The semi-submersible drilling facility COSLInnovator has received the PSA’s Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC). On 30 March 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted COSL Drilling Europe AS an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the semi-submersible drilling facility COSLInnovat
Nautronix celebrate the opening of a new office in Norway, which is located at Nedre Strandgate 27 in Stavanger, and are also delighted to announce the appointment of Jørn Berg as Vice President of Sales for Norway. Nautronix see huge growth in the Norwegian market for their full range of products a
Woodside, an Australian petroleum exploration and production company, has postponed a Final Investment Decision for its Browse LNG Project for 2013. The company says that that the Commonwealth Minister for Resources and Energy and the WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum have approved amendments to t
BG Group today announced the completion of drilling at an appraisal well in the Petrobras-operated BM-S-11 concession, offshore Brazil, with good quality oil samples encountered. The results confirm the westerly extension of the Iara accumulation in the pre-salt Santos Basin and demonstrate the high
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS (COPSAS) has received consent to use the jack-up drilling facility Mærsk Innovator to drill eight water injection wells on the Ekofisk field. The consent covers the drilling of eight water injection wells with the objective of maintaining the formation pressure in the s
Over the last 18 months, Seatronics, an Acteon Company, Technip, Star Net Geomantics and BlueView Technologies have been involved in developing the BlueView 3D system for underwater metrology. This work has included several onshore dry dock trials in Peterhead and Fraserburgh, UK. Seatronics, along
Wilton Engineering Services (WESL) Limited – the international design, engineering and fabrication business – has secured a multi-million pound contract with Subsea 7. Wilton Engineering, a Wilton Group company, will construct support clamps for work on DONG Energy’s SIRI Caisson Support Project in
Brazil’s state controlled oil company, Petrobras, announces that on Sunday afternoon, April 8, a subsea inspection discovered seepage of oil coming from its Roncador oil field’s seabed in Campos basin. The inspection was carried out using a Remotely Operate Vehicle (ROV), at the field located approx
Prosafe, an owner and operator of semi-submersible accommodation/service rigs, has been awarded two separate contracts by Statoil Petroleum AS (‘Statoil’) using the Safe Scandinavia and Regalia. The Safe Scandinavia will be used for accommodation support at Snorre A in the Norwegian sector of the No
Ahead of the arrival of the BW Athena FPSO from Dubai, subsea mooring specialist First Subsea has supplied the Ballgrab connectors used to moor the FPSO’s submerged turret production buoy in 440 feet (134 meters) of water in the Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited, Athena field located in the UK North Sea. F
North Energy ASA has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Lime Petroleum Plc and Rex Oil & Gas Limited transferring parts of North Energy’s interest in the licenses PL 503, PL 518, PL 526 and PL 530 to Lime, upon their pre-qualification as an exploration company on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. T
SeaBird Exploration PLC, the Cyprus-based owner of seismic acquisition vessels fleet, has received an extension from Spectrum on the 2D seismic contract for the Hawk Explorer in Brazil. The extension has a contract value of approximately USD 7-8 million and is estimated to be completed by September
The vessels are being built for Malaysian offshore installation and maintenance specialist TL Offshore Sdn. Bhd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of SapuraCrest Petroleum Bhd. The order is booked in the first quarter of 2012.
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, has entered into a production sharing contract with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania for a 90% interest and operatorship in offshore Block C19, which covers an area of 14,125 km². The Contract consists of an initial three year period, during which Chari
