First gas began to flow on 10 October through the Gjøa Gas Pipe (GGP) tying this Norwegian North Sea field and its Vega satellite to Britain’s Far North Liquids and Associated Gas System (Flags). The 28-inch line runs for 130 kilometres from Gjøa to the tie-in point with the Shell-operated Flags-pip
Spectrum has been awarded a proprietary contract to acquire 150 sq kms of 3D seismic data in shallow water off the east coast of Trinidad. The 3D survey is located in acreage immediately adjacent to the 3D contract which was recently completed by GGS Atlantic. The latest award ensures continuation o
W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the 2010 IPAA Oil & Gas Investment Symposium to be held on October 12-14, 2010 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Tracy Krohn, W&T Offshore’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to present on Wedn
The Rooster EI 28 Well #6 encountered 60’ of high quality pay in two zones of stacked Cib Carst reservoir sands. Pressure data indicates that these zones are part of the same accumulations. The Well #6 was drilled to a total depth of 10,950’ in 15 feet of water. Initial production from the lower Cib
GSP Bigfoot 1 has completed the installation of the 10-in and 6-in pipeline at Galata Platform,on the Bulgarian continental shelf of the Black Sea. According to the contract with Melrose Resources, the technical vessel installed 8.5 kilometers of 6-inch diameter pipeline, 14.5 kilometers of 10-inch
Garrick Stanley, Chief Operating Officer for GO MARINE GROUP, recently announced that two new vessels will be joining the GO fleet. Named after the nautical navigation stars Canopus and Capella the vessels – the GO CANOPUS & GO CAPELLA will provide a boost to GO’s anchor handling capabilities. Both
AWE Limited, on behalf of the Tui joint venture parties, announced the resumption of oil production from the Pateke-3H well, located in the offshore Taranaki Basin. The Pateke-3H well suffered from problems with the artificial lift system, and the well has been shut-in since late June, 2010. A worko
Petrobras announces it will put three new industrial ventures into operation in Espírito Santo, this week, which will contribute to increase the supply of gas to the consumer market: the second module of the Cacimbas Gas Treatment Unit (UTGC), the pre-operation of the Sul Capixaba Gas Treatment Unit
Norse Energy Corp ASA (NEC) has appointed John Childers (34) as Executive Vice President of Exploration and Production and Stuart Loewenstein (50) as Executive Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Childers takes over the day to day operating responsibilities from Mark Dice, who became Chief E
Addax Petroleum Exploration, part of the Sinopec group, has exercised the remaining two years of options for the FPSO Sendje Berge. The firm period has by this been extended until March 2013. The FPSO is operating on the Okwori field offshore Nigeria. About BW Offshore BW Offshore is one of the worl
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production license 331, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 8/10-3. The well is located about 25 kilometres southeast of the Ula field in the North Sea. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in the reservoir rocks in the Permian Rotliegendes
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. , the Brazilian oil and gas company conducting the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian section of well 1-OGX-17A-RJS, located in the BM-S-56 block, in the shallow wate
Oil services firm OEG Offshore (OEG) is celebrating a successful first exhibition at the Offshore Energy Conference in the Netherlands. The Aberdeen-based firm – which specialises in the design, build and rental of cabins and cargo-carrying units for the offshore oil and gas market – was one of more
Vagit Alekperov, OAO LUKOIL President, met today with Joseph Oteng-Adjei, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Ghana, members of a delegation of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic and also with heads of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation at OAO LUKOIL headquarters in Moscow. The parties dis
