Dana Petroleum advises that the Cormoran-1 exploration well has been drilled to a total depth of 4,695 metres below sea level and has been plugged and abandoned as a gas discovery. Stabilised gas flow rates of between 22 and 24 million standard cubic feet per day (MMscfpd) were obtained during a tes
Operator Gassco transported 97.3 billion standard cubic metres (scm) of Norwegian gas to receiving terminals elsewhere in Europe during 2010, 700 000 scm more than the year before. This volume was carried by pipeline from fields on Norway’s continental shelf to facilities in Germany, Belgium, France
If you can learn how to coax out more years from your infrastructure, look with fresh eyes at well data and think laterally, then you can gain a competitive edge when working with mature assets. Maersk Oil is an old hand in the art of teasing out oil from aging fields in the North Sea […]
An invention developed by scientists at defence giant British Aerospace is set to become the latest weapon against piracy in the waters off the east coast of Africa. A type of laser weapon which can be used against moving targets will emit a green shroud which forces would-be pirates to become disor
A Kuwaiti coast guard has been killed in a shootout with Iraqi fishermen, officials from the two countries said.
As big mining companies are set to book record profits the shipping companies that deliver the precious raw materials are plagued with the lowest freight rates since 2002.
Four firms have entered bids to develop Norway’s first major offshore wind farm valued at NOK 7 Bn. (US $ 1.17 billion project.
Subsea specialist DOF Subsea UK has landed a deal to supply a light construction ship for Technip for work in the North Sea
The captain of the Dutch cargo vessel Dongeborg was intoxicated when the vessel ran aground on the southern coast of Læsø on January 3. The Danish Naval Command got suspicious while talking to the captain on the radio, however it was not possible to get the captain ashore to get a blood sample. Inst
Critical component failures often make the headlines, whether occurring at sea, underground, in mid-air or in production plants. Faulty pipes, valves, shafts, gears, couplings and other engineered components give rise to safety, environmental, productivity and financial issues, some catastrophic. Th
The United States Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has confirmed its support of global marine safety equipment provider Mobilarm’s V200 Submariner VHF Locator Beacon development project, by exercising its option to purchase an additional US$300,000 worth of test units and engineering services. The
Prosafe has been awarded a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract linked to the LOI is four months with on site operations planned to co
“Moving to new office premises in the port area is for the convenience of our clients,” said ISS General Manager in Ghana, Sachin Agarwal. “Takoradi (image) is an important base for offshore oil exploration activity in Ghana and ISS has been serving the interests of some very big global names there.
ACE Winches has secured a £1.6m contract from Bluestone Offshore for the design and manufacture of two comprehensive winch packages for use on the offshore support vessel, Greatship Maya. Each winch package comprises 18.5t of safe working load (SWL) hydraulic drum winch, 300kW containerised electric
