The PSA Norway has given Statoil a consent to use the accommodation rig on the Norwegian Sea field.
Statoil has received consent to carry out drilling and completion with Transocean Searcher in the Norwegian Sea. The consent relates to drilling and completion of production wells on the Tyrihans field. The scheduled start-up date is 16 May 2012, with a duration until 20 March 2013. Tyrihans is loca
Adira Energy Ltd. has announced that the Ministry of Energy and Water of the State of Israel has granted an extension of the dates for the execution of a drilling contract and the spudding of the first well on the Samuel offshore license as indicated below: The date for the submission of the Environ
Singapore’s KS Energy Limited last week announced that it had acquired a jack up drilling rig for a total consideration of US$38.5 million.
Swire Oilfield Services has announced that will be exhibiting at this year’s Offshore Energy 2012 Exhibition and Conference (Stand No. 319). On Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 October 2012, the 5th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference will take place at the Amsterdam RAI, The Netherlands.
Salamander Energy plc provides an operational update on testing operations at the Far East prospect in its operated B8/38 licence, Gulf of Thailand. Further to the announcement on 26th June 2012, a barefoot DST was conducted over a zone of potential oil pay in the Ratburi carbonates. The test result
OGX, the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, has announced that as a result of the evolution of OGX into a new phase, in which production becomes increasingly important, without prejudice to the exploratory campaign, the Company’s
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) yesterday awarded a contract to Mar Inc. for the maintenance and operation of the bureau’s oil spill response research and testing facility, Ohmsett, in Leonardo, NJ. The contract covers up to five years with a total potential value of $8,207
CIMC Raffles informs that the construction of COSL Prospector semi-submersible drilling rig has begun in Yantai City, China. Mr. Li Yong, Chief Executive Officer and President of COSL, and representatives from the rig’s contractor CIMC Raffles, China Classification Society （“CCS”）, Det Norske Verita
Further to Woodside’s announcement on 1 May 2012 that Japan Australia LNG (MIMI Browse) Pty Ltd (MIMI) offered to acquire a minority portion of the company’s equity in the proposed Browse LNG Development, Woodside advises that none of the Joint Venture partners have elected to match the MIMI offer.
Norway’s Farstad Shipping ASA, a major international supplier of large, modern offshore support vessels, has announced that Far Scotsman (STX PSV08 CD) was yesterday delivered from STX OSV Langsten to the company’s subsidiary Farstad Shipping Limited. The vessel will trade the spot market in the Nor
DylanGroup, the international trade organization providing complete packages of steel piping products and services, is a Gold Sponsor of the 2012 edition of Offshore Energy, Exhibition & Conference. The 5th edition of this annual event takes place at 23 and 24 October in Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlan
Polarcus’ Board of Directors yesterday accepted the resignation of Carl-Peter Zickerman as a Director of the Company. With the previously announced delivery of the 3D seismic vessel, POLARCUS ADIRA, on 21 June 2012 marking the completion of the Company’s eight vessel building program, Polarcus has e
ShawCor Ltd.’s pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract with a value in excess of US$100 million from McDermott Australia Pty. Ltd. to provide pipeline coatings and related products and services for the flowlines and tie-in spools for the Ichthys LNG Project. This is the second co
