Xcite Energy announces that drilling of the 9/3b-7 well on the Bentley field is progressing satisfactorily, having reached a total depth of 6684ft. The 17½” section has been drilled, 13⅜”casing set, cemented and pressure tested. The 12¼” hole has been drilled. After the 10¾” x 9⅝” liner has been set
Rialto Energy Limited, an oil and gas exploration and production company, provides the following weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 ST well, located offshore Côte d’Ivoire. The Gazelle-P3 ST well was spudded on 12 March 2012 using the Transocean GSF Monitor jack-up drilling rig.
Reef Subsea AS announced today that they have been awarded a contract with Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd for the provision of two maintenance support vessels. Reef Subsea’s newly delivered vessels Reef Despina and Reef Larissa, will fulfil the contract for Talisman, which involves supporting the company’
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary PPL Shipyard has secured a US$208 million contract to construct a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig for Perisai (L) Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd, with an option to construct an additional unit of a similar specification jackup ri
CGX Energy Inc. announces the results of the drilling of the Eagle-1 well on the Company’s 100% owned and operated Corentyne Petroleum Prospecting License (“PPL”), offshore Guyana. The Eagle-1 well reached total depth of 4,328 metres on April 25th in the upper Cretaceous Maastrictian geologic zone o
Shell GSB Ltd (Shell) has assumed operatorship, as from 1 April 2012 for New Zealand exploration license PEP 50119 in the Great South Basin, from joint venture partner OMV New Zealand Ltd (OMV). The license covers an area of 33,500 km2 in deep water, south of New Zealand’s South Island. A large 4,82
Last week Awilco Drilling PLC and Suncor Energy signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the extension of the contract for the WilHunter semi-submersible drilling rig. Awilco yesterday confirmed that the contract amendment with Suncor Energy was signed to extend the contract for WilHunter for the drillin
Gulf Marine Services’ (GMS) Aberdeen office has been selected by ConocoPhillips to provide accommodation and support services to their project in the Southern North Sea. GMS Endurance, a self propelled, self elevating accommodation barge built in Abu Dhabi in 2010, will mobilise from the Mediterrane
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Talisman Energy Norge AS renewed consent to use the MSV Regalia accommodation rig on the Yme offshore field. On 13 October 2011, Talisman received consent to use the MSV Regalia mobile living quarters facility for accommodation on the Yme field
Kvaerner is preparing for a significant growth in its home market and invests approximately NOK 250 million (USD 43 million) in upgrades of its facilities at Stord. The major investments will be increased lifting and trailing capacity, including a new Goliath gantry crane. “We have won some major co
Malaysia-based international offshore oil field services provider, Bumi Armada Berhad, has secured a five-year charter and operations contract for its accommodation workboat, Armada Firman 3. The contract award comes from a Mexican company, Tecnologias Relacionadas con Energia y Servicios Especializ
UK-based drilling contractor Awilco Drilling PLC announces today that it has signed the contract with Premier Oil UK Limited for the provision of WilPhoenix semi-submersible offshore drilling rig for a term drilling program. The program will start in direct continuation from the previous Premier con
Norway’s state controlled oil company, Statoil, reported first quarter 2012 net operating income of NOK 57.9 billion (USD 9.98 billion) , a 14% increase compared to NOK 50.8 billion (USD 8.76 billion) in the first quarter of 2011. “Statoil grew production by 11% and realised high oil and gas prices
Topaz Energy and Marine, a subsidiary of Oman-based Renaissance Services SAOG and a regional leader in providing offshore support vessels and engineering services, has added yet another milestone to its 35-year history by building two Anchor Handling/Offshore Support/Towing vessels. The two sister v
