Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. received a contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries for the supply and installation of multiple sets of 5MW azimuth thrusters for the next generation deep water drillships being built at Hyundai’s shipyard in Ulsan, Korea. The vessels are of the Gusto P10,000 design and are
Joe Corvetti has taken up the position as VP Operations and Maintenance, AGR Field Operations. Mr. Corvetti brings over 18 years of experience in the engineering and hydrocarbon industries throughout Australia and the Asia Pacific region. Mr. Corvetti holds a Bachelor degree in Engineering, as well
Petrobras’ average oil and natural gas output in Brazil and abroad topped-out at 2,603,953 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in February. This was 1.7% more than a year ago, and 2.2% less the total volume lifted last January. Only figuring-in the fields in Brazil, the average oil and gas prod
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location / Proposed Depth The Zola-1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is b
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (“OGX”) , the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian section of well 3-OGX-36D-RJS, an appraisal well of the Pipeline ac
Technip was awarded by Chevron Indonesia Company Ltd a front-end engineering design contract(FEED) for two floating production units located offshore Indonesia in the Gendalo and Gehem fields at water depths of 3,500 to 6,000 feet (1,070 to 1,830 meters). The contract, which covers the hull, topside
In the Statfjord A operating plans, Statoil assumed that production shutdown may take place in 2014. Therefore a consultative document describing the proposed elements of an impact analysis of platform removal is being circulated for comments. Statfjord A is the oldest Statoil-operated platform on t
The changes and challenges of the past decade led to progress and growth for the natural gas industry, Linda DuCharme, director, Gas & Power Marketing, Europe, Russia and Caspian, ExxonMobil International Limited, said today in a keynote address at the Gastech Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam.
Leading offshore classification society ABS has revised its Guide for Floating Offshore Liquefied Gas Terminals, reflecting the growth in size of gas handling, storage and transportation systems and the resulting impact on structural design and analysis requirements. Technical challenges in this sec
Schlumberger today announced the introduction of Signature* quartz gauges for well testing operations. The new gauges operate reliably in rugged downhole conditions to obtain high-quality pressure measurements throughout a test, even in high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) conditions up to 30,000 p
Det norske is partner in two ongoing exploration wells. Statoil is currently drilling the first section on the Krafla prospect in the North Sea production licenses 035 and 272. In the Norwegian Sea, BG Norway started yesterday the drilling operation on the Gullris prospect in production license 522.
The Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG) announces W&T Offshore, Inc. (and its wholly owned subsidiary W & T Energy VI, LLC) and Stone Energy Corporation have joined the organization, increasing its membership to 22 deepwater oil and gas operators. HWCG is a consortium of deepwater operators in the G
Foster Wheeler AG, announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a detail design contract by Enbridge Offshore Facilities, LLC for the deepwater Walker Ridge Gathering System (WRGS) export gas pipelines and the deepwater Big Foot (BGF) export oil pipeline locate
Lundin Petroleum AB nnounces that it has been awarded a new production sharing contract (PSC) for the Gurita Block by MIGAS, the Indonesian oil and gas regulating authority, in Jakarta on 18 March 2011. The block is located in the Natuna Sea, offshore Indonesia. The Gurita Block covers an area of ap
