Murphy Oil Corporation announces the death of Chairman of the Board, William C. Nolan, Jr. Mr. Nolan died on March 12, 2012 at the Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado following a brief illness. He was 72 years old. Nolan received his undergraduate degree from Yale University in 1961, and h
Aker Solutions has been awarded a FEED (front-end engineering and design) contract from Statoil to design the world’s largest Spar platform for the Aasta Hansteen field development in the Norwegian Sea. With a total hull length of 193 meters and a draught of 170 meters, the Aasta Hansteen (formerly
Baker Hughes Incorporated, announced that its subsidiary has chartered a new state-of-the-art pressure pumping vessel that will provide offshore stimulation services to Maersk Oil in the North Sea. Upon completion, scheduled for late 2013, the Blue Orca(TM) will become the eighth vessel in the Baker
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announces that INPEX Ichthys Pty Ltd and other project group companies have been granted production licenses for the Ichthys LNG Project by the Australian Government. Upon the grants, INPEX has received the major necessary governmental authorizations for the Ichthys LNG Pro
Measurement Technology NW (MTNW) announces successful installation and commissioning of winch control systems for two Rowan jack-ups: the J.P. Bussell and the Gorilla II. MTNW collaborated with Applied Measurements of Texas to ensure the winch control retrofit was successful from initial design to f
Cyprus’ newspaper Politis reports that the U.S.-based oil and gas exploration and production company, Noble Energy, is contemplating building a natural gas pipeline to connect a natural gas field offshore Cyprus to the mainland. The Politis says that Noble, the operator of the Cyprus’ Block 12, if t
Chevron Corporation is delivering strong financial results and progressing the projects that will drive the next significant growth phase, executives said today at the company’s annual security analyst meeting in New York. “Financially, 2011 was a record year for Chevron. We generated the strongest
Kongsberg Seatex, Kongsberg Maritime’s position reference specialist division is launching two brand new Motion Reference Units (MRU) at Oceanology International 2012. Both products are part of the company’s market leading fifth generation range of MRUs and have been designed specifically for survey
Ocean Installer, a subsea construction company based in Stavanger, Norway has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from Xcite Energy Resources Ltd for the installation of pipelines from a jack-up rig to a dynamically positioned shuttle tanker at the Bentley field. The potential contract is for the inst
Rialto Energy Limited, the exploration, appraisal and development company with operated assets offshore Cote D’Ivoire, West Africa, announces the start of drilling of the Gazelle-P3 production well on the CI-202 block. Rialto is Operator of the Block with an 85% working interest. The Gazelle-P3 well
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced its 2012 capital program and guidance, and the highlights of its Investor Conference to be held on March 13, 2012. “Anadarko is off to a great start in 2012 as it continues to build upon the strong operational results of 2011, while positioning the comp
Colombo Dockyard PLC (CDPLC) launched the 1st of a series three Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels (MPSVs) for Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte Limited of Singapore, at the auspicious time of 1035 am on 5th March 2012. The ceremonial Launching was done by Owner’s Representative Mr. P.R. Nawa
RigNet, Inc.,a leading global provider of managed remote communications solutions to the oil and gas industry, has been chosen by TAQA Bratani Limited to deliver a managed network solution for two of its offshore production platforms in the United Kingdom (UK) sector of the North Sea, its UK office
Odfjell Offshore, the rig owning subsidiary of international drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling, has initiated an equity private placement to raise USD 400 to 500 million to further develop its current fleet of six state-of-the-art ultra deepwater (UDW) and harsh environment offshore drilling unit
