Leading international oilfield service company Expro announced today its Latin America Connectors & Measurements team has been awarded a new master service agreement (MSA) from Petrobrás for subsea electrical systems. As part of the contract, valued at R$4.3 million ($2.5 million) over three years,
The unique 3D sonar technology of the Coda Echoscope® is set for new decommissioning projects in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The benefits of the Echoscope’s 3D capabilities, which bring real-time visualisation to the underwater working environment, were substantiated in a successful role i
Falkland Islands Desire Petroleum is upbeat about the prospects for finding major reserves of oil offshore the Islands despite mixed … Source: [mappress] Source: Mercopress,September 14, 2010,
Bristow Group Inc., a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that Jonathan E. Baliff has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, commencing October 11th, 2010. Jonathan will join the company from NRG Energ
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group’s PV Drilling Company will supply its oil drilling rig to Malaysia’s Petronas for the first time. By TradingMarkets [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets,September 14, 2010, kepcorp,
Brazil’s offshore Libra oil prospect contains approximately 8 billion barrels of oil, a government energy official said on Monday, vastly… by Times LIVE [mappress] Source: Times LIVE,September 14, 2010,
Petroceltic International plc, the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Middle East, North Africa (“MENA”) and the Mediterranean is pleased to announce its Interim Results for the six months to 30th June 2010. HIGHLIGHTS · Successful five-well Algerian drilling and test
A small oil spill has been noticed off the coast of Yanam (Puducherry) close to East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. By NDTV [mappress]Source: ndtv,September 14, 2010,
Since the last update approval to suspend the well has been obtained from the Tunisian designated authorities, the well bore has been successfully isolated with 5 cement plugs as well a retrievable bridge plug and a surface corrosion cap installed. The blow out preventers and the subsea riser have b
Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary Duco Ltd. has been awarded by Shell Upstream Europe a seven year Framework Agreement Contract for the supply of umbilicals(1). The contract covers engineering, procurement, project management and associated services for the fabrication and loadout o
Two new offshore support vessels owned by Navegação São Miguel and destined for long-term charter to Brazilian operator Petrobrás, will feature a suite of MacGregor offshore equipment. As part of Cargotec’s plans to further broaden its presence in Brazil, the company has recently won contracts that
EnCore Oil plc announced the result of testing operations on the Cladhan appraisal well, located in UK Northern North Sea Block 210/29a. The well, 210/29a-4Z flowed at a stable rate of circa 5,903 bopd (barrels of oil per day) for over 13 hours through a 28/64 inch choke with a final wellhead pressu
Topaz Energy and Marine yesterday announced the successful project delivery of the deck structure of a ‘Mobile Offshore Production Unit and storage’ (MOPUstor). The MOPUstor deck was constructed by Topaz Fabrication and Construction; part of the Topaz Engineering division under a subcontract from Si
Oil rig workers suffering financial hardship because of the federal moratorium on deepwater drilling are urged to apply for a hardship … (hattiesburgamerican) [mappress] Source: hattiesburgamerican, September 13, 2010;
