Nexus Energy Limited (Nexus) advises that following the successful identification of the electrical fault the offshore inspection and intervention program undertaken on the Longtom Facilities offshore Orbost, Australia, has been completed. The program was successful in implementing an engineering so
Dockwise, a marine transport services provider headquartered in Breda, The Netherlands, has announced that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin B.V., Dockwise now controls 93.63% of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (“Fairstar”). Following various trades y
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, publishes the results of successful completion and initial testing for the Dzheitune (Lam) C/173 development well in Caspian Sea, offshore Turmenistan. The Dzheitune (Lam) C/173 well was completed as a dua
This week VOSCF, a joint venture between Sovcomflot and Van Oord, successfully installed a Gravity Based Structure (GBS) for the offshore platform Berkut in the Arkutun Dagi field offshore Sakhalin Island. The GBS was designed and constructed by Kvaerner in the Russian mainland port of Vostochny in
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has joined the FPAL community – an industry-governed supplier management system for the oil and gas industry. Following the successful completion of the application process, the global aircraft charter specialist is now fully registered as an FPAL supplier – making its
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Simon Crowe will leave the Group to pursue other interests with effect from the end of July. Simon will be succeeded by Ricardo Rosa who will take up the position of CFO for Subsea 7 SA on 9th July 2012. Ricardo Rosa was until [&h
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a leading marine engine manufacturer, announced today that it will supply 18 gas emission reduction systems for three drillships ordered by Rowan in June 2011. The eco-friendly Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system can reduce NOx emi
WGP has completed the fifteenth Life of Field Seismic (“LoFS”) survey over the Valhall field in the North Sea for BP. This is the fourth LoFS at Valhall to be carried out using the Group’s Portable Modular Source System (PMSS™). As per previous surveys, the PMSSTM was mobilised onto the M/V Stril My
Petroceltic International plc (“Petroceltic” or “the Company”), the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, announces that its wholly owned Italian subsidiary, Petroceltic Italia S.r.l., has been awarded two exploration
BPZ Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, announced yesterday that the Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) had granted extension of the gas flaring permit for the Company’s Albacora field operations through December 28, 2012, allowing oil production testing t
As of 30 June, 19 exploration wells have been spudded on the Norwegian shelf. Of these, 13 are wildcat wells and six are appraisal wells. Seven new discoveries have been made. Four of these were made in the North Sea, two in the Norwegian Sea and one in the Barents Sea. “It is gratifying that [&hell
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for well 3/4-2 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 3/4-2 S will be drilled from the Mærsk Guardian drilling facility at position 56°38’47.24’’ north and 4°5’38.18”east. The drilling
Energean Oil & Gas, an international independent oil & gas E&P company headquartered in Athens, Greece, with a current focus on the Mediterranean and North Africa region, announces its participation in the Greek Open Door process for hydrocarbons exploration rights in three areas of western Greece.
4 July 2012 marks Maersk Oil’s 40 years’ anniversary as oil producing company and the launch of a book charting the history of the company through anecdotes of current and former employees. All employees will receive a copy of the new book. In the book Maersk Oil – under the surface, 15 former and c