Fossil Energy
Black Elk Recovers Body of Crew Member. One Still Missing (USA)
Black Elk has recovered a body of one of the two workers who went missing after an explosion hit the company’s platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico approximately 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. “We recovered one of the missing workers and the U.S. Coast Guard tra
Santos Strikes Gas at Crown-1 Well, Offshore W. Australia
Australia’s Santos today announced a significant gas discovery at the Crown-1 exploration well in WA-274-P, located in the Browse Basin offshore Western Australia. The Crown-1 well is located approximately 500 kilometres north of Broome, approximately 60 kilometres west of the Ichthys field and 20 k
Statoil: Coal Emissions Higher than Those from Oil and Gas (Norway)
“One of the great challenges of our time is to meet the world’s increasing demand for energy, while at the same time tackling the global climate challenges in a responsible manner,” says Statoil CEO Helge Lund at the 2012 Autumn Conference. Statoil believes that more forceful international measures
BP Wins Bidding for Deepwater Blocks Offshore Canada
BP on Friday notified that it was the successful bidder for four deepwater exploration blocks offshore Nova Scotia, Canada. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) announced that BP was the successful bidder for blocks five, six, seven and eight in the Call for Bids NS12-1. The bloc
Fire Catches GoM Platform. Two Workers Missing
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC confirmed that a fire ignited Friday morning on the company’s platform located at West Delta 32 Block, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico approximately 17 miles southeast of Grand Isle, La. There were 22 workers on the platform at the time of the incident. Two worke
Troll C Platform Still Shut, Statoil Says
Statoil today informed that production on the Troll C platform in the Norwegian sector of North Sea is still shut down due to corrosion found in a tank on the auxiliary system for gas treatment on 15 November. Statoil has now inspected the other tank in a parallel gas treatment system on the platfor
Dril-Quip Expands BoD (USA)
Dril-Quip, Inc. announced today that Terence B. Jupp has been appointed to its Board of Directors upon the recommendation of its Nominating, Governance and Compensation Committee. Jupp, 53, has been Chief Operating Officer of CASA Exploration, a recently formed oil and gas exploration company, since
National Oilwell Varco Raising Cash for Robbins & Myers Acquisition (USA)
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced today the pricing of a public offering of $3.0 billion of senior notes, consisting of three tranches. The Company intends to use approximately $2.5 billion of the net proceeds from the sale of the senior notes to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acq
Breagh Start-Up Put Off Once Again (UK)
Start-up of production from the Breagh gas field project in the UK, originally scheduled for the second quarter 2012, has been delayed once again. According to Sterling Resources, which owns a stake in the UK North Sea project, the operator RWE Dea has now set an earliest first production date of th
Seadrill Buys Songa Eclipse Rig for $590 Million
Songa Offshore has agreed to sell the ultra deepwater semi-submersible rig “Songa Eclipse” to Seadrill. The rig is sold for net sale proceeds of USD 590 million. The ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig was delivered from the Jurong Shipyard in Singapore in 2011, and is currently operating for Total
Noreco Updates on UK and Norwegian Operations
Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco) provides the following update on its operational activities. The FPSO Voyageur Spirit has been on location at the Huntington field in the UK North Sea since 3 October 2012. Hook-up of risers, and completion and commissioning of the FPSO is now taking place. The
Costain Joins Oil & Gas UK
Costain has joined Oil & Gas UK as part of a continuous commitment to develop its upstream oil and gas business. Oil & Gas UK is the leading representative body of the UK offshore oil and gas industry with membership including ‘super-major’ oil companies and some of the largest engineering contracto
CGGVeritas Pleased With MSI’s Support Offshore Ivory Coast
Metocean Services International (MSI) recently completed a real-time current measurement programme for CGGVeritas to support seismic operations offshore Ivory Coast. The system was installed on the support vessel Tanux-1, and provided real-time current profile data both on the Tanux-1, as well as vi
OMV Working to Secure Rig for Matuku-1 Well (New Zealand)
OMV has today confirmed that it will drill the Matuku-1 well in PEP 51906. Octanex, which owns 35% in the licence has informed that OMV is continuing extensive search and evaluation process in an effort to secure a semi- submersible rig to drill the well. OMV is planning to drill a number of wells i