Fossil Energy
ISS to Support PGS in Seismic Survey Project (Greece)
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has been appointed by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) to support a key marine seismic survey project in Greece. Under the three month research project, ISS Greece will provide marine services to the survey vessel ‘Nordic
Mintra to Exceed Growth Targets (UK)
Aberdeen-based Mintra Training Portal Limited has capped its first 18 months in business by securing a clutch of training contracts worth £8million. A leading provider of learning, training and competency solutions for the oil and gas industry, the company is on track to significantly exceed its gro
TAQA Evacuates 92 Workers from North Sea Platform
Taqa Bratani yesterday evacuated non-essential crew from its North Cormorant platform in the UK North Sea, after a gas leak alarm went off. The company has informed that 92 non-essential personnel were moved to the nearby offshore installations. A total of 202 personnel were on board at the time and
Interest in Offshore Achievement Awards Increases (UK)
The recent boom in the energy industry is being reflected in the increased interest for this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards. Inquiries for the Significant Contribution award are already much higher than last year, after the category was widened to take into account a greater number of potential
Velocious Provides ROV Services on Gorgon (Australia)
Velocious, an oil and gas industry specialist in subsea intervention engineering and tooling, has been successfully contracted by Subsea 7, a global seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor, to provide ROV Tooling and services for the Gorgon Project in Australia. The contr
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Confirms Securing Drillship Order
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding has confirmed that it has made effective a turn-key construction contract of one BT-UDS dynamic-positioned Ultra Deep Water(UDW) drillship plus options for four additional units from Sigma Drilling Ltd. a company established by Skeie Technology AS in Norway. The estimated
Woodside to Use New Subsea Repair Technology on Pluto (Australia)
Western Australia’s growing importance and expertise in the oil and gas sector has been further evidenced by the development of new subsea pipeline repair technology by Perth-based company Velocious. The subsea engineering and remote technology business has recently completed proof of concept testin
Lundin Makes Minor Oil Discovery Near Snøhvit Field (Norway)
Lundin Norway AS, operator of production licence 490, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7120/6-3 S in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The well was drilled about 10 kilometres northwest of the Snøhvit field. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Early
Romgaz Acquires Stake in Blocks Off Romania
LUKOIL Overseas, an OAO LUKOIL subsidiary, has signed a deal on the reassignment to Romania’s national gas company Romgaz of an 8-percent share of the rights and obligations under concession agreements for hydrocarbon exploration, development and production on the Est Rapsodia and Trident blocks in
PA Resources Farms Out 10 Pct of Its Offshore Germany Licence
PA Resources has farmed out a 10% interest in German licence B20008/73 adjacent to the PA Resources operated Danish licence 12/06 in which the Broder Tuck and Lille John discoveries were made in 2011. Subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, the company’s subsidiary PA Resources UK Limited wil
Bowleven Makes Step Towards Etinde FID (Cameroon)
Bowleven, the Africa focused oil and gas exploration group, has submitted the formal Etinde Exploitation Authorisation Application (EEAA) to the Cameroon authorities as planned. This formal EEAA submission follows an earlier draft supplemented with in-country workshops with Société Nationale des Hyd
Wood Group Secures Abadi LNG Subsea FEED (Indonesia)
Japan’s INPEX has awarded the contract for the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) of its major subsea production facilities for the development of the Abadi LNG Project in Indonesia. The Abadi LNG Project is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which envisions the adoption of the Floating LNG
Boskalis Buying Dockwise for $884 Mln (The Netherlands)
Boskalis has announced its intention to acquire heavy-lift and transportation specialist Dockwise for a total consideration of EUR 682 million ($883,8 million). Boskalis has said that the combination of the two companies provides new strategic opportunities for accelerated growth of the offshore ser
Worker Dies of Burns from U.S. Gulf Platform Fire
Avelino Tajonera, one of the four Filipino workers that were injured in the oil platform explosion off the coast of Louisiana a week ago, died in hospital on Friday. The Philippines Ambassador in Washington, Jose L. Cuisia Jr. said Tajonera, who was one of two workers listed in critical condition, d