The Ocean Columbia jack-up rig was recently successfully installed at the Eugene Island-184 platform on the 17 February 2012. Drilling operations commenced on the planned sidetrack of the A2 production well on 18 February. A window was successfully milled in the casing from 7,594 to 7,607 feet and t
Grup Servicii Petroliere SA (GSP) – a rapidly emerging drilling, pipe lay and offshore construction company, announces the appointment of Stuart D Oakley as its new Chief Executive Officer to be based in Constanta in Romania. Mr. Fanel Hahui who previously held this position will now move into the n
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has awarded Norwegian Energy Company ASA (Noreco ASA) a drilling permit for well 7228/1-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 7228/1-1 will be drilled from the Transocean Barents drilling facility in position 72 51` 0.89″ north and 28 18´ 5
Exxon Mobil Corporation plans to invest approximately $185 billion over the next five years to develop new supplies of energy to meet expected growth in demand, Chairman and CEO Rex W. Tillerson said today in a presentation at the New York Stock Exchange. “During challenging times for the global eco
The shareholders of the Antwerp based specialist in hoisting on the water Scaldis Salvage & Marine Contractors NV have ordered an extremely powerful, self propelled DP2 crane ship from Korean shipbuilders STX Offshore & Shipbuilding. The vessel will be built in STX’s shipyard in Dalian and finished
P/F Atlantic Petroleum announces the commencement of operations on the 29/1c-9 Orchid exploration well on UK Licence P.1556 in the Central North Sea. The well is being drilled with the Sedco 711 semi-submersible rig in a water depth of about 290 ft, near to the producing Bittern and Kyle fields. The
Eurasia Drilling Company Limited , the leading onshore and offshore drilling service provider in the CIS, announces that in February 2012 its TRIDENT 20 jack-up drilling rig was renamed SATURN. The SATURN is a Keppel FELS CS Mod V cantilever jack-up delivered in 2001, and is capable of operating in
MENAdrill Investment Company ‘MIC’, incorporated in Cayman Islands and principally promoted by First Energy Bank ‘FEB’ (headquartered in Bahrain) has signed a 3 year $130m limited recourse islamic financing with Gulf International Bank B.S.C. ‘GIB’ as the Mandated Lead Arranger and Investment Agent
The second largest shipbuilder in the world, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, Co, announces that it has received an order to construct a giant Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO). The order comes from a Japanese oil giant, INPEX and is a part of the company’s Ichthys
The offshore supply vessel North Sea Giant was given the Offshore Support Journal “Ship of the Year 2012” award. The vessel of Norwegian operator North Sea Shipping AS received this prestigious prize during the Offshore Support Vessel Conference in London. North Sea Giant is one of the largest and m
The well was spud on 4 March 2012 and will serve as a further development well for the field.
The Center for Offshore Safety’s governing board today announced Charlie Williams as the Executive Director to lead the Center on its ongoing commitment to the safe development of America’s vast deepwater offshore natural resources. “We have assembled the best and the brightest minds to help ensure
Kvaerner establishes an engineering office in Trondheim. The establishment will increase Kvaerner’s capacity and competence to meet the future activities, and it is part of the company’s jacket strategy in the oil and gas industry. Being close to the technology and research communities in the city a
The renewal of WA-360-P marks the start of the next phase in our Carnarvon Basin exploration program, MEO’s CEO and MD Jürgen Hendrich says.
