A keel laying ceremony held at the Arctech Shipyard (Helsinki, Finland), on 19 January 2012, marked the start of the construction of an ultramodern multi-functional icebreaking supply vessel. The ship is specially designed to service the oil drilling platform located on the north-eastern part of the
PGNiG Norway, has been awarded interests in three exploration and production licences in Norway by the Norwegian Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, as part of the APA 2011 licensing round. For the first time, PGNiG Norway has been awarded operatorship in one of the licences. PGNiG Norway will acquire
On the 18th January 2012, the newly built AHTS Brage Viking arrived directly from the yard in Spain, to do some quick release and winchtesting at the Bollard Pull outside Flekkefjord. The vessel arrived in Flekkefjord early in the morning on the 18th January, and they started testing around 5:00 PM.
ST Marine has recently won a contract from Saipem (Portugal) Comercio Maritimo (Saipem) to upgrade the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and accommodation piping system for pipe-laying vessel, Castoro 8. It will undertake the design development, engineering and supply of a new
Statoil has resumed production at the LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following a temporary shutdown due to rupture of a firewater line last Wednesday. The facility can revert to full production without any production limitations. “We have a good overview of the extent of the damages and we
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces the successful testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/163 development well, located offshore Turkmenistan. The Dzheitune (Lam) 13/163 well was completed with a single string to a depth of 2,703 metres
Petrobras’ average oil and natural gas output in Brazil reached a record volume of 2,376,359 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2011, 1.6% up on the 2010 output. Oil production alone also set an annual record with a daily average of 2,021,779 barrels, exceeding the 2010 production by 17,60
The Norwegian energy ministry has awarded Wintershall Norge A.S.A. working interests in seven new exploration licenses in the current licensing round, APA 2011. Wintershall will be the operator in 4 of the licenses. The awards comprise 4 new licenses in the Norwegian North Sea and 3 licenses in the
MEO Australia Limited advises that the S/R Veritas Viking II commenced acquisition of the 507 km 2 Zeppelin 3D seismic survey in AC/P50 & AC/P51 in the Ashmore Cartier region of the Timor Sea (Vulcan sub-basin) at 05:43 (WST) today. The survey is scheduled to take approximately twenty three days to
North Atlantic Drilling has been awarded an 18 month contract extension for the drillship West Navigator by A/S Norske Shell. This contract extension will secure employment for West Navigator until end of June 2014. The estimated revenue value for the contract extension is US$320 million. Alf C Thor
Lundin Norway AS has awarded Kvaerner an EPC contract of approximately NOK 1.1 billion (USD 185,3 million) for delivery of a steel jacket to be located at the Luno field, production license PL338, offshore the Norwegian North Sea. “Jacket structures are core business for Kvaerner and I am very pleas
Chevron Corp. today announced a natural gas discovery in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. The Satyr-3 well encountered approximately 243 feet (74 meters) of net gas pay. The well is located 113 miles (182 kilometers) north of Exmouth in the WA-374-P permit
Lundin Petroleum has, with its partners Wintershall Norge ASA (Wintershall) and RWE Dea Norge AS (RWE Dea), submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Luno field to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (the Ministry). Lundin Petroleum is in ongoing negotiations with Det n
Ulstein Verft delivered M/V Blue Fighter, the first of two medium-sized platform supply vessels (PSV) of the new PX121 design from ULSTEIN® to Blue Ship Invest, on 19 January 2012. “The two vessels were ordered based on market trends showing a future increase in demand for this type of PSV. We have
