Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location / Proposed Depth The Zola-1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is b
Work is nearing completion on a six figure pioneering underwater tool which is to be exhibited at next month’s Subsea 2011 event in Aberdeen. After five years of development and investment of £500,000, Ecosse Subsea Systems’ SCAR specialist trenching plough is generating considerable interest from a
KBR announced that it has been selected by Chevron USA Inc. to execute the detailed design for the Chevron Big Foot Topsides project. The Big Foot field is located in the Walker Ridge Block 29 of the Gulf of Mexico and is owned by Chevron USA Inc. (operator) and other working interest owners. The pr
Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and its consortium partner Perunding Ranhill Worley Sdn Bhd have secured a RM1.07 billion contract from Petrona… [mappress] Source: yahoo, January 26, 2011;
An excavator formed an unusual yet highly effective partnership with a dredging vessel on the Lincolnshire coast in England last summer. Working on the Lincshore project, the Hitachi ZX470LCH-3 crawler excavator and trailing suction hopper dredger, Vlaanderen XX, have helped to ensure that future ge
CAMAC Energy Inc. , a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, announced that the well intervention operation on the Oyo #5 well, located in the Oyo Field located offshore Nigeria, which commenced in December 2010 to reduce the gas production f
Peterbilt Motors Company announces the purchase of 50 Model 386 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks by Vedder Transport Ltd. of Abbotsford, British Columbia, expanding Peterbilt’s leadship in alternative fuel truck manufacturing. “Peterbilt is dedicated to engineering environmentally friendly solutio
Sungwon Pipe Co. Ltd., Korea’s leading provider of stainless steel pipes, announced several newly signed development contracts for 2011, spanning various industries and sectors across domestic and international markets. Domestically, Samsung C&T Corporation has announced two projects which will requ
The Dutch shipping company Anthony Veder (Rotterdam) has ordered a new LNG carrier from MEYER WERFT. The new tanker for the transport of liquefied natural gas will have a length overall of abt. 156 m, a breadth of 22.70 m, and a cargo capacity of 15,600 cbm. This modern vessel which will be able to
Chevron Corporation today announced that its Australian subsidiary has signed a Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Kyushu Electric Power Co. for a portion of Chevron’s offtake of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gorgon Project. Under the binding agreement, Kyushu Electric will receive 0.3 m
Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench LLC, USA, has signed an agreement to acquire the pump business from J.C. Carter LLC, headquartered in California, USA. J.C. Carter is a leading producer of cryogenic submerged motor pumps, which have many applications in the growing natural gas market. The company’s products
Iran and Syria have signed an accord to build a gas pipeline for transferring Iran’s natural gas to Europe, Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Mr. Owji announced here. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he said that Iranian gas pipeline will procu
Saint Petersburg hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The parties addressed the results of cooperation in 2010. Gazprom and SOCAR agreed that the joint ef
Asphar Survey has been awarded a contract to perform a Bathymetric Survey as part of the $US285m Bam CLOUGH PNG LNG Load-out Jetty Project near Port Moresby. The data obtained will form an integral part of the planning and construction for the Jetty and Berthing Basin for the Chiyoda JGC JV and Exxo
