Lundin Petroleum AB announce that drilling of exploration well 16/4-7 in PL544 has commenced. The well will target the Biotitt prospect, which is located some 35 km south of the Edvard Grieg Field and 46 km southwest of the Johan Sverdrup Field. The main objective of well 16/4-7 is to prove the pres
Chevron North Sea Limited announced that it has awarded a number of contracts for its Alder and Rosebank major capital projects to UK suppliers to a total value of over £550 million. The subsea equipment vendor contract for the Rosebank project has been awarded to OneSubsea UK Limited (formerly Came
Chevron North Sea Limited announced today that it has awarded a number of contracts for its Alder and Rosebank major capital projects to UK suppliers to a total value of over £550 million. The subsea equipment vendor contract for the Rosebank project has been awarded to OneSubsea UK Limited (formerl
Synectic Systems has been awarded contracts worth more than £2.5 million for security systems for a large Liquid Natural Gas project in Australia, most of which will be delivered in the current financial year. The systems will provide offshore visual surveillance of the facilities using COEX hazardo
Piping Service Steuer Netherlands has received a contract to provide the complete supply of stainless steel pipes, fittings and flanges for the construction of FPSO Cidade de Marica and FPSO Cidade de Saquarema. Piping Service Steuer Netherlands was commissioned by SBM Offshore and Petrobras contrac
A steel cutting ceremony to signify the commencement of the construction of the first of four new class Crane/Workboats for Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) was held at Grandweld Shipyards in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on July 18, 2013. The contract was signed in February 2013, to design and build a series
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded a contract by Esso Highlands Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, to provide engineering, procurement,construction and maintenance services to support its Papua New Guinea (PNG) liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations. Under the contract, WGPSN wil
Tullow Oil plc, a leading independent oil & gas, exploration and production group, has announced an update on its exploration wells in Mozambique. The Cachalote-1 exploration well in Area 2 offshore Mozambique has discovered a gas bearing reservoir in an Upper Cretaceous deepwater channel system. Th
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, known for its safety, time and cost saving capabilities, announces that it has acquired the whole issued share capital of a private compa
Wessex Exploration PLC announces the conclusion of drilling activities on the GM-ES-4 well in French Guiana. The well penetrated the primary and secondary reservoir objectives before drilling operations were concluded at a total depth of 6,292m. The results of the wireline logging programme has conf
Origin Energy, on behalf of the Block 121 Joint Venture, advises that the 121-CV-1X well, which spudded at 0730 hours local (Vietnam) time on 15 June 2013, has reached planned total depth of 3,750m MDRT (Measured Depth Below Rotary Table). The well was drilled using the semi-submersible drilling rig
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has been awarded a contract by Esso Highlands Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, to provide engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to support its Papua New Guinea (PNG) liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations. Under the contract, WGPSN wi
SBM Offshore announces it has signed contracts with Shell Offshore Inc. to supply and lease an Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) for the Stones development project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contracts include an initial period of 10 years with future extension options up to a total o
Allspeeds Ltd design and manufacture the Webtool range of cutting and gripping tools. In addition to the standard range, Allspeeds have manufactured a bespoke emergency cutting tool. The tool was supplied to an organisation operating a number of floating production storage and offloading systems and
