Polarcus’ seismic vessel Polarcus Naila has started work on her maiden job, a 3D shoot off Cameroon. Oslo-listed Polarcus said the survey will be carried out for Noble Energy. The survey is being acquired with a 10 streamer seismic array, each streamer being 6000 metres long and with 100 metres sepa
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, Navegantes Maritime Construction and Services, has entered into an agreement with Brazil’s TWB Group to acquire the Estaleiro TWB shipyard in Navegantes, Santa Catarina. This acquisition is subject to the fulfi
Colombo Dockyard Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard, a listed ship builder, said that it is getting ready to deliver the first of a series of four Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels for a Singaporean client. The yard which is majority owned by Japan’s Onomichi Dockyard said that it is building four 78 m
Cameroon says its oil production is falling, in part, because of piracy. Our correspondent looks at the economic impact of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and how it differs from piracy off the coast of Somalia. Cameroon’s National Hydrocarbons Corporation says crude oil production is averaging just ov
Gulf of Mexico Apache Corp. said Monday it plans to buy Devon Energy Corp.’ s shallow-water oil and gas assets on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Shelf for $1.05 billion US to extend its reach in that area. The deal with Apache would net Devon about $840 million after taxes, bringing the company to the [&he
GENOA-based classification society RINA has published a new set of rules covering offshore units including FPSOs, FSRUs and MODUs. The new rules are based on experience in helping develop the world’s first offshore LNG terminals, both fixed and floating. The Rules for the Classification of Floating
The Coast Guard conducted a medevac of a man from an oil rig supply vessel 27 miles offshore of Corpus Christi, Friday afternoon. A watch stander at Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi received a call at 3:05 p.m. from the Sandra Sino, requesting assistance for a man who was working alongside of the o
Black Marlin Energy Holdings Limited announces that Black Marlin Energy Ltd., a subsidiary of the Corporation, East Africa Exploration, a subsidiary of the Corporation and the Operator, and the majority partner of the Kenya offshore concessions L17 and L18, have commenced mobilization of their shall
Topaz Energy and Marine yesterday said it has taken delivery of the Caspian Protector vessel to be deployed in Azerbaijan in support of a 10-year $ 225 million ( Dh826m) BP contract. SUPPLIED Caspian Protector is designed for emergency recovery and response, standby duties and fire fighting Another
Nordic Maritime has launched its newest crew boat, the 60-man Nordic Grace. The Nordic Grace was built in Malaysia at the NGV Tech ear and was delivered this past March, the company says. She will sail under the Panama flag and has a full sailing speed of 25 knots. Nordic Maritime Pte Ltd (“Nordic”)
NaKika BP has awarded Subsea 7 Inc. an installation contract for Gulf of Mexico Galapagos and Nakika Phase III developments. Engineering is to begin immediately at Subsea 7’s Houston office and installation is scheduled late this year using theSkandi Neptune. The Galapagos area and Nakika Phase III
HOUSTON, Apr. 7 — Georgina Basin Energy Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of Australia Energy Corp., took a farmout from Baraka Petroleum Ltd. on the EP 127 and EP 128 permits in the Georgina basin in Australia’s Northern Territory. GBE will fund Baraka’s exploration obligations up to completion of a well on
Veripos has extended its range of services with the introduction of Apex, a new high-accuracy positioning solution. It is designed to meet all offshore and navigation requirements, including those for seismic exploration, drilling, survey and construction support activities. Complementing the compan
A group led by Eni’s Angolan unit has reported two deepwater oil discoveries in Block 15/06 about 350 km northwest of Luanda, Angola. Nzanza-1 and Cinguvu-1 found Lower Miocene oil pay with good reservoir characteristics in 1,400 m of water. Total depths are 3,008 m and 3,023 m, respectively. Nzanza
