Tap Oil Limited has announced that the drilling rig has arrived on location at Manora-5 exploration well, in the Gulf of Thailand. Manora-5 is the first of three wells planned in the 2012 exploration drilling campaign offshore Thailand. The exploration well is located in the G1/48 concession in the
Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Dong Energy to provide well intervention services for the oil company’s assets offshore Norway and Denmark. Under the contract Aker Solutions will deliver electrical wireline logging services and wireline tractor services at the oil and gas fields where Dong
The owners in the Snøhvit license have decided to stop the work on a possible capacity increase on Melkøya. The license has concluded that the current gas discoveries do not provide a sufficient basis for further capacity expansion. The license has not determined whether LNG or a pipeline solution i
Technip was awarded by Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA a lump sum contract for the development of the Dalmatian field, located in the Gulf of Mexico, at a water depth ranging from 530 to 1,800 meters. This field, jointly owned by Murphy and Ecopetrol America Inc., is comprised of the D
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, the leading international manufacturer of large-bore diesel engines and turbomachinery, has concluded a long-term service agreement with the Brazilian energy group Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) for the maintenance, repair and operational support of 20 MAN THM gas turbine tra
CB&I, a Houston-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company on Thursday announced it had secured an $80 million contract for an offshore engineering project in Europe. The scope of work includes detailed engineering design as well as the provision of procurement services. The work
Aker Solutions today opens up the application period for its prestigious two-year International Talent Programme. This year the talents will be selected from Brazil, Malaysia, Norway, UK and USA. The programme is an intensive two-year on-the-job learning experience, consisting of three eight-month a
Today, Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dana Petroleum plc (Dana) takes over the operatorship of the Triton floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) from Hess and Dana acquires Hess’ 28.28% stake in the Bittern field, increasing Dana’s share in the field to
BPZ Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, announced that the hull tower for the CX-15 platform was successfully floated off the transport vessel, uprighted and ballasted. Subsequently, the topside facility was also successfully mated to the hull tower. The CX-15 plat
AWE Limited, via subsidiaries, has received a progress update on the BassGas Mid Life Enhancement (“MLE”) project Stage 1 from Origin Energy Limited (ASX: ORG), the Operator of the BassGas project. Lloyd’s Register Asia has completed the independent validation of the installation, commissioning and
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order to supply Alfa Laval Aalborg boilers to an offshore oil production vessel in Vietnam. The order value is approximately SEK 50 million and delivery is scheduled for 2013. The Alfa Laval Aalborg
Floatel International Ltd has successfully completed the issuance of USD 200 million in the Norwegian bond market, with maturity October 2017. The offering was oversubscribed. As previously announced, the proceeds from the bond issue will be used to refinance existing debt and to fund the Company’s
Transocean Ltd. has announced that on September 28, 2012, Brazilian Superior Court of Justice President, Minister Felix Fischer granted the request of the ANP, the Brazilian oil regulatory agency, and partially suspended the preliminary injunction order that required Transocean to stop operating in
MEO Australia Limited advises the following update in relation to the Gurame SE-1X well being drilled offshore North Sumatra in the Seruway PSC using the Hercules #208 drilling rig. Since the last report, the 8 ½” precautionary pilot hole previously drilled to 202mMDRT (metres Measured Depth below R
