Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. has started a 1,000 km 2D seismic survey on the Guy block located in the Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. The company engaged PGS Geophysical Ltd. to perform the survey, which is expected to be completed by the end of the month. Subject to Namibia’s Ministry of Mines and
DDW contracted Wärtsilä to design and supply the propulsion and other equipment for Middle East’s first LNG-powered harbour tug.
Tap Oil Limited has provided an update on Manora Oil Development in the Northern Gulf of Thailand. The company says that as of yesterday (November 17) the production of 8,754 barrels per day (gross) is now flowing to the FSO and it is expected to peak in the first quarter of 2015. Manora production
Lundin Petroleum has completed the Kitabu-1 well located in Blocks SB307/SB308, offshore Sabah, Malaysia. Objectives of the Kitabu-1 well were Miocene aged turbidite sands of similar age to the Shell operated South Furious 30 oil field, approximately four kilometres to the north. However the primary
Crowley said it has been awarded a multi-year LNG supply deal by a pharmaceutical company in Puerto Rico.
From March 1st 2015 onward, Deltares will be mobilizing Dutch knowledge questions with the aim of establishing the research agenda for the, soil-sediment-water system, subsurface and land use in Europe. As the work package leader, Deltares will also be making sure that other European countries do th
SeaBird’s vessel Harrier Explorer has signed a Letter of Award (LOA) for a 2D seismic survey in West Africa. M/V Harrier Explorer joined SeaBird, a global provider of marine acquisition for 2D/3D and 4D seismic data, after being converted to 2D-Source vessel in Netherlands in 2007. The minimum surve
Havyard has reported that this Saturday (November 15) a naming ceremony was held at Fosnavåg, Norway for a platform supply vessel (PSV) named Olympus. The vessel was built for Indian shipping company Global Offshore Services. It is the third in the series of Havyard’s 832 design, and the eighth vess
Eng. Mohammed Abdul Wasa, the General Manager of Aden Ports Development Company (APDC), together with the representatives of the Yemen Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation (YGAPC) welcomed last week a group of technical engineers from China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC). CHEC, the company in char
Halliburton Company and Baker Hughes Incorporated today announced a definitive agreement under which Halliburton will acquire all the outstanding shares of Baker Hughes in a stock and cash transaction. The transaction is valued at $78.62 per Baker Hughes share, representing an equity value of $34.6
Hess Corporation-operated Tubular Bells deepwater project, located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, has started crude oil and natural gas production. The field is located 135 miles (217 km) southeast of New Orleans, in approximately 4,300 feet (1,310 m) of water in the Mississippi Canyon area. The discov
Dolginskoye field operator Gazpromneft-Sakhalin (a subsidiary of Gazprom Neft) completed testing of a well drilled at the Dolginskoye field, Pechora Sea. The completion of geophysical and hydrodynamic testing will allow clarification of the underlying structure of the field and the development of a
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has released a summary of project activities and accomplishments for Fiscal Year 14. The Charleston District has a unique and varied program that grows larger every year. The programs include the Civil Works, Regulatory, Military, and Internatio
Mermaid Maritime’s Indonesian business unit has chartered in the ex-Windermere vessel from Miclyn Express Offshore Ltd. (“MEO”) for 5 years at a cost of approximately USD 15 million per year, with options to extend for another 5 years. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in the month of December
