DryShips Inc. , a global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk cargoes and off-shore contract drilling oil services, announced that its subsidiary Ocean Rig UDW Inc. has entered into a drilling contract for its 3rd drillship newbuilding Ocean Rig Poseidon. As part of this agreement,
Shell faces another setback in its plans to drill for offshore oil in the Arctic, this time from a federal board that sided with Alaska Native and environmental groups and kicked air quality permits back to the Environmental Protection Agency for further review. The order by the Environmental Appeal
Hardy Oil and Gas plc , the oil and gas exploration and production company focused in India, today provides an update on the drilling of the KG-D9-B3 well, the second exploratory well on the Company’s D9 (KG-DWN-2001/1) exploration licence. The well was drilled to a total depth of 3,829 m MDRT by th
It took a flood of historic proportions to clog the Pawtuxet Cove channel with sediment, but a blizzard couldn’t halt efforts to dredge the… By John Howell (warwickonline) [mappress] Source: warwickonline, January 5, 2011;
Eni Norge AS, operator of production licence 489, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 7120/12-5 in the Barents Sea. The well has been drilled about 115 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest and about 50 kilometres west of the Goliat field. The purpose of the well was to prove p
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces that Andy Inglis has joined the company as Chief Executive of its Energy Developments and Production Solutions businesses. Following a familiarisation period, he will join the Board of Petrofac in March and will re-locate t
THE East of England Energy Group is to host a major Anglo-Dutch conference next week to pool information and ideas from either side of… By Duncan Brodie (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, January 05, 2011
THE East of England Energy Group is to host a major Anglo-Dutch conference next week to pool information and ideas from either side of… By Duncan Brodie (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, January 05, 2011
Kandla Port Trust has laid down stiff conditions for bidders looking to set up a satellite port 20km away, potentially raising the project’s… By P. Manoj (livemint) [mappress] Source: livemint, January 5, 2011;
Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau and Sinopec Chairman Su Shulin today in Madrid presided over the first joint meeting at the top corporate level between both companies following the agreements reached in Brazil. At the meeting, both chairmen agreed to create working groups to analyse new business oppo
Desire Petroleum plc the company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin, announces that Eddie Wisniewski, currently a non-executive director, has been appointed Finance Director. Aged 50, Eddie qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross & Co, leaving in 1988 to join Clyde Petroleum Pl
Beach Energy Limited is pleased to release monthly drilling report ending 5 January 2011. Beach Operated Cooper-Eromanga Basin Gas – PEL 106FI Block Canunda-1 extended production testing will recommence after a workover to retrieve wireline and pressure gauges from the well and reconfigure productio
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, is scheduled to begin pipeline dredging at Cedar Bayou and Anahuac Channel in Chambers… (dvidshub) [mappress] Source: dvidshub, January 5, 2011;
The dredging project in Bass Harbor has come to an unexpected halt as town and federal officials negotiate with the dredging contractor … By Laurie Schreiber (villagesoup) [mappress] Source: villagesoup, January 5, 2011;
