Vroon Offshore announces that yesterday, Thursday 9 June 2011, the company took delivery of VOS Vigilant. VOS Vigilant, a field-support vessel, is the penultimate in a series constructed for Vroon at the Astilleros Zamakona Shipyard, Pasaia. She will join Vroon’s extensive fleet of modern vessels pr
Floatel International Ltd has signed an agreement with Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) to build a new generation accommodation semisubmersible (semi) for delivery in 1Q 2014, on a ‘Turnkey’ basis. The total project price will be USD 283 million including project management, contingencies, spare pa
New Zealand’s offshore exclusive economic zone (EEZ) should be considered the North Sea of the Southern Hemisphere, a leading scientist … By Rob Maetzig Taranaki Daily News [mappress] Source: Taranaki Daily News , June 10, 2011;
Shermco Industries, a leader in electrical maintenance for light, medium and heavy industrial trade, is currently performing electrical maintenance and testing work for an offshore oil platform off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. Shermco won the Fortune 500 contract in March for a scope of work whic
Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services, today announces the award of the Kumang Cluster Project by PETRONAS Carigali to Subsea 7 Malaysia Sdn Bhd. This award further cements Subsea 7’s position in Asia Pacific and Middle East Region. The project involve
Petrobras announces the discovery of a new oil accumulation in the Cretaceous reservoirs of the Espírito Santo Basin. The discovery resulted from the drilling of well 1-BRSA-926D-ESS (1-ESS-205D), informally known as Brigadeiro, at a 1,900 meter water depth in the Concession area BM-ES-23, block ES-
Santos today announced its acquisition of a 75% interest in the Carnarvon Basin permits WA-323-P and WA-330-P that host Winchester, a large prospect which has a geological setting similar to the recent Zola gas discovery. The farm-in agreement with Octanex N.L was conditional on various regulatory a
Incat Crowther announces it has secured a contract to design a 45m Monohull Crew Boat. The vessel will be built by Arpoador Engenharia Ltda and owned and operated by BSCO Navigation, a subsidiary of Brasil Supply. Incat Crowther’s USA office has worked hard to develop the new design, which will meet
RXT announces that the final contract with Afren Energy Services Ltd for acquisition of 4C seismic data outside the coast of Nigeria is now signed. Estimated value of the contract is approximately USD 41 million and duration is estimated to four and half month and the survey will be acquired by the
The plan for development and operation of the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea was approved by the Norwegian parliament yesterday, 9 June. Production start-up is planned for 2014. The Valemon field is one of Statoil’s largest development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (
Baker Hughes announced today the launch of its state-of-the-art fracturing and stimulation vessel, the Blue Tarpon™. The 300-foot ship, one of the world’s largest stimulation vessels and the seventh vessel in the Baker Hughes fleet, is designed to provide high-rate and high-volume stimulation treatm
It has now been determined that there will be seismic acquisition in the eastern part of the Barents Sea from 7 July. The necessary formalities surrounding the Treaty on Maritime Delimitation and Cooperation in the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean between Norway and Russia are now in place. The acti
Total announces the launch of the Ekofisk South and Eldfisk II projects offshore in the southern Norwegian North Sea on Production Licence (PL) 018. Total holds a 39.90% interest in the licence. The plan for development and operation for each project has been approved by the Norwegian authorities. T
Today Det norske and partners DONG and Edison, signed agreements for production license 613 at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Production license 613 was awarded in the 21st licensing round. The license is located in the northern part of “Loppa High” in the Barents Sea. The license covers bloc
