Nexen Inc.’s appraisal drilling at its Appomattox discovery in the Gulf of Mexico has been put on hold as a result of the BP disaster… [mappress] Source: The GlobeandMail, June 15, 2010;
On 14 June Statoil’s chief researcher Lasse Amundsen received the prestigious Conrad Schlumberger Award 2010 for outstanding petroleum geophysics research. The award was presented by the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) during the organisation’s conference in Barcelona, Spain
Northern Offshore, Ltd.today announced that the company has repaid in full the US$100 million Bond Loan, which matured today. The company drew down US$80 million of its US$120 million Secured Revolving Credit Facility (“the Facility”), which together with cash on hand, was used to retire the debt, a
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC.,a Houston-based International Drilling Contractor, announced that the ATWOOD BEACON (owned and operated by our wholly-owned subsidiary, Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited) has been awarded a contract by Edison International S.p.A. (Ivory Coast Branch) (“EDISON”) to drill one well
Veecraft Marine has built three different survey vessels in one year time. [mappress] Source: veecraft, June 15, 2010
State-owned ONGC on Monday said it would re-invite tenders for charter hire of a multipurpose support vessel (MSV) within a month after… [mappress] Source: financialexpress, June 15, 2010;
Chinese companies assembling parts of wind turbines and solar panels will use Ostend as a hub for dispatching their products. It is hoped… [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, June 14, 2010;
Dana Petroleum plc announced that the Company (through its subsidiary Dana Petroleum (E&P) Limited) has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Petro Canada Netherlands BV from Petro Canada (International) Holdings B.V, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suncor Energy Inc.
The 2009 domestic bid market increased significantly to $1.1 billion from $783 million in 2008, primarily as a result of needed maintenance projects.The Corps goal is to reach 95% U.S. port operating capacity by 2013. Heightens the need to maintain and deepen U.S. East and Gulf Coast ports,Jacksonvi
A $4 million NOAA grant will help a university consortium evaluate the readiness of marine forecasts, such as flooding from storm surge or… [mappress] Source: noaanews, June 14, 2010
The Swiss-based Allseas Group S.A. has awarded the building contract for the dynamically positioned platform installation / decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pieter Schelte to Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., Korea. The contract value is 454.5 million Euros on a total building
On June 11th, 2010, twenty three months after placing the order, the trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Charles Darwin’ was launched at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao (Spain). The godmother of the ship was Charlotte Putz-De Nul, daughter of Mrs Ghislaine De Nul, sister of Jan
Sevan has been informed that the Sevan Driller has been accepted by Petrobras. The rig will be operating in the pre-salt area offshore Brazil under a fixed six year drilling contract. Sevan Driller is designed to include the most advanced drilling capabilities in the industry and is based on Sevan’s
Bosses at Great Yarmouth’s £50m outer harbour are celebrating after they signed a major contract with a leading offshore wind energy company [mappress] Source: evwind, June 11, 2010;
