In the 1st Indonesian International Bid Round 2011, Eni, as part of a consortium including Niko Resources Ltd., Black Platinum Energy Ltd, Statoil ASA and GDF SUEZ has been awarded the North Ganal Block, located offshore East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Eni will be the operator of the new PSC (Production
Public officials and maritime industry leaders joined together at the Port of Oakland to call on Congress to release funds collected from California’s port customers to improve maritime infrastructure, create jobs and preserve California’s role as an international trade leader. “California’s future
Safmarine, on 3rd October 2011, announces the intention to integrate its internal support and management functions into those of its sister company Maersk Line. Merging such internal support functions and central management involves the closure of Safmarine’s Antwerp head office and regional offices
The growth in off-shore wind farms has helped environmental consultancy APEM achieve rapid growth in the last year. The Stockport-based company’s turnover jumped 48 per cent to £4.3m last year and it is set to repeat the feat with revenues of £6.1m this year. The success has seen the company open tw
The growth in off-shore wind farms has helped environmental consultancy APEM achieve rapid growth in the last year. The Stockport-based company’s turnover jumped 48 per cent to £4.3m last year and it is set to repeat the feat with revenues of £6.1m this year. The success has seen the company open tw
On September 29th Ocean Rig took delivery of its fourth drill ship, Ocean Rig Mykonos. The drill ship is currently mobilizing for operations in Brazil for Petrobras. The naming ceremony of Ocean Rig Mykonos took place at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea on July 8th. Ocean Rig owns and
Turkey’s exploration vessel, the Piri Reis, will continue its seismic research efforts off southern Cyprus, a Turkish official said Monday, … (Hurriyet Daily News) [mappress] Source: Hurriyet Daily News, October 04 , 2011;
Coastal Energy Company announces the successful results of the Bua Ban North A-07 appraisal well. The Bua Ban North A-07 well was drilled to a depth of 3,750 feet TVD on the eastern flank of the Bua Ban North A field 1.3 miles south of the A-05 discovery well. The A-07 encountered 48 feet of [&helli
Western Marine Shipyard Ltd laid a keel to build the workboat and cutter suction dredger for Mongla Port Authority. The workboat is 11.95 meter in length, which will act as an ancillary facility for the cutter suction dredger with 14 meter dredging depth. The dredger will be jointly built by the shi
MEO Australia Limited has been advised by Eni Australia Ltd (“Eni”) as Operator of the NT/P68 Joint Venture, that a contract has been awarded to ENSCO Australia Pty Limited (“Ensco”) under which Ensco will provide the jack-up drilling rig “ENSCO 109” and associated services in 2012 to support the He
Specialist in marine engineering, equipment and aquaculture, Gael Force Group, is celebrating after winning the best subsea industry service supply title at the Energy North awards in Inverness. The company won the award for the development of its innovative SeaLimpet floating gravity-based mooring
SBM Offshore has received an extension of two years for the operating contract of the FPSO Serpentina from ExxonMobil in Equatorial Guinea, with options to extend for a further three years. FPSO Serpentina was the second generic FPSO that Keppel Shipyard converted for SBM, following the completion o
London Gateway, the new global shipping port and logistics centre project, will open in the fourth quarter of 2013 with an initial capacity of 1.6 million TEU (twenty foot equivalent container units), DP World announced today, which will pave the way for 36,000 jobs to be created. By locating Britai
The National Energy Authority of Iceland (NEA), has , announced the second Licensing Round for hydrocarbon exploration and production licences on the Icelandic Continental Shelf. The offer will be open from October 3, 2011 until April 2, 2011. The blocks on offer in the Second Licensing Round are lo
