Fossil Energy
JDR to Supply Umbilicals for Shell’s Champion Field (Brunei)
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has won a umbilical contract with Swiber Offshore Construction Pte Ltd for deployment in the Brunei Shell Petroleum Champion Field. Brunei Shell Petroleum, one of Asia’s biggest energy companies, will use JDR’s umb
CGGVeritas to Fund Fugro Acquisition Through Bond Issue (France)
CGGVeritas announces today the launch of an offering of bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for new or existing shares (“OCEANEs”) due 1st January 2019 in an initial nominal amount of approximately €315 million, which may be increased up to a maximum nominal amount of approximately €360 milli
EVTN Exhibits Its Technology at Oil Spill Response Conference (USA)
Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. announced that the Company will exhibit its line of Voraxial® Separators at the Shale EnviroSafe Conference and Exhibition, part of the Clean Gulf Training and Exhibition on November 13-15 in New Orleans. EVTN will display its Submersible Voraxial® Separator at Booth
Salamander Updates on Thai Ops. NW-1 Well Disappoints
Salamander Energy plc provides an update on its exploration and appraisal drilling and production operations in its operated B8/38 license, offshore Gulf of Thailand. NW-1 The B8/38-8 exploration well targeting the Northwest Terrace prospect (“NW-1”) has been drilled to TD. The NW-1 well was targeti
LLOG, Blackstone to Invest $1.2 Bln in GoM Offshore Operations (USA)
LLOG Exploration Company L.L.C. and Blackstone today announced the formation of a long-term, strategic partnership and have committed to invest over $1.2 billion to expand and accelerate LLOG’s offshore operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The partnership will leverage the combined operational and fina
Antrim Inks HOA for Fyne Field FPSO (UK)
Antrim today announced a Heads of Terms agreement has been signed with Hummingbird Production Limited, a subsidiary of Teekay Corporation, for an option to lease the “Hummingbird Spirit” Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (“FPSO”) for the development of the Fyne Field in UKCS Central
TTS, Kleven Verft Sign Crane Delivery Contract (Norway)
TTS Group has received an order from Kleven Verft for delivery of an active heave compensated subsea crane. Under the agreement, TTS Offshore Handling Equipment AS, a Bergen-based subsidiary of TTS Group, will deliver the crane which will subsequently be installed on an offshore construction vessel
ConocoPhillips Starts Drilling at Zephyros-1 Well (Australia)
ConocoPhillips has started drilling operations at Zephyros-1 exploration well, located offshore Western Australia. The well was spudded at 06:45 hours (WDT) on 12 November 2012. The Transocean Legend semi-submersible rig is drilling the exploration well, which is operated by ConocoPhillips. ConocoPh
Helix: Strong Demand for Deepwater Well Intervention Services
Houston-based Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. yesterday announced an update on its well intervention fleet backlog. The company informed it has been awarded its initial customer contractual commitments for the Helix 534. The Helix 534 was acquired in August from Transocean and is undergoing modif
PGS to Hire Four New Seismic Support Vessels
Norwegian seismic survey specialist Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has signed charter agreements with the Faroe Islands-based PF THOR for four new seismic support vessels to assist its seismic operations worldwide. According to the press release issued by PGS, the vessels will be built at Besiktas in
Lundin Spuds Johan Sverdrup Appraisal Well (Norway)
Lundin Petroleum AB has spudded the appraisal well 16/2-16 in PL501 on the Johan Sverdrup discovery located in the Norwegian part of the North Sea, the Swedish company announced today. The well is located on the north eastern flank of the discovery with the objective to establish the depth, quality
MODEC to Deliver Another FPSO for Petrobras (Brazil)
MODEC announced today that Brazil’s oil company Petrobras has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for the supply, charter, and operations of a Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for the BM-S-11 block (Lula – Iracema Area) Block in the giant “pre-salt” region of the Santos Basin
Roc Oil Encounters Net Pay in Beibu Gulf, China
Roc Oil (China) Company announced that the WZ6-12-A7 deviated step-out exploration well in Beibu Gulf, China, designed to test the Sliver fault segment and the Liushagang footwall exploration prospects, reached a total depth (TD) of 2,658 metres (2,211 metres TVD) in the Liushagang formation on 11 N
Technip Bags EPCI Contract for Total’s Project Offshore Angola
Technip was awarded by Total E&P Angola an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the second phase of the Girassol Resources Initiatives (GirRI) development project. The field is located 210 kilometers offshore Angola, at a water depth of 1,300 meters. The contr