WesternGeco announced today that it has begun the acquisition of the Revolution multiclient survey. Revolution marks the first time that Dual Coil Shooting* multivessel full-azimuth acquisition has been performed commercially in the industry worldwide. Located in the East Breaks and Garden Banks are
Desire Petroleum plc, the oil and gas company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin, advises that the 14/15-1 well on the Rachel prospect has reached a total depth of 2,877 metres. Initial wireline logging shows that no hydrocarbons have been found. However a substantial thickness of sandstone
Gazprom’s headquarters hosted a working meeting moderated by Alexey Miller and devoted to development of the Shtokman gas and condensate field. Participating in the meeting were heads and experts of Gazprom’s structural subdivisions, subsidiaries and Shtokman Development AG. The meeting participants
Federal investigators probing the cause of the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill in history said it will take more than a month of tests to determine why a key device failed to prevent the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The 50-foot-tall stack of valves known as a blowout preventer (BOP) that sat atop
Since 2001, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has published an extensive database from more than 1000 exploration wells on the Norwegian shelf. The WDSS (well data summary sheets) for these exploration wells on the Fact Pages contain a lot of well-related information and data that are no longer co
Dredging Corporation of India, the pioneer Dredging Company, under the Ministry of Shipping has secured Capital Dredging Contract worth `171.00 Crores from Ennore Port ltd. DCI stood lowest bidder (L1) under stiff competition from national and international dredging companies. Total eight Indian and
A spokesman for one of the companies named in a new federal and state lawsuit seeking to assure that the Fox River cleanup project continues… By Tony Walter (postcrescent) [mappress] Source: postcrescent, October 16, 2010;
The Cochin Port Trust (CoPT) has issued a tender inviting bids for leasing of 22.94 hectares of land on an annual lease basis for setting up a cargo and logistics centre close to the international container transhipment terminal (ICTT) at Vallarpadam. The lease period is for 30 years. The land propo
A new federal rule will allow National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) assistant administrator for fisheries to deny a vessel entry into a United States’ port or access to port services if that vessel has been listed for engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing b
Transas Marine has signed an unprecedented VTMS contract with Libyan Ports and Maritime Transport Authority (PMTA) to supply and install the national Coastal Surveillance System Libya. The system will provide coverage of the whole Libyan coast, which covers almost 2,000 kilometres from Tunisia to Eg
MEO Australia Limited is very pleased to confirm receipt this afternoon of approximately US$39 million cash consideration from Petrobras in relation to the WA-360-P farm-in. The cash consideration incorporates approximately US$7.5 million of seismic related back costs, together with the first US$31.
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA has been awarded a shallow water survey in Malaysia worth more than USD 2.5 million by a major oil company. These contract revenues will be recognised in the fourth quarter of 2010. The 3D EM survey is currently underway using the vessel BOA Galatea. About EMGS EMGS,
Angry residents of the Upper Long Lake Woods Subdivision spoke out to the West Bloomfield Board of Trustees on Monday, Oct. 4 regarding the rising costs of a canal dredging project that now total $1 million.
Shell has announced the start of a new major investment programme offshore Brazil with its Parque das Conchas project in block BC10.
