Aquatic, an Acteon company and a leading independent operator of powered-reel and tensioner systems for the global oil and gas industry, announced that it has added a new 50-tonne tensioner, the AQTT-10C-50, to its extensive range of equipment which has already begun operations. This project, anothe
MEC Resources Limited has been advised by its investee company Advent Energy Limited (Advent Energy) that it has received updated advice as to operational handover of the Ocean Patriot semisubmersible drilling rig. Advent Energy, through wholly owned subsidiary Asset Energy Pty Ltd, will commence to
Lundin Petroleum AB (“Lundin Petroleum”) announces that it has been awarded a new production sharing contract (PSC) for the South Sokang Block by MIGAS, the Indonesian oil and gas regulating authority, in Jakarta on December 6, 2010. The block is located in the Natuna Sea, offshore Indonesia. The So
Polarcus Limited announces the signing today of a multi-client cooperation agreement with Searcher Seismic Pty. Ltd., to jointly develop and license marine 3D multi-client acquisition projects across Australia and Indonesia. The exclusive agreement is intended to see the development of highly funded
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard is on track to deliver the Atwood Osprey (photo) – a first of its class ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig – to Atwood Oceanics following its recent successful naming . Scheduled for delivery in early 2011, the Atwood Osprey will be deployed by
RWE Dea Norge AS, operator of production licence 420, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 35/9-6 S. The well has been drilled about 16 km west of the Gjøa field. The primary exploration target for the well was to prove petroleum in reservoir rocks from the Middle Jurassic (t
Declared Norway’s Ship of the Year 2010 by Rikke Linde, Minister for Trade & Industry, at the recent SMM trade show in Hamburg last September, DOFCON ASA’s subsea service vessel, Skandi Aker, features a SAM Electronics’ NACOS 35-5 integrated navigation command system supplied by SAM’s associate L-3
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that drilling of exploration well 16/7-9 on the Norall prospect has commenced. The well is located in licence PL409 in the Norwegian North Sea. PL409 is located east of the Sleipner East Field in Block 16/7 in the North Sea. The well will target the J
Subsea 7 Inc., one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, today announces that the Seven Pacific – a dynamically positioned (DP), pipelay and construction ice-class vessel, designed for deepwater pipelay and offshore construction activities worldwide – has mobilised fo
Russia’s fifth biggest oil company, Gazprom Neft, is preparing bids for four big fields in the Pechora Sea and the Kara Sea, the company … By Atle Staalesen /TheBarentsObserver/ [mappress] Source: Barentsobserver, December 6, 2010;Image:Gazprom
Hyperdynamics Corporation announced today that Arthur F. Meadows has joined the company as Operations Manager based in Conakry, Republic of Guinea. “With the addition of Art Meadows to our in-country Guinea staff, as well as recently contracting with AGR Peak Well Management Limited as drilling proj
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has recently been awarded a contract worth USD 4 million to perform several 3D EM surveys in Asia. Data acquisition will start in early January from the vessel BOA Galatea (photo), following completion of a work programme for Woodside in Australia. The contract
On Wednesday 1st December 2010 a Havyard 832 L SE platform supply vessel was delivered in Bergen to Global Offshore Services B.V., a 100 % subsidiary of Garware Offshore Services Ltd. Newbuild no.105 by Havyard Leirvik AS shipyard is named Beaucephalus. Godmother at the naming ceremony was Shefali B
Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announced the farm-out to Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited (“COPL”), of West of Shetland licence P.1161 and the as
