Statoil has been granted consent for use of the Floatel Superior mobile living quarters facility on Oseberg Sør. The consent applies from 20 March 2012 to 10 August 2012. The facility will accommodate extra personnel during a high activity period in the Oseberg area. The floatel will be connected to
Murphy Oil Corporation announced yesterday that the election of Claiborne P. Deming to Chairman of the Board of Directors has been advanced, effective immediately, following the recent death of Chairman, William C. Nolan, Jr. As previously announced on December 7, 2011, Mr. Deming was originally ele
Saab Seaeye, the world’s largest manufacturer and market leader in electric ROV systems, and provider of autonomous and hybrid underwater vehicles will showcase its four key underwater vehicles including the new double-hulled Sabertooth AUV/ROV at Seawork International which will be held in May in t
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has officially submitted its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to the Ministry of Environment in Italy. The TAP project aims to deliver secure natural gas supplies from the Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan to western Europe, transporting the gas via Gr
EnerMech, the mechanical engineering company, has announced a major expansion in the Asia Pacific region, India and Australia which will see the opening of seven new offices. The company already has well established bases in Singapore, and in Perth and Melbourne, and in the last two years has invest
MPRL E&P Pte Ltd., the only independent E&P company operating in both onshore and offshore Myanmar, on Monday announced the discovery of gas in Pyi Thar-1ST. MPRL E&P’s Pyi Thar-1ST, drilled on a combination of structural and sedimentological traps, has encountered approximately 180 ft ( true vertic
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Tallaganda-1 exploration well in permit WA-351-P offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The Tallaganda-1 well is located within permit WA-351-P, of the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is being drilled in 1,141 metres of water an
Statoil intends to establish a new operational area on the Norwegian continental shelf, which will be based in Harstad with start-up in the first half of 2013. Statoil is setting up a separate operational area in Northern Norway due to the considerable increase in activities taking place off the thr
Octanex N.L. announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Octanex NZ Limited (Octanex NZ), has been granted a 100% interest in a fourth petroleum exploration permit, PEP 53473. The permit is located in the offshore Taranaki Basin of New Zealand. The permit lies between the PEP 51906 and PEP 52593 per
Xcite Energy, earler this month, secured all the approvals necessary to drill and produce the wells in Phase 1A of the Bentley field work programme, and began drilling operations this week. The well 9/3b-7 was spudded on the 18 March 2012 using Rowan Norway jack-up drilling rig. Xcite Energy is a 10
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced yesterday the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire the offshore drilling rig Ocean Columbia from Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. The purchase price is $40 million in cash. Ocean Columbia is a LeTourneau Class 82 SD-C jack-up drilling rig registered and fla
Rialto Energy Limited, Rialto Energy Limited, the exploration, appraisal and development company with operated assets offshore Cote D’Ivoire, has provided the weekly update on drilling operations at the Gazelle-P3 Well as at 06:00hrs, 20 March 2012 (EDT). The Gazelle-P3 well, located offshore Cote D
Some of the concrete facilities resting on the seabed on the Norwegian shelf are nearing the end of their lifetimes. In the coming years, the authorities need to address how to dispose of these. A report has been prepared on disposal of concrete facilities on initiative from the Norwegian Petroleum
MT 6009, DNV classified Multi Purpose Field Support Vessel “Loch Roag”, will be the Group’s first ever vessel to operate in the North Sea to support the Oil and Gas and Offshore Renewable markets
