Simen Lieungh is stepping down from his position as President & CEO of Aker Solutions. Chief Financial Officer Leif H. Borge will act as President until Lieungh’s successor has been recruited. During this period, Mr Øyvind Eriksen will in his capacity as Executive Chairman of the Aker Solutions Boar
EnCore Oil plc announces that well testing operations on the EnCore operated ‘Catcher’ oil discovery located in UK Central North Sea block 28/9 have been completed. EnCore and its co-venturers now plan to side-track the well to the Catcher East area. The fluid sampling programme was successfully per
PEOPLE living near the South Hook LNG site in Pembrokeshire, which provides gas to UK’s largest high-pressure pipeline, claim “nuisance nois… [mappress] Source: walesonline, June 15, 2010;
Petrobras has recently awarded contracts for two Platform Supply Vessels from K Line Offshore AS. Both vessels have been chartered for a firm period of four years. The gross value of the firm period is approximately MNOK 500. The new building KL Brevikfjord of STX 06 CD design and the UT 755 KL Aren
Ukraine is working to engage Exxon Mobil Corp., Texaco and Chevron Corp. (all based in the U.S.) to development of the Black Sea shelf… [mappress] Source: kyivpost, June 15, 2010;
Mourjan Marinas IGY in the UAE has signed a deal with Sochi Grand Marina, part of Russian shipping company Sovcomflot, for the development… [mappress] Source: ibinews, June 15, 2010;
Sevan Driller has left Macae, heading for the drilling location. The advanced deepwater drilling unit is the world’s first cylindrical rig and will be operating in the pre-salt area under a six year drilling contract with Petrobras. Sevan Driller is contracted to Petrobras S.A on a six year contract
Countries bordering the Danube want to increase shipping on the second longest river on the European continent without abusing an ecosystem… [mappress] Source: pressdisplay, June 15, 2010;
Ukraine intends to join the project on delivery of Azerbaijani gas via the Black Sea to Romania and Bulgaria and to buy up to 10 billion cub… [mappress] Source: turkishweekly, June 15, 2010;
TGS announced another season of acquisition of long offset data on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) in cooperation with Fugro. The data to be collected (shown on the attached map) include approximately 15,000 km for the North Sea Renaissance (NSR) survey in Holland, Norway and UK, approximately
The oil rig parked between Wied iż-Żurrieq and Filfla is expected to leave Maltese territorial waters by Tuesday, according to a… [mappress] Source:ThetimesMalta, June 14, 2010:
RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has secured a contract worth more than £500,000 for the manufacture of two risers for Apache North Sea Ltd. The two 130 metre long risers, constructed at RBG’s Invergordon, UK facility, will be us
The Algarve is undertaking the largest artificial refilling of beaches in recent memory, resorting to private and community funds to make up… [mappress] Source: theportugalnews, June 12, 2010;
Dredging work in the River Thames will create the UK’s most prolific port – operating around the clock, day and night. [mappress] Source: yellowad, June 11, 2010;
