Chevron Australia today announced that it had successfully bid for the exploration rights to two blocks in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. Chevron Australia will be the operator and will hold a 100 percent interest in the blocks. The permit areas, WA-455-P and WA-456-P, are located i
Maersk Line Ltd. in Norfolk received a $15.3 million contract for the worldwide charter of one U.S.-flagged, Ice-class certified, double… (dailypress) [mappress] Source: Dailypress , July 8, 2011;
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. announced the acquisition of SVP Products Inc., a leading provider of high pressure flow control equipment and products utilized in hydraulic fracturing and flow back of oil and gas wells. The company sells Forum’s Wood Flowline and Phoinix product lines, including sw
The bulk of financing for one of the most costly ever wind farms in the German North Sea has now been secured. A consortium of commercial banks and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed the finance contract for the Global Tech I project in Hamburg . The external borrowing requirement is around E
A/S Norske Shell has received consent to use the West Navigator mobile facility for drilling and well operations on Ormen Lange. The consent relates to work on subsea template C, drilling of three production wells and drilling of a pilot well. The operation is scheduled to start in July 2011. West N
MEO Australia Limited announces that it has been awarded a new exploration permit, AC/P53 in the Ashmore Cartier region of the Timor Sea. MEO will hold 100% interest in the permit. The permit covers 504 km and is contiguous with MEO’s 100% equity AC/P50 and AC/P51 permits. AC/P53 is the second permi
The liquefied natural gas carrier „Arctic Voyager‟ berthed Tuesday, July 5, early in the morning at Gate terminal. The „Arctic Voyager‟ is the second LNG carrier that delivers its commissioning cargo for the project after the arrival of the „British Trader‟ earlier in June. The „Arctic Voyager‟ is a
UAE-based GMMOS Group announces it has rebranded to Stanford Marine Group (SMG) in order to better reflect its focus on chartering, operation, building, and maintenance of Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs). The Group has two main divisions focused on the marine sector: Stanford Marine (OSV chartering)
In connection with the planned shutdown on Visund on 9 April 2011, a hydrocarbon leak from a riser to a well occurred. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has investigated this incident. The Visund field is operated by Statoil. The field is located in the northern North Sea and has been deve
Deep Down, Inc. ,an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services, today announced it has just completed the assembly and test running of its own 3,200 MT carousel located at Core Industries near Mobile, Alabama, a
Estonian company Elme TKS, which is a subsidiary of the concern BLRT Grupp, was granted a certificate for non-destructive inspection of metal structures of offshore projects and equipment that are supervised by a classification society Det Norske Veritas. According to the member of the board of Elme
Statoil has received consent to use the West Phoenix mobile facility for drilling and well operations on Troll. The consent relates to permanent plugback and abandoning (P&A) of wells on the Troll Oseberg Gas Injection (TOGI) subsea facility, as well as plugback and/or drilling and completion on pro
The latest results from Nord Stream’s environmental monitoring programme in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ show that the company has complied with and even exceeded the conditions in the permit granted by the Swedish government. Calculations and models in Nord Stream’s Environmental Study
UAE-based GMMOS Group announces it has rebranded to Stanford Marine Group (SMG) in order to better reflect its focus on chartering, operation, building, and maintenance of Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs). The Group has two main divisions focused on the marine sector: Stanford Marine (OSV chartering)
