Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract to provide equipment and services in support of a client’s offshore project in Latin America. Located in the Santos Basin, in Brazil, the BS-4 block encompasses two post-salt wells and one pre salt well. Expro has been
Rosneft and Marubeni Corporation signed Memorandum of Cooperation in LNG project implementation and joint exploration and development of oil and gas fields. The document was signed by Igor Sechin, Rosneft President and Chairman of the Management Board, and Fumiya Kokubu, Marubeni Corporation Preside
PIRA Energy Group reports that gas storage issues in Europe are becoming the driving force in European spot gas market direction. In LNG markets, the Mideast buying season begins this month, just as the Asian market softens. Specifically, PIRA’s analysis of natural gas market fundamentals has reveal
Iona Energy Inc. (“Iona” or the “Company”) announces that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (“DECC”) has advised the Orlando joint venture partners that it has approved the Orlando Field Development Plan (“FDP”) submitted by the partners. The Orlando Field is owned by Iona (Operator 75%) a
On Tuesday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Program notified potential future applicants of an upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement tentatively titled, “Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) System Performance Advancement (SPA).” The DOE is working to advance the technology per
On 26 March 2013, the International Seabed Authority received an application for approval of a plan of work for exploration for polymetallic sulphides submitted by the Government of India. The application area is in the Central Indian Ocean and that the applicant has elected to offer an equity inter
Buccaneer Energy Limited (Buccaneer) announced that the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (ADEC) has approved the revised C-Plan, also referred to as the oil spill plan, for the Cosmopolitan (“Cosmo”) project. Additionally the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (“AOGCC”) has a
A key facility in an international observing network to detect increasing ocean acidification is monitoring carbon cycling in the Tasman Sea from a site near Maria Island. The A$150,000 mooring with its suite of environmental sensors is one of three in Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System
Co-operation with China through the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Renewable Energy Development (RED) programme has reached another milestone. Twelve contracts for research and development projects have been signed between Danish and Chinese businesses and research institutes. The 12 projects a
3D Oil Limited advises that, together with its joint venture partner in VIC/P57, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd (Hibiscus), it has finalised the development concept for the West Seahorse oilfield and that Front End Engineering Design (FEED) has commenced. Following a comprehensive review of a variety of
U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the nation’s newest research vessel will be named R/V Sally Ride, in honor of the former UC San Diego faculty member who was the first American female astronaut and the youngest American to fly in space. The ship is owned by the U.S. Navy, will be opera
A major stakeholder in Blue Power Energy Conor Haughey has appointed Beary Capital Partners to advise him on a €1.5m fundraising for wave energy development, Independent.ie informs. Blue Power Energy, in which Haughey holds 65 per cent stake, is seeking the investment to commercialize its newly deve
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announces that through its wholly-owned subsidiary INPEX Offshore Timor-Leste, Ltd., it has signed a new Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the JPDA 11-106 contract area (Contract Area) of the Joint Petroleum Development Area (JPDA), which is jointly administered by the
An onshore geotechnical survey near the proposed landfall location for the Dogger Bank Teesside export cables, between Redcar and Marske-by-the-Sea, will be carried out next week (starting Tuesday, April 16). Specialist contractor VolkerInfra will drill a number of boreholes in total as part of the
