Maersk Drilling has signed a contract with LOTOS Exploration & Production Norway AS, for the ultra harsh environment jack-up rig MAERSK GUARDIAN for work on the 7/8-7 well offshore Norway. It is a one-well contract with an estimated duration of 55 days. Commencement is scheduled for the third quart
RAK Petroleum has chosen Syncrolan light and fog warning systems from Tideland Signal to mark its Saleh field platforms off the Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Since 1988, Saleh’s five platforms have only produced small volumes of gas and condensate but RAK Petroleum took over the field in 2010 and has emba
Ocean Rig UDW Inc., a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services, announced that it has entered into drilling contracts for three additional wells offshore West Africa, with two independent oil operators based in the UK and the USA respectively, for the semi-submersible rig Eirik Raude.
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 303, is completing drilling of wildcat well 15/8-2. The well, which was dry, was drilled eight kilometres west of the Sleipner Vest field in the North Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Middle Jurassic reservoir rocks (Hugin
ConocoPhillips announced that its board of directors has chosen the leaders for the two independent energy companies that will result from the previously announced strategic repositioning of ConocoPhillips. Ryan M. Lance will become the chairman and chief executive officer of ConocoPhillips, the ups
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced the order for two (2) 150hp, 3,000m rated HD™ ROV systems from GMB USA, Inc. for delivery to the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy. One system will be delivered for their Amphibious Submarine Rescue vessel and the second for their Auxiliary To
APM Terminals’ Global Port, Terminal and Inland Services Network observed its 5th annual Global Safety Day on October 12th with the participation of 24,000 employees at the company’s facilities around the world. Each facility will organize their safety day activities around local challenges, concern
BP has drawn up a contingency plan to tackle an oil spill off the coast Shetland Isalnds, which has the potential to be bigger than its … By Ewan Palmer (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, October 12 , 2011;
Seajacks Managing Director, Blair Ainslie – who has successfully steered the company from a start-up to a £65m business which owns and operates purpose-built self-propelled jack-up vessels out of Great Yarmouth – was named this Year’s (EDP) Director of the year. His vessels are used to install and m
NewLead Holdings Ltd., an international shipping company owning and operating tankers and dry bulk vessels, today announced that it has recently received a second favorable arbitration award against TMT Bulk Corp. for $1,969,821.75 inclusive of interest and costs. This is the second favorable arbitr
Petroleo Brasileiro SA , Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer, plans to replace the faulty risers in its Cascade Chinook deepwater … By Eduard Gismatullin and Karen Eeuwens (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source: Bloomberg, October 12 , 2011;
Plans by Marine Current Turbines and its project partner RWE npower renewables to install and operate Wales’s first-ever tidal energy farm have moved a step closer with the granting of an Agreement for Lease by The Crown Estate for the Skerries Tidal Stream Array, which is proposed for the waters of
Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, announces that Rockhopper Exploration (Oil) Limited, a subsidiary of the Company (“Rockhopper Oil”), has today agreed the terms of a farm-in agreement, subject to the approval of the Falkland Islands Government, w
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