Oil & Gas UK, the not-for-profit representative body for the UK offshore oil and gas industry, has welcomed Total’s successful well intervention operation to stop the Elgin gas leak. Robert Paterson, Oil & Gas UK’s health and safety director, said: “Oil & Gas UK welcomes the news that the well-kill
EPC has contracted the Offshore business stream of the Penspen group, Andrew Palmer and Associates to provide Detailed Design services in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshore on the Front End Engineering
EPC Offshore has announced the appointment of new managers to work on two of the North Sea’s biggest developments as the company continues to increase growth in 2012. Project manager Euan Sellar will focus on the final phases of the Rochelle field development for Endeavour Energy in the Central Nort
Malaysia’s Kencana HL Sdn. Bhd. recently entered into a contract with Petrofac for the refurbishment, life extension and conversion of a Mobile Offshore Production Unit (“MOPU”) . Under the Contract, KHL is to undertake the engineering, procurement, and construction (“EPC”) for the refurbishment, li
Energy Partners, Ltd., U.S. based, independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company, has acquired additional oil and natural gas interests in the EPL operated South Timbalier 41 field from W&T Offshore, Inc. for $32.4 million. Prior to the acquisition, EPL owned a 60% working inter
Sterling Resources Ltd. has agreed to Enquest’s 10 percent interest in its F-Quad and L-Quad licences in the Dutch North Sea, and Enquest will acquire Sterling’s 50 percent interest in the Cairngorm licence (Block 16/3d) in the UK North Sea. Sterling now as operator hold a 35 percent interest in the
IBAMA, the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment’s enforcement agency was on Wednesday informed of a possible oil spill at one of the Petrobras’ Floating Production Storage Offloading units offshore Brazil. The Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas (ANP) and Brazilian Navy yesterday co
Ensco plc has selected ABS as the class society for its advanced-capability, ultra deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd (SHI) Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The ENSCO DS-8 will be the sixth Samsung DP3 drillship in the fleet and will extend the benefits of Ensco’
Australian Prime Minister, the Hon. Julia Gillard, MP, officially launched construction of the Ichthys LNG Project at a ground breaking ceremony at Blaydin Point in Darwin, Northern Territory today. At the invitation of INPEX CORPORATION Chairman Naoki Kuroda, the Prime Minister joined Northern Terr
Yesterday the Obama Administration provided final details for the Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale announced by President Obama in January 2012, as part of his administration’s ongoing focus on expanding safe and responsible production of U.S. domestic energy sources. Secretary of the Interior Ken
St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla. delivered the offshore service vessel (OSV) Sea Strength to A. R. Singh Contractors of Point Fortin, Trinidad. The 157-ft vessel is currently undergoing owner inspections and is available for work in the Caribbean offshore market. The vessel is now the larges
A Houston-based independent offshore survey company, UTEC Survey, has secured new offshore deals worth $3 million. UTEC Survey operates from offices all around the world and has just announced the two contracts which see the utilization of additional vessels in West Africa and the Arabian Gulf. The
Stork Technical Services, the leading global provider of knowledge-based asset integrity management services for the oil and gas, chemical and power sectors, won the ‘Associate Member’ prize at this year’s IADC North Sea Chapter (NSC) Annual Safety Awards. The award recognises an Associate members’
Salamander Energy reveals that it has been negotiating a Letter of Intent for Diamond Offshore’s Ocean General semi-submersible rig for its drilling campaign offshore Indonesia. The company plans to use the rig, built in 1976, to drill four prospects on its acreage in the North Kutei basin starting
