AWE Limited advises that during the week 7″ casing was set in Liyun-1 to a depth of 1656.5 metres. At 0600 hours today the operator was preparing to drill ahead. It is anticipated that the target reservoir in Kujung-1 formation should be intersected in the coming week. Liyun-1 is an exploration well
Following a successful run of deliveries to Bourbon’s Liberty 200 series of AHTS vessels, the offshore services specialist has now placed orders for a further four state-of-the-art MacGregor anchor-handling systems from Cargotec Cargotec has won a contract to supply four sets of MacGregor anchor-han
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Gazprom Dobycha Shelf LLC for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Kirinskoye field. The award has a value of approximately $190 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Kirinskoye is a sub
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Inc has completed a high-profile cargo charter from Nantes in France to New Orleans, USA, to deliver seven skimmer boats to help tackle the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Fort Lauderdale-based aircraft charter specialist arranged the flight of an Antonov AN-124 –
Meling Supply orders at Kleven Maritime – 1 multifunctional platform supply vessel, design VS 485, for delivery in February 2011 Kleven Maritime has entered into contract with Meling Supply AS for the building of one multifunctional platform supply vessel, design VS 485, designed by Wärtsilä Ship De
International energy company Statoil has partnered with SINTEF, Scandinavia’s largest independent research organization, and Nacre, developers of award-winning intelligent hearing protection and communication technology, to create the next generation of intelligent hearing protection and communicati
Azerbaijan and Egypt consider the prospects for expanding cooperation in energy sector, in particular through joint geological and… [mappress] Source: Trend,July 7, 2010;
A new group will pool Texas’ brightest minds to come up with better and safer ways of drilling and producing oil and natural gas in the… [mappress] Source: AP,July 7, 2010;
In reference to announcement made on June 8, 2010, Sevan Marine ASA, on behalf of one of its subsidiaries, has received commitment from ING Bank to arrange and underwrite the USD 230 million Senior Secured Credit Facility for FPSO Sevan Voyageur. The fully documented loan agreement is expected to be
Endeavour International Corporation today announced that a sixth appraisal well has been successfully drilled and tested in the Cygnus gas field further confirming the field as one of the largest ever discovered in the UK sector of the Southern North Sea. In addition, the Department of Energy and Cl
Doug Suttles, Chief Operating Officer of BP Exploration and Production, met with Vessels of Opportunity (VoO) participants to view operations and discuss a number of enhancements made to the VoO program. Through these modifications, the program will more effectively deploy boats to oil recovery acti
Statoil and HitecVision have signed an agreement under which HitecVision will acquire Statoil’s subsidiary Tampnet AS. Tampnet operates a large high capacity communication network between offshore installations. Established by Statoil in 2001, Tampnet has since grown to serve 34 oil and gas fields a
FMC’s Brazil Technology Center will be located on campus at UFRJ Technology Park in Rio de Janeiro, an area that has been designated as the hub of the country’s future oil and gas technology developments. The building will contain engineering offices, technical training and design areas, research an
TGS has commenced a new multi-client 3D survey in partnership with PGS. This project, NVG10, covers a 3,500 km2 area in the North Viking Graben area of the Norwegian North Sea. The project is being acquired by the PGS Atlantic Explorer and utilizes PGS’ GeoStreamer® Technology. “Substantial customer
