Valiant Petroleum plc announced that the John Shaw semi-submersible rig has now arrived on location and has begun drilling operations on the Don Southwest (Valiant, 40.0%) as part of the second phase of field development. The second phase of development on Don Southwest is focused on targeting reser
British gas prices remained firm on Friday after a sharp drop in supply from Norway overnight, although liquefied natural gas terminal flows… [mappress] Source: London South East, May 21, 2010;
Ther Hague, 21 May 2010 — the Governor of the Iraqi province of Basra, Dr. Shiltagh, with a group of Iraqi authorities and businessmen from his province, welcomed a group of Dutch companies and entrepreneurs at the Iraqi Embassy in The Hague. Governor Shiltagh is a great advocate of Dutch expertise,
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a contract for the construction of a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) port at Swinoujscie near Szcecin, Poland. The total contract value is approximately 170 million with Boskalis’ share amounting approximately 75 million. The contract was awarded by t
This is the first time that a cargo had been loaded out of the Fluxys terminal, which is normally used for imports, and the first time in th… [mappress] Source: hazardouscargo, May 21, 2010;
Gazprom is examining the possibility of buying a U.S. shale-gas company as it seeks expertise in developing unconventional fuels, the compan… [mappress] Source: Moscow Times, May 21, 2010;
Schlumberger today inaugurated a new technology facility in Norway. Terje Riis-Johansen, Minister of Petroleum and Energy for Norway, and Andrew Gould, chairman and chief executive officer of Schlumberger, officiated at the opening ceremony attended by more than 80 guests drawn from oil companies, u
Eidesvik Offshore said its subsidiary Eidesvik Shipping has signed a contract with Statoil for platform supply vessel Viking Athene. The lease is valid until 1 April 2011 with 3 month extension option. Terms and conditions of the contract are confidential, according to the announcement. The vessel w
Technip announced that it has successfully completed the construction of its new vessel, the Apache II, at its construction yard in Pori, Finland. The work involved transferring the Apache’s high-performance pipelay equipment on to a new-built hull acquired in 2009, as a result of which the Pori yar
At Heerema Hartlepool, one of the three large production locations of Heerema Fabrication Group , the 6,500 tonne Buzzard Production Sweetening (PS) deck and bridge structures of Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited, left Hartlepool for its final offshore destination, the Nexen Buzzard oilfield, and has now
RBG announced the award of a $ 10 million inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) diving contract from Maersk Oil North Sea UK. The company’s newly formed Marine & Subsea division, which was launched at the Subsea 2010 conference in February, will deliver diving inspection of the lower hulls, destr
Controlled dredging is to take place on the Norfolk Broads to keep open a navigation and restore a “lost” island. [mappress] Source: news, May 19, 2010;
Schaeffler has successfully completed the removal and replacement of a drive-end bearing on the pipe-storage and deployment reel on a Subsea 7 pipe-lay vessel, the ‘Seven Navica’. The replacement required Schaeffler engineers to conduct a survey on the condition of the bearing before removing the ex
The government’s new envoy to the restive Caucasus, Alexander Khloponin, said Friday that he would support oil companies such as LUKoil… [mappress] Source: MoscowTimes, May 18, 2010;
