The DSSTM 38 ultra deepwater semisubmersible rig was delivered a record four months ahead of schedule. Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered Alpha Star, the second of two DSSTM 38 semisubmersible rigs, to Brazil’s Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG) four months ahead of schedule and with zero
Australian helicopter company Heliwest has secured its first Australian offshore work, winning a contract from Roc Oil to provide service… By Emma Kelly (Flight Global) [mappress] Source:Flight Global, March 29, 2011;
Technip was awarded an engineering services contract by ZADCO* for the UZ 750 project, one of the major offshore field development projects in the United Arab Emirates. The project aims at increasing by 2015 the oil production of the Upper Zakum field (located in the Gulf, 84 kilometers offshore Abu
Wireline and well intervention technology specialist Wireline Engineering has concluded an agency agreement with a local company in Oman to further develop its activities in the Omani market. The one-year agreement with Oman Oil Industries Supplies and Services Company (OOISS) has options to extend
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today issued additional guidance summarizing and clarifying previously issued offshore deepwater drilling safety requirements. This guidance document also highlights BOEMRE’s process for reviewing subsea containment plans for
Dril-Quip, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to supply drilling equipment for the Big Foot Tension Leg Platform (TLP) to be installed in the Big Foot field located in the Walker Ridge area of the Gulf of Mexico. Dril-Quip will provide subsea wellhead equipment
McMoRan Exploration Co. updated its shallow water Gulf of Mexico (GOM) exploration and development activities, including updates on its three inprogress ultra-deep exploration wells, the Laphroaig #2, Hurricane Deep and Boudin deep gas wells, and other development and production activities. Shallow
Cameron will record a first quarter charge of approximately $0.15 per share associated with delays on a subsea systems project in Nigeria. Cameron President and Chief Executive Officer Jack B. Moore said, “Large subsea projects in emerging countries carry varying levels of risk, especially with resp
Zarubezhneft, Bashneft and Rosneft are considering building a pipeline to ship oil from their fields in the Nenets Autonomous Distict… (rzd-partner) [mappress] Source: rzd-partner , March 29, 2011;
Items 1 to 4 of the agenda were discussed and approved as presented. There will be no distribution of dividend for 2010. Furthermore, the board members proposed by the Board of Directors were all re-elected or elected, ref. item 5 of the agenda. PricewaterhouseCoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionsaktie
Contango Oil & Gas Company announced that it has drilled a successful exploratory well at its Swimmy prospect located Offshore Gulf of Mexico on Vermilion block 170. The Company’s independent third party engineer estimates this well to have 8/8ths proved reserves of 48 billion cubic feet of natural
Marine Simulation announces the release of their latest product. vSHIP is specifically designed to train and prepare ship-board personnel for the ever growing roles and responsibilities they face in support of the offshore industry. Flexible scalability, unmatched visual realism, and compliance to a
Atwood Oceanics Inc., a Houston-based international drilling contractor , announced the Company’s President and CEO, Rob Saltiel, will make a presentation to institutional investors at the Howard Weil Energy Conference in New Orleans, LA on Monday, March 28, 2011. Atwood Oceanics began its operation
Leading international oilfield services company Expro today announces the award of a UK well test and subsea services contract with EON Ruhrgas. The three-year contract, worth up to £2million, involves work on the Huntington project, which is EON’s first Central North Sea field. All its previous wor
