Petrolia Norway AS, a 100% subsidiary of Petrolia SE, has entered into an agreement with Det norske oljeselskap ASA to purchase 10% in PL 558. PL558 is located in the Norwegian Sea east and adjacent to the Skarv Field. The well will be spudded in the near future and is scheduled for 29 days. The tra
AXYS Technologies said it has sold its 100th WatchKeeper met ocean monitoring buoy to Construtora OAS in Uruguay. AXYS will use the WatchKeeper buoy to receive comprehensive environmental data, which will support their LNG terminal construction project in Montevideo. The WatchKeeper will transmit di
Pacific Drilling S.A. has announced that Michael Acuff joined the company as senior vice president of sales and business development, effective June 1, 2014. Acuff will be based in Houston and responsible for management and administration of all company sales, contract acquisition and corporate plan
Kentz Corporation , the holding company of the Kentz Engineering and Construction Group, announced the award by Qatargas for the turnkey process package of a new wastewater facility located in the Qatargas LNG Plant, Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar. Kentz’s scope of work is to supply process Engin
A new icebreaker being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel engines capable of operating on both liquefied natural gas (LNG) and low sulphur diesel fuel. When launched in late 2015, it will be the first LNG-powered icebreaker in th
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received another signed contract from a repeat customer worth NOK 10 million (USD 1.7 million) for 3D EM data acquisition in the Barents Sea. The survey will be done in June, using the vessel BOA Thalassa. BOA Thalassa is a purpose-built 3D EM vessel with t
Unique HYDRA, a division of the Unique Maritime Group which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider has received their second order this year, for its diving daughtercraft system called the HYDRACraft. Unique Hydra has spent the past twelve months enga
AWE Limited, as Operator of Petroleum Mining Permit 38158 offshore Taranaki, New Zealand, advises that due to operational challenges in managing near surface unconsolidated formations the Oi-1 exploration well will be abandoned and a new well, Oi-2, will be drilled from an adjacent location. As at 0
Circle Oil Plc has started drilling of the well EMD-1 on the offshore Mahdia Permit using the drillship PetroSaudi Discoverer. The well is located within the vicinity of many producing fields, including the Tazerka, Birsa, Oudna, and Halk El Menzel oil fields, and the Maamoura gas field. The well is
AusGroup’s unit MAS Australasia said it has been awarded a contract for the supply of scaffolding material by CB&I and Kentz Joint Venture (CKJV), for works on the Chevron-operated Gorgon LNG project. MAS will be providing 6,100 tonnes of scaffolding material for the project, which will be used to p
Surrey based Planet Ocean Ltd has announced the sale of two LISST-100-XC (Laser In Situ Scattering and Transmissometry) instruments to Bangor University. The LISST-100X instrument manufactured by Sequoia Scientific Bellevue, WA, is a multi-parameter system for in-situ observations of particle size d
AziPac Limited, the Seacrest Group backed E&P company focussed on the maritime basins offshore Asia Pacific and the Bay of Bengal, has announced that it has taken a 40% participating interest in the Bone PSC offshore Indonesia. Under the terms of the agreement, AziPac, through its wholly owned subsi
Glacier Energy Services is expanding its industrial facilities in Scotland in support of ongoing growth in the energy sector, investing £1million and creating an initial 10 jobs with the opening of a new workshop and warehouse facility at Dalgety Bay, Fife. The oilfield service provider has moved in
SapuraKencana Energy (SKE) today announced four significant gas discoveries in the SK408 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia.
