MEO Australia Limited advises that the S/R Veritas Viking II completed acquisition of the 170 km Zeppelin 2D seismic survey in AC/P53 in the Ashmore Cartier region of the Timor Sea (Vulcan sub – basin) at 21:02 (WST) on 17 th January 2012. This survey included a tie line to the 507 km 2 Zeppelin [&h
Danish oil giant, Maersk Oil has been awarded seven licences offshore Norway in the APA Licencing Round, strengthening its position around the large Avaldsnes discovery and other Maersk-oil operated licence areas. “The award of new licences significantly adds to our exploration portfolio and represe
Chevron Corporation said that an extensive search and rescue effort continues for two contractors who remain missing after a fire aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore Nigeria operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited. “While Chevron s highest priority remains the rescue of the missing c
RWE Dea Norge started the drilling of a second well in production license PL435 in the Norwegian Sea beginning of the year. The target of this well is, to explore more gas reserves in the license. In September 2010, RWE Dea made its first gas discovery in production license PL435. The well encounter
Norwegian seismic specialist, TGS, has reached final agreement with Sonangol E.P. to commence acquisition of a 3D multi-client survey covering nearly 12,500 km2 offshore Angola. The survey will initially commence over blocks 36 and 37 in late January, then continue over block 35 with acquisition sch
Today, 17 January, Statoil was awarded ownership interests in eleven production licenses on the Norwegian shelf. Statoil will be the operator in eight of the licenses. In this APA round (Awards in Predefined Areas), Statoil applied for more areas than has been the case in recent years, submitting a
A global offshore training specialist yesterday officially opened its revamped Montrose operation. Falck TMS, the Training Management Service arm of global health and safety training provider Falck Nutec, were joined by Scottish Energy, Enterprise & Tourism Minister, Fergus Ewing, and a number of in
The Norwegian Government has decided to offer 60 production licenses in the Awards in Predefined Areas round for 2011 (APA 2011). – Today, I am offering participation interests in production licenses to 42 companies. Twenty-seven of these companies are being offered operatorships. APA 2011 is the mo
Norway’s oil and gas exploration and production giant ,Statoil, and its partners have selected a fixed platform for the Dagny oil and gas discovery in the North Sea, while the Eirin gas field is to be developed with a subsea solution. Gas from Dagny will be exported through a tie-back to the infrast
The largest crane system constructed to date by J D Neuhaus has been delivered to Westcon Lofteteknikk AS (WCL) of Norway for use on an offshore drilling rig. The semi portal design comprises an A-frame supporting twin overhead horizontal track beams providing a 7.5 metre span. The crane has an appr
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, a governmental specialist directorate and administrative body today released preliminary production figures for December 2011. The figures show an average daily production of about 1 990 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is a decrease of 60 000 barrels
Hercules Offshore today announced that the Mako, a 175′ class liftboat in Nigeria, was engulfed by a fire that originated on a third-party rig, the KS Endeavor, during the early morning hours on January 16, 2012. The Mako was providing excess storage services adjacent to the KS Endeavor drilling rig
FoundOcean has won two North Sea pile grouting contracts for a total of five jacket structures, the installation of which are due to start in the first half of 2012. The contracts were awarded as FoundOcean and Saipem enter the second year of a three year agreement between the two companies. Operati
Norwegian energy company Statoil has matured more reserves through improved recovery than the Skrugard and Havis discoveries combined in 2011. The company is now strengthening its focus on improved recovery. “2011 will always be remembered for the major finds on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)
