Brazil’s government managed oil and gas corporation Petrobras announced Monday it had controlled an oil leak at an offshore platform… [mappress] Source: Mercopress, June 8, 2010:
Desire Petroleum plc the exploration company focusing on the North Falkland Basin announced that, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held today, all resolutions were passed. Desire is very encouraged by the two wells of the current North Falkland Basin campaign drilled to date, with Liz (D
CNOOC Limited announced today that its BZ25-1/BZ25-1South oilfields, which suspended production due to facility damage caused by strong winds in November 2009, are back into production. Currently, the production capability of BZ25-1/ /BZ25-1South oilfields has recovered to its normal level. The fiel
Maersk Oil has finalised the appraisal well Chissonga-2 which was drilled down dip of the Chissonga-1 discovery well in Block 16 in 1,355 meters water depth. The well was drilled to a total depth of 6,052 metres. One production test was conducted in turbidites of Oligocene age, flowing 6,650 barrels
Northern Petroleum Plc, an independent oil and gas exploration, development and production company announces its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2009. Highlights: Operational: * At 31 December 2009 the Company had 102.9 million barrels of oil equivalence of net proven and probable res
Energy Secretary Chris Huhne today said that the UK Government will increase its inspection of drilling rigs and monitoring of offshore compliance and has asked a new oil industry group to report back on its findings on the UK’s ability to prevent and respond to oil spills. A review has been carried
BP provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment The lower marine riser package (LMRP) containment cap, installed on June 3, continues to collect oil and gas flowing from the well and transport them to t
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, announced yesterday (7 June) that it is investing in the GAC Group to help the global shipping… [mappress] Source:Ports , June 8, 2010:
Canada is sending 3,000 metres of offshore booms to the southern United States to help clean up some of the oil spilled in the Gulf of… [mappress] Source:thechronicleherald , June 7, 2010:
The Supervisory Board of SBM Offshore N.V. will make a non-binding proposal at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to appoint Mr Francis Gugen as a Supervisory Director for a term of 4years. Mr Francis Gugen (British, born 1949) is a qualified chartered accountant. He is chairman and a
Turkey will buy 6 billion cubic meters of Azerbaijani gas annually within the second stage of the development of gas-condensate field… [mappress] Source:Entrendaz , June 7, 2010:
Lupatech S.A.,leading manufacturer of industrial valves in Mercosur, producer of equipment for the oil and gas sector and leader in Latin America in anti-corrosion systems for pipelines, announces it has signed two new contracts with Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), with the approximated value of
Frode Sollid has been appointed design manager for offshore support vessels at Ulstein Design & Solutions in Norway. In addition to designing offshore support vessels, the design department delivers design services to Ulstein Group’ s more recent initiatives, such as heavy offshore and short sea shi
East Timor has accused Woodside of ”grandstanding” over its plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas platform above the Timor… [mappress] Source: theage, June 7, 2010; [mappress] Source: theage, June 6, 2010; Image:
