Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), announced that it has, on behalf of itself and its partners, commenced its 3D seismic acquisition project in the north Celtic Sea, offshore
A small piece of history: The search for oil and gas in Norway started earlier, and a very different place than most people think. The first well in the North Sea was completed in the summer of 1966, and the first discovery, Ekofisk, was made in 1969. Already in the late 50’s, the brothers Einar [&h
The Board and Management of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) announces that Mr Chow Yew Yuen has been appointed Managing Director of Keppel O&M with effect from 1 June 2011, reporting directly to Mr Tong Chong Heong, CEO of Keppel O&M. Mr Chow will be based in Singapore. He will assist the
Sanco Shipping AS has signed a contract with Kleven Maritime for one seismic ship with an option for additionally one. With this contract, the order reserve stands at 11 ships with a combined value of about 4.2 billion NOK. Kleven Maritime, Norway’s biggest Norwegian-owned shipbuilding group, has si
Farstad Shipping has been awarded the following charter contracts: AHTS Far Strait (2006, UT 712L, 14.688 BHP), AHTS Lady Caroline (2003, UT 712, 12.240 BHP), PSV Far Spirit (2007, VS 470 MK II, 3.624 DWT) and PSV Lady Grace (2001, UT 755, 2.936 DWT) have all been extended for 365 days while AHTS Fa
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has been awarded a US$142 million contract by Seadrill to build a repeat semisubmersible drilling tender (SSDT) based on the KFELS SSDTTM 3600E design. Scheduled for delivery in 2Q2013, this is the eighth drilling tender that Keppel will be building for Seadrill sin
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
STX OSV Holdings Limited , one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured new contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Island Offshore. The total value of the contracts amounts to approximately NOK
Shell has chosen Jee as its training partner of choice with the award of a 3 year contract extension for subsea engineering training. Jee will deliver courses to Shell employees worldwide. Jee has worked with Shell for the past 4 years, providing high-quality training globally to engineers as part o
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM announces the results of testing activities at the Sapele-1ST appraisal well drilling in the Douala Basin, offshore Cameroon. Drill stem testing was performed within the Deep Omicron interval at Sapele-1ST and a light oil
The double hit of high fuel prices and high unemployment should be addressed through expanded offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico… Source: Walton Sun [mappress] Source:Walton Sun , June 9, 2011;
Buccaneer Energy Limited advised that the board of the Alaskan Industrial Development and Export Authority (“AIDEA”) voted unanimously at its board meeting on 25 May (US time) / 26 May 2011 (Australian time) to invest up to US$30.0 million, as a joint owner, in the acquisition of a jack-up rig. As a
The Directors of Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd (MMA) announced that the company has been awarded two contracts by Woodside in respect of the Mermaid Sound and the Mermaid Strait, for the provision of offshore marine support to Woodside’s FPSO operations in the North West Shelf. The contracts are both
Nido Petroleum Limited , on behalf of the SC 54B Joint Venture, provides the following update on the Gindara-1 well. The 9 5/8” casing has been successfully run to the casing setting depth of 3,337.6 metres MD (3,315.6 metres TVDss). The 9 5/8” casing is currently being cemented in-place. Following
