Statoil has received consent to use the mobile Borgland Dolphin facility on Oseberg Sør. The consent relates to drilling and completion of a production well in production licence 104. Water depth at the site is 102 metres. The planned drilling start-up date is 27 October 2012 and the duration will b
During the period 21 March – 5 June 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of the management of risk factors related to maintenance and modification work (M&M) within insulation, surface protection and scaffolding (ISS). The objective of the audit activity was to asse
Apply Nemo AS (AN), the subsea unit in Apply, has been awarded a contract with Det norske oljeselskapet ASA for the delivery of thirteen remote controlled tie-ins, up to 14”, for installation on the Edward Grieg and Ivar Aasen jackets. The contract value is approximately 60 mNOK, and the equipment d
A Gazprom delegation led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee visited the Republic of Kazakhstan. A working meeting between Alexey Miller and Nursultan Nazarbaev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan took place during the visit. The parties discussed prospects for bilate
Today, in Abidjan (Republic of Cote-d’Ivoire) LUKOIL Overseas, subsidiary of LUKOIL, has signed with the government of the country a production sharing agreement on offshore block CI-524 in the Gulf of Guinea. Block CI-524 covering the area of 450 square kilometers with water depth ranging from 800
DNV has developed a new class notation for seismic vessels in consultation with key industry players such as WesternGeco, PGS and Fugro-Geoteam. The need to have enhanced redundancy and proper deck arrangements to ensure continuous operation without loss of speed is the backbone of these new technic
Champion Technologies has been awarded a contract by Eni Norge for the provision of production chemicals and associated technical services for the Goliat development in the Barents Sea in Northern Norway. The contract, worth over £3million {$5.5million} per year, has been agreed up until the end of
Statoil and its partners have entered into contracts for use of the Bideford Dolphin, Stena Don and Scarabeo 5 rigs on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contracts have a total value of NOK 9,17 billion (USD 1.6 billion) , excluding potential options. The rigs will be used for production drilling
Marathon Oil Norge AS has taken over the role as operator for the Vilje field in production licence (PL) 036 D offshore Norway. Vilje is a producing oil field located approximately 20 kilometres northeast of the Marathon operated Alvheim field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The Vilje fiel
Statoil Tanzania AS (Statoil) has hired KBR to perform pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) studies for a prospective liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Tanzania, East Africa. The pre-FEED study is designed to help Statoil further assess the viability of developing an LNG facility to
Noble Energy, Inc. has announced that its production in the Gulf of Mexico has returned to pre-hurricane Isaac levels. The production impact for the quarter is estimated to be nearly 7 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBoe/d), consisting of 80 percent oil and 5 percent natural gas liquids
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni met yesterday in Astana for the VII Kazernergy Eurasian Forum. During the meeting, which was cordial and constructive, Eni’s CEO shared the developments and results of the company’s ongoing activities in the country with the Presi
The Board of Seadrill, one of the world’s largest drilling contractors, has announced plans to implement a new management structure to ensure continued safe and efficient operations and support its global strategy. Since acquiring Smedvig ASA in 2006 Seadrill has operated its management service comp
MEO Australia Limited advises that at 0600 Darwin time on Tuesday 2nd October, Eni Australia Ltd (Eni) as operator of the NT/P68 exploration permit had drilled the 311mm (12 ¼”) hole from 3,740m to 3,828mMDRT (metres Measured Depth below Rotary Table), run logs, installed and cemented 244mm (9 5/8”)
