MEO Australia Limited has announced that its Indonesian subsidiary, Seruway Offshore Exploration Limited (SOEL) has agreed to execute a binding agreement with Zaratex NV (Zaratex) and Hercules Offshore Inc (Hercules) to secure the second of Zaratex’s two optional rig slots to drill Gurame SE-1X usin
Lamprell, has completed construction of the jackup rig Makasib and has delivered the rig to Abu Dhabi’s National Drilling Company (‘NDC’). Completion of the jackup rig, within budget, was marked at a ceremony at Lamprell’s Hamriyah facility in the UAE on 12 July. Yesterday, August 23, the rig depart
Faroe Petroleum has announced further results on the 6506/11-9 S Cooper well in the Norwegian Sea (Centrica 40% and operator, Suncor 30% and Faroe Petroleum 30%). The primary target for the well was to prove up hydrocarbons in the Middle Jurassic Garn, Ile, Tofte and Tilje Formations. The secondary
On Wednesday, 5 September 2012, executives of Ensco plc will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in celebration of the offshore drilling company’s 25th anniversary. “Ensco is at a key moment in its history,” said Chairman and CEO Dan Rabun. “We have a world-class offshore drilling f
Premier Oil, a UK based independent oil and gas exploration and production company has released its half year financial and operational results. The company has reported record profit before tax of US$194.6 million (2011: US$32.5 million) and profit after tax of US$145.8 million (2011: US$88.5 milli
Borders & Southern has announced the results of the Darwin fluid sample analysis. As previously reported, well 61/17-1 encountered a good quality sandstone reservoir comprising 67.8m of net pay with an average porosity of 22%. The gas condensate reservoir was sampled at four separate levels with 3 f
Dril-Quip, Inc. has been awarded a four-year contract by Brazil’s oil and gas company Petrobras, to supply subsea wellhead systems and associated tools to be used in the drilling of deepwater wells offshore Brazil. The company’s Brazilian subsidiary, Dril-Quip do Brasil LTDA, will begin delivering p
The world’s largest Goliath gantry crane ordered by Engevix Construções Oceânicas (‘Ecovix’) arrived at its destination in Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil last week. Konecranes received the crane order in October 2011. In its combination of lifting capacity of 2,000 tons and rail span of 210 me
Four offshore workers kidnapped on August 4 from an accommodation barge in Nigerian waters have been released, Reuters reports. The workers, employees of the Netherlands-based Sea Trucks Group, were captured by pirates in a violent attack, while being aboard the Jascon 33 accommodation vessel. Two g
Malaysia’s Nam Cheong Limited has sold two Anchor Handling Towing Supply (“AHTS”) vessel and a 3,000 dead weight tonne (“dwt”) Platform Supply Vessel (“PSV”) for a total sum of USD43.81 million. One of the 5,150bhp AHTS vessels was sold to a repeat Norwegian-based customer that will own, operate and
Total E&P Philippines B.V. (“Total”) announces the signature of a Farm out Agreement with Mitra Energy (Philippines SC-56) Limited (“Mitra”), based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to acquire a 75% interest in the offshore Block SC56, located in the Sulu Sea. The block covers a total area of around 4,300
Faroe Petroleum has acquired a 12.5% interest in the Darwin prospect in PL531 in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The Darwin prospect is a high impact wildcat exploration well located on the Veslemøy High in the frontier western part of the Barents Sea. The prospect is a large closure at multiple levels,
Antrim, an international oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, today announced that it has been informed by operator TAQA Bratani Limited (“TAQA”) that drilling operations have commenced for the Contender prospect in UK Northern North Sea Block 211/22a Cont
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