Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, final function testing of the Blowout Preventers (“BOP”) on the sea floor is currently being undertaken, with the expectation of drilling ahead with the 8 ½” hole later today. Since the last report, the BOPs and marine riser were run
Seadrill’s subsidiary North Atlantic Drilling has received a letter of intent from ExxonMobil for assignment of the harsh environment semi-submersible drilling unit West Alpha. The extension has a firm period of two years with an estimated revenue value of US$410 million. Commencement of operations
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are re-boarding platforms and rigs, and restoring production following Tropical Storm Debby. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team is monitoring the operators’ activities. The team will continue to work
Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO) announced the order of 6 high-specification 3700 DWT PSVs (with options for a futher 4 vessels) from Universal Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) in Japan. The vessels will be built in USC’s Keihin Shipyard and deliver progressively from 3Q 2014. These orders follow on from
McMoRan Exploration Co. announced the results of its participation in the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 216/222 held last week by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) in New Orleans, Louisiana. McMoRan was the apparent high bidder on a total of 14 lease blocks on the outer Continental Sh
Petrobras announces that its average domestic and foreign oil and natural gas output in May was 2,601,223 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), up 1.9% on the figure for April. Fields in Brazil produced an average 2,350,476 boed, a rise of 2% on the previous month’s output. Foreign output stood
Atlantic Offshore chose a Havyard design when securing a North Sea agreement with the France-based international oil and gas corporation Total. The Fosnavåg-based Havyard Group AS was today officially unveiled as supplier of a Havyard 820 design for the shipping company Atlantic Offshore. Atlantic O
The exploration block is situated approximately 550km north-northeast of Broome, off the coast of Western Australia, and covers an area of 1,950km2 , with a water depth ranging from 250m to 500m
Shell’s drillships the Kulluk and Noble Discoverer set sail for the Arctic yesterday from Vigor Industrial’s Seattle shipyard, following completion of extensive environmental and safety upgrades by its commercial ship repair subsidiary, Vigor Marine. “It is impossible to overstate the pride Vigor Ma
William S. Chadwick, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Ensco plc, will retire from the company effective 31 August 2012. Mark Burns, currently Senior Vice President – Western Hemisphere, will succeed Mr. Chadwick as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. “It
As part of the Obama Administration’s continuing commitment to safe and responsible offshore energy exploration and development, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Alaska Region Director Mark Fesmire oversaw comprehensive testing of Shell’s proposed Arctic-ready capping stack syst
The role of natural gas in the UK’s energy mix is the focus of Oil & Gas UK’s forthcoming breakfast briefing. The event, which is sponsored by Herbert Smith and The Royal Bank of Scotland, is being held on 12 July in London. Mike Tholen, Oil & Gas UK’s economics and commercial director, said: “The [
Norway’s oil and gas exploration and production company Statoil has received consent to use the Deepsea Bergen Semisubmersible rig on the Norwegian sea fields. The company recently informed Odfjell Drilling that it was exercising the option for maximum duration of the new drilling contract, which me
Statoil has been granted consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling rig for drilling and completion of a production well on Visund Sør. Visund Sør is an oil and gas field located between the Gullfaks C and Visund facilities, approx. 125 km west-northwest of Bulandet in Sogn og Fjordane County. Th
