Maersk Oil announces that it has been awarded a 30% non-operated share in Licence PL597 on the Halten Terrace offshore Norway in the 21st Licencing Round. The operator of the licence is VNG Norge A/S (40%) with Dana Petroleum Plc as partner (30%). Together with Maersk Oil, the partners are committed
Aban Offshore has received orders from ONGC for the deployment of jack-up rigs Aban III and Aban IV(image) for a period of 3 years each. myiris [mappress] Source:My Iris, April 18, 2011;
Halliburton (announced today that net income for the first quarter of 2011 was $557 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, excluding the Libya charge of $46 million, after-tax, or $0.05 per diluted share, related primarily to reserving certain assets as a result of recent political sanctions. This c
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a $27million contract offshore Israel. Noble Energy Inc has awarded Expro a contract for deepwater operations onboard the Transocean Sedco Express for the TAMAR field development and the Pride North America for an exploration p
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has signed a new agreement with Fugro Data Services AG (“Fugro”) and Geomahakarsa Ltd for the acquisition of additional seismic over its highly prospective offshore Seychelles exploration interests. WHL Energy has elected to commission a further 887km of
Wright’s Well Control Services (WWCS) announces the formation of a strategic alliance with IEV Group, a multi-national company headquartered in Malaysia (IEV), to introduce and promote WWCS’ plug and abandonment, decommissioning and removal, wireline and e-line, completion and recompletion, hydrate
At Ocean Business 2011, Ashtead Technology announces investments totalling $2.25 million, in new high technology rental equipment from leading manufacturers including Reson, R2Sonic, Tritech, Ixsea and Sonardyne. Ashtead Technology strive to remain at the forefront of the latest technology, meeting
Rockhopper Exploration plc (, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, notes the announcement by Desire Petroleum plc (the “Operator”) regarding the 14/15-3 exploration well in which Rockhopper has a 7.5% interest: 14/15-3 well to be plugged and abandoned with oil shows T.he Operato
Videsh Limited signed definitive agreements for acquisition of 25% participating interest in Satpayev exploration block with KazMunaiGas, the national oil company of Kazakhstan on16thApril, 2011 at Astana, Kazakhstan in presence of Hon’blethe Prime Minister of India and the President of Kazakhstan.
Transfield Worley Services (TWS) – the 50/50 joint venture between Transfield Services and WorleyParsons – today signed a $65 million contract to provide Hook-Up and Commissioning (HUC) services for Woodside operated, North West Shelf Project’s North Rankin B Platform, located approximately 135 kilo
PT Elnusa Tbk. in a joint venture with CGGVeritas commissioned a seismic vessel on Sunday, 17thApr’11 at Raffles Marina, Singapore. Both companies established a JV (Joint Venture) Company named PT Elnusa-CGGVeritas Seismic to operate the seismic vessel, which has been designed and outfitted to condu
Endeavour International Corporation today announced agreement of commercial terms for the processing and transportation of East Rochelle production on the Scott Platform, in the Central North Sea. Endeavour, operator of the East Rochelle, plans to award contracts and commence construction of the pro
Songa Offshore announces that a firm contract for the use of Songa Mercur has been agreed and signed with Gazflot LLC, a Gazprom subsidiary. The contract covers the use of the Songa Mercur for Gazflot’s upcoming drilling campaign offshore Sakhalin Island during the 2011 summer season. The rig is cur
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a contract with A/S Norske Shell for subsea pipeline installation services for the Ormen Lange Northern Field Development – Mid North Project in the Norwegian Sea. The work is the first call-off under Subsea 7’s Frame Agreement with Shell for Pipeline Insta
