In an effort to provide greater clarity and consistency, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) on Friday issued a Notice to Lessees (NTL) to the offshore oil and natural gas industry regarding the development of Oil Spill Response Plans (OSRP). The NTL provides clarification of t
On Friday,August 10th, 2012 DeepOcean Group, announced it was awarded a significant call-off under the current long-term frame agreement for offshore survey services for Statoil. In general the frame agreement includes services covering light construction services, ROV surveys with hull mounted Mult
International mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, has signed a joint venture agreement with Saudi based Shoaibi Group to form EnerMech Saudi Arabia Limited (EnerMech S.A. Ltd). Based in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, EnerMech S.A. Ltd will provided crane, hydraulics, valves, process, pipelines and umb
RDS, the engineering arm of drilling contractor KCA Deutag, has been contracted by Norway’s oil company Statoil to carry out the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for a fixed drilling rig which will be part of the Peregrino phase II project, located offshore Brazil. John Thorman, Greenfield Busine
UK-based international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract by BG Group for work in the North Sea using its AX-S subsea well intervention system. Expro AX-S Technology Ltd has signed a contract with BG Group to intervene on two wells in late 2012 as well as an extended interve
Serica Energy, an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with activities in Europe, Africa and Indonesia, is in the final stage of negotiations to farm out its interests in the Foum Draa and Sidi Moussa blocks located offshore Morocco. Serica has also infromed that an applicatio
USA’s Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS) has selected GL Noble Denton to undertake dynamic positioning (DP) assurance services across the company’s technologically advanced fleet of vessels. GL Noble Denton’s team of DP engineers will support HOS to further develop internal dynamic positioning operati
India-headquartered oil and gas exploration and production company Cairn India has appointed Sudhir Mathur as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Member Executive Committee. Sudhir joins Cairn India in early September 2012 from Aircel Cellular Ltd., where he was the CFO and responsible for Strategy, Fin
Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc has announced that the Maltese Minister for Resources and Rural Affairs has approved the transfer of the 10% interest Leni Gas and Oil Investments Limited (“LGOI”) held in the Malta Offshore Area 4 PSC to Phoenicia Energy Company Limited (“PECL”), a 100% owned subsidiary
India’s ONGC, one of the largest Asia-based oil and gas exploration and production companies, has announced that it may have discovered third largest field in India’s Western Offshore Basin. While carrying out development drilling in D1 Field, ONGC discovered a new pool of reserves which may catapul
Swedish oil and gas company Lundin Petroleum, has announced that Eni Norge has begun the drilling of well 7220/10-1 in PL533 on the Salina prospect in the Barents Sea. The well, previously known as Pulk, is situated 54 km to the south west and on geological trend with the Skrugard and Havis discover
Renaissance Subsidiary, Topaz signs over $65 million of new charters and announces the acquisition of two AHTS.
Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Dr Philipp Rösler, and the Minister for Economic Affairs of the German federal state of Lower Saxony, Jörg Bode, on Friday, August 10, visited the Mittelplate Drilling and Production Island in the Wadden Sea tidelands of Schleswig-Holstein. Mittelplat
Last Wednesday, August 8, President of China’s CNPC, Zhou Jiping, met with Chevron Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John S. Watson in Beijing. The attendees discussed deepening cooperation between the two companies. PetroChina Vice Presidents Zhao Zhengzhang and Bo Qiliang, and CNPC Vice-Chief E
