OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. , the Brazilian oil and gas company conducting the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced today that it has identified an oil‐bearing interval in the Albian section of well 1‐OGX‐15‐RJS, located in the BM‐C‐41 block, in the shallow wate
Spain continues to be the primary recipient of Norwegian LNG. The country has taken eight of the past 11 cargoes to be despatched from Norway’s Snohvit LNG train. The latest cargo was loaded aboard the Arctic Princess late last week and the vessel set off this morning for Bilbao, where it is expecte
Xcite Energy today announced that it has entered into a binding contract for the Ocean Nomad semi-submersible rig to drill the 9/3b-R well on the Bentley field, with an expected spud date around the middle of September subject to the current rig programme. This timing is viewed as entirely satisfact
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of both the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/144 and 28/146development wells together with the sidetrack of the Dzheitune (Lam) A/129 well. Dzheitune (Lam) 13/144whichwas drilled to a dep
The European offshore wind sector continued to grow in the first half of 2010, with 333 megawatts installed as wind farms in Germany,… By Selina Williams (nasdaq) [mappress] Source: nasdaq, July 20, 2010;
Vattenfall and the Munich municipal utility Stadtwerke München (SWM) have signed an agreement to form a joint venture for realisation of the offshore wind power project DanTysk. DanTysk offshore wind farm will be constructed 70 kilometres west of the island of Sylt with 80 turbines on 70 square kilo
Salamander Energy plc, the Asia focussed independent oil and gas exploration and production company, today announces that its subsidiary, Salamander Bualuang, has reached agreement with SOCO International to purchase SOCO Thailand, LLC. SOCO Thailand, LLC owns SOCO Thailand, which holds a 40% intere
BP believes an unspecified amount of hydrocarbons seeping from the seafloor near the leaking Macondo well is natural and unrelated to the test of its new containment system, a company spokesman said Monday. “We understand it’s natural seepage,” the spokesman said. The seepage is located at about two
Rolls-Royce has recently won orders to design and equip five offshore and special purpose vessels plus options worth in total around GBP80 million (US$122 million). Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Italian shipyard Rosetti Marino for delivery of an integrated Rolls-Royce equipment system, incl
118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid in the first half of 2010 according to new statistics released today by the… [mappress] Source: commodities, July 20, 2010;
An advisory board established to provide recommendations for offshore wind energy development in Michigan is hosting public meetings this week.
An advisory board established to provide recommendations for offshore wind energy development in Michigan is hosting public meetings this week.
Lithuanian cabinet is to express its political will to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda… [mappress] Source: alfa, July 20, 2010;
Leading international subsea engineering companies, J P Kenny and MCS Kenny, part of Wood Group, alongside Nigerian engineering company Dover Engineering, are completing the first comprehensive Front End Engineering Design (FEED) undertaken locally in Nigeria for the Total Egina Field development in
