Transocean Ltd. announced that effective October 1, 2012, Ihab Toma has been named Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff. In addition to continuing to oversee the company’s worldwide marketing effort, Mr. Toma will assume responsibility for Human Resources, Global Supply Chain, and Information Te
Van Oord’s first shallow water pipe lay vessel Stingray was named at the COSCO shipyard in Nantong, China. The naming ceremony was performed by Mrs A. Athmer-Albersen, wife of Managing Director Offshore, Mr J.B.E.M. Athmer. Stingray is designed in accordance with the highest quality and safety stand
Saipem has been awarded new offshore and onshore drilling contracts worth approximately $200 million. In offshore drilling, Saipem has been awarded by NDC a contract for the charter of Perro Negro 3 for drilling activities offshore Abu Dhabi, for a period of 36 months starting from the first quarter
Spectrum has commenced the next phase of its 2D campaign in Brazil to acquire an additional 6,000 km over the Foz do Amazonas basin. The program immediately follows on from the phase 1 survey of 15,000 km, which was completed successfully and ahead of time. The phase 2 survey will be completed in th
The governments of Italy, Greece and Albania confirmed their political support for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) yesterday evening. Concluded on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, and in the pres
Petrobras has just chartered two vessels, Excalibur and Excelsior, to transport and storage Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Each vessel has a storing capacity of 138,000 m³, equivalent to 276,000 m³ liquefied natural gas (165.6 million m3 LNG after regasification). This volume is sufficient to meet the
Silvermere Energy plc, the independent oil and gas company focused principally on appraisal and production opportunities in the US, announces further progress with the tie-in of the I-1 well in its Mustang Island 818-L Field. This is based on information provided by the Operator, Dominion Production
Tap Oil Limited (Tap) announces details of the exploration prospects to be drilled in the upcoming Gulf of Thailand drilling campaign commencing as early as next week. Three exploration wells are expected to be drilled in the 2012 program: two wells in the G1/48 concession, Northern Kra Basin and on
This Thursday Petrobras’ CEO, Maria das Graças Silva Foster, welcomed United Kingdom Prime Minister, David Cameron, to the Company’s main office building in Rio de Janeiro. The aim of the visit, which also included a delegation of British businessmen, was to discuss possible opportunities for busine
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, recently announced that it has become a member of the VIVA JIP. The company will partner with existing JIP members Chevron, BP, Petrobras, ABS and Technip to support the innovative Vortex Induced Vibration Analysis software. Engineers at 2H Offshore already use the VI
Ophir Energy plc announces the resumption of the Tanzanian drilling campaign to be executed with BG Group, its partner in this Joint Venture. The multi-well programme commences with appraisal and satellite exploration around the Jodari Field in Block 1 offshore Tanzania. The first three wells in thi
Petrobras broke its own natural gas delivery record last Friday, Sept. 21, when it placed 91.4 million m³ on the market. This figure was well above the previous record of 85.9 million m3, set on 11/12/2010. Of the total delivered, 36.1 million m³/day went to the thermoelectric market, while 41.5 mil
Global oilfield services provider Archer has secured a three year contract to provide platform drilling and maintenance services to six Apache platforms in the North Sea. As the incumbent contractor on the Forties Alpha, Forties Bravo, Forties Charlie and Forties Delta, this contract is an extension
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that it has contracted the West Navigator drillship to drill the Faroe operated Novus prospect in Norway in the
