Noble Corporation today announced that the Company has exercised two of its four options with Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for the construction of additional high-specification heavy duty, harsh environment JU3000N jackup drilling rigs. This order will bring to four the total number
Miller Energy Resources a high growth oil and natural gas exploration, production and drilling company announced the commencement of operations to bring its Osprey offshore oil platform, located in the Cook Inlet of Alaska, out of lighthouse mode. Miller’s wholly owned subsidiary, Cook Inlet Energy,
Dril-Quip, Inc. today announced that it has been awarded a contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to supply drilling equipment for the Big Foot Tension Leg Platform (TLP) to be installed in the Big Foot field located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico. Dril-Quip will provide subsea wellhead equ
The Sarens Group of Wolvertem, Belgium introduces the SGC 120 Crane, which will be available in early 2011. This innovative and versatile Heavy Lift Crane System is the product of the combined engineering efforts of Sarens and its newest group member, Rigging International of Alameda, California. Th
Leading international oilfield services company Expro today announces the award of a UK well test and subsea services contract with EON Ruhrgas. The three-year contract, worth up to £2million, involves work on the Huntington project, which is EON’s first Central North Sea field. All its previous wor
Swissco Holdings Ltd (“Swissco” or together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) announces that it has, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Swissco Energy Services Pte Ltd and Swissco Offshore Pte Ltd, entered into shipbuilding contracts for the construction and delivery of three offshore support
Siem Offshore and Capricorn Greenland Exploration 1 Ltd. have agreed contracts for three PSVs and two AHTS vessels for the Operator’s 2011 exploration campaign West of Greenland during the Summer Drilling Campaign 2011. The PSVs Siem Louisa (Photo), Siem Danis and Sophie Siem, shall perform regular
EnCore Oil plc announces that the Burgman side-track well 28/9-4z located on UKCS Central North Sea Block 28/9 has successfully encountered hydrocarbons in the targeted Lower Tay sandstone interval. The well was drilled directionally with a hole angle up to 64 degrees to a Total Depth of 5,237 feet
Reliance Industries has bid for six oil and gas exploration blocks while Cairn India submitted offers for two out of the 34 on offer in … Source: NDTV Profit [mappress] Source:NDTV Profit, March 28, 2011;
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Sdn Bhd (MMHE) was awarded the Industry Excellence Award 2010 by the Ministry of International Trade & Industry (MITI) on 24 March 2011. MMHE received the Export Excellence Award – Services category from the Minister of International Trade and Industry Malaysia,
The exploration well targeted the Kiwi prospect in the El Dabaa licence, located in the Mediterranean west of the Nile Delta, with a water depth of around 2,700 metres at the drill site. Extensive logging has been performed in the well, and preliminary results show that the well is dry. The offshore
KONGSBERG has been awarded a contract-series with Korean shipyards worth apprx 280 million NOK for delivery of Dynamic Positioning and Integrated Control Systems to Drilling Vessels. The building of the vessels will take place on several shipyards. KONGSBERG is an international, knowledge-based grou
The Environmental Protection Agency ship that could be found docked at Palafox Pier on and off for the past couple weeks will pull out … By Erin Kourkounis (PNJ) [mappress] Source:, March 28, 2011;
Seadrill has been awarded two new contracts by BHP Billiton Petroleum for Offshore Vigilant in Trinidad and Offshore Resolute in Vietnam. The three well drilling assignment for Offshore Vigilant is expected to take 150 days, and the contract value is approximately US$20 million. The two well assignm
