KrisEnergy Ltd (“KrisEnergy” or “the Company”), an independent upstream oil and gas company, announces it has completed drilling of the Tayum-1 exploration well in the Kutai production sharing contract (“PSC”) offshore Kalimantan in the Makassar Strait, Indonesia. KrisEnergy is the operator of the K
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is continuing to oversee Energy Resource Technology, LLC’s (ERT) source control efforts to stop the flow of gas and kill the well at Ship Shoal Block 225 Platform B, located approximately 74 miles offshore Louisiana, southwest of Port Fourcho
Following a cross-country journey with stops at science institutions, museums and even Capitol Hill, filmmaker and explorer James Cameron recently handed over the Deepsea Challenger, the only human occupied vehicle currently able to access the very deepest parts of the ocean, to Woods Hole Oceanogra
The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has established a £2.8 million public-private initiative to support SMEs in the North East of England to move into the rapidly developing offshore wind and marine renewable energy supply chain. The Renewable Energy Technology Accelerator (RETA) project wi
Wood Group Wagners (WGW) has secured a $10 million (AUD) contract extension from GLNG operations Pty Ltd in Australia. WGW will provide pipeline project management personnel for the 420km gas transmission pipeline (GTP) development as part of the Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project, in Qu
Through water communication and positioning technology company, Nautronix, celebrated 30 successful years in the Oil and Gas industry this week. Their financial year has come to an end and they are reporting growth in 2012/2013 of more than 41% on the previous year, with revenue increasing to £16.1m
All four export cables have been installed at RWE npower renewables’ flagship Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm off the North Wales coast. The final subsea cable burial was completed between the coast and one of the two offshore substations on Tuesday 2 July. In addition, half of the foundations are fi
The Coast Guard and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) are responding to a loss of well control event at Ship Shoal Block 225 Platform B, a natural gas and crude oil platform located approximately 74 miles southwest of Port Fourchon, Tuesday. The Coast Guard and BSEE received a re
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update of the Starfish-1 oil exploration well in the Offshore Accra Contract Area, Ghana. The well is targeting a large stratigraphic trap in the deep water of eastern Ghana, interpreted to be potentially comparable to the Jubilee oil field in western Ghana. Ta
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kencana HL Sdn Bhd has received a letter of award from Trans Thai-Malaysia (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd for the provision of engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) of JDA Gas Balancing Evacuation
Boskalis/SMIT has been hired for the complete removal of one wreck and the partial clearance of three other ship wrecks from the Dutch part of the North Sea. The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Rijkswaterstaat, has ordered the clearance works to be executed, as the removal of t
Over the last three years, a long endurance wireless sensor network designed and manufactured by Sonardyne International Ltd. has continuously logged almost 90 million sensor readings as part of a major life of field system. In depths of up to 1,200 metres (approximately 3,900 feet), the company’s A
The Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) has approved Cairn’s farm-in as Operator with a 38% working interest (WI) in two exploration licences (FEL 2/04 and FEL 4/08) and one licensing option covering 2,753 km2 in the Porcupine Basin offshore We
Last weekend, VSMC installed the last cable for the Meerwind Süd | Ost wind farms by successfully accomplishing the final pull-in. A very impressive achievement: 3 load outs, 88 inter array cables and 176 pull-ins were completed on time. With safety and quality as a top priority, VSMC finished the c
