Polarcus Limited announces that Polarcus Samur Ltd, a member of the Polarcus Group, took delivery on 02 March 2011 of POLARCUS SAMUR, the fourth 3D seismic vessel to date to join the Polarcus fleet. The vessel was built at Drydocks World – Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and is transiting directly
Following an oil leak into the sea on Wednesday near the Rolf platform, Maersk Oil can report that based on observations from its boat and a helicopter flight this morning, that the leak has been stopped. A vessel carrying floating boom barriers is arriving to the location this morning and a second
On February 20, a delegation headed by Mr. Thomas P. Burke, President and CEO of LeTourneau Technologies, Inc., visited COSCO Shipyard. At the group headquarters, the guests and Mr. Wang Xiangru, General Manager of COSCO Shipyard Group, had in-depth exchanges as to the situation of the two enterpris
Fugro N.V. has acquired TSmarine Group Holdings Pty Ltd (TSM) and its subsidiaries. TSM, with its headquarters in Perth Australia and subsidiaries in Singapore, Labuan (Malaysia) and Aberdeen (UK), is a specialist provider of subsea construction, IRM (inspection, repair and maintenance) and light we
Oilex Ltd provides the following operations update for WA-388-P in offshore Western Australia. Apache Northwest Pty Ltd (“Apache”), the Operator of the WA-388-P permit, has proposed to the Joint Venture to start drilling the first exploration well in WA-388-P in April 2011. The well will target the
Octanex N.L. has been advised by Eni Australia Limited, the Operator of the Gawain-1 well located in the outer Exmouth Plateau permit, WA-362-P, that at 07:00 hours WST (Western Standard Time) on Wednesday, 2 March 2011, the Saipem 10000 drillship had re-commenced operations after having to wait on
SOCO International has been informed by the Hoang Long Joint Operating Company (“JOC”), the Operator of Block 16-1 in the Cuu Long Basin offshore Vietnam, that it has completed drilling of the four “batch” drilled development wells, and commenced drilling an eighth development well on the Te Giac Tr
Energy Partners, Ltd. (EPL or the Company) )reported it has executed an exploration agreement (EB Deep Exploration Agreement) with Phoenix Exploration Company LP (Phoenix) to explore deeper depths within the Company’s 100% owned East Bay field. The EB Deep Exploration Agreement covers the prospectiv
Kosmos Energy announces today that the company’s Enyenra-2A appraisal well has confirmed a downdip extension of the light oil field discovered by the Owo-1 (renamed Enyenra) exploration well drilled in 2010 offshore the Republic of Ghana on the Deepwater Tano Block. The Enyenra-2A well encountered o
Transocean Ltd. ,one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors, today announced that the Board of Directors is recommending that the company’s shareholders approve at the 2011 Annual General Meeting the election of Steve Lucas as a Class III Director for a three-year term. Mr. Lucas is th
FMC Technologies today that it has received a $125 million order from Petrobras , Brazil’s national oil company, to supply equipment for use in their oil and gas developments offshore Brazil. The order, for 32 subsea trees, represents the remaining equipment under a 107-tree frame agreement that was
Cal Dive International, Inc. reported a net loss for fiscal 2010 of $315.8 million and $3.47 per diluted share. This compares to net income of $76.6 million and $.81 per diluted share for fiscal 2009. The 2010 net loss includes $302.5 million ($3.32 per diluted share) in non-cash impairment charges
EnCore Oil plc announce that the Burgman exploration well 28/9-4 in Central North Sea Block 28/9 was spudded at 05.30 hours on Tuesday 1 March 2011. The EnCore operated well is being drilled using the Transocean Galaxy II heavy duty jack-up rig and is being managed by Applied Drilling Technology Int
Fairmount Marine’s powerful tugs Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit have delivered FPSO Skarv Idun in the port of Stord, Norway. The two tugs needed just 92 days for the long distance tow of about 15.300 nautical miles from Samsung Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Okpo, South Korea. The towage was e
