Noble Energy temporarily suspended the gas flow from Pinnacles #1 well offshore Israel, on June 14, only two days after the gas started flowing. The operator informed its partners, Delek Group, that it would stop the gas flow due to an indication of a gas composition which does not match the specifi
Gassco AS, an operator responsible for safe and efficient gas transport from the Norwegian continental shelf, has received consent to carry out modifications on the Ekofisk-Emden gas pipeline in connection with the phase-out of the B-11 compressor facility. Based on studies carried out by Gassco, a
As part of the development of the jackets business towards operational excellence, Nina Udnes Tronstad steps down from her position as Executive Vice President for the Jackets business area and President of Kvaerner Verdal A/S. Senior Vice President Sverre Myklebust will as of today act in both posi
The Netherlands based heavylift and transportation specialist, Dockwise Ltd., today announces near USD 85 million backlog additions in new contracts, bringing total for this quarter to approximately USD 102 million. Dockwise was awarded fifteen short term contracts, mainly for execution in Q2 and Q3
PETRONAS signed three main contracts with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd and Hess Exploration and Production Malaysia B.V. that will pave the way for the implementation of the North Malay Basin project, to develop marginal and challenging gas fields offshore Malaysia. The first contract is the amended Pr
Yesterday, the Department of the Interior took the latest step as part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, holding a 39 million acre lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the
The Board of Directors of Murphy Oil, an international oil and gas company that conducts business through various operating subsidiaries, today announced the appointment of Steve Cossé as President and Chief Executive Officer, effectively immediately. David Wood, the Company’s current President, Chi
Statoil was the high bidder on 26 leases in the first lease sale in the Central Gulf of Mexico since March of 2010. With the addition, Statoil will control more than 350 leases in the Gulf of Mexico, further securing its significant leaseholder position “We are very pleased with today’s outcome,” sa
Cue Energy Resources Limited provides the following update on the Banambu Deep-1 exploration well in permit WA-389-P offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Progress The operator has advised that the current operation at 06:00hrs 20 June 2012 is pulling out of hole with the drilling assembly. S
Worley Parsons has announced the intent to award the contract for supply of the Living Quarters for ExxonMobil`s Hebron Field offshore New Foundland, Canada, to the Apply Leirvik/ GJCahill Group Partnership. The contract includes delivery of a 7 floor Living Quarters Module with an area of 5300 m2 a
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Lundin Norway AS a drilling permit for well 16/2-13, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/2-13 will be drilled from the Transocean Arctic drilling facility at position 58°49’59.50’’N 02°39’12.25’’E for Lundin Norway AS in produ
Malaysia—based international offshore oil field services provider, Bumi Armada, announced today its newbuild programme, ’Steel on Water 2’ with the issuance of a Letter of Intent (“LO|”) for four Multi—Purpose Platform Support Vessels (“MPSV”), with an option to build four additional units. This new
Chevron Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Chevron Global Energy Inc. (Chevron) will be assigned a 50 percent working interest in Blocks 42 and 45 offshore Suriname through an agreement with Kosmos Energy. Under the agreement, Kosmos will have a 50 percent working interest and re
In the early hours of 16 June, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate began acquiring two-dimensional (2D) seismic data in the northeast part of the Barents Sea. In all, approximately 14,300 kilometres (40 lines) of seismic data will be acquired in this area. The work will be carried out by the vessel
