Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) has added new AHTS vessel to their offshore fleet. Today, Wednesday 16 November 2011 at 14.30 hrs local time, Vroon took delivery of VOS Artemis from the Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. VOS Artemis is an “A class” anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel. She is the
Havyard Group AS has signed a contract with the Indian shipping company Global Offshore Ltd for delivery of a PSV vessel, including an option for one further vessel. The Indian shipping company, known as Garware Offshore until just recently, has changed its name due to an expansion from only operati
Hoang Long Joint Operating Company (HLJOC) has selected Honeywell as a main electrical and instrumentation building contractor for its H-04 wellhead platform in the Te Giac Trang (TGT) Field. This announcement follows the successful completion of an earlier phase (H-01 wellhead platform) of the TGT
McMoRan Exploration Co., a shallow water Gulf of Mexico exploration company, reported yesterday that its Lafitte ultra-deep prospect, which is located on Eugene Island Block 223 in approximately 140 feet of water, has encountered additional hydrocarbons. The well has been drilled to a true vertical
Xcite Energy yesterday provided a corporate update and its results for the three months ended 30 September 2011. Xcite has seen continued progress in its technical and operational plans for the First Phase Development (“FPD”) of the Bentley field. The Rowan Norway jack-up rig has arrived in Dundee a
Leading oil and gas body the Intervention & Coiled Tubing Association (ICoTA) has presented its European Chapter Innovation Award to Schlumberger Slickline’s global perforating and remedial services domain champion, Matthew Billingham, in recognition of the company’s application of technical innovat
Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered a 120T Bollard pull Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS), “SCI Pawan”, bearing the Hull No. to M/s. Shipping Corporation of India, Mumbai (SCI). The vessel is of AH03 type, designed by STX OSV, Norway (ex- Aker Yards) and is certified under dual class by t
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an inspection of project management, including change management in the Snorre unit (the Snorre licence). The inspection was carried out in the form of a meeting with Statoil on 29 April 2011 and a meeting with the licensee group (PSA) on 13 Se
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with Lundin Norway AS for an ultra harsh environment jack-up rig to carry out subsea field development of the Brynhild Field in Norway. The contract will be for MAERSK GUARDIAN or MÆRSK GIANT to be declared by 1 January 2013. The firm contract duration is for t
Tap Oil Limited (“Tap”) provides the following information on the Hannah-1 commitment well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The Hannah-1 well is located in permit TP/8, approximately 18km east of Barrow Island. The well will be drilled in water depth of 16m by the jack-up rig Ensco 104.
Maersk Drilling announced that it has signed a drilling contract with Lundin Norway AS for the Maersk Guardian jack-up rig for exploration in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The contract is for two wells with a total duration of approximately 135 days. Commencement of the contract is expecte
Neptune Marine Services Ltd has been awarded a contract by Hess Exploration Australia Pty Limited for the provision of geotechnical and geophysical surveys for the Equus Gas Fields Development Project, located 180km north of Exmouth on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Neptune has entered i
Reef Subsea AS announced yesterday that they have entered into two 5-year charter agreements for two newly-built dynamically positioned subsea construction vessels – Neptune Despina and Neptune Larissa – from Neptune Offshore AS. Simultaneously Neptune Subsea AS, the ship owning company of the vesse
Chevron Corporation last night reiterated that its efforts to respond to oil seeps and a subsequent sheen near the Chevron- operated Frade project, offshore Brazil have been successful. Since receiving approval from the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum (ANP) late Sunday, Chevron Brazil immedia
