AWE Limited reports that as at 06:00 hours (6.00am NZDT), the Pateke-4H development well sidetrack was at a measured depth of 3,845m, directionally drilling ahead with a 12 ¼ inch drilling assembly. It is planned to drill this section of the well to a measured depth of approximately 4,110m, landing
KrisEnergy Ltd.’s Western Monarch seismic vessel has commenced a 500 sq km 3D seismic acquisition program in the Tanjung Aru production sharing contract offshore Kalimantan, Indonesia. The seismic program began on 24 March 2014. The Tanjung Aru PSC covers 4,191 sq km in the Makassar Strait where wat
Conductor Installation Services (CIS), an Acteon Company, has successfully completed a contract for Weatherford Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. to provide conductor-driving services and associated equipment on behalf of Petrofac (Malaysia-PM304) Limited (PML) and Petrofac Energy Developments Sdn. Bhd. (PED). The
Santos has commenced natural gas production, ahead of schedule and on budget, from the Peluang gas project offshore East Java in Indonesia. Sanctioned in February 2013, Peluang is a tie-back to the existing facilities at the Maleo gas field and is located in the Madura Offshore Production Sharing Co
One of the world’s largest independent survey companies continues to expand operations and has announced the successful completion of a project in South America. Houston-based UTEC Survey Inc. provided survey services aboard the Ocean Spur jack-up rig for rig move operations in the Amistad Field, Gu
Australian authorities have released satellite images of what could be the missing flight MH370. The images show two objects floating in southern Indian Ocean around 2,000km from Perth, BBC reports. The aircraft en route from Kula Lumpur to Beijing vanished on March 08 with 239 people onboard. The A
Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a lump sum contract valued at approximately $110 million by Shell for the installation of jumpers, umbilicals and associated subsea structures for the BC-10 Phase 3 Project in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. Project management and engineering will be performed from S
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Limited (owned by Statoil ASA and Statkraft) has awarded Seaway Heavy Lifting the contract for the transportation and installation of 67 foundations and 1 substation as part of the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm project. The contract will cover storage, transportation and installat
Statoil has received consent to drill exploration well 25/8-18 S in production licence 169 in the North Sea. The well is to be drilled by the Ocean Vanguard mobile drilling facility. Ocean Vanguard was built in 1982 and received Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from the PSA in July 2004. The earl
DNV GL has been awarded a three years contract, and two one year extension options, involving operations and project verification for all Apache’s North Sea assets; Beryl A & B and Forties A, B, C, D & E. DNV GL has had a long history on the Beryl Alpha and Bravo installations, which have been opera
In the latest operating update Circle Oil Plc informed about its plans of conducting 2D seismic survey in Block 52 offshore Oman. The planned inshore 2D seismic survey is due to commence on 21 March. The seismic vessel MV Hindsagar will acquire 850 kilometres of 2D seismic data to map and prioritise
Karoon Gas Australia has informed that Poseidon North‐1, the fifth well in the Browse Basin Phase 2 exploration drilling campaign, was spudded at 21:40 WDT on 19 March 2014. The Poseidon North‐1 exploration well, located 6.5 kilometres north‐east of Poseidon‐1 in permit WA‐315‐P, on the crest of a l
Ophir Energy Plc announced preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2013 and its future outlook. Full Year Results Highlights: Announced the divestment of a 20% interest in Blocks 1, 3 and 4 Tanzania to Pavilion Energy for US$1.288 billion. This transaction is now unconditional with all co
Gazprom Neft has become the first Russian company to join the Arctic Oil Spill Response Technology Joint Industry Programme (JIP) run by the world’s largest oil and gas companies. The four-year JIP was launched in December 2012 to carry out research in several areas, including studying the fate of d
