CGGVeritas announced that it has completed a BroadSeis seismic survey in Brunei Darussalam for Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (BSP). BroadSeis, the new CGGVeritas broadband marine solution, combines Sercel Sentinel solid streamers, a unique variable-depth towing configuration and a proprie
AGR drilling Services and Statoil have joined forces to push the limits of Riserless Mud Recovery technology even further. The international energy company has signed an agreement for AGR’s RMR® for two deep-water rigs it has under contract in the Gulf of Mexico. AGR Drilling Services’ Houston team
Woodside advises that the Xeres-1 well has intersected approximately 51 metres of gross gas within the Triassic target. The well is located about 12 kilometres ESE of the Pluto-1 discovery in licence WA-34-L, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well reached a total depth of 3285 metres. The disc
AGR Drilling Services and Statoil have joined forces to push the limits of Riserless Mud Recovery technology even further. The international energy company has signed an agreement for AGR’s RMR® for two deep-water rigs it has under contract in the Gulf of Mexico. AGR Drilling Services’ Houston team
Sevan Marine ASA , a company specialized in owning, operating and licensing FPSOs and drilling units, based on its patented cylindrical floater technology announces fleet commercial uptime. In Q1 2011, the FPSO Sevan Piranema had a commercial uptime of 88% due to continued problems with the gas cool
The Dutcham Trade Award 2010-2011 is dedicated to Van Oord Offshore for best business achievement in Brazil. The trophy was assigned to the Dutch dredging company for their succesfull merits in the Brazilian offshore industry. At the ceremony on May 17 in São Paulo the jury of the Brasilian-Dutch Ch
The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193, held in February 2008. The bureau is accepting additional public comment b
The Dutcham Trade Award 2010-2011 is dedicated to Van Oord Offshore for best business achievement in Brazil. The trophy was assigned to the Dutch dredging company for their successful merits in the Brazilian offshore industry. At the ceremony on May 17 in São Paulo the jury of the Brasilian-Dutch Ch
Nautical Petroleum plc announced on Friday the completion of the acquisition of an additional 15% interest in UKCS Licence P1077 Blocks 9/2b and 9/2c (the “Licence), which includes the Kraken discovery, from Canamens Energy North Sea Limited. The transaction has received approval from the Department
The IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has approved Interim guidance on the employment of armed security personnel on board ships transiting the Somali coast, the Gulf of Aden and the wider Indian Ocean. The MSC approved an MSC Circular on Interim guidance to shipowners, ship operators, and shipmas
The Dutcham Trade Award 2010-2011 is dedicated to Van Oord Offshore for best business achievement in Brazil. The trophy was assigned to the Dutch dredging company for their succesfull merits in the Brazilian offshore industry. At the ceremony on May 17 in São Paulo the jury of the Brasilian-Dutch Ch
Within the public limited company Norther NV – which won the fourth licensed concession for the construction and operation of an… (electrawinds) [mappress] Source: electrawinds, May 23, 2011
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Thursday gave conditional approval to the Atlantic Wind Connection project -… (sustainablebusiness) [mappress] Source: sustainablebusiness, May 23, 2011;
REANNZ and Pacific Fibre announced that they have agreed Key Commercial Terms for a substantial contract to supply international capacity on the new Pacific Fibre cable system. Donald Clark, REANNZ CEO, said “We are excited to secure an anchor tenancy providing long-term capacity for the research, e
