Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) voted against the H.R. 6082, a bill that expands offshore oil drilling off the East Coast in the Atlantic Ocean. The Republican offshore drilling plan would expose environmentally sensitive areas and coastal communities to unprecedented risk and could potential
Statoil’s second quarter 2012 net operating income was NOK 62.0 billion, a 2% increase compared to NOK 61.0 billion in the second quarter of 2011. “Statoil continues to deliver good financial results and strong cash generation. We increased oil and gas production by 17% in the second quarter compare
Installation of the PNG LNG Project’s 407-kilometre offshore pipeline is complete, after the two sections of pipe were recently connected. This major milestone was performed by the Castoro 10 Shallow Water Lay Barge. The pipeline was laid in two sections over eight months, using two vessels, one sta
Aker Solutions’ subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services has received a contract from Total E&P Angola for providing subsea intervention services from the oil services company’s purpose-built intervention vessel, Skandi Aker. The agreement marks a breakthrough for vessel-based intervention services in deep
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), provides a resource update on the Barryroe oil field in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Providence (80%) operates Barryroe on
GEOSHIPS Group, a marine and subsea services provider, has completed charter party negotiations with Singapore based Teras Offshore, for a new Offshore Deck Cargo Vessel, resulting in the planned recruitment of a further 40 offshore staff. Formed in 2003, Westhill-based GEOSHIPS will operate, manage
Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea Ltd has appointed John Shaw as managing director. Previously First Subsea’s global operations director, he will be responsible for the on-going development and growth of the company’s ball and taper connector business in the oil and gas and renewable energy
GulfMark Offshore Inc., a company which serves major offshore energy markets in the world through the provision of marine transportation services, announced the construction of two additional Jones Act PSVs for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. According to Bruce Streeter, President and CEO, this will bring
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) announces the appointment of Anne Drinkwater as a Non-executive Director with effect from today. Anne joins Tullow after a long and successful career with BP. Anne held a number of senior business and operations positions, most recently as President and CEO of BP Canada from
Shell announces that it has signed two offshore oil and gas Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with CNOOC, and a PSC amendment with CNPC for a new development phase for the Changbei gas field in China. Shell has also entered an agreement with CNOOC for its participation in two Shell exploration blo
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of the international engineering, maritime and risk management consultancy, BMT Group Ltd is now an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. This year, the company rolled out a Quality Management System that has been determined to meet the requirements of t
The UK government unit responsible for monitoring offshore safety has become increasingly active in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to international law firm Pinsent Masons. Energy specialists at the firm say that the number of inspections carried out by the Offshore Environmenta
Statoil has received consent to use West Elara on the Valemon field. The consent relates to hook-up of West Elara to the jacket, drilling and installation of 30” conductors in the planned first 12 wells and drilling of well B-20 for injection of drill cuttings and mud in the Utsira formation. The Va
ShawCor Ltd. announced its pipe coating division, Bredero Shaw, has received contracts with a value in excess of US$40 million from the Consortium between Dragados Offshore and Swiber Offshore Construction and from Tubacero S.A. de C.V. to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services
