EnerMech has been awarded a contract to provide Petrofac Offshore Engineering & Operations with power tools, plant and equipment and lifting gear services. The three year contract, with two one-year options, is estimated to be worth £1 million. EnerMech is already a provider on a Petrofac managed as
In April 2011, the Laverda North-2 appraisal well was drilled and discovered a gross interval of 18 metres of new oil-bearing sands. Wireline sampling from the new zone recovered more than 20 litres oil to the surface. As expected, the well also intersected a gross interval of about 10 metres of oil
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been awarded a major brownfield contract by BP Azerbaijan, covering both their onshore and offshore assets in the region for five years with two possible four-year extensions. The US$600 million Engineering and Small Projects co
Petrobras’ CEO, José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, granted a press conference yesterday (03/05) during the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference, in Houston, United States. Gabrielli was accompanied by the executive manager for Petrobras’ Research Center, Carlos Tadeu Fraga; the executive manager for t
Paradigm Oilfield Services today announced it has secured a $400,000 contract to supply equipment for a drilling operation in Greenland. The Aberdeenshire headquartered company revealed at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston that it is this week delivering the shipment, which includes its
KCA DEUTAG, the leading international drilling and engineering contractor, has won a competitive tender for a new drilling contract from the international energy company Statoil to provide drilling services at the Kvitebjørn gas and condensate field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract i
Tap Oil Limited (“Tap”) provides the following update on the Finucane South-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location/Proposed Depth The Finucane South-1 well is located in permit WA-191-P, in the northern end of the Carnarvon Basin. The preliminary well location is l
Bristow Group Inc. a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that it has been awarded a renewal contract for work in Norway valued in excess of $167 million in revenue. William E. Chiles, President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Our recent succes
RWE Dea Egypt has announced a further gas find in the North El Amriya concession. The company, as operator, holds a 100% stake in this concession. The NEA 4x strike is about six kilometres east of the NEA 3x find confirmed in January in the offshore concession North El Amriya, some 40 kilometres nor
Siemens and Østensjø Rederi have developed a new diesel-electric propulsion system that uses less fuel and will set new environmental standards for offshore vessels. The new system will reduce NOx and emissions of greenhouse gases, more than today’s systems using gas operation. The system will be in
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) announces the opening of a new office in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Trading as BMT Scientific Marine Services Ltda, BMT will operate in Rio de Janeiro as an extension of its existing offices in California and Houston. The local presence provided by this new base in
GSP Orizont completed the preparative process in Lamprell Shipyard, Hamriya, UAE. The rig is heading onboard the semi-submersible heavy marine transport vessel Swan to Ciudad del Carmen, Gulf of Mexico, in order to enter the new contract. GSP Atlas is also subject of scheduled repair and reclassific
Aberdeen-based Maritime Assurance & Consulting Ltd (MAC) has enjoyed a successful first quarter in operation, having secured worldwide contracts totalling in excess of £200,000 (329 540 U.S. dollars). MAC, which was established at the start of 2011 by Graeme Reid – the former European Managing Direc
CAMAC Energy Inc. , a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, announced a net loss of $28.2 million, or $0.18 per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. This loss includes the remaining estimated Oyo well #5 intervention expenses
