RWE Dea Norge AS, a subsidiary of the German oil and gas company RWE Dea AG, has signed an agreement with Dolphin Drilling AS to use the Bredford Dolphin rig, in cooperation with three other oil companies. For RWE Dea Norge the contract entails full rig capacity in the years ahead for the planned dr
ROC advises that BC Petroleum Sdn Bhd (“BCP”), the Company incorporated to operate and manage the Balai Cluster Risk Service Contract (“RSC”) in Malaysia, has drilled the Bentara-2 well to a total depth of 2755 metres TVDss (TD) and has encountered hydrocarbons. Shareholders of BC Petroleum Sdn Bhd
Fastnet Oil and Gas plc (“Fastnet” or the “Company”), the recently listed E&P company focussed on near term exploration acreage in the Celtic Sea and Africa,has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fastnet Oil and Gas Ireland Ltd, has signed an agreement with WesternGeco Seismic Holdings Ltd
Tap Oil Limited announces that the drilling rig is on location on its Kinnaree-1 exploration well. The Kinnaree-1 exploration well is the second well in the Thailand 2012 exploration drilling campaign. The Kinnaree A West prospect is located in the G1/48 concession within the Kra Basin, some 15 kilo
A production logging run is being performed as the final operation of the production testing program at Karoon Gas Australia Ltd’s Boreas-1 exploration well. Upon completion of this final operation, the testing string will be removed from the well. During flow testing this week, Boreas 1 exploration
Last Friday “Vestland Mira”, owned by the shipping company Vestland Offshore, was named in Balestrand in the Norwegian county of Sogn and Fjordane. Only seven minutes after the naming ceremony, the Havyard-designed vessel “Vestland Mira”, went straight into work on a contract in The North Sea. “We h
With the signing of a contract for the newbuild drillship Deepwater Advanced 2 Maersk Drilling adds USD 694 million to its contract backlog. Five out of seven newbuild drilling units have now secured contracts. Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with ConocoPhillips Company a wholly owned subsidia
Leighton Contractors said it has been awarded a $126 million Engineer, Procure and Construct contract by JKC Australia LNG for one of the building packages at the Ichthys LNG Project’s Onshore Facilities Operations Complex at Blaydin Point, Darwin, Northern Territory. This is the second package of w
Exploration drilling on the Jette gas and condensate prospect in production licence 385 began on 21 October in the Norwegian Sea. Located 16 kilometres north-west of the Norne production ship, this prospect is roughly 209 kilometres from Brønnøysund in northern Norway. The 6607/12-3 well is being dr
The OCB subsea infrastructure, including five seafloor nodes which form the existing seafloor observatory portion of the system, was originally designed by OceanWorks International and delivered to Harris Caprock Communications (HCC). The system was deployed in 3000m of water in the Mediterranean Se
MEO Australia Limited provides the following update in relation to Heron South-1 being drilled in NT/P68, operated by Eni Australia Ltd (Eni). Eni has formally advised MEO that it intends to commence production testing to determine reservoir productivity and gas composition. The well is interpreted
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces the commencement of a new remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) support and inspection project in the Donghae gas field located off the coast of South Korea in the Sea of Japan. The contract includes deployment of the latest addition to Hallin’s
The government has today given Shell consent for a new oil and gas development that will add two per cent to UK daily production. The Fram field, off the East Coast of Scotland, is one of the biggest developments to be given the go ahead in the past five years. Once production starts, the field [&he
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy last week submitted an impact assessment relating to petroleum activities in the area around Jan Mayen on public hearing. Interested parties are invited to comment on the impact assessment within the next three months. The impact assessment forms part of the proc
