Lundin Petroleum AB (“Lundin Petroleum”) announces that drilling of exploration well 16/1-14 in PL338, has commenced. The well will target the Apollo structure, which is situated immediately to the south of the Draupne field in PL001B, and some 5 kms northwest of and down-dip from the Luno field loc
Professor Curtis Hays Whitson has been awarded Statoil’s research prize 2010 for his major input to boosting knowledge about recovery of gas and gas condensate fields and improved recovery of oil fields by the use of gas injection. Consisting of NOK 200,000 and a work of art by Håkon Gullvåg the pri
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London and Dublin , provides a technical update on Licensing Option 10/01 in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland which contains the Baltimore heavy oil discovery. Providence (60
Sovcomflot Board of Directors reviewed the 2010 First Half results of Sovcomflot and its subsidiaries at a regular meeting, held on 21 September in Moscow. Highlights of the First Half 2010 (Six months ended 30 June 2010): – Total fleet increased to 144 vessels with total deadweight of 10.5 million
EMSAGG is pleased to contribute to its aim of disseminating information and encouraging the exchange of ideas across different disciplines involved in marine sand and gravel. This seminar will take place at the exciting Maasvlakte 2 project. The Maasvlakte 2 project is a mega land reclamation projec
The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues development of its key offshore field – Guneshli. Company’s statement says that it has finished drilling of well #80 from platform #13 and well #56 from platform #11. Well #312 from platform #13 is underway. “Well #56 at depth of 3 750 m uncovere
The Project Organization Maasvlakte 2 and the Next Generation Infrastructures Foundation undersigned a cooperation agreement for a period of five years under the title: Next Generation Port Infrastructure, powered by Maasvlakte 2. This agreement should unite knowledge and expertise to develop a opti
A brand new Craig Group vessel was christened, Monday September 20, at Aberdeen Harbour as the global shipping and energy services firm names one of the last vessels in its £130 million investment programme. The vessel, which is a NSS -IMT 948 designed emergency response and rescue (ERRV) vessel, wi
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) highlighted that the Shah Deniz II natural gas field in Azerbaijan is the initial target of gas intended for the project. In a joint statement, shareholders EGL, Statoil and E.ON Ruhrgas said: “The TAP pipeline is designed to cater for the volumes of gas from Shah D
Poland’s state-owned Polskie LNG says it’s on track to start building a new Liquefied Natural Gas terminal at Świnoujście next summer… (WBJ) [mappress] Source: warsawbusinessjournal , September 22, 2010;
Nautical Petroleum announces the results of the Kraken appraisal well located on UK Central North Sea block 9/2b, in which Nautical has a 35 per cent. equity interest. The 9/02b-4 well was drilled to a total depth of 4,502 feet Measured Depth (MD). The top of the target Heimdal III was encountered a
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted RWE Dea Norge AS a drilling permit for well 35/9-6 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 35/9-6 S will be drilled from the Bredford Dolphin drilling facility at position 61°22’16” north, 3°41’33” east after completing
The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control over Saggas, which runs the Sagunto regasification plant in Spain, by Osaka Gas CO Ltd., a Japanese energy company. The other controlling entities of Saggas are Infrastructure Arzak BV, ulti
THE PROCEDURE to select a long-term natural gas supplier is now in its ‘final stages’, the Natural Gas Public Company (DEFA) said yesterday… (cyprusmail) [mappress] Source: cyprusmail, September 21, 2010;
