Noble Energy, Inc. announced today that it has received government approval for the development of the 2009 Tamar gas discovery in the Mediterranean offshore Israel. Until recently, Noble Energy and its partners planned to develop Tamar using an option (Tamar North) that would flow gas from the deep
GEMS has commissioned a high spec DP2 vessel, the MV Normand Tonjer, for geotechnical wind farm work in the North Sea. The MV Normand Tonjer is fully equipped by GEMS for geotechnical services for wind farm turbine site investigations with new geotechnical drilling spread. A specialist deep 20 ton s
Authorities in Nigeria say they have ended a nearly three-week search for a worker who fell from a Transocean drilling ship off the coast… [mappress] Source: Canadianbusiness, August 10, 2010: [mappress] Source: canadianbusiness, August 10, 2010:
The geophysical service company WesternGeco received their new Ulstein SX124 design vessel ‘WG Cook’ from Drydocks World – Dubai (DWD) on 2 August. The ultra modern high capacity 12-streamer 3-D seismic vessel is the second of this design built at DWD for WesternGeco. ‘WG Cook’ measures 90.5 metres
McDermott International, Inc. announced one of its subsidiaries was awarded a contract to upgrade and enhance a water injection system for Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) in the Zakum field. The contract value is expected to be approximately $350 million and is included in McDermott’s
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver ENSCO 8503, the fourth of seven ENSCO 8500 Series® semisubmersible drilling rigs being built exclusively for Ensco plc. ENSCO 8503 is scheduled to commence a two-year primary term with Cobalt International Energy, L.P. in the Gulf of Mexico in
Bjørge Eureka AS, a subsidiary of Bjørge ASA, has entered into a long term offshore contract for delivering of pump systems. The order value is estimated to be 100 MNOK (Approximately USD $16,7 million) divided over five years. Bjørge Eureka AS is a comprehensive pump supplier with long experience i
Dana Petroleum reports the successful flow testing of the recently drilled appraisal well at the Blackbird oil field, in the UK Central North Sea. The 20/2a-9 well, operated by Nexen Petroleum UK, was drilled in a water depth of approximately 367 feet to a total measured depth of 12,000 feet, target
ADX Energy Limited reports on Lambouka-1 Well operations update. Activities during past week The 16″ hole section was successfully drilled to a total depth of 1,476 meters MD. This section of the well was deepened from the originally planned 1341m in order to set casing in a competent shale formatio
Technip has been awarded by Statoil ASA a contract, worth approximately €23 million, for the development of the Snorre field in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract covers the welding and installation of a 9 kilometer-long rigid steel flowline(1) to connect the Snorre A and B platforms. It also inc
BP announced today that it has established a trust and made a $3 billion initial deposit of the previously-announced $20 billion escrow account to pay legitimate claims arising from the Deepwater Horizon incident and the resulting oil and gas spill. “The purpose of the escrow account was to assure t
The Norwegian authorities’ has approved the development plan for the Norwegian gas field Marulk. As earlier announced DONG Energy agreed to the development plan in July 2010. The field is estimated to contain 71 million barrels of oil equivalents (boe) in total commercial reserves and to be in produ
A transaction worth US$2 billion on the sale of Devon Energy company’s share in the Azerbaijani oil and gas project “Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli” will be concluded with British BP on August 16, Devon’s representatives said at the presentation of the report for the second quarter of 2010. According to the
Heerema Vlissingen, one of the three production locations of Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG), has been awarded the EPC contract of a minimum facilities platform for the Breagh A Development. This is the second contract this year to be awarded by RWE Dea UK to Heerema Vlissingen, following an award o
