Antrim Energy Inc. announced it has signed an agreement with Premier Oil UK Limited to jointly explore development options for the Fyne Area located in the UK Central North Sea. Under the terms of the agreement, Premier will pay an initial consideration of US$2 million to Antrim, and will have the o
Afren plc announces that the Scheme of Arrangement relating to the Acquisition of Black Marlin Energy Holdings Limited by Afren plc received BVI court approval on 6th October 2010 and that the Acquisition completed on the 7 October 2010. Pursuant to the Acquisition, 76,776,096 ordinary shares in the
The filling of Sri Lanka’s inland Magampura International Harbour in Hambanthota with sea water has been completed ahead of the schedule,… (colombopage) [mappress] Source: colombopage, October 8, 2010;
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) has delivered the P-57 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to SBM Offshore N.V. (SBM) early, within budget and safely. Spanning 311 metres long by 56 metres wide, or almost three football fields, P-57 is one of the largest Brazilian FPSO
Qatar can be a supplier of choice of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for power generation in the GCC states, says Qatargas CEO… (thepeninsulaqatar) [mappress] Source: thepeninsulaqatar, October 8, 2010;
Nigerian Agip Exploration Limited has exercised the first of two 12-months extension options for Abo FPSO. The extension will be effective from early April 2011. The gross value is approximately USD 30 million. About Prosafe Production Prosafe Production is one of the world’s leading FPSO contractor
People living along the Kalamazoo River are worried about the dredging that’s going on. Enbridge Energy and the EPA are currently dredging… (wwmt) [mappress] Source: wwmt, October 8, 2010;
After having developed the concept and basic design for Heerema’s new monohull vessel, Ulstein Group´s Dutch based design company, Ulstein Sea of Solutions (USOS), has now also been awarded the further engineering of the vessel with the selected shipyard, DSME of South Korea. In February 2010, USOS
Vessel utilization is defined as the percentage of the full quarter where the vessel is in paid work either in the form of acquisition, mobilization, demobilization, steaming, standby or other. The vessel utilization for the 9 seismic vessels operated by SeaBird for Q3 2010 was 66%, down from 76% in
The city learned yesterday it will receive $1.275 million from the state’s Seaport Advisory Council to begin construction of the Salem Wharf… By Stacie N. Galang (salemnews) [mappress] Source: salemnews, October 8, 2010;
Aker Solutions has signed three subsea contracts with Shell Offshore Inc for deliveries to the operator’s Popeye and Europa fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Contract values are undisclosed. Under the contracts, Aker Solutions will in total deliver approximately 40 km (25 miles) of electro-hydraulic ste
The State Government has formally granted a key petroleum tenement in far western Queensland, ATP 855P to oil and gas company, Icon Energy Limited (Icon Energy). The tenement is located within the rich Nappamerri Trough on the Queensland and South Australian border and is adjacent to Icon Energy’s i
It took four years, $17 million and some pestering of the federal government by Newport Beach officials, but the dredging of Upper Newport… By Joseph Serna (dailypilot) [mappress] Source: dailypilot, October 8, 2010;
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the release of a report from the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory… (coalgeology) [mappress] Source: coalgeology,October 08, 2010;
