Chevron’s subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), announced that the fire at the site of the Funiwa 1A natural gas well offshore Nigeria ceased burning on Friday, March 2. The well stopped flowing on its own. Chevron says it has detected no natural gas flowing from the well since the fire ceased
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited has signed a drilling rig contract with Maersk Drilling for a one well drilling slot using the Maersk Deliverer ultra deepwater semi-submersible rig offshore Namibia. The rig is expected to arrive on location at the end of March 2012 and that the drilling of the Tapir South
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 532, is in the process of concluding the drilling of appraisal well 7220/5-1 on the 7220/8-1 (”Skrugard”) gas/oil discovery. The discovery was proven in 2011 in Middle and Lower Jurassic reservoir rocks. The appraisal well was drilled about 3 kilo
Singapore’s Swiber Holdings Limited, a world class integrated construction and support services provider to the offshore industry, announced that it has secured charter contract wins totaling approximately US$36 million for vessel chartering services, with the exercise of all options, in the Gulf of
Fugro Geoteam has recently signed letters of award with four major international oil companies for 3D and 4D seismic surveys in East Africa and the North Sea for a total amount of close to USD 120 million. The surveys will be undertaken during the summer months using Fugro Geoteam’s industry leading
A UAE based seismic specialist, Polarcus, has received a Letter of Award by an undisclosed client for a 3D seismic acquisition project offshore Australia. The project will commence mid-April and is expected to run for approximately seven months. Polarcus is a pure play marine geophysical company wit
Shell is continuing its successful relationship with AGR’S Riserless Mud Recovery system (RMR™) with a new USD4.7m deal (NOK27m). The contract is for multiple development wells on Shell’s Prelude Floating LNG development off Australia’s north-west coast. Bernt Eikemo, General Manager Asia Pacific at
Sevan Drilling ASA, an international drilling contractor specializing in the ultra deepwater (UDW) segment provides fleet update for February 2012. Sevan Driller: Sevan Driller had a technical uptime of 82.3 % in February 2012. The downtime in February is primarily related to an incident with the wa
Deep Down, Inc. and Bornemann Pumps, Inc. today announced the formation of a strategic alliance to provide high-quality subsea pumping packages and services to the Gulf of Mexico subsea oil and gas industry. As part of the alliance, Deep Down will manage the overall project management, subsea engine
Sterling Resources Ltd. on behalf of its wholly-owned subsidiary Sterling Resources Netherlands BV, announces the joint award of exploration licenses E3 and F1 in the Dutch North Sea. These licenses, covering 792 square kilometres (396 square kilometres per block), are located in the northern sector
Ezra Holdings Limited a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, today announces two further contract awards worth a total of approximately US$131.5 million. Ezra’s fabrication division, recently rebranded as TRIYARDS, has be
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Mexico’s Pemex for the installation of a 20 inch subsea pipeline located in the Abkatun Pol Chuc Field in 73 meters of water. The contract is expected to generate total revenue of approximately $46 million and will u
On March 1, SOCAR President Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev met with the delegation led by the CEO of Qatar Petroleum International Mr. Nasser Al-Jaidah at Head office of SOCAR. Welcoming the guests, SOCAR President stressed the successful development of bilateral relations between Qatar and Azerbaijan and th
Bluewater Energy Services in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, has placed an order with Siemens Industry Automation Division for supplying a pump skid that features Brise dissolved gas flotation (DGF) technology. The skid is part of the produced water system on the Glas Dowr, which is a floating productio
