SeaBird Exploration PLC announces through its wholly owned subsidiary SeaBird Exploration FZLLC the execution of a second contract with Chevron North Sea Limited (on behalf of itself and the other Rosebank partners: Statoil (U.K.) Ltd., OMV (U.K.) Ltd., and DONG E&P (U.K.) Ltd) for the next stage of
Cape Industrial Services Ltd has awarded EnerMech a three year contract for the provision of plant and equipment support. The contract, worth an estimated £4.5 million (approximatelyUSD $7.1 million) , covers the rental and supply of power generation and blasting, tooling, lifting and rigging equipm
Total announces discoveries from the Bilondo Marine 2 and 3 wells (BILDM-2 and BILDM-3), drilled in a water depth of 800 metres in the central area of the Moho-Bilondo license, approximately 70 kilometres offshore the Republic of the Congo. They follow the successful exploration wells Moho Nord Mari
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announces an investment of $10 million in Discovery Offshore S.A. (“Discovery Offshore”), a newly formed Luxembourg-based company, focused on ownership of ultra high-specification jackup rigs. Discovery Offshore will construct two ultra high-specification jackup rigs, with op
Panoro Energy ASA signs farm-out agreement for blocks SM-1035, SM-1036 and SM-1100 in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil Panoro Energy ASA (“PEN”, OSE ticker code), the independent oil and gas company with assets in West Africa and Brazil, is pleased to announce that the Company has reached agreement
UNX Energy Corp., an emerging oil and gas company with interests offshore Namibia, has signed a 3D seismic contract with Polarcus Limited . UNX plans to acquire 1,460 km2 of 3D seismic in the 90%-owned 2713 blocks in offshore Namibia. The 3D seismic program is targeted over a very large feature with
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 30/11-8 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 30/11-8 S will be drilled from the drilling facility Ocean Vanguard in position 60°13’3.03” north and 2°29’22.20” east. The drilling p
Petrobras’ average oil production in Brazil, in December, reached a record volume of 2,121,584 barrels/day, surpassing the previous record, of 2,032,260 bpd, set in April 2010, by 89,000 barrels. This volume was 6.8% higher than in the same period of 2009, and 4.5% more than last November. Last mont
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced today that Bart Heijermans has resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective January 21, 2011. Mr. Heijermans’ duties will be assumed by Owen Kratz and other members of senior management. Owen Kratz, Helix’s President and Chie
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that the non-binding Letter of Intent it signed with a large independent oil and gas company has been terminated. The announcement of the Letter of Intent was made by Hyperdynamics on December 16, 2010. “We are pleased with the quality of the processed 3D se
Three tugs of FAIRMOUNT MARINE have recently started the tow of floating production storage and offloading unit Pazflor from Korea to Angola. Under command of lead tow master captain Wim van der Kort the tugs FAIRMOUNT EXPEDITION, FAIRMOUNT GLACIER and FAIRMOUNT ALPINE departed from Daewoo Shipbuild
Appointment in line with company’s aggressive growth strategy UAE-based MIS Group (Maritime Industrial Services), a diversified engineering and contracting group focused on the energy sector, announces the appointment of Colin Anthony Jones as its new Group Sales Director, a move bolstering the comp
Maersk Oil, a fully owned subsidiary of A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, has acquired licences to Clean Energy System’s Oxy-Fuel technology that allows zero-emission power generation in combination with oil and gas projects. The Oxy-Fuel technology uses pure oxygen to combust natural gas or other fuels to p
Fairstar Heavy Transport NV (FAIR) has been awarded a contract by Grinaker – LTA Construction Nigeria Ltd., Nigeria, a member of the Worley Parsons Group. The Fairstar semi-submersible vessel FJORD departed from its home port in Rotterdam on January 21 and is now sailing to a rendezvous point in the
