Responding to the high level of customer demand driven by an ongoing trend of successful offshore discoveries, Ensco plc has ordered a new advanced-capability, ultra-deepwater drillship to be built at the Samsung Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd. (SHI) Shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The vessel, ENSCO DS-8
Total confirms that a helicopter took off from Aberdeen at 10:30am today with the objective of landing on the Elgin PUQ (Process, Utilities, Quarters) to allow a specialised team to perform a reconnaissance mission of the Elgin wellhead platform and the G4 well, if it is safe to do so. On 25 March,
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has secured new contracts with Technip, a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, for a 500mt Yard Crane and a 150mt Flexlay System. Both the crane and the pipelay system wi
BPZ Energy , an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, announced today that Mr. Stephen R. Brand and Ms. Jerelyn Eagan have accepted positions as Independent Directors. Their appointments are effective immediately. Mr. Brand has extensive experience in the oil and gas business,
Singapore based Ezion Holdings Limited has secured an $80 million charter contract over a 4 year period to provide a Service Rig to be used by a national oil major to support its oil & gas activities in Central America. While Ezion doesn’t provide the name of the customer, some sources say that the
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, today announced that the Clough AMEC joint venture has been awarded a contract to provide maintenance support to the 1.3 billion cubic metre per year onshore gas treatment plant and the offshore unmanned wellhead platform for Eni’s
Sevan Drilling ASA, an international drilling contractor specializing in the ultra deepwater (UDW) segment provides fleet update for March 2012. Sevan Driller: Sevan Driller had a technical uptime of 95.6 % in March 2012. Sevan Brasil: Sevan Brasil was loaded onto the heavy-lifter Mighty Servant 1 a
Bayfield Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production group with key assets in Trinidad and Tobago, has announced the spud of the second well in its exploration and appraisal programme in the offshore Galeota Licence Area, designated EG7. The well spudded on 4 April 2012 and is bein
WHL Energy Ltd, an ASX listed oil and gas company, has resolved to raise up to approximately $7.940 million through the placement of up to 180,450,000 ordinary shares at 4.4 cents per share to Australian and International institutions along with sophisticated and professional investors (“the Placeme
The exploration program, operated by ConocoPhillips, plans to utilise the Transocean Legend semi-submersible rig for the entire campaign and is expected to continue through 2013.
GDI announced today that they have placed an order for a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig with PPL Shipyard PTE LTD (“PPL”) for delivery in March of 2013. This marks the 3rd new build jack-up rig that GDI has ordered in the last 12 months. The contract was signed by GDI Chief Executive Officer
Incat Crowther has been awarded a contract to design a fleet of 48m monohull Fast Supply Vessels (FSVs). In a significant order that demonstrates market confidence in Incat Crowther’s offshore expertise, a total twelve of these vessels will be built by ETP Engenharia Ltda., which has also recently d
France-based, international oilfield services provider, Technip, has been awarded a lump sum contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for the development of the Lucius field, located in the Keathley Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of approximately 7,000 feet (2,130 meters). The
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has laid three charges against Suncor Energy Inc., Operator of the exploration drilling program at the Ballicatters M96-Z well located in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin on Exploration Licences 1092 and 1113, for alleged offences related
