FPSO OSX-1, the first floating production, storage and offloading vessel in OSX’s fleet, has concluded its conversion in Singapore and set sail for Brazil. The journey is estimated to take 40 to 50 days. The FPSO OSX-1 is commissioned to produce the first oil for our client OGX, which is expected to
The company responsible for one of Australia’s worst oil spills is a step closer to building a floating liquefied natural gas platform off… Source: abc [mappress] Source: abc, August 24, 2011;
Jasper Offshore today announced that its modern Pelican Class self-propelled drill ship Jasper Explorer commenced its mobilisation to the Republic of Guinea on 20th August 2011. The contract is with AGR on behalf of Hyperdynamics Corporation. Drilling at the first well is expected to start in Octobe
Tullow Oil plc, the independent oil and gas exploration and production Group, today announced its half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 June 2011. 2011 Half-yearly results summary Tullow had a very strong first half. Record results were driven by increased production from the Jubilee field
Kosmos Energy announced yesterday a light oil discovery at the Akasa-1 exploration well on the West Cape Three Points Block offshore the Republic of Ghana. Full analysis of well results, including wireline logs, reservoir pressures and fluid samples, confirms that the well penetrated 33 meters (108
The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI) accepted delivery of a 80 T BP Anchor Handling, Towing & Supply vessel “m.v. SCI Panna” today, 23rd August, 2011. SCI had signed contracts for acquisition of four nos. newbuilding 80 T BP Anchor Handling, Towing & Supply vessels with Bharati Shipyard Lim
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) have taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Triton, a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered on 22 August 2011, in China. The vessel will operate out of Singapore and will be ma
LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LUKOIL, summarized phase one of space monitoring in the northern part of the Caspian Sea in 2011. The analysis of satellite images did not show any oil contaminations in the Severny license block connected with the operations at the production f
Geophysical survey vessel Gilavar was delivered to Caspian Sea on 1 August to hold 3D seismic exploration works on offshore Shafag-Asiman… Source: news.az [mappress] Source: news.az, August 23, 2011;
Cochin Shipyard Naming ceremony for two ships , the naming ceremony of two Platform Supply Ships (PSV) BY 83 and BY 84 was conducted at a glittering ceremony held at Cochin Shipyard. These ships were named Brage Supplier and Brage Trader respectively by Ms. Siri Kleiveland, wife of Mr. Sigfinn Bartz
GL Noble Denton, the global independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has appointed Peter Russell-Smith to its Management Team as Executive Vice President for Business Development, General Manager. A qualified engineer and certified management accountant, Peter brings considerable e
SeaBird Exploration PLC announces through its wholly owned subsidiary SeaBird Exploration FZ LLC the receipt of a Notification of Award from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd of India for a 4C-3D Seismic API Pilot Project in Mumbai High Field. This is an official notification that SBX has been awa
Wood Mackenzie dispels talk that the oil and gas business is a ‘sunset industry’ in a report titled ‘The changing face of upstream value’. This documents strong, prospective value growth in the upstream industry, with a 23% increase on Wood Mackenzie’s 2010 forecast. The sector is valued at approxim
Tideway, the Dutch offshore expert for the oil and gas industry, completes today its activities for the Deep Panuke Gas Development Project near Canada. The project, which took two months, entails a turnover of 10 million Euro. Tideway used the new Inclined Fallpipe System (IFPS) for the first time
