Maine has plenty of energy in its offshore winds, but building the turbines and their platforms for offshore electricity generation presents… By John Hale (villagesoup) [mappress] Source: villagesoup, January 26, 2011
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Dimitar Gogov, Executive Director of Bulgargaz EAD. The parties discussed the current status and the prospects for cooperation in the gas sector, and focused on the trans
An excavator formed an unusual yet highly effective partnership with a dredging vessel on the Lincolnshire coast in England last summer. Working on the Lincshore project, the Hitachi ZX470LCH-3 crawler excavator and trailing suction hopper dredger, Vlaanderen XX, have helped to ensure that future ge
Mustang, a Wood Group Company, and Sime Darby’s Energy & Utilities Division have entered into a joint-venture to form a new company called Mustang Sime Darby. The new company will provide project management, design and procurement support services for the Southeast Asian oil & gas industry from its
CAMAC Energy Inc. , a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, announced that the well intervention operation on the Oyo #5 well, located in the Oyo Field located offshore Nigeria, which commenced in December 2010 to reduce the gas production f
The national oil company Sonangol has publicly announced that the Angolan jury of the bid rounds has elected Statoil for operatorship and participation in several pre-salt blocks offshore Angola. Statoil has submitted its proposal as part of the pre-salt restricted public bid round organised by Sona
A Petrobras announces a new discovery of good quality oil in the pre-salt reservoirs of block BM-S-9, in ultra deep waters of Santos Basin. The discovery was a result of the drilling of well 3-BRSA-861-SPS (3-SPS-74), informally known as Carioca Nordeste, located in a water depth of 2,151m and 275 k
SeaBird Exploration PLC announces through its wholly owned subsidiary SeaBird Exploration FZLLC the execution of a second contract with Chevron North Sea Limited (on behalf of itself and the other Rosebank partners: Statoil (U.K.) Ltd., OMV (U.K.) Ltd., and DONG E&P (U.K.) Ltd) for the next stage of
Cape Industrial Services Ltd has awarded EnerMech a three year contract for the provision of plant and equipment support. The contract, worth an estimated £4.5 million (approximatelyUSD $7.1 million) , covers the rental and supply of power generation and blasting, tooling, lifting and rigging equipm
Total announces discoveries from the Bilondo Marine 2 and 3 wells (BILDM-2 and BILDM-3), drilled in a water depth of 800 metres in the central area of the Moho-Bilondo license, approximately 70 kilometres offshore the Republic of the Congo. They follow the successful exploration wells Moho Nord Mari
Hercules Offshore, Inc. announces an investment of $10 million in Discovery Offshore S.A. (“Discovery Offshore”), a newly formed Luxembourg-based company, focused on ownership of ultra high-specification jackup rigs. Discovery Offshore will construct two ultra high-specification jackup rigs, with op
Effective from 10 January 2011, KR Wind is owned 100% by the Mammoet Group. The acquisition will increase Mammoet’s focus on offshore wind turbine construction internationally. KR Wind and Mammoet are already familiar with each other as Mammoet has played an important role to KR Wind from the very b
Panoro Energy ASA signs farm-out agreement for blocks SM-1035, SM-1036 and SM-1100 in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil Panoro Energy ASA (“PEN”, OSE ticker code), the independent oil and gas company with assets in West Africa and Brazil, is pleased to announce that the Company has reached agreement
UNX Energy Corp., an emerging oil and gas company with interests offshore Namibia, has signed a 3D seismic contract with Polarcus Limited . UNX plans to acquire 1,460 km2 of 3D seismic in the 90%-owned 2713 blocks in offshore Namibia. The 3D seismic program is targeted over a very large feature with
