A brand new Craig Group vessel was christened, Monday September 20, at Aberdeen Harbour as the global shipping and energy services firm names one of the last vessels in its £130 million investment programme. The vessel, which is a NSS -IMT 948 designed emergency response and rescue (ERRV) vessel, wi
A slew of non-native marine species have made their home on the Alpha Ventus wind turbines off the German coast in the North Sea. Scientists say the oysters and crabs, among others, have not affected the structures.
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited (“Ithaca” or the “Company”), an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, is pleaannounced it has received Field Development Plan (“FDP”) approval
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) highlighted that the Shah Deniz II natural gas field in Azerbaijan is the initial target of gas intended for the project. In a joint statement, shareholders EGL, Statoil and E.ON Ruhrgas said: “The TAP pipeline is designed to cater for the volumes of gas from Shah D
Fugro has been awarded a CSEM contract by Woodside, Australia’s largest publically traded hydrocarbon exploration and production company. The acquisition part of this contract, which is worth in excess of USD 2 million, will be subcontracted to Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA. The survey will take p
Total announces the signature of a Deed of Amendment (DOA) with PETROLEUM BRUNEI on the Brunei deepwater Block CA-1, previously known as Brunei Block J. The DOA amends the original Production Sharing Contract of Block J signed in 2003 and allows PETRONAS Carigali Overseas and Canam Brunei, a wholly-
Poland’s state-owned Polskie LNG says it’s on track to start building a new Liquefied Natural Gas terminal at Świnoujście next summer… (WBJ) [mappress] Source: warsawbusinessjournal , September 22, 2010;
Vattenfall strives to increase profit and value creation, reduce debt and CO2 exposure and be among the leaders in developing environmentally sustainable energy production. This is part of the new strategic direction of the company. Vattenfall will remain an integrated European company with a divers
Nautical Petroleum announces the results of the Kraken appraisal well located on UK Central North Sea block 9/2b, in which Nautical has a 35 per cent. equity interest. The 9/02b-4 well was drilled to a total depth of 4,502 feet Measured Depth (MD). The top of the target Heimdal III was encountered a
On Thursday Vattenfall inaugurates Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm. This is a milestone in the development of renewable energy for a sustainable society. For Vattenfall, it is a springboard to the future – both to the British market and to large-scale offshore wind
Russia’s energy giant Gazprom will buy 15 cargoes, or 0.9 million tonnes, of liquefied natural gas from French power group GDF Suez over two… [mappress] Source: cnbc, September 22, 2010;
Nido Petroleum Limited on behalf of the SC 58 Joint Venture, provides the preliminary results of the deepwater sea-bed coring program completed in the NW Palawan basin in April 2010. Highlights of the preliminary interpretation and geochemical analysis of the acquired core data are as follows: • The
Dana Petroleum plc is pleased to report that the Dana operated Cormoran-1 exploration well has begun drilling offshore Mauritania, West Africa, just 2 kilometres southeast of Dana’s existing Pelican-1 discovery. The conductor has been run and Dana has already drilled the 26 inch hole section down to
The County Commission won’t be paying millions of dollars more to the company it hired to dredge the Hernando Beach Channel and on Tuesday… By Barbara Behrendt (tampabay) [mappress] Source: tampabay, September 22, 2010;
