INPEX has been granted the approval by PETRONAS, the national oil company of Malaysia, to acquire a 75% participating interest in the deepwater Block S, and a 37.5% participating interest in the deepwater Block R. Both blocks are located offshore Sabah, Malaysia. Block S In Block S, INPEX Offshore N
Incat Crowther announces the launch of a 24m Catamaran Scientific Research Vessel. Built by Baltic Workboats in Estonia, Vėjūnas is a demonstration of the yard’s experience, capability and build quality. Vėjūnas also demonstrates Incat Crowther’s expertise in designing a vessel with a large, practic
Nam Cheong Limited, one of the leading global marine players and Malaysia’s largest shipbuilder of Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs), is currently building two vessels specially designed for transportation of supplies and equipment to and from offshore installations. Dedicated to the construction and
Chevron Nigeria Limited, said it was working to contain a fire that ignited yesterday aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore Nigeria operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited. The rig was drilling a natural gas exploration well, located in the Funiwa Field approximately six miles (10 kilo
San Leon Energy today reported a significant progress on its Durresi License offshore Albania. The Company has received the first final processed volumes from its 840 km2 3D seismic survey in late 2011. The survey was processed by Western Geophysical in London with a focus on detailed structural ima
Afren plc announces that the Okoro East exploration well, offshore south east Nigeria, has made a new oil discovery having encountered 549 ft true vertical thickness (TVT) of net oil pay and 41 ft of net gas pay in excellent quality reservoir sands. The well result represents a successful start to A
The fourth littoral combat ship was christened Coronado during a ceremony at Austal USA Shipyard in Mobile, Ala., Jan. 14. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition, Sean Stackley, delivered the principal address at the ceremony, and Susan Ring Keith served as the ship’
Incat Crowther announces the launch of a 24m Catamaran Scientific Research Vessel. Built by Baltic Workboats in Estonia, Vėjūnas is a demonstration of the yard’s experience, capability and build quality. Vėjūnas also demonstrates Incat Crowther’s expertise in designing a vessel with a large, practic
Sonde Resources Corp. has received a one year extension to December 23, 2013, on the first phase of the Exploration period to conduct operations on the Joint Oil Block in North Africa. This extension is conditioned on commencement of the three well drilling program in September 2012, which is Sonde’
OGX, a largest privately owned oil & gas company in Brazil, today announced that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Albian and Aptian sections of well 1-OGX-63-SPS in the BM-S-57 block, in the shallow waters of the Santos Basin. OGX holds a 100% working interest in this block. “Th
Axin Limited and Huawei Marine announced the finalization of a survey agreement for the trans-Tasman Optikor Network. The survey to be launched is a critical element of the project, as the data collected will allow Huawei Marine to deploy a system properly designed for the changing conditions along
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (FET) announces the sale of a Sub-Atlantic™ Mojave™ Observation Remote Operated Vehicle System (ROV) to the St. Clair County, Michigan Sheriff’s Office Marine Division. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office maintains a Marine Division with over 50 part-time officers w
Anadarko today announced its seventh well in the discovery area offshore Mozambique successfully appraised previous discoveries at Lagosta and Camarao. The Lagosta-2 appraisal well, located about 4.4 miles (7 kilometers) north of the Lagosta discovery and 5.3 miles (8.5 kilometers) south of the Cam
Subsea 7 S.A announced today the award of a SURF contract valued at approximately $60 million from Santos Limited on the Fletcher- Finucane Development offshore Western Australia. The contract scope includes the project management, engineering and installation of: approximately 55km of flexible flow
