Pancontinental Oil & Gas NL (“Pancontinental”) announces that, together with three co-applicants and led by BG Group plc (“BG Group”), it is in negotiations for the award of oil and gas exploration and production licences over Blocks L10A and L10B offshore Kenya following an offer by the Kenyan Mini
Incat Crowther announce the launch of the 36m Monohull Crewboat Siem Piata. The vessel was recently launched by ETP Engenharia Ltda in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, successfully completed sea trials and was delivered to Siem Consub for service to Petrobras. Developed primarily at Incat Crowther’s USA offi
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited today announced that the Clough Curtain Joint Venture (CCJV) has received work orders worth AU$209m associated with the PNG LNG Upstream Infrastructure contract. The PNG LNG Project is an integrated development that includes gas production and proc
In 2010 BXPL’s main task was performing a closed cavity test and demonstrating the Badger Explorer concept in full scale. Successful tests took place at the test site in Eastern Norway leading to the approval of Milestone 2 by the three sponsoring parties (ExxonMobil, Shell and Statoil) on 7 Decembe
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) will conduct a public workshop March 15, 2011, in New Orleans to discuss new requirements for offshore oil and gas companies to develop and implement Safety and Environmental Management Systems (SEMS). The new regulation, 30
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
GC Rieber Shipping has today entered into a charter party with Technocean, a subsidiary of Reef Subsea, for the CSV “Polar King” (previously “YN 702”). The charter commences in April 2011 for a 3 years firm charter period. The agreement also includes options for 2 years extension after expiry of the
Fluor Corporation announced today that its Fluor Offshore Solutions unit was awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Woodside for the Browse Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Development. The Browse fields are located in the Browse Basin about 425 kilometres north of Broome off the w
Technip was awarded by Statoil a contract, worth approximately €90 million, for the Gygrid field development located in the Norwegian Sea at a water depth of 265 – 330 meters. This contract covers: * engineering, procurement, welding and installation of flowlines*, including a 19.5 kilometer pipe-in
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS, has signed an agreement with ConocoPhillips Scandinavia AS for the manufacture and supply of subsea equipment and services for a water injection development in the Ekofisk field. The award has a base value of approx
Marine survey specialist EGS International, UK, has become the latest customer for iXSea’s DELPH Seismic and Sonar subsea mapping … Source: Hydro-international [mappress] Source: Hydrointernational , February 22, 2011;
Petrobras acquired a 50% interest in Block 4, located on the coast of Benin, a country located on the west coast of Africa, with the Compagnie des Hydrocarbures Beninoise (CBH), a subsidiary of Petroleum Lusitania, which stays with the remaining 50%. The expectation is to find light oil discoveries
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Pemex Exploración y Producción for the installation of a 20″ inch subsea pipeline located in the Abkatun Field in 24 meters of water. The lump sum contract will generate total revenue of approximately $24 million and
In Wilhelmsen Ships Service’s continued expansion of its liferaft service station network, the company is opening a new Liferaft Exchange (LRE) service station in Darwin, NT. The station will be fully operational from March 2011. “The Darwin LRE station will be the first for the company in Oceania a
