Erin Energy Corporation, formerly known as CAMAC Energy, has informed that it is continuing the completion operations on the Oyo-7 well, located in OML 120 offshore Nigeria, and production from the well is expected to start by mid-June. Kase Lawal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer commented: “Wi
Alaska’s senator Lisa Murkowski has paid a visit to a controversial oil rig moored in the Port of Seattle, destined to drill for oil in the U.S. Arctic. The senator shared photos of the visit to the Shell-operated Polar Pioneer semi-submersible drilling rig through social media, expressing excitemen
CIMC Raffles has started the construction of the semi-submersible drilling rig Beacon Pacific for Beacon Pacific Group Ltd., at its Yantai Shipyard, in China. According to the press release, the rig is based on GM4-D design and CIMC Raffles has cooperated with Global Maritime on the basic design and
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 602, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 6706/11-2 in the Norwegian Sea. The well encountered gas. The well was drilled about 20 kilometres west of the Aasta Hansteen field in the northern part of the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the wel
Maersk Drilling has received the Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway for the Maersk Integrator jack-up drilling rig, deeming the rig good for deployment in Norwegian seas. Maersk Integrator is one of the world’s largest jack-up drilling rigs, delivered by
Three more tendons planned to be used to keep a Chevron Gulf of Mexico oil platform connected to the seabed have sunk, Reuters has reported. This brings a number of sunken tendons at the Big Foot field location to nine, after the company last week announced six tendons had sunk, delaying the start u
Despite surging production from U.S. shale plays, the scale of long-term production remains uncertain, leading to the question of where will be the next major play? Attention is being focused on Arctic Alaska, where reserves are waiting to be exploited, Douglas-Westwood (DW), an energy intelligence
Between 14 and 27 March 2015, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Gassco and the removal of the B11 platform located in the North Sea. This platform stands in the German sector of the North Sea and is connected to the Norpipe gas pipeline, which runs from Ekofisk in the Nor
Karsten Moholt AS, a specialist in electro-mechanical machinery that serves energy, offshore, shipping and subsea businesses, has been awarded a framework agreement from Songa Offshore. The agreement is for inspection, monitoring, service and repair of rotating electrical equipment on all of Songa O
Norway’s Apply Leirvik has signed a contract for an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) delivery of the Johan Sverdrup Accommodation module. The company says that with a value of around NOK 2 billion ($252.1 million), this is its largest contract ever. The Accommodation module is part of
Shell has extended a contract for a Prosafe-owned offshore accommodation rig in the Philippines. According to the Prosafe, one of the world’s largest suppliers of offshore accommodation rigs, also know as flotels, Shell has decided to award a one month extension for the Safe Astoria unit at the Mala
Panoro Energy ASA, a London-based oil and gas E&P company focused on West Africa, has entered into a rig contract with Saipem for the Scarabeo 3 drilling rig to carry out the drilling and completion programme for the Aje Field Cenomanian oil development, offshore Nigeria. Panoro is the operator of t
Trapoil, the independent oil and gas exploration, appraisal and production company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) region of the North Sea, informed that operations have started on the Niobe (Licence P.1889, Blocks 12/26b & 27) exploration prospect in the North Sea. According to Trapoil,
Baker Hughes Incorporated has posted Weekly Rig Count reports to its Investor Relations website according to which the U. S. offshore rig count is down. BHI Rig Count: U.S. -7 to 868 rigs U.S. Rig Count is down 7 rigs from last week to 868, with oil rigs down 4 to 642, gas rigs down […]
