Bourbon Clear, the second in a series of four platform supply vessels of PX105 design from ULSTEIN was delivered to Bourbon Offshore from Zhejiang Shipbuilding in China on 31 May. The vessel features an overall length of 88.8m, breadth of 19m, DWT of 4250T, and maximum speed of 15.5 knots. Bourbon C
Bergen Group BMV has signed a contract with the ship owner North Sea Shipping AS, a subsidiary of North Sea Shipping Holding AS, for construction of a large and advanced offshore vessel. The contract value is NOK 1 billion (approximately USD 165 million), included options for some additional equipme
CGGVeritas announced today that it will begin acquiring a fourth repeat survey (LoFS04) on the Ekofisk field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea as part of the multi-year Life-of-Field Seismic (LoFS) program for which it was awarded both the seismic data acquisition and processing. Mobilization
Aker Solutions aims to build up a 1 700-strong London engineering hub – thereby creating 1 300 new jobs – by 2015, as growth in global oil and gas markets drives demand for the company’s technologies and services. Øyvind Eriksen, executive chairman of Aker Solutions, shared this ambition with Prime
Tullow Oil plc announces that the Paon-1X exploration well in the CI-103 licence offshore Côte d’Ivoire has intersected good quality light oil in a Turonian fan system. Paon-1X is the first deepwater exploration well drilled in the CI-103 licence and has encountered 31 metres of net oil pay in a gro
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces initial peak gross oil production rates from the Athena field of 22,000 barrels of oil per day (“bopd”) (4,950 bopd net to Ithaca) as metered into the BW Athena’s storage tanks. Oil export operations have commenced. The flow from each of the four oil production wells is
Primeline and CNOOC Ltd. have received formal approval of the environmental impact assessment report (“EIA”) relating to the development of the LS36-1 gas field, located offshore China, from the State Oceanic Administration (“SOA”). The SOA had previously approved the routing of pipeline for the Dev
The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Board of Directors has approved the establishment of the Offshore Technology Conference Asia. The initial event will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-12 March 2014 and as a biennial event going forward, will be located in prominent cities throughout the
SeaPro Nav, Sercel’s integrated navigation system for all in-water seismic equipment, has been selected by Cyprus-based Seabird Exploration as the master system for two vessels in its marine seismic fleet, the Harrier Explorer and the Aquila Explorer. Seabird Exploration is the fourth industry playe
Rialto Energy Limited provides a weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 ST2 Well, Offshore Côte D’Ivoire as at 06:00hrs, 5 June 2012 (GMT). The Gazelle-P3 well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig. The well is the first of an overall thre
ICA Fluor, the industrial construction joint venture of Empresas ICA, S.A. B de C.V. and Fluor Corporation , announced the signing of a contract with Pemex Exploration and Production for the construction of an offshore production platform for the Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in the Gulf of Mexico with a tot
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM),has provided a technical update on the Barryroe oil discovery in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Providence (80%) operates Barr
The ROV/Survey vessel SHARK 1, which is fully equipped for safe and efficient offshore operations in the Black Sea, is nearing completion in Constanta Shipyard, Romania and will be launched in August 2012. In addition to the capabilities needed for surveys, the vessel can also offer ROV support for
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, publishes the results of completion and initial testing for three development wells and an updated rate for the 28/169 well in the Dzheitune (Lam) field. The Dzheitune (Lam) C/170 well was completed as a du
