Cairn India has identified natural gas in its 2nd exploration well in Mannar basin, off the coast of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan government stated that additional exploration will be required to see if the discovery is going to be commercially recoverable, Reuters reported. The president’s office explaine
Gulfstream Services Inc, provider of cutting edge equipment to the international oil and gas industry, has been awarded a certification of ISO 9001:2008 for both its UK & US operations. This prestigious accreditation is recognised worldwide and was awarded to both Gulfstream Services Inc covering it
The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc , the central Mediterranean focused producer, developer and explorer of oil and gas assets, reported that it has, through its 100% owned subsidiary Malta Oil Pty Ltd, entered into an agreement with Fugro-Geoteam, who will undertake the acquisition of 1,000 sq
Stanford Marine, a section of UAE headquartered Stanford Marine Group (SMG), stated it has been rewarded a contract by BG Tanzania for the newly produced, cutting edge ,deep-water platform supply vessel named ‘Stanford Buzzard’ Stanford Marine possesses and presently operates a diversified and ever-
Petrobras’ Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, Almir Barbassa, announced this Friday, Nov. 11, the Company’s financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2011 at Petrobras’ headquarters, in Rio de Janeiro. Some of the items highlighted during the press conference were: • Net
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with DONG Energy for the jack-up rig MAERSK RESOLUTE for work on the South Arne field in the Danish North Sea. The expected duration of the seven-well contract is approx 680 days and the contract also includes options for 4 additional wells of estimated 400 day
Dolphin Drilling Ltd., a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a Letter of Award for the provision of the semi-submersible Borgsten Dolphin with Total E&P UK Ltd for an approximate 40 month program in the UK sector to undertake Tender Support services at the Dunbar platform. The con
The proposed Browse LNG Development has reached a key milestone with the release for public review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the upstream component of the development. The Draft Upstream EIS concerns the construction, operation and de-commissioning of all the offshore asp
Antrim, an international oil and gas exploration and production company headquartered in Calgary, Canada, today announced it has commenced drilling operations on the Antrim-operated Erne prospect in the UK Central North Sea block 21/29d (Antrim working interest 50%). Erne is an Eocene Tay Formation
INPEX CORPORATION announces an oil sheen has occurred in the vicinity of the Chevron Brazil operated Frade Oil Field located offshore north east of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil . Based on the information from Chevron, the current estimates of the total volume on the surface is estimated at less than 10 cu
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a five year contract by Petrobras for the provision of a dedicated deepwater flexible pipelay vessel for operations offshore Brazil commencing H2 2014. The estimated contract value is approximately $500 million. As a result of this award, Subsea 7 will cons
Technip was awarded by Lundin Petroleum a lump sum contract, worth approximately €100 million, for the Brynhild field development. This field, previously known as Nemo, is located in the Norwegian North Sea a few kilometers East of the boundary to UK waters at a water depth of around 80 meters. This
Reef Subsea AS announced Friday (November 11) that they have acquired from Rotech Group 100% of their Rotech Subsea group of companies headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland. With this friendly and strategic acquisition, Reef Subsea creates a world leader in Seabed Dredging and Mass Flow Excavation ser
Petrobras issues the results of the drilling of another well in Carioca area, situated in Block BM-S-9 which confirms the potential of the exploration area. The new well named as 4-SPS-81A (4-BRSA-973A-SPS), commonly known as Abaré, is settled 35 km south of the discovery well 1-BRSA-491-SPS (Carioc
