Songa Offshore, Cyprus-based offshore drilling company, provides fleet update for April 2011. Songa Venus achieved operating efficiency of 100% during the month. The rig continues to operate for Total E&P in Australia. Songa Mercur was awarded a 180 day contract with Gazflot LLC for work at Sakhalin
Siemens Energy has been awarded several contracts for the supply of topside solutions including power generation, water injection and power distribution packages for a Brazilian FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) project. Purchaser for the power generators and power distribution sys
Tap Oil Limited has agreed to sell to Japan Australia LNG (MIMI) Pty Ltd (“MIMI”) a 25% interest in the highly prospective WA-351-P exploration permit in Western Australia’s Carnarvon Basin. MIMI will acquire the 25% participating interest for a cash consideration of US$30,154,000. After costs relat
At Nantong COSCO Shipyard, module hoisting operations for the SEVAN BRASIL, the semi-sub drilling rig, (including Drill Floor, lower and middle parts of the derrick, living quarters for 150 people, BOP carrier and Riser gantry cranes) have now been successfully completed. The top priority among them
GL Noble Denton has published a new Guideline for the certification of blow-out preventers (BOPs). The Guideline clearly defines the process to be undertaken by independent third party certification bodies in certifying the integrity of the asset, which monitors and controls the flow of oil and gas
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today the official opening of their new North Sea Service and Support Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. The support centre includes a parts warehouse with over $3 million of ROV and manipulator inventory, comprehensive workshop facilities, an
FMC Technologies, Inc. that it has been awarded a contract by Petrobras to supply two subsea separation and boosting systems for the Congro and Corvina fields, located offshore Brazil in the Campos Basin . The contract has a value of approximately $130 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. In addi
Statoil’s first quarter 2011 net operating income was NOK 50.7 billion (USD 9.61 billion), a 28% increase compared to NOK 39.6 billion ( USD 7.5 billion) in the first quarter of 2010. The quarterly result was mainly affected by a 33% increase in the average prices for liquids measured in NOK, a 20%
Petrobras announces that it presented the annual review of the Integrated Development Master Plan for the Santos Basin Pre-Salt Area (Plansal) to the Board of Directors. The Master Plan is reviewed annually, incorporating information from newly drilled wells and from the implementation of different
Subsea 7 S.A. announces the award of the ’Installation and Commissioning of G1 Field Subsea Production Facilities, Under G-1 & GS-15 Fields Development Project’ from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC). The project involves the transportation and installation of flexible flowlines and umbilic
At the OTC in Houston Ulstein Sea of Solutions and NLI introduced a new, integrated derrick solution based on existing drilling equipment, readily available in the market. With the development of the ‘Northern Light’ drilling derrick an alternative solution is provided based on proven and well known
The Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG) has announced a significant enhancement to its subsea system capabilities, with the addition of a 15,000 pounds per square inch-gauge (psig) intervention capping stack designed to handle extremely high pressure, deeper wells in the deepwaters of the Gulf of Me
IHC Merwede has announced that is has acquired Hytech on 3 May 2011. This acquisition enables IHC Merwede to further secure its position in the offshore market. IHC Merwede designs and constructs dive support vessels suitable for activities to a depth of 300 metres. Hytech designs the on-board equip
Halliburton’s CleanWave™ water treatment technology was recognized at the 2011 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) today as an innovative solution leading the industry into the future. Each year, the OTC recognizes innovative technologies with the Spotlight on New Technology Award. The awards progr
