North Energy ASA has informed that exploration drilling has started on the Tvillingen South prospect in production licence 510 in the Norwegian Sea. The prospect is located on the Haltenbanken in the Norwegian Sea, approximately 28 km southeast of the Kristin field. The well, 6406/6-4, will be drill
Total has completed the flare out of the Ofon field on Oil Mining Lease (OML) 102 offshore Nigeria. The associated gas of the Ofon field is now being compressed, evacuated to shore and monetized via Nigeria LNG, the company said in the press release. “The flare-out of the Ofon field illustrates our
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will proceed with planned dredging of problem sediment areas in the lower Snake River on or about January 12, as a result of a favorable ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle. In a lawsuit filed by a coalition of enviro
Polarcus Limited has received a commitment from an undisclosed client for a broadband 3D marine seismic acquisition project in Australasia. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will start in Q1 2015 and is expected to run for approximately two months. Polarcus is a marine geo
Helix Energy Solutions Group, OneSubsea, and Schlumberger announced the execution of the definitive agreements for the companies’ non-incorporated alliance, formed to develop technologies and deliver equipment and services to optimize the value chain of subsea well intervention systems. The alliance
Chevron Corporation today announced a significant oil discovery at the Anchor prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Anchor is Chevron’s second discovery in the deepwater Gulf in less than a year. “The Anchor discovery, along with the previously announced Guadalupe discovery, are significant
The Menemsha Creek east and west jetties in Chilmark, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., will be repaired under the terms of a $1.3 million contract issued recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Work will be accomplished by RC&D, Inc., of Pawtucket, R.I. Construction is scheduled
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, partnered recently with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore wetlands at the Julia Butler Hansen Wildlife Refuge in Washington. After constructing a new setback levee the Corps notched the original levee, allowing the Columbia River to fl
Archer, a global supplier of drilling and well services, has received a thirty-day notice of early termination from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited of its modular rig contract for the Archer Emerald. The effective date of termination is expected as the 29 of January 2015. The original two-year co
Reclamation work at Pulau Tekong continues and has now been extended from 10 January to 10 July 2015, reported the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. The works will involve dredging, construction of revetment, soil investigation and soil improvement work. Soil improvement work will entail sta
Brazil’s Petrobras has completed drilling extension well 3-BRSA-1253D-ESS / 3-ESS-219D (Petrobras nomenclature), informally known as Pudim, at a water depth of 1,886 meters, in the Espírito Santo Basin post-salt. According to Petrobras, the completion of this well, which had been announced on Octobe
A delivery plan to make Wales more resilient to coastal flooding has been officially launched by Natural Resources Wales (NRW). Since the devastating storms that hit communities along the coast of Wales 12 months ago the priority has been to repair and restore defenses damaged in the storms. The del
DOF Subsea has been awarded a Letter of Award (LOA) with an international oil company in the Asia Pacific region. The LOA is for a 7 + 3 year IRM contract and the vessel Skandi Hawk is planned to be utilized under the contract. Skandi Hawk is of STX PSV 09 design, modified to be a […]
Lundin has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to carry out exploration drilling of well 16/1-24, in a prospect named Gemini, in the North Sea. The well is located in the production licence PL 338 in block 16/1 in the central North Sea, where Lundin Norway AS (Lundin) i
