Gazprom on Friday held working meetings with representatives of Statoil and Total as part of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012. The companies discussed the major terms of “a new agreement on the Shtokman Phase I development project.” The Gazprom press release did not provide details o
Apply Sørco has been awarded the contract by Statoil for the conversion of one of the main generating gas turbines on Troll C to a low NOx turbine. The upgrade is an environmental measure to reduce NOx emissions from the platform. The contract is valued at approximately 270 million NOK and includes
During the period 24-27 April 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of electrical systems, instrumented safety systems and fire and explosion protection on the Brage offshore platform. The audit activity was carried out in the form of a meeting with the operations organisa
AGR, the world’s largest independent well management group, has appointed Bill Fletcher as Vice President of Well Management (UK and West Africa). Previously Operations Manager at Senergy for four years, he succeeds Ian Burdis who has been made AGR’s Executive Vice President for UK, West Africa and
Star Information Systems (SIS), an industry leader in the supply of software and services for technical ship and rig management, has successfully completed the installation of its Star Information & Planning System (Star IPS) across Solstad Offshore’s fleet of 50 high-specification vessels. Solstad,
The Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe has invited colleagues from the petroleum countries of the High North and top industry leaders to a Roundtable Conference in Trondheim, Norway on June 26, 2012. The topic of the conference is prudent resource management as part of a susta
Dolphin Geophysical in co-operation with Searcher Seismic are about to commence acquisition of 2,000 km2 of high-resolution 3D Multi-Client data over open acreage in the Barents Sea using Dolphin’s 12 streamer high capacity 3D seismic vessel, Polar Duke. The blocks and data coverage were nominated a
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are evacuating platforms and rigs in of tropical storm Debby. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team is activated and monitoring the operators’ activities. The team will continue to work with offshore ope
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-12, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-12 will be drilled from the Ocean Vanguard drilling facility at position 58°53’04.26’’N and 2°29’18.07’’E following completion of d
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has today entered into a data-licensing agreement worth approximately USD 8 million with an oil and gas company, in which the customer will gain access to EMGS’s entire 3D EM multi-client data library on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The agreement incl
Valiant Petroleum plc announces that drilling has completed on the Tryfan prospect (Valiant, 33.33%) located in UK Block 3/17 and operated by Apache North Sea Limited. The well encountered both Frigg and Dornoch sandstones on prognosis with a small gas column present at the top of the Frigg formatio
The naming ceremony for Olympic Orion, yard no 350 from Kleven Maritime, was held in Geiranger Fjord in the municipality of Stranda, Norway, on Saturday, June 23 2012. The multipurpose PSV of Marin Teknikk AS MT 6015 design is 94 m long, 20 m wide and with accommodation for a crew of 60. The vessel
Premier Oil, a UK based independent, has reported in its press release thet the Coaster exploration well on UK Block 28/10 (Premier equity 50%) has reached a total depth of 5684 feet and is being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole. A total of 17 feet of Tertiary sandstones were encountered but thes
Eni has signed an agreement with KrisEnergy and Neon Energy for two exploration blocks located offshore Vietnam, in the Song Hong and Phu Khanh basins in the Gulf of Tonkin. The Song Hong Basin is estimated to contain 10% of Vietnam’s hydrocarbon resources, mainly gas, and significant discoveries ha
