 metres in the southern part of the North Sea. The consent relates to the two living quarters platforms Ekofis
EnerMech Invests in African Operations
EnerMech Ltd has stepped up its presence in the African oil and gas sector with the £3 million (43 million Rand) acquisition of heavy load testing company Water Weights International SA (Pty) Ltd. The mechanical engineering group will use Water Weights International’s (WWI) strategic relationships t
Bridge Energy: Production from Victoria Field Shut due to Export System Problems
Bridge, the Oslo Børs and AIM listed oil and gas exploration and production company, today confirms that the gas export infrastructure system used by the Bridge operated Victoria field, in Southern North Sea, UK, has been unavailable since 30 November 2012. This unavailability is due to issues on th
SBM Offshore to Decommission YME Platform (Norway)
SBM Offshore, a Dutch based provider of systems and services to the global offshore oil and gas industry, has today announced that it will most likely be decommissioning the troublesome YME platform that has been sitting unmanned in the Norwegian part of the North Sea since mid-July, 2012. The decis
No Oil at Pathum-1 Well, TAP Says (Thailand)
Tap Oil Limited, an independent Australian oil and gas company, has announced that the the Pathum-1 exploration well in the Gulf of Thailand reached final total depth of 2,642 metres MDRT with no evidence of significant hydrocarbons being encountered based on the data obtained while drilling (which
ExxonMobil Orders Umbilicals for Kizomba Project, Offshore Angola
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a contract from Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation, to supply umbilicals for the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 development located offshore Angola, West Africa. The order is for electro-hydraul
Total Becomes Consulting Partner in Plexus’ JIP
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® method of wellhead engineering, announces that the major worldwide French oil and gas operator has through Total E&P Recherche Developpement SAS (‘Total’) signed up as an additional c
DeepOcean Pens Long Term Charter Deal for New OSCV
Norway’s DeepOcean has entered into a contract for long term charter of an offshore support and construction vessel (OSCV) from Rem Ship AS. “DeepOcean is established as a leading subsea services and installation contractor in the North Sea. In order to maintain and strengthen our leading position i
IHC Names New Offshore Sales Director
René Raaijmakers has been appointed as IHC Merwede’s new Offshore Sales Director. He succeeded the previous incumbent Twan Voogt on 1 December 2012. Mr Raaijmakers joined IHC Merwede’s in April 2012 as Product Director of the Renewable department and Manager of IHC Offshore Systems. In his new role,
Severely Damaged VOS Sailor Towed Ashore (UK)
VOS Sailor standby vessel which was on Saturday severely damaged at Balmoral field, offshore Aberdeen, UK, has been towed ashore. The owner of the vessel, Vroon Offshore Services, informed via its website that the vessel had reached the port of Fraserburgh on Monday night at approximately 20.40 hrs
RWE Completes Edvard Grieg Sale (Norway)
RWE AG today completed the sale of its 20% interest in the Norwegian “Edvard Grieg” license to OMV (Norge) AS, a subsidiary of the Austrian OMV Group, after the transaction has been approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Ministry of Finance. The transaction takes retroact
Record Production at Jubilee Field in Ghana
Kosmos Energy today announced that oil from the Jubilee field offshore Ghana is flowing at a record level. Jubilee field production is currently in excess of 105,000 barrels of oil per day. Significant production growth has resulted from additional acid stimulation operations performed on some of th
Wartsila Designing Diving Support Vessel for Subsea 7
Finland’s Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions and services provider, has signed a contract for the design of a new diving support vessel (DSV) to be built for Subsea 7, the seabed-to-surface engineering, construction, and services contractor to the offshore energy industry. The brand n