Statoil has made an oil discovery in the Geitungen prospect on Utsira High in the North Sea together with partners Petoro, Det norske oljeselskap and Lundin. Exploration well 16/2-12 drilled by the drilling rig Ocean Vanguard has proven a 35 metre oil column in a high quality reservoir dating from t
The jack-up rig “Endeavour” which on July 31 departed from Singapore aboard the Kang Sheng Kou heavy lift vessel arrived in Alaska on Friday, August 24. According to an e-mail sent to Offshore Energy Today by an employee of Archer Drilling, Buccaneer Energy’s jack up rig made it to Cook Inlet. Arche
At ONS 2012, JDR, a leading supplier of high performance subsea cables and umbilical systems, will showcase its evolving range of custom design products for the global oil, gas and renewable energy markets. Key product innovations on show will include JDR’s Open Water IWOC Umbilical Systems for next
Veripos, world leaders for supply of high-precision GNSS positioning facilities to the offshore industry, has been awarded a three-year exclusive contract by Neptune Marine Services (NMS) of Perth, Western Australia for provision of services in support of its worldwide operations involving engineeri
After Greenpeace today announced its activists had climbed aboard the Prirazlomnaya platform in the Pechora Sea offshore Russia, Offshore Energy Today asked Gazprom for a comment. Gazprom’s Information Directorate has replied that: “Today Greenpeace representatives broke the 500-meter safety zone na
Awilco Drilling, an Aberdeen based owner of two semi-submersible drilling rigs, is encouraged by high demand and rising dayrates for semi-submersible rigs in UK. The drilling contractor, which owns WilPhoenix and WilHunter rigs, today reported profit after tax for the second quarter 2012 of USD 5.2
Ramboll’s revenue grew by 11% to DKK 3.9 billion during the first six months of 2012. Operating profit before goodwill amortisation (EBITA) was DKK 231 million, which was 63% higher than the same period last year. Denmark’s Ramboll achieved all-time high revenue of DKK 3,886 million during the first
Lundin Petroleum has announced that Teitur Poulsen will assume the position of VP Corporate Planning & Investor Relations effective 3 September 2012 and will assume overall responsibility for investor relations as well as corporate development. Teitur Poulsen re-joins Lundin Petroleum from Det norsk
Octanex N.L. has announced that the Joint Venture exploring the two Exmouth Plateau permits, WA-362-P and WA-363-P, has been granted renewals of both permits. The initial 6-year terms of the two permits expired on 21 December 2011 and the Joint Venture (comprising Octanex and Eni Australia Limited (
Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) one of the UK’s leading EPC service providers to the offshore oil & gas and wind energy sectors has informed of the safe and successful departure of the Apache FASP jacket structure. The Apache FASP jacket, the largest to ever be designed and fabricated on the River Ty
Greenpeace activists have climbed aboard Gazprom-operated Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant stationary platform at Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea, offshore Russia. The 6 activists from Germany, Finland, USA, Canada, Germany and South Africa are now anchored in place to the Arctic drilling
Reef Subsea has announced that it is set to fully rebrand and align its companies in Norway-namely Technocean and Scanmudring-Rotech Subsea – to position itself as a dynamic and integrated contractor in the subsea market. Coupled with an extension of its geographical footprint, the Group is well pos
Statoil has on behalf of all exploration and production licenses awarded a four-year contract for electric wireline logging services on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) to Schlumberger. “High quality logging services is fundamental to characterise reservoirs in the exploration and production ph
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced today that the Board of Directors has appointed Jan Rask as a new director. Rask has worked in the shipping and offshore industry for approximately 33 years and has held a number of positions of progressive responsibility in finance, chartering and operat
