GE announced the successful closing of its $3 billion acquisition of Dresser, Inc., a global energy infrastructure technology and service provider, from funds managed by Riverstone Holdings LLC and First Reserve Corporation, Dresser management and its other stockholders. The move significantly expan
Fugro GEOS has secured two large metocean (meteorological and oceanographic) measurement studies for Statoil in the Norwegian and North Seas. These highlight the importance of accurate metocean data at the design stage of development of offshore fields, and for life extension of existing fields. The
Magellan Petroleum Australia Ltd (“MPAL”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Magellan Petroleum Corporation (“Magellan”, “Company”), and Santos Offshore Pty Ltd (“Santos”) have agreed to extend the closing date for the sale of Santos’ 40% stake in the Evans Shoal gas field located offshore Northern Terri
Chevron Corporation today filed a civil lawsuit under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) as well as other federal and state laws against the trial lawyers and consultants leading a fraudulent litigation and PR campaign against the company. Through the lawsuit, Chevron seek
Otto Marine Limited, (“Otto Marine” or the “Group”), a leading offshore marine company which specializes in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialized offshore services, announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Otto Ventures Pte Ltd (“OVPL”), has signed a de
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited , an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announced on December 13th 2010 that it plans to drill a second production well in the Jacky field i
Incat Crowther announces that they are designing a second 28m Wave Piercing Catamaran Crew Boat to support offshore oil and gas operations. Incat Crowther has again worked with Topaz to develop a 24 hour version of the innovative crew boat. The new vessel shares the same hull configuration, as well
On Thursday February 3, 2011, for the fourth consecutive year, BOURBON will be one of the key exhibitors at the Clic&Sea “Métiers de la Mer” recruitment fair, to be held in Paris (France). Clic&Sea is a valuable forum where French professionals and students from the maritime world can meet, talk, sh
BP announced today that it has joined Chevron, ConocoPhillips ExxonMobil and Shell as a member of the Marine Well Containment Company LLC (MWCC). BP brings its marine response experience and equipment to the MWCC. “Last autumn we made an ongoing commitment to share what we’ve learned and the experie
A/S Norske Shell, operator of the Ormen Lange field, has completed the drilling of appraisal well 6305/4-2 S on the Ormen Lange field. Ormen Lange was proven in 1997 and has been in production since 2007. The reservoir is in Paleocene and Upper Cretaceous reservoir rocks (Egga reservoir unit and the
BP announced immediate plans to enter into arbitration proceedings to resolve the issues raised by Alfa Petroleum Holdings Limited and OGIP Ventures Limited in their application to the English High Court relating to the share swap agreement and Arctic exploration arrangements agreed between BP and R
Dolphin Drilling Ltd, a subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA, has entered into a contract for the provision of the accommodation semi-submersible Borgholm Dolphin with an undisclosed client. The contract will be for a firm duration of 10 months in the UK sector commencing end November 2011 in direct
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC., a Houston-based international drilling contractor , announced that, on January 29, 2011, due to the civil unrest that has occurred in Egypt, its’ customer, RWE Dea Nile GmbH gave notice to Alpha Offshore Services Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atwood Oceanics, Inc., of
There are plenty of green cheap energy opportunities for businesses in the north-east to get involved in, the Aberdeen Renewable Energy… (energyhelpline) [mappress] Source: energyhelpline, February 02, 2011
