On 3 September Statoil signed a Petronic-Statoil a letter of intent with the intention to find ways to cooperate in oil and gas activities offshore Nicaragua’s Pacific coast. The consortium (Statoil and Petronic) has also sent a request to the Nicaraguan Ministry of Energy of Mines (MEM) to request
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has informed that at the end of the application deadline for awards in predefined areas (APA) 2014 on the Norwegian shelf, the authorities have received applications from 47 companies.
Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen, has signed a 398MW, 25-year seabed lease with The Crown Estate. The lease was secured after MeyGen satisfied the extensive development obligations contained within its five-year Agreement for Lease (“AfL”), which was
UK oil and gas engineering firm FES International has won a $1,250,000 contract to supply four Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors to contractor NOV Flexibles. Diverless Bend Stiffener Connectors (DBSCs) are one of the firm’s most successful product lines enabling the quick, efficient and cost effec
Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet, commander of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (NAVMETOCCOM), signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (Esri), the geographic information systems company. “This CRADA will be a key enabler
Two state-of-the-art Hitachi Large Excavators EX-1900-6 BH will arrive in Qatar next month to take part in the New Doha Port Project. The new port will be located to the north of Mesaieed, and will cover 20 square kilometers. Hitachi Construction Machinery Middle East Corporation FZE dealer for Qata
China-based Jutal Offshore Oil Services Limited has reported that in the morning of 9 September, two FPSO topside modules made by Jutal for SBM Offshore were successfully loaded out from the company’s Zhuhai site in China.
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 393 B, has completed drilling of wildcat well 7125/4-3 in the Barents Sea. The well is dry.
GC Rieber Shipping ASA has entered into a new time charter agreement with Boa Marine Services Inc. (BMSI) for the CSV “Polar Queen” for a fixed period of 3 years. The new time charter agreement will be a continuation of BMSI’s existing charter for the same vessel and will commence April 2015. BMSI h
Gardline CGG Pte Ltd has been contracted by OGP (International Association of Oil & Gas Producers) to be involved in the last phase of the BRAHSS (Behavioural Response of Australian Humpback whales to Seismic Surveys) project. Gardline CGG will use MV Duke as a source vessel offshore Peregian Beach
Horizon Oil has reported that drilling has started on the first of two exploration wells in Beibu Gulf Block 22/12, offshore China.
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that BP p.l.c. has exercised both one-year options to extend the Field Support Vessel Services contract with Oceaneering for work offshore Angola on Blocks 18 and 31. Under this contract term extension, Oceaneering will continue to provide project management
Technip was awarded by Deep Gulf Energy II LLC a lump sum contract for the development of the Kodiak field, located in Mississippi Canyon Blocks 727 and 771, in the Gulf of Mexico, at water depths ranging from 1,472 meters to 1,710 meters. The project consists of a subsea tie-back to the Devils Towe
Oceaneering International, Inc. has announced that BP p.l.c. has exercised both one-year options to extend the field support vessel services contract with Oceaneering for work offshore Angola on Blocks 18 and 31. Under this contract term extension, Oceaneering will continue to provide project manage
