Subsea
Kongsberg Delivers Seagliders to National Oceanography Centre, UK
Kongsberg Underwater Technology, Inc. has recently supplied five new Seaglider Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) systems to the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton, UK. The AUVs were ordered by NOC’s Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems facility (MARS), and will become part of a fle
AWE to Reach Planned Depth Soon at Pateke-4H
AWE Limited reported that the Pateke-4H development well was at a measured depth of 4,700m and drilling ahead on a horizontal trajectory through the Kapuni F10 sandstone reservoir with an 8 1/2 inch drilling assembly. The reservoir was intersected at 4,023m and operations have drilled 677m horizonta
Perro Negro 6 Salvage Operation Due to Start
Salvage operation for sunken Perro Negro 6 jack-up drilling rig is due to start in this quarter. The rig sank in approximately 130 feet (40 meters) of water after the seabed collapsed under one of its three legs. The event occurred during the rig positioning on location prior to starting drilling op
Atlantic Petroleum: Drilling Starts at Blackbird Field’s 2nd Well
Atlantic Petroleum announced that the Blackbird Field second production well has spudded using the Noble Ton V Langeveld drilling rig. The Blackbird Field is owned by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited (Operator) 73.02957%, Nexen Ettrick U.K. Limited 17.57270% and Atlantic Petroleum UK Limited 9.39773%. T
Reef Subsea Awards Rix Sea Shuttle Cable Support Contract
Ship operator Rix Sea Shuttle has netted a contract at one of Europe’s largest offshore wind farms. The company was awarded the work by Reef Subsea to support their two cable installation vessels at the RWE Innogy Gwynt y Môr development. Gwynt y Môr is one of the largest offshore wind farms current
VARD: Promising Start of 2014, CEO Says
Vard Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialised vessels, announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2014. VARD recorded an exceptionally high order intake of $918.4 million in 1Q2014, securing eight new vessel contracts
Stone Energy Encounters Oil at Cardona South Well
Stone Energy Corporation announced success on the deep water Cardona South well at Mississippi Canyon 29. Stone operates and owns a 65% working interest in the well. The Cardona South well (MC 29 #5 well) encountered over 275 feet of net oil pay in three separate sections of the well. The Cardona So
Tap Oil Secures Manora Field Debt Facility
Tap Oil Limited announces that it has executed a borrowing base debt facility with BNP Paribas (BNP) for up to US$90 million. The BNP facility will replace the US$50 million Manora field development facility and the A$20 million corporate facility executed with Commonwealth Bank of Australia, as ann
BSEE Tests OXY’s Ability to Respond to Oil Spill
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) participated in a day-long Government Initiated Unannounced Exercise involving Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY). The table top exercise, held in Huntington Beach, Calif., tested OXY’s ability to respond to a simulated spill event in acc
Jee Secures Subsea Pipeline Design Contract
Jee Ltd, an independent multi-discipline subsea engineering and training firm, has been awarded a contract in support of a $14 million seven-year development. The contract, with a major offshore pipelay and subsea construction company, is as a result of recent oil field operations in Canada. Jee wil
Oceanscience Becomes HYPACK Software OEM Partner
The Oceanscience Group have been appointed as an authorized HYPACK® OEM partner, to further strengthen the available options for the popular Z-Boat® 1800 remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat. Oceanscience can now supply their top specification single beam and side-scan equipped Z-Boats, largel
GE, PEMEX and IMP Sign Collaboration Agreement
GE Oil & Gas, Mexico’s state-owned oil and gas company Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), and the Mexico Institute of Petroleum (IMP), have signed a technology collaboration agreement focused on the oil and gas sector, with the sponsorship of Mexico state-owned oil and gas company Petroleos Mexicanos. The
Chariot Completes 3D Seismic Survey Offshore Morocco
Chariot Oil & Gas Limited, the Atlantic margins focused oil and gas exploration company, has completed 1,700km2 3D seismic survey across its areas of interest offshore Morocco (Chariot 75% (Operator), ONHYM 25% (carried interest). The survey, encompassing ~1,075km2 in Rabat Deep, ~250km2 in Loukos O
Plexus to Deliver POS-GRIP to Centrica Energy
Plexus Holdings has secured a new well order to supply its POS-GRIP surface exploration wellhead equipment and services under an existing contract with oil and gas company Centrica Energy Norway (‘Centrica’). The value of the order is estimated at approximately $1.5 million with revenues expected to