Otto Energy Limited advises that it has commenced a 3D seismic data acquisition program in Service Contract 69 (SC 69) in the Visayan Basin of the Republic of Philippines. The seismic vessel BGP Explorer, operated by Exploiter Pte Ltd (a subsidiary of BGP ), has been contracted to record the seismic
Dockwise urges the Netherlands government to allow for better protection on its vessels to counteract piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. As the ability of governments to offer military protection is limited, the ability for ship owners to employ additional private protection is of the
Blake International USA Rigs recently received a 3 well contract for the Blake Rig 1006, a 1000 horsepower self-erecting platform rig. W&T Offshore, Inc. is scheduled to commence mobilization to South Timbalier 316 in mid-July 2011. The rig is being made ready at Blake International’s 44 acre yard a
Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) announces that it has entered into an agreement with subsidiaries of Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble) and Rocksource ASA (Rocksource) concerning Ophir’s interests in the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) covering the AGC Profond block in the offshore territory jointly administered
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Abdallah Ghorab and Eni COO Claudio Descalzi met in Cairo to support the renewed commitment of Eni towards exploration and development activities in Egypt, highlighting the importance of such commitment for both Egpc and Eni. The additional activities will take pla
Statoil has exercised options in the current framework agreement with AGR Field Operations for surface management services. The extension has an estimated total value of NOK 40 million over a period of 12 months. This contract has an estimated value of 300 million including remaining options. AGR Fi
Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations, LLC, (“Black Elk”), an independent oil and gas company, announced recently that it closed on its Purchase & Sale Agreement with a private equity company to acquire 40 fields with current production of approximately 8,200 net BOEPD. This acquisition includes a ge
TrialGraphix, a litigation consulting business unit of Kroll Ontrack specializing in jury consulting, graphic design, presentation technologies and trial preparation solutions, today announced the completion of its animation and graphic presentation work on the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Na
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 050B, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 34/10-53 A. The well has been drilled about five kilometres west of the Gullfaks Sør field, in the northern part of the North Sea. The well is a sidetrack from wildcat well 34/10-5
Songa Offshore, Cyprus-based offshore drilling company, provides fleet update for May 2011. Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 100% during the operational part of the month. The rig completed the program for Total E&P in Australia May 29 and is currently underway to Labuan, Malaysia and is
Hess Corporation announced today that it has filed a Notice of Discovery with the Minister for Energy of Ghana for the Paradise-1 exploration well in the Deepwater Tano / Cape Three Points license, offshore Ghana. The well encountered an estimated 490 net feet of oil and gas condensate pay over thre
Dale Millward, head of subsea development at piping technology specialist, STATS Group, will speak at the 4th Pipe Tech World Summit in Rome. (June 6-8).The annual Pipe Tech event is attended by global experts in pipeline projects and technology, and features the latest methodology and solutions ava
BMT Scientific Marine Services is now in the process of patenting its ROV-serviceable Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly (SSSA). The company submitted application number 61416711 (currently pending with the United States Patent and Trademark Office) to patent its special ROV tool and alignment cage which
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has carried out an audit of E.on Ruhrgas Norge’s (ERN’s) planning for drilling well 31/8-1 (Breiflabb) in production licence 416 with Borgland Dolphin. The report contains nonconformities that are of such a character that the PSA questions the company’s ma
