Atwood Oceanics’, INC., a Houston-based international drilling contractor , yesterday announced the untimely death of its Board member Mr. Robert W. “Bob” Burgess, who passed away this past weekend in Massachusetts at the age of 69. Bob joined Atwood’s Board of Directors in 1990 and has served as Ch
ENI NORGE has chosen technology from AGR Drilling Services for multi-well projects in the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The Cutting Transportation System (CTSTM) from AGR will be used on 24 wells drilled by the Norwegian arm of Italian energy company Eni. The system will mainly be deployed on t
Effective from midnight May 20th 2011, Spectrum has secured a significant 2D seismic acquisition capacity with Seabird for expansion of their Multi-Client library, together with a re-let agreement for Spectrum’s vessel, the GGS Atlantic. As part of the continued growth of Spectrum’s Multi-Client lib
Siem Meling Offshore DA has entered into a contract with Statoil Petroleum AS for the large-size PSV ‘Siem Sailor’. The term of the contract is 2 years with 2 yearly options. The contract shall commence during January – March 2012. The contract is done at market conditions. The ‘Siem Sailor’ is owne
The world’s largest pipelay vessel Allseas’ Solitaire today completed the construction of Line 2 of the Nord Stream Pipeline in Russian waters and has resumed pipe laying in Finnish waters. Over 230 kilometres of Line 2 have now been laid in the Baltic Sea, 124 kilometres of which are in Russian wat
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The parties discussed bilateral cooperation in the energy sector and appreciated the
Bergen Group Hanøytangen has been awarded a contract from Semco Maritime in connection to a yard stay at Hanøytangen for the rig Transocen Winner in July /August 2011. Bergen Group Hanøytangen will be a subcontractor to Semco Maritime in the project estimated to a period of 45-50 days. The contract
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the baseline delivery of six S-76C++™ helicopters to SonAir Servico Aereo S.A. (SonAir) for support of offshore oil operations in Angola. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. SonAir has been flying Sikorsky products for more than 15 years. Cur
India’s largest state-run oil explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp plans to invest $7.7 billion in developing one of India’s biggest gas … Yahoo! News [mappress] Source: yahoo.news, June 21, 2011;
Australia’s growing international profile as an energy producer could attract undesirable attention and make offshore oil and gas … By Herald Sun [mappress] Source:Herald Sun , June 21, 2011;
International oilfield services company Expro has announced a major new investment programme that will reinforce the company’s leading position as a supplier of innovative technology and specialist services to the upstream oil and gas sector. The programme includes expanding Expro’s established flee
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 16/7-10, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 16/7-10 will be drilled by the drilling facility Ocean Vanguard at position 58º 29’ 56.56” N, 02º 01’ 31.42 ”E, following completi
Tore Ulstein has taken on the position as Chairman of the Board for Ulstein Group ASA. Tore Ulstein has taken on the position as Chairman of the Board for Ulstein Group ASA. Idar Ulstein will continue as board member. Ingerid Ulstein takes on the position as deputy Chairman. Other members of the boa
Norske Shell AS is extending its use of AGR’s deepwater excavation technology and expertise on the Ormen Lange field. Originally, a £9m (NOK84m) deal announced in February between the Aberdeen-based Excavation & Trenching arm of AGR Drilling Services and Norske Shell was to last until June 2, 2011.
