ADX Energy Limitedrig operations as at 0600 hrs Tunisian local time on the 26th of August were drilling ahead at a measured depth of 2,511m. Since the last operations report earlier this week, the Abiod Formation limestones which are the primary target for the Lambouka well have been encountered. Th
Aberdeen-based oil services group OEG Offshore (OEG) has been awarded a series of subsea contracts worth £1.2 million. OEG – which specialises in the design, build and rental of specialist A60 cabins and cargo-carrying units for the offshore oil and gas market – will deliver various ROV (Remotely Op
Ejector technology specialist, Transvac Systems, have been awarded a major contract by FMC technologies for the supply of pressure boosting and flushing Jet Pumps for Petrobras’ Marlim subsea separation project. This is not the first time FMC has turned to Transvac for a custom designed ‘Ejector Sol
Petrobras and SINTEF have signed a General Research and Development agreement.The agreement was signed on 26th of August, as a part of the Innovation Norway Brazil Day at ONS in Stavanger, Norway. The Executive Manager of Cenpes (Petrobras’ R&D center), Carlos Tadeu, and CEO of SINTEF, Unni Steinsmo
The largest German oil and gas producer, Wintershall, continues to make headway on the path to becoming one of the leading operators on the Norwegian continental shelf. The company has now discovered five new oil fields in the North Sea in just one year, it announced at the international trade fair
Bergen-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea Norway has been awarded a contract for the provision of Complementary Offshore Geotechnical Survey by Shtokman Development AG. DOF Subsea will commence work in the Shtokman Gas Condensate field in early September utilising own vessel Geobay.
Roc Oil (China) Company, on behalf of the Beibu Gulf project joint venture, announced that the Supplemental Development Agreement (“SDA”) to the Petroleum Contract for development of the WZ 6-12 and WZ 12-8 West Oil Fields in the Beibu Gulf, offshore China was signed in Beijing on 24 August. The SDA
At the offshore conference (‘ONS’) in Stavanger on August, 25, 2010, Arne Smedal was awarded the ONS 2010 Special Innovation Award. The ONS award committee stated: ‘This year the award goes to Arne Smedal, founder and Board Chair at Sevan Marine ASA for his excellent research-based innovative work o
Ensco plc reported today that it is now in possession of ENSCO 69, a jackup drilling rig that was reclassified as discontinued operations in second quarter 2009. As previously reported, Ensco terminated its contract for the rig with Petrosucre (a subsidiary of the Venezuela national oil company PDVS
Tullow Oil plc (Tullow), the independent oil and gas exploration and production Group, announces its half-yearly results for the six months ended 30 June 2010. These results are presented in US Dollars, the Group’s presentational currency with effect from 1 January 2010. 2010 Half-yearly results sum
Salamander Energy, an independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on Asia, announces its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2010. HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL * Revenue up by 73% to $133.5 million (1H’09: $77.2 million) * Operating cashflow up by 56% to $63.2
Norwegian Energy Company ASA today announces that a discovery has been made on the Zidane-1 well in license PL435 in Norway, which is operated by RWE Dea Norge AS. The Zidane-1 well (6507/7-14S) is still in operation and further data will have to be gathered and analyzed before an update of the reso
All of 900 million barrels of oil equivalents on Snorre confirm Statoil’s faith in another 30 years’ production on Tampen. The Statfjord, Gullfaks and Snorre fields form the backbone for production on Tampen in the North Sea. “On Statfjord we have 30 years’ oil production behind us. Snorre can give
As part of its long term monitoring and research program in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is deploying a new technology that will enable nearly constant monitoring by two satellite-controlled, unmanned vehicles. The vehicles, known as Wave Gliders and developed by Liquid Robotics in Silicon Valley, Califor
