Ballasting of Prirazlomnaya ice-resistant oil platform continues at 35th Ship Repair Plant in Murmansk. Foundation concreting works are carried out by contracting agency JSC Germes possessing two advanced mobile concrete plants, required equipment and materials. Ballasting is performed in accordance
CGGVeritas announced today that is has signed a contract with Bahamas Petroleum Company PLC to acquire a 3D survey with BroadSeisTM, its superior broadband marine solution. The survey area, located to the south west of the Bahamas, covers approximately 3,000 km2. The CGGVeritas Viking will acquire t
In addition to their existing contract with Acergy/Subsea 7, for the supply of saturation divers and other DSV based personnel, Dominion Diving’s role for the Deep Panuke Tie-In Project has progressed to now provide Subsea Engineering Support Services. Overseeing the details for this project will be
Statoil’s helicopter operators report that today’s traffic is not expected to be affected by the ash cloud (updated 25 May 09.00 CET). All helicopter flights are expected to run to normal schedule. Air Transportation is keeping updated on the weather forecast and is still keeping in continuous touch
Edinburgh oil explorer Cairn Energy outlined its $600 million (£371m) drilling plans for Greenland this summer as the firm continues its … By Erikka Askeland (The Scotsman) [mappress] Source: The Scotsman, May 25, 2011;
AGR Field Operations has established a new Advisory Services department. AGR Field Operations has previously provided early life asset and project services as part of the standard offering under different product lines. The establishment of the Advisory Services department strengthens the company’s
Santos today announced an oil discovery at Finucane South in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. Well logs and wire line testing have confirmed a net oil column of 18 metres in excellent quality reservoir sands in the Angel Formation. The Finucane South oil discovery is located approxim
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted E.ON Ruhrgas Norge AS a drilling permit for wellbore 31/8-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 31/8-1 will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility at position 60°22’11.23” N and 3°34’04.94”E after it has comp
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider and system integrator, has been awarded the contract to supply the design and equipment for a new Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) for offshore operations. The order has been placed by Hellesøy Verft AS, the Norwegian shipyard that will build th
Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon officially opened the Statoil-operated Peregrino oil field offshore Brazil today in a ceremony aboard the floating production storage and offloading ship (FPSO). The event was attended by relevant authorities and international journalists. Crown Prince Haakon was accompa
Pan Orient Energy Corp. has been notified by MIGAS, the Government of Indonesia oil and gas licensing regulator, that it was the successful bidder on a 100% working interest basis for the 6,228 square kilometer East Jabung production sharing contract (“PSC”) located on and offshore south Sumatra Ind
ST Marine today announced that it has bagged several newbuild, repair and conversion contracts including variation order for an existing repair project. Its US shipyard, VT Halter Marine, secured a new contract to build an Articulated Tug Barge Offshore Tug for Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. (Bou
IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), a part of IHC Merwede group, has recently been awarded a contract for the supply of a 35 tonne Launch and Recovery System (LARS) to Canyon Offshore Ltd (Canyon). The bespoke A-Frame system will be used to launch and recover a new build trenching ROV. IHC EB enginee
CGGVeritas has initiated acquisition on the first 3D multi-client program that uses BroadSeisTM, its superior broadband marine solution. Located in the Central North Sea, Quad 29 Phase 1 covers 2,100 km² and is being acquired by the CGGVeritas Oceanic Challenger operating with a 10 x 75 x 6000 m lon
