Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), Shell Oil Company and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) yesterday announced the successful demonstration of the industry’s ability to respond to a deepwater well control incident in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. At the direction of the Depar
Prosafe has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 187 days with on-site operations planned to commence April 2013. Total value of the
During this summer, two Finnish wave energy converter devices will be tested to prove the viability of wave energy. As Yle reports, these prototypes from two Finnish investors are being demonstrated in the Atlantic Ocean. The „WaveRoller“, one of the devices, will be demonstrated off the coast of Po
Fincantieri, one of the world’s leading shipbuilders, has been awarded a contract to build a latest generation ferry by Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), a Canadian company that operates in maritime passenger transport. The contract, awarded following a public tender in which major competitor
Prosafe, a Cyprus-based owner of semi-submersible accommodation/service rigs has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract is 187 days with
On July 26, the head MP boat of the MPB14 Project, works number 402 (“Lebedin”), was handed over to the FSUE “Rosmorport” Arkhangelsk Branch. This boat is the second of six MP boats of the MPB14 Project, constructed on the FSUE’s request by Moskovskiy Sudostroitelniy i Sudoremontniy Zavod, P.C. The
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) announced the successful completion of the first-ever, full-scale deployment of critical well control equipment to exercise the oil and gas industry’s response to a potential subsea blowout in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico. BSEE Directo
Superior Energy Services, Inc. announced net income from continuing operations of $142.8 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, and net income of $141.9 million, or $0.89 per diluted share, on revenue of $1,243.3 million for the second quarter of 2012. Non-GAAP adjusted earnings from continuing operat
Petrobras’ average domestic and foreign oil and natural gas output in June was 2,583,415m barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). Output for domestic fields was 2,338,812 boed. Both domestic and total output remained unchanged on the previous month. Foreign output was 244,603 boed, a 2.5% decrease
NOAA Ship Fairweather begins a 30-day survey mission in the Arctic this week, scheduled to check a sparsely measured 1,500-nautical mile coastal corridor from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, north through the Bering Strait and east to the Canadian border. The mission will collect needed information to determi
Chevron Corporation announced that its subsidiary will proceed with the development of the Lianzi field located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola. Located 65 miles (105 km) offshore in approximately 3,000 feet (900 meters) of water, the Lianzi field
GL Maritime Software, the software and systems integration unit of classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL), in cooperation with SKF, has installed the first prototype of its GL MachineryManager software onboard the CSAV Rio Blanco, a car carrier owned and managed by German shipping company F.
Borders & Southern announces that well 61/25-1 (Stebbing) has been successfully plugged and abandoned, bringing to an end the Company’s current two well drilling programme. The Leiv Eiriksson drilling rig will now be assigned to Falkland Oil and Gas for its two well programme after which it will be
NOAA Ship Fairweather begins a 30-day survey mission in the Arctic this week, scheduled to check a sparsely measured… [mappress] Source: NOAA , July 31, 2012; Image: NOAA
