Danish shipping company ESVAGT has ordered a standby/rescue vessel of the Ulstein SX123 design. The vessel is a part of emergency preparedness in the Goliat field for operator Eni and will enter directly into a ten-year contract. The vessel will be constructed at the shipyard Astilleros Zamakona SA
EnerGulf Resources Inc. EnerGulf announced that the Operating Committee for Block 1711 met in Windhoek, Namibia and has approved a “Work Program” for Year 1 of the Exploration License renewal. The work program will commence immediately and is designed to fully evaluate the results of the Kunene #1 w
There is no reason to stop Chevron from drilling Canada’s deepest offshore well until there is solid evidence on the cause of BP’s… [mappress] Source: Calgary Sun, June 18, 2010;
Husky Energy Inc. is confident in the safety systems at its White Rose offshore operations southeast of St. John’s, executives from the… [mappress] Source: Thetelegram, June 18, 2010;
Engineering and construction services provider Halcyon Offshore is buying Cables International and its units for S$30 million. [mappress] Source: channelnewsasia, June 18, 2010;
Aker Solutions has been awarded another subsea equipment contract by leading US independent oil and gas company Noble Energy Inc. This time Aker Solutions will deliver subsea control equipment worth approximately NOK 150 million. Scope of work is engineering, manufacturing and delivery of a subsea c
Nochi Dankner, Teddy Sagi, Ofer Nimrodi, Larry Mizel, Yosef Sultan were awarded gas exploration permits yesterday… [mappress].. Source:Globes, June 18, 2010;
AWE Limited reports that the Liyun-1 well started drilling at 1845 hours (Indonesian time) on June 17, 2010. At 0600 hours today, the well was running and cementing 20” casing at a measured depth of 86 metres. Liyun-1 is an exploration well in the Bulu Production Sharing Contract, which is located i
Neptune Marine Services Ltd announced that it has significantly strengthened its senior management team in Australia and internationally via the appointment of four leading oil & gas industry senior executives. Robin King has been appointed as Neptune’s Regional Vice President for Australia, New Zea
ADX Energy Ltd is pleased to announce that it has commenced the mobilisation of the Atwood Southern Cross semi submersible drilling rig to the Lambouka-1 location on the Kerkouane exploration license offshore Tunisia. Whilst the exact duration of the rig tow is weather dependant, it is estimated tha
Damen’s STAN Tug 1205 on the pontoons (A36) has been purchased at the Seawork exhibition by their fellow exhibitor Red7Marine. Nick Offord, (MD of Red7) commented: “We came to Seawork with a view to investigating our first major tug purchase and found that the first-of-type vessel brought by Damen w
CGGVeritas announced that it has signed a Technology Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with the Brazilian energy company, Petrobras, for the collaborative development and implementation of new technologies in the field of Geophysics. The TCA sets the framework for collaborative research projects between P
Drilling of the exploration well 6507/7-14S (Zidane prospect) in PL435 has started. The well is being drilled with the rig Bredford Dolphin, and the operator is RWE Dea. Results are expected during September. PL435 is situated in the Norwegian Sea, 10 km northwest of the Heidrun field, and several s
Noble Energy has awarded to Stress Subsea, Inc. the Subsea System Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Alen Project offshore Equatorial Guinea. The award includes four basic work scopes covering Subsea Hardware, Umbilicals, Flowlines and Export Pipelines. Stress’ responsibility includes engin
