Chevron Corporation yesterday said on its website that cementing operations were taking place as part of its well plugging activities on an appraisal well located near its Frade field offshore Brazil. Chevron also confirmed that “there has never been any oil flow from the wellhead and current monito
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC. reported today the semisubmersible drilling rig Atwood Falcon, owned by an Atwood subsidiary, was awarded the “Floater Rig of the Year” by Shell recognizing it as the best performing floating rig for Shell worldwide in 2011. Atwood President and CEO Rob Saltiel and Atwood Falco
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), a South Korean shipbuilder established in 1973 in South Korea, has awarded a $6 million+ order to Rockwell Automation and its Global Solutions team to provide emergency shutdown, fire and gas safety systems, and engineering services for four new DSME
SNC-Lavalin announces that it has been awarded a contract by Statoil UK to carry out front-end engineering for its approximately 20,000 tonne substructure for the Mariner offshore development in the North Sea. Andy Mackintosh, Executive Vice-President, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. commented: “We’re very p
SBM Offshore, a Dutch-based global group of companies selling and renting systems and services to the offshore oil and gas industry, today announced its 3rd quarter revenues of $2.2 billion. The company’s order portfolio on 30 September 2011 stood at US$ 15.7 billion, which is an increase of 53% whe
Hamworthy announced today that it has won a contract from South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries to supply its inert gas generator (IGG) package for the QUAD 204 FPSO project. The BP-operated The Quad 204 project involves replacing the existing Schiehallion Floating, Production, Storage and Offloadi
Cal Dive International’s multiservice vessel Uncle John is currently undergoing an upgrade to the vessel’s dynamic positioning and derrick systems, which will enable the vessel to perform light well intervention work in water depths up to 3,500 feet. Uncle John is DNV Classified multipurpose vessel
A working meeting was held yesterday in Gazprom headquarters in Moscow, between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Helge Lund President and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil. The meeting participants discussed the current state and prospects for cooperation deepening
Niko Resources LTD, an offshore exploration company with headquarters in Calgary, Canada, announced today that it has commenced drilling operations on its first well offshore Trinidad. The Rowan Gorilla III rig is on location at the Stalin prospect, which is the first of three wells planned for Bloc
Aker Solutions in Aberdeen that it has received an order to manufacture and deliver a number of subsea control modules and topside power units as part of an 12,6 million contract with Dana Petroleum plc. The company has signed a contract for the project management, engineering, procurement and const
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. announced today the execution of definitive contracts for the construction of sixteen high-specification offshore supply vessels (“OSV”), in connection with its latest newbuild construction program announced on November 7, 2011. This is the Company’s eighth newbuild
Hydrasun has acquired Brazilian company thus creating the potential for additional multi-million pound sales. The seven-figure deal was signed for Macaé-based Remaq Ltda, a key provider of flexible hose assemblies in Brazil, which recently signed a new three-year contract with Brazilian national oil
M/s. Mercator Oil & Gas Limited, subsidiary of Mercator has been awarded a contract by ONGC Ltd. for conversion of their Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (“MODU”) “Sagar Samrat” into Mobile Offshore Production Unit (“MOPU”). According to SNP Infra Research Solutions, the cost of conversion of Sagar Sam
Orca Exploration Group Inc. announces that it has taken delivery of the Sakson PR5 drilling rig at Songo Songo Island enabling the Company to begin work on its US$130 million drilling and development program in Tanzania. Orca, which currently supplies gas primarily for power generation to the Tanzan
