Dutch shipping company, Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) held the namegiving ceremony for VOS Shine on Thursday 28 June 2012, in Den Helder, the Netherlands. VOS Shine was christened by Mrs Gwen Klaphake, wife of Mr Rolf de Vries, Managing Director, Blue Stream Offshore B.V.. Blue Stream Offshore B.V.
Italy’s Eni has signed an agreement with the Indian company Essar for the acquisition of 50% and the operatorship of exploration block 114, located offshore in Vietnam’s Song Hong Basin. The exploration activities in the newly acquired block include the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey and the dri
A ‘Notice of Discovery and its Commerciality’ for the Absheron discovery was submitted on June, 1 on behalf of the partnership Socar – Total – GDF Suez by operator Total E&P Absheron. The step is described as “an important milestone in the frame work of the Agreement on Exploration, Development and
Arctic offshore vessel NB-506 was launched at Helsinki Shipyard on Saturday 30 June 2012. The hull assembly of sister vessel will start in the beginning of July, after the launch. Arctech is building the vessels for Russian shipping corporation Sovcomflot and they will supply the Arkutun-Dagi oil an
Statoil has made a significant gas and condensate discovery in the King Lear prospect in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea along with its partner Total E&P Norge. Exploration well 2/4-21 drilled by the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant in production licences 146 and 333, has proven a 48-metre ga
Prospector Offshore Drilling S.A. announced today an agreement with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. (“DSIC Offshore”) to extend the expiry dates on its three rig construction option agreements with DSIC Offshore that were previously due to expire on 30 June 2012. The first of these r
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, mechanical repair of the Blowout Preventers (“BOP”) was being undertaken. Upon completion of the repairs, the BOP and marine riser will be re-run to the sea floor to allow drilling of the 8-1/2” hole section to proceed. Since the last
Dutch marine transport specialist Dockwise today announces that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin B.V., Dockwise now controls 80.4% of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (“Fairstar”). Over the weekend shares were bought from various shareholders includin
France-based oilfield services provider Technip was awarded by Dubai Petroleum an engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning (EPIC) contract for the South West Fatah and Falah fields, located 90 kilometers offshore Dubai, United Arab Emirates, at a water depth up to 53 meters. The cont
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $400 million from BG Norge Limited, for the development of the Knarr field, in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea. The contract is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of a 4.5 km flowlin
CAMAC Energy Inc.on Friday announced that Allied Energy PLC, an affiliate of the Company’s largest shareholder, has closed the previously announced transaction to acquire the 40% working interest in Nigerian OMLs 120 and 121 (the “OMLs”) from Nigerian Agip Exploration (“NAE”), a subsidiary of Eni Sp
OSX announces that Mr. Carlos Eduardo Sardenberg Bellot, current Operations, Engineering, Leasing and Developing Officer of OSX assumes the position of CEO of OSX. Mr. Bellot has been an officer (COO) of the Company during the last two years and shall keep his previous position until further deliber
Greatship Rachna, the second vessel of a series of three Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels being built by Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) for Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte Limited of Singapore, was ceremonially launched on 28th June 2012. The ceremonial Launching was performed by Owner’s Re
STX OSV Holdings Limited (“STX OSV”), one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured new contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Island Offshore. The total value of the contracts amounts to approxi
