Cecon has today received Letter of Award for a fast-track pipeline installation project in West Africa. Engineering and Project Management will commence immediately with Installation expected completed by the end of Q4/2011. The project will be executed using Cecon installation spread on a third par
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services Company, has appointed a new managing director for its West Division as it grows the capability and assets of its Aberdeen-based operation. Hallin has promoted Giovanni Corbetta to the Managing Director’s role after he distinguished himself as the division’s
Aminex PLC (‘Aminex’ or the ‘Company’) announces that it has suspended further work on the Nyuni-2 exploration well in offshore Tanzania due to extreme drilling conditions. As previously announced, the Nyuni-2 well had been drilled to 3,450 metres measured depth and cased to 2,945 metres. However, i
Enviro Voraxial Technology, Inc. announced today that it has shipped a Voraxial® 2000 System to an oil and gas service company for a produced water application. The Texas based multi-billion dollar oil service company is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide
Awilco Drilling PLC has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Endeavour Energy UK Ltd for the provision of WilHunter for their Rochelle development program. The contract duration is estimated to be about 150 days with a contract value of approximately USD 37 million. The contract is expected to comme
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed the loan documentation for a bank loan facility of USD 410 million with DnB NOR Bank ASA and DVB Bank SE, Nordic Branch, together with Garanti-instituttet for Eksportkreditt (GIEK) and Eksportfinans ASA (the “Fleet Bank Facility”). The loan docu
Spring Energy announces that a framework contract has been signed with Ross Offshore, whereas Ross Offshore will provide planning and execution support for Spring Energy’s drilling operations on the NCS for a period of three years, with options for two times two years. Frode Losnedal, Ross Offshore
The integrity and operational problems of blowout preventers (BOPs) will be followed up by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) through its membership of the International Regulators’ Forum (IRF). The present status of the industry’s work on well control issues was presented at the IRF’s offs
Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, held its annual general meeting last night in Dunblane, with nine new directors elected from across all sectors of the decommissioning industry. The meeting heard that the supply chain body now has around 160 members. Attendees wer
Wood Mackenzie’s analysis of the giant Aldous/Avaldsnes discovery appraisal programme reveals the potential value of the field could now be as much as US$13 billion. Geoff Gillies, Wood Mackenzie’s North West Europe Lead Analyst puts the revised size of the discovery in context; “At the upper end of
Noble Corp inaugurated the Noble Globetrotter I ultra-deepwater drillship at Huisman’s new production hall in Schiedam, the Netherlands, on 1 October. The drillship, which was designed around Huisman’s multipurpose tower (MPT), is on schedule to be delivered later this year. It will then mobilize to
Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems), suppliers of independent guidance and hands-on support for emergency pipeline repair systems (EPRS) and pipeline repair, announced that it has opened its doors for business. In order to mitigate risks associated with critical pipeline networks,
Caterpillar today announced that it has been selected to power 16 offshore supply vessels for use in operation in the Brazilian offshore market. Caterpillar received orders requiring a total of 56 Cat and MaK Diesel Electric Propulsion Engine (DEP) generator sets for offshore supply vessel newbuilds
SOCO International plc is an international oil and gas exploration and production company, provides update on its offshore Vietnam operations. Te Giac Trang (“TGT”) The Company announces that TGT Phase II development drilling operations have commenced offshore Vietnam with the spudding of the first
