Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. announced that a subsidiary of the Company has agreed to suspend a Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contract and has entered into a new multi-well international commitment with a subsidiary of Murphy Exploration and Production Company that will result in the relocation of the dyn
Lloyds Banking Group’s Corporate Markets division has boosted the growth prospects of leading oil and gas services firm EnerMech Ltd with new funding worth £24 million. The Aberdeen-based mechanical engineering services business will also streamline its global finance capabilities with a new interna
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) believes the drilling suspensions announced today by the Department of the Interior do very little to lessen the confusion and uncertainty surrounding offshore energy exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Now termed ‘suspensions’ by the Department, the m
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, as part of the AMEC Tekfen Azfen (ATA) consortium, announces the award of a five-year Master Services Agreement by BP Azerbaijan. The five-year agreement for the ATA consortium covers the provision of project management, engineering
Aberdeen-based oil services group OEG Offshore (OEG) has launched a subsidiary in Houston to expand its operations in the Americas, increasing its worldwide network. OEG Offshore LLC (OEG US) will supply clients in the offshore oil and gas industry with specialist, pressurised A60 engineering cabins
Total announces that its subsidiary, TEPA (Block 15/06), Limited, and its partners have made a new oil discovery in Block 15/06 with the well Cabaça SE-1, in the Angolan deep-offshore. The well, located in 470 metres of water depth and 100 kilometres from the Angolan shore line, encountered signific
Since arrival at ADX Energy Limited Lambouka-1 well location on July 2, the Southern Cross Semi Submersible drilling rig was positioned and anchored. Equipment and materials were offloaded then readied in preparation for Spud. The well was spudded 11:40 GMT on July 11 and successfully drilled the 36
The three ram capping stack was installed on the Deep Water Horizon LMRP at 7 p.m. CDT. The stack completes the installation of the new sealing cap. Following installation of the capping stack and in line with the procedure approved by the National Incident Commander and Unified Area Command, the we
Apache Corporation announced that David Carmony has been promoted to be vice president – Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S). “Apache has always had a strong safety culture,” said G. Steven Farris, Apache’s chairman and chief executive officer. “David will work with me and our regional operating
Sevan Drilling AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sevan Marine ASA, has signed a mandate letter and term sheet with DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Pte Ltd and NIBC Bank N.V. for the arrangement of a USD 530 million limited recourse secured term loan facility. The facility will replace the existing deb
RetroClamp can be installed by diver or ROV, making it useful for anode retrofits in shallow or deep water. The RetroClamp was originally designed to facilitate ROV attachment of retrofitted cathodic protection anode sleds to offshore pipelines. The first clamps were built and deployed in 2000 and s
Aberdeen-based Aiken Group has filled a gap in the market by “growing” its own talent in-house in a project spearheaded by the initiative of two students. The 23-year-old oil and gas firm is a leading and innovative supplier of integrated, solutions-based engineering and a specialist service provide
Eidesvik has entered into a contract to build the fourth platform supply vessel powered by natural gas, and by doing so Eidesvik has again proven a strong commitment to green solutions. Eidesvik built the world’s first natural gas powered cargo vessel as early as in 2003 (Viking Energy) and they are
FOGL, the oil and gas exploration company focused on its extensive licence areas to the South and East of the Falkland Islands, confirms that the Toroa F61/5-1 exploration well has been drilled to a total depth of 2476 metres and logging operations have now been completed. The well did not encounter
