Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and SonAir Servico Aereo, S.A. (SonAir) announced the signing of a contract for six S-76C++™ helicopters in a ceremony held at Heli-Expo. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. SonAir has been flying Sikorsky products for more than 15 years in support of offsho
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed a contract with Providence Resources PLC for a 3D seismic acquisition project in the Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The survey will commence in June 2011 and is expected to run for approximately 15 days. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play mar
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces today that the Sedco 704 semi submersible drilling unit has commenced the drilling of the final production well for the development of the Athena field (“Athena”). Well 14/18b-A2 (“the well”) is being drilled from the Athena drill centre and is the final well to be drill
Petrofac Limited (Petrofac, the group or the Company), a leading international provider of facilities solutions to the oil & gas production and processing industry, today announces its final results for the year ended 31 December 2010. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS • Net profit(1) up 58% to US$557.8 million
On Friday (March 4) at the Gazprom headquarters Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL signed an Agreement on Gas Supply from the Bolshekhetskaya Depression and the Northern Caspian Sea. Pursuant to the Agreement, LUKOIL will supply Gaz
Federal officials will study how a “very large oil spill” would affect the ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast as part of a court-ordered … By DAN JOLING (The Washington Post) [mappress] Source: TMK, March 6, 2011;
Specialists from TMK, the global producer of pipes for the oil and gas industry, took part in lowering a tubing string with Premium-class threaded connections into a well of more than 2.5 kilometers deep, situated on LUKOIL’s Yury Korchagin oil deposit in the Caspian Sea. The pipes were produced at
Noble Corporation today announced that a subsidiary has exercised its first option with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (“HHI”) for the construction of an additional ultra-deepwater drillship, the third such drillship to be ordered this year subject to the parties executing a definitive constructi
Sterling Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the successful drilling of appraisal well 42/13a-6 in the Breagh Field located in the United Kingdom Southern North Sea. Sterling holds a 30% interest in the Breagh field, with RWE Dea, the operator holding the remaining 70% interest. The well was drill
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) plans to construct offshore facilities at the Hasbah Field, North of Dahran, Saudi Arabia. The project… [mappress] Source:Zawya, March 4, 2011;
Financing for the Nord Stream project is secured: Today, the company together with its shareholders in the consortium, OAO Gazprom, E.ON Ruhrgas AG, BASF SE/Wintershall Holding GmbH, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, and GDF SUEZ S.A. announced the successful signing of Phase II financing of the pipeline pr
Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASAš, has entered into a Letter of Award for the provision of the semi-submersible Borgsten Dolphin (photo left) with an undisclosed client for a four well drilling programme with an approximately six month duration and commencement early Apri
In February, EMGS extended its water-depth record by towing an EM source at a depth of 3,449 m. The survey is part of the long-term work EMGS is performing for PEMEX in the Gulf of Mexico. Markus Skarø, EMGS Vice President of Acquisition, says, “The new record is 57 m deeper than our previous [&hell
SACS is an integrated finite element structural analysis suite of programs that uniquely provides for the design, fabrication, installation, operations, and maintenance of offshore structures, including oil platforms and wind farms. Thirty-eight years of focus on these specialized requirements have
