Oljedirektoratet (OD) is seeking seismic data collection services offshore Norway. In 2012 OD collected a considerable amount of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea. As a continuation of this, OD is now planning further collection of seismic data in these waters. OD therefore invites companies to a t
Sudan and Saudi Arabia announced plans to start deep-water mining in the Red Sea basin in 2014, reports AFP. The licence to explore the area of about 115 kilometres (71 miles) west of Jeddah has been awarded in 2010 to Manafa International Trade Company of Saudi Arabia and Diamond Fields Internation
The naming ceremony of Atlantic Amsterdam jack-up accommodation rig, owned by Atlantic Marine Services, recently took place at Damen’s Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The rig, which arrived in the Netherlands in June, on dry tow from Singapore onboard the Dockwi
IKM Testing will contribute Dragados within cleaning, pneumatic and hydraulic testing, pigging and torque. The contract has been awarded by Dragados Offshore, a company that services the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard
Basic Offshore has ordered two Havyard 832 L SE designed platform supply vessels from Havyard Global Solutions through its intermediary Huangpu shipyard. Both ships will be delivered in 2014. The Chinese state-owned shipyard CSSC Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding CO. Ltd. constructs both larger trade t
The Statfjord field was yesterday inaugurated as a cultural monument at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. The Directorate for Cultural Heritage has chosen the field as one of several symbols significant in the development of modern Norway. Eirin Sund, member of the Storting and deputy cha
On 15-16 October 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of ConocoPhillips (CoPNo) and Eldfisk 2/7. The objective of the audit was to follow-up how CoPNo safeguards regulatory maintenance management requirements. Nonconformities were identified in relation to: – Commun
Donald D. Humphreys, 64, senior vice president and principal financial officer of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has announced his intention to retire on February 1, 2013, after more than 36 years of service. Humphreys has been a member of the corporation’s management committee since January 2006. In addi
The Statfjord field was yesterday inaugurated as a cultural monument at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum in Stavanger. The Directorate for Cultural Heritage has chosen the field as one of several symbols significant in the development of modern Norway. Eirin Sund, member of the Storting and deputy cha
Investigation of the BP Macondo wellhead and Deepwater Horizon drillship has been approved by the Coast Guard, to determine whether they are the source of the sheen at the site in Gulf of Mexico. BP and Transocean submitted the plan for investigation after the sheen was reported to the Coast Guard’s
Scorpio Tankers Inc. announced Thursday that it has agreed to time charter-in two product tankers. The terms of the contracts are summarized as follows: A 2003 built LR1 product tanker will be time chartered-in for two years at $11,250 per day with a 50% profit sharing provision whereby the company
IKM Testing has been awarded a contract by Dragados Offshore, a company that services to the Oil and Gas industry from the three main business centres: the headquarters’s office in Puerto Real and the Yard in Algeciras, in Spain, and the Yard of Tampico in México. The company has earlier been involv
Dolphin Geophysical announces that they have received a Letter of Intent (LOI) for 2.5 months 3D project in North West Africa, with an undisclosed client. The survey will be acquired by the Artemis Arctic, in direct continuation of the current project. Dolphin Geophysical operates a fleet of new gen
Jaya Holdings, operators of Singapore’s leading offshore shipbuilding yard, yesterday delivered a new state-of-the-art anchor handling tug supply vessel Jaya Supreme to Canadian buyer, Atlantic Towing Limited. A delivery ceremony at Jaya’s shipyard in Tuas was held this morning, attended by senior e
