Lundin Petroleum’s subsidiary Lundin Norway has completed the drilling of wildcat well 25/10-12S, located in the North Sea. The well is dry. The well investigated the hydrocarbon potential of the Kopervik prospect in PL625, which is located 175 km west of Haugesund on the Norwegian west coast and ap
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd’s Kangaroo-2 appraisal well, located in exploration Block S-M-1165, off Brazil, confirmed a 250 metre gross (135 metre net) oil column in Paleocene and Maastrichtian aged reservoirs, as announced on November 26, 2014. The company says that as at 0600 hrs AEST on January 6, 2
Reconstruction of a two-mile stretch of severely eroded shoreline along the Delaware River in Salem County has been completed, making it the second post-Superstorm Sandy beach project in New Jersey to be fully executed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The restoration of Oakwood Beach in
Plexus has received purchase orders from Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) to supply both high pressure/high temperature HP/HT and standard pressured wellhead systems and services for three additional exploration wells under an existing four year contract, which runs to 2016. The total value of the order
AGR has been awarded the Well Management Services Contract with Edison Norge AS. AGR will support Edison across its operating licences, including its first exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The company will deliver services relating to well construction, operational support,
Argon ST Inc. has been awarded a $6,5 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the procurement of five AN/SLQ-25A/C countermeasure decoy systems and spares that provide improved naval defense for current threat torpedoes in support of the Undersea Defensive Warfare Programs. The AN/
Orwell Offshore and FES International have landed a contract from TH Heavy Engineering Berhad for the supply of an external turret system for the FPSO Layang. The combined contract value is estimated at $40M. As part of the commission, naval architecture and offshore engineering services firm, Orwel
ConocoPhillips has started oil production from its Eldfisk II project in the Norwegian North Sea. “Eldfisk II joins Ekofisk South as the second major project startup in Norway since late 2013,” said Matt Fox, executive vice president, Exploration and Production. “These projects will increase ultimat
DSME scored new LNG orders as the year 2014 came to a close.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Northeast Fisheries Science Center breakwater in Woods Hole, Mass., is being repaired under the terms of a $305,000.00 contract issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District. Construction started on December 11, 2014 and is s
McDermott has been awarded a contract to install the offshore jacket, deck and piles for the Ayatsil-A drilling platform for PEMEX in the Bay of Campeche Ayatsil field. The value of the award is included in McDermott’s fourth quarter backlog. “The Ayatsil-A installation award from PEMEX is a direct
Chevron has become the latest major operator to join Viper Subsea’s Joint Industry Project (JIP) to develop its Subsea Integrity Monitoring System known as V-IR. Viper Subsea says that the project, which began in October 2013, has already attracted Shell, BP and Total and the additional sponsorship
Norshore Atlantic, Norshore’s first versatile drilling vessel, has been operating for Sabah Shell Petroleum Company on the Malikai field in Malaysia since September 8, 2014. The scope of work for this contract is drilling of top-holes. The first part of the work at Malikai has been to install conduc
Norway’s drilling contractor Norshore has informed that its multi-purpose drilling vessel Norshore Atlantic, operating for Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd. on the Malikai field in Malaysia since September 8, 2014, has completed the installation of conductors. Norshore won a drilling contract for S
