Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. (BHGI), of Bristol, RI, was contracted by Northern Maritime Logistics, LLC of Anchorage, Alaska, for the design of both a towboat and the bow ramp for a new, USCG Inspected deck barge. Both vessels have been put into service use on the North Slope of Alaska, servicing Nika
Tropical Storm Maria advanced northward over Atlantic waters, prompting Bermuda to issue a watch as the season’s 14th named storm draws… By Alex Morales and Ann Koh (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg,September 14, 2011;
The European Parliament has rejected calls for a moratorium on offshore drilling, pushing instead for Brussels to adopt new rules obliging… Read more at Euractiv.com [mappress] Source: Euractiv,September 14, 2011;
The results of a pivotal federal U.S. probe of last year’s massive BP oil spill could be released as early as Wednesday, according to… By Ayesha Rascoe and Anna Driver (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 14, 2011;
Australia’s senate has passed laws to set up a single national regulator for offshore petroleum exploration and production, part of efforts… Reporting by Ed Davies (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 14, 2011;
PNOC Exploration Corporation (PNOC EC), as Operator of SC63, and on behalf of its Joint Venture Partner,Nido Petroleum Ltd , wishes to announce that detailed pre-planning for the SC 63 commitment well has commenced and is being undertaken at PNOC EC’s head office in Manila. The initial phase of work
Trelleborg will be exhibiting its extensive product portfolio for the offshore industry at the first ever Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Brazil October 4-6. The group, which will be located in Booth 501, will be represented by its Sealing Solutions, Offshore and Industrial Hose product area
HYSY720, a 12-streamer seismic vessel commenced operation in May 2011, has successfully completed 1607.79 km2 of data collection volume in August 2011 and achieved an outstanding monthly record. The vessel has commenced operation for 110 days as of today and has continued to strike new records for C
A leak from a shallow water crude oil pipeline in the Main Pass Area of the Gulf of Mexico has led Chevron to shut down its offshore Louisia… By Janet McGurty and David Sheppard (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters,September 14, 2011;
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announced today that it has acquired an additional 6.1 million shares of Discovery Offshore S.A. (“Discovery Offshore”) at an average price of NOK9.02 per share. With this latest purchase, Hercules Offshore has invested a total of approximately $34.1 million in Discovery Offs
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced a proposed rule that will reduce the likelihood of accidents, injuries and spills in connection with oil and natural gas exploration and devel
Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited (“Nexen”) for a 240-day firm period using the Safe Caledonia for accommodation support at the Golden Eagle facility in the UK sector of the North Sea. Subject to the Golden Eagle development receiving regulatory approval, on site op
Aberdeen-based Veripos, a world leader in the provision of GNSS positioning facilities to the offshore oil and gas industry, has been awarded a contract by Dolphin Geophysical AS of Bergen, the newly-formed Norwegian seismic exploration contractor, for the supply of services aboard its recently-comm
Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (“Miller”) a high growth oil and natural gas exploration, production and drilling company announced today that Voorhees Equipment and Consulting Inc. has finished construction of Drilling Rig-35 and shipment is now underway to its final destination on the Osprey platfor
