At the end of November, 31 exploration wells had been spudded on the Norwegian shelf. In comparison, only 26 exploration wells were spudded in all of 2006. The explanation for this increase lies in better access to exploration rigs.
Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) has completed the upgrade and modification of FPSO Armada Perkasa for repeat customer Bumi Armada. A ceremony was held for the sail–away of the vessel for its deployment in the Okoro Setu Fields, Nigeria. Gracing the occasion was Mr Olatunde Emmanuel Odusina, Mi
StatoilHydro is today, Friday 7 December publishing its forecast for the company’s combined oil and gas production, capital expenditure and exploration expenditure in 2008.
The contract to overhaul one of the Ministry of Defence’s warships has been awarded to a dockyard in Rosyth. Babcock Marine will take charge of the refit of type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland as part of a £17m deal.
THE 87-year-old sailing ship thought to have been missing between Vanuatu and New Zealand has been found. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion aircraft found the three-masted former cargo vessel, the Alvei, yesterday morning, about 760km north of New Zealand’s north island.
South Korea’s STX Shipbuilding Co said on Thursday it had won a $270 million order from The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd to build six bulk carriers.
State officials today issued formal misconduct charges against the pilot involved in the Nov. 7 San Francisco Bay oil spill that sent 58,000 gallons of fuel into the water and fouled 40 miles of shoreline from Oakland to Bolinas.
Prosafe has received an amendment to the existing contract with Total E & P UK Limited and Elf Exploration UK Limited exercising the one year option for the provision of Safe Caledonia.
1. Turret for Skarv FPSO for BP Norge AS in Norway A letter of award has been received from BP Norge AS for the turnkey supply of an internal turret. The turret will be delivered to Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea for integration into the FPSO hull.
Next year, a new combined International Regatta is to be held in Cowes for Metre boats and classic racing keelboats from 22 to 25 July 2008 to be run by the Royal London Yacht Club the same week as the British Classic Yacht Club Regatta which is being run in association with the Royal Corinthian [&h
Today Concordia Maritime’s product tanker Stena Perros will be delivered from Brodosplit Shipyard, Croatia. The vessel has been signed to a 5-year time charter with the French oil and energy company TOTAL to transport refined products. The Stena Perros, a so-called P-MAX tanker, is the sixth in a se
Twenty years ago first oil was produced from North Alwyn platform, in the UK North Sea. The Alwyn field (100% Total), which lies 440 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen was brought on-stream in November 1987. North Alwyn is currently one of the largest oil and gas processing platforms in the UK North
Energy Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which it has agreed to purchase, through a newly-formed, wholly-owned subsidiary, Energy Infrastructure Merger Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation, nine very large crude carrie
Helix Energy Solutions announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary Canyon Offshore, Inc. has been awarded a $160 million, three-year contract by an E & P operator in South East Asia, to provide the M/V Olympic Canyon DP II multipurpose vessel for offshore inspection, repair and maintenance oper
