CNOOC Limited has announced today that the Lishui 36-1 gas field, offshore China, has started production. Lishui 36-1 gas field is located 150 kilometres away from Wenzhou city Zhejiang province, with an average water depth of approximately 84 meters. The gas field has 4 producing wells, and its pri
The Environment Agency in the South West has announced it is making good progress inspecting and repairing flood defences damaged during the winter storms and floods. More than 100 flood defence structures including river banks, pumping stations, sluices, gates and beach defences were damaged earlie
Italy’s Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts in Indonesia, Nigeria, the Arabian Gulf and Latin America worth approximately $850 million of which $540 million are related to offshore activity and refer to four different units of Saipem’s fleet. Saipem has signed with Eni Muara Bakau B.V. a
FortisBC Energy Inc. said that it has selected Bechtel Canada Co. as the contractor for its Tilbury LNG facility expansion project in Delta, B.C. Project construction is expected to employ 150 skilled workers over two years and provide an estimated $4 million per year in taxes to various levels of g
Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to extend the use of Heimdal until the end of 2034. Heimdal is a gas field lying under 120 metres of water in the central North Sea. The field was originally developed using an integrated production,
Last week in Moscow, a meeting was held between the representatives of Russian and Chinese companies concerning the implementation of the Big Port of Zarubino project. At the meeting were present Mr. Andrey Tarasenko, General Director of FSUE “Rosmorport”, Alexander Vinokurov, President of the “Summ
Seatronics, an Acteon company, has signed a worldwide contract with Digital Edge Subsea Ltd for Digital Edge Subsea’s complete range of digital video inspection systems. Seatronics will be equipped with Digital Edge Subsea systems for each of its global bases and they will be available for both rent
WorleyParsons has been selected to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services under a ‘Brownfield EPCM Services Outline Agreement’ for the Woodside operated North West Shelf Project. Under this framework agreement, WorleyParsons will deliver Brownfield EPCM services for bo
Between 24 June and 3 July 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of COSL Drilling Europe A/S and the company’s operations using the COSLPromoter semi-submersible drilling rig. The objective of the activity was to monitor that CDE has implemented a system to fulfil th
Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has announced that 1,528 km2 Junon 3D seismic survey, offshore Seychelles, has been completed. The specialist seismic acquisition vessel M/V Polar Duchess contracted by Ophir Energy, operator of the jointly held Seychelles exploration blocks is demobilisi
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited has advised that gas and indications of associated liquid hydrocarbons were observed in the Phoenix South-1 well, offshore W. Australia, prior to a drill bit failure, which has necessitated the drilling of a minor side-track around a small portion of the well bore. In the
Antrim Energy Inc., an international oil and gas exploration company, has announced the results of a prospective resources report for the Company’s interests in Frontier Exploration Licence 1/13 (“FEL 1/13”) which includes blocks 44/4, 44/5 (part), 44/9, 44/10, 44/14 and 44/15 (collectively the “Ske
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited said that it has significantly expanded its presence in the North American LNG sector by signing an agreement to acquire 100% of Bear Head LNG Corporation (BHLC) from a unit of Anadarko for US$11.0 million. The Bear Head LNG project is located in Richmond County, Nova S
FAR Ltd has informed that drilling has resumed on the FAN-1 well offshore Senegal.
