Based in two North East England locations, an area known for its deep industrial heritage, A&P North East is a company with ship repair and conversion yards on the rivers Tyne and Tees. Part of the A&P Group which also includes A&P Falmouth where ship repair and conversion services have been taking
Houston-based Cal Dive International, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a 50/50 strategic partnership with Fugro for the long-term charter of the DP2 Toisa Paladin, a 2007 purpose built, DNV classed, diving support vessel. The charter party agreement with Toisa Pte Ltd will be shared equ
BP today reported its quarterly results for the second quarter of 2012. Underlying replacement cost profit for the quarter, adjusted for non-operating items and fair value accounting effects, was $3.7 billion, compared with $5.7 billion for the same period in 2011 and $4.8 billion for the first quar
Greenpeace submarine research at Shell’s proposed drill site in the Chukchi Sea has collected the first coral specimen from the region. With a Shell vessel nearby, Greenpeace marine biologist and submarine pilot John Hocevar collected two specimens of Gersemia rubiformis coral, also known as sea ras
ConocoPhillips at 06:00 hours (WST) today, started troubleshooting of the Blowout Preventer on the sea floor offshore Western Australia. Since the last report, the BOP and marine riser were pulled from the hole for further testing and repairs on the deck of the rig. Following these repairs the BOP a
FPSO OSX-1, the first floating production unit to integrate OSX’s fleet, an EBX Group company which provides solutions for the offshore oil industry, obtained an average operating efficiency of 98.5% in the second quarter of this year in the Waimea accumulation in the shallow waters of the Campos Ba
McMoRan Exploration Co. yesterday provided an update on the Davy Jones No. 1 workover currently in progress on South Marsh Island Block 230. As previously reported McMoRan successfully perforated 165 feet of Wilcox sands and on July 13 commenced operations to run production tubing. Prior to removing
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), Shell Oil Company and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) yesterday announced the successful demonstration of the industry’s ability to respond to a deepwater well control incident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. At the direction of the Depar
Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of semi-submersible accommodation/service rigs has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 187 days with
Petrobras’ average domestic and foreign oil and natural gas output in June was 2,583,415m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). Output for domestic fields was 2,338,812 boed. Both domestic and total output remained unchanged on the previous month. Foreign output was 244,603 boed, a 2.5% decrease
Borders & Southern announces that well 61/25-1 (Stebbing) has been successfully plugged and abandoned, bringing to an end the Company’s current two well drilling programme. The Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig will now be assigned to Falkland Oil and Gas for its two well programme after which it will be
Buccaneer Energy Limited has announced that the jack-up rig “Endeavour – Spirit of Independence” (“Endeavour”) earlier today mobilised from Singapore aboard the Kang Sheng Kou heavy lift vessel. The delivery of the Endeavour jack-up rig completes the first phase of a business plan that commenced alm
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced today that Hercules Offshore employee Captain Louis Dubois has been awarded a U.S. Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award for his actions during the previously reported emergency evacuation of the Mako, a 175′ class liftboat, off the coast of Nigeria as a resu
Chevron Corporation will proceed with the development of the Lianzi field located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola.
