Dockwise’s new heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard, will be able to lift and transport units of up to 110,000 tonnes. The maximum capacity of an existing vessel is 75,000 tonnes. With its width of nearly 80 metres and length of 275 metres, this is the first semisubmersible heavy lift vessel to
Kongsberg Evotec AS, has been awarded a contract with Kleven Maritime (Myklebust), Sanco Shipping and Dolphin Geophysical, for the complete back-deck handling system on Sanco Shipping’s new (up to) 16 streamers seismic vessel built to be operated by Dolphin Geophysical AS. The ST324 designed by Skip
Nido Petroleum Limited today provided the results of an independent reserves audit of the Galoc oil field up to 30 June 2011 undertaken by Gaffney Cline and Associates (‘GCA’) on behalf of Nido. Nido has a 22.88% Participating Interest in the Galoc oil field in Service Contract 14C1 and has historic
Technip today announced the formation of a new and enhanced worldwide consultancy, subsea and offshore engineering services company. This new company is a combination of Technip wholly owned subsidiary Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants and the deepwater engineering team of Technip in Houston. The newl
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited has signed an Asset Acquisition Agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Liberia Limited, with respect to the onward sale of certain of the interests in Block LB-13 offshore Liberia which, as previously announced on May 18, 2011, COPL B has agreed to a
Bermuda-based offshore deepwater drilling contractor, Seadrill, has been awarded a two-year extension for its ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig West Aquarius which is currently operating in Asia under a worldwide contract for ExxonMobil. It is anticipated that the extension period will primarily
Endeavour International Corporation today reported that the Tudor Rose well in the Central North Sea block 14/30a was spud yesterday, on the 16th of November 2011. The Tudor Rose oil accumulation was discovered in 1983 and encountered an 80 foot oil column within the Tertiary age Beauly Sands, but p
The Parkmead Group plc yesterday completed an agreement with XTO UK Ltd., a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, to buy a 15% interest in Blocks 48/1a, 47/5b and 48/1c in the UK Southern North Sea. These blocks contain the Platypus gas field and the Possum gas prospect. This acquisition marks an i
Statoil and its co-venturers Repsol and Chevron have been named the successful bidders for exploration rights on two land parcels in the Flemish Pass Basin, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. This was the result of a land sale issued by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleu
Cosalt Offshore, which provides lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil & gas industry, has recently ordered a second 50-tonne spooling winch from ACE Winches as part of a major investment in equipment. The second winch, destined for Norway, was ordered following an increasingly high demand
From 18-21 October 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit activity on Rowan Stavanger in connection with an expanded application for an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for drilling. The audit activity was well facilitated by Rowan. Rowan Stavanger has previously
Tideland Signal will supply Saipem with Syncrolan LED light stations and fog signals as temporary marks for the jacket that it is currently fabricating for Total E&P UK’s West Franklin phase two project in the North Sea. To warn nearby shipping, the new wellhead platform will be marked by a Tideland
DEO Petroleum plc announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary DEO U.K. Limited, along with partners Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited & Faroe Petroleum (U.K.) Limited, has agreed, subject to regulatory approvals, to assume Maersk Oil U.K. Limited’s 19.11% interest in the Perth field. Commenting, DE
GDF SUEZ E&P Norge said on its website that as of 01.12.11 Atle Sonesen will replace Terje Overvik as Managing Director. Sonesen joined GDF SUEZ E&P Norge in 2005, and currently holds the position as Head of Asset. He has a Master of Science degree in petroleum technology from the University of Stav
