Vroon Offshore Services (VOS), a shipping company based in the Netherlands, on Thursday, April 5 took delivery of new Anchor Handling Supply Vessel. The vessel, named, VOS Thalia, is a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China. VOS Thalia will operate
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, OAO Novatek has set its sights on Cyprus’s offshore natural gas reserves, Reuters reports. Cyprus, a small island nation in the eastern Mediterranean, has attracted interest of major energy companies, especially after the U.S. based Noble Energy ann
The reconnaissance mission to the Elgin complex by a team of Total experts and specialist contractors has confirmed that planning for a well intervention operation to bring the leaking G4 well under control can continue as planned. After ensuring all necessary safety requirements had been met, the t
Schlumberger today inaugurated its new Houston Geoengineering Laboratory. The state-of-the-art, 30,000 sq. ft. facility is the latest addition to the Schlumberger global network of laboratories, offering a wide variety of reservoir core analysis services for the oil and gas industry. The new Houston
Mauritania, one of the world’s poorest countries, with iron or exports and fish produce representing major contributors to its economy, hopes to take advantage of its offshore reserves of oil and natural gas.
Gazprom delegation, led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, yesterday made a business trip to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The talks were held with Do Van Hau, President and CEO of Petrovietnam State Oil and Gas Corporation and Phung Dinh Thuc, Chairman of the Petro
Lukoil, a Russian oil and gas exploration and production company, plans to spend approximately USD 100 million on exploration activities off the coast of Sierra Leone, AFP reports. Anatoli Katoshin, Lukoil vice-president told AFP “We are going to invest $100 million in the first phase of an oil expl
Yesterday, April 5, Valiant Petroleum plc announced it had entered into a contract to secure a firm rig slot on the Stena Carron drillship to drill the Handcross prospect located in UK Blocks 204/18b West of Shetlands. Based on the Stena Carron’s current schedule the rig slot is expected to fall wit
Total’s experts and specialist contractors yesterday boarded the Elgin complex and successfully carried out their objective. In a key milestone toward bringing the situation under control, the team spent nearly four hours on the Elgin complex to gather preliminary information that will be used to as
A ceremony for the largest ever working capital guarantee issued by Atradius Dutch State Business – on behalf of the Dutch Government – took place on Thursday 5 April 2012 at IHC Merwede’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel. With this finance agreement in place, IHC Merwede will start work on the co
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board announced of a Call for Bids in the Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area. Call for Bids NL12-02 (Area “C” – Flemish Pass) will consist of one parcel consisting of 208,899 hectares. Interested parties will have until 4:00 p.m. on Novemb
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Coast Guard recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) outlining the efforts of the two agencies to strengthen oil discharge planning, preparedness and response for offshore facilities used for oil and gas drilling, production or
Last month Awilco Drilling PLC and Premier Oil signed letter of award (LoA) for the provision of WilPhoenix drilling rig. The contract was confirmed yesterday. Premier oil, an independent British UK oil company focused on exploration, has hired the rig for the drilling of two firm wells and up to tw
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited , the independent Africa focused oil and gas exploration company, has commenced drilling the first well, 1811/5-1, of its 4 to 5 well drilling programme offshore Namibia. Drilling operations began yesterday morning on the Tapir South prospect using the Maersk Deliverer semi
