The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS (GdF) consent for drilling and completion of wells on the Gjøa field with the mobile drilling facility Transocean Searcher. The consent encompasses drilling and completion of a total of 11 wells, of which five are scheduled for
Chevron Corporation today affirmed its previously stated full-year net production guidance for 2010 of 2,750 MBOED based on the first nine months’ 2010 average WTI price of $78. This represents a two percent increase from 2009 actual net production. The corporation is issuing this statement followin
Greenpeace has launched legal action in a bid to stop UK offshore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. By Independent.co.uk [mappress] Source: Independent, November 12, 2010;
Piracy off the coast of Somalia was outpacing international efforts to stem it, B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, told the Security Council on November 9, emphasising that warships alone will not solve the problem. Briefing the Council on the situation in Somalia, Mr. Pa
Christian Oecking (48) is now Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Board of SIS. Martin Bentler (49), Rainer Koppitz (42) and Thomas Zimmermann (42) continue as members of the Management Board of the IT service provider. Christian Oecking had been the acting head of SIS since December 20
Shell’s massive ‘Prelude’ Floating Liquefied Natural Gas Project, to be located off the northwest coast of Australia, has received environmental approval from the Australian Minister for Environment, Mr Tony Burke. The approval is welcome news for Shell’s 100 percent owned and operated project as it
What is believed to be the first science-based blueprint for managing Australia’s oceans has been developed to safeguard marine life and protect economic and social interests. The blueprint is the result of more than two years of analysis by The Ecology Centre at The University of Queensland and inv
The cruise ship ‘Carnival Splendor’, which lost power after experiencing an engine room fire, is currently being towed via tugs to San Diego. The ship is expected to arrive today, said the company in a statement. As the ship gets closer to coastal areas, guests are now beginning to receive intermitt
The federal government is seeking bids from energy companies to develop wind farms off the coasts of Delaware and Maryland.Virginia should… (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, November 12, 2010;
The federal government is seeking bids from energy companies to develop wind farms off the coasts of Delaware and Maryland.Virginia should… (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, November 12, 2010;
Dutch submersible specialist to develop and build integrated rock-dump ROV for Boskalis Recently Seatools of Numansdorp landed the largest order since its establishment in August 1999: Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. – the international provider of dredging services, maritime infrastructure and mari
Maersk Oil has selected Petrofac to provided extended operations and maintenance support for its floating production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea. Under a new £40 million three-year deal – which includes options for another three years – Petrofac is to provide conceptual, FEED and detail
London-listed Northern Petroleum has signalled that it is due to spud soon on its Markwells Wood UK onshore oil prospect. Markwells Wood has been independently assessed as having up to 35 million barrels of oil in place with a 10% chance of 64.1 m bbls of upside.
Desire Petroleum PLC the oil and gas exploration company wholly focused on the North Falkland Basin, announces that the Rachel North 14/15-2 well was spudded at 10:40 hrs (GMT) on 12 November 2010. A further announcement will be made once drilling is completed. Desire Petroleum plc (Desire) is a UK
