Xtract Energy has recently been advised by Chevron that the Noble Byron Welliver is now on site at the P2-10 drilling location and the well has spudded. P2-10 drilling was expected to begin in early December 2011 but the rig move was delayed due to the weather conditions that prevailed throughout De
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. has sold four Perry XLX Generation 2 (G2) Work-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to Technip. French based Technip, a company which is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry, will deploy two of the vehicles in S
Norwegian governmental supervisory body, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted an audit of how emergency preparedness aspects are reviewed on board the West Elara jack-up rig. The objective of the audit activity was to verify the organisation and management system on the facility as
Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a significant pre-contract award with BP for the provision of a new build, semi-submersible drilling unit for use in the UK’s West of Shetland region. The contract value is approximately $1.2 billion, excluding options, and represents the largest contract in Odfjell
Technip, a French based provider of project management, engineering, and construction services for the oil and gas industry was awarded by Nexen Petroleum U.K. Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €135 million ( $ 172 million), for the Golden Eagle development located 110 kilometers Nort
OSX, an EBX Group company focused in providing equipment and services for the offshore oil and gas industry, has received a USD 227.9 million loan for the funding of the construction of the Açu Shipbuilding Unit (UCN Açu), which will, once it is completed, be the largest shipyard in the Americas. Th
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide subsea systems and life-of-field services for its Lucius project. The Lucius field is located approximately 275 miles southeast of Galveston in Keathley Canyon Block 875, in water de
Alliance Engineering, a subsidiary of Wood Group, has been awarded the detailed engineering and design of the topside facilities and deck for Williams Partners’ Gulfstar FPS™ spar production platform. This wet-tree platform will be installed in block 768 of the Gulf of Mexico’s Mississippi Canyon ar
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) has granted a drilling permit for wellbore 6407/1-5, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Well 6407/1-5 S will be drilled from the Borgland Dolphin drilling facility at position 64°59’20.14”north and 07°00’17.24”east after completing the dri
ExxonMobil’s Romanian subsidiary together with Petrom has started exploration drilling on Domino-1, the first deepwater exploration well in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. The Domino-1 well is located in the Neptun Block, 170 kilometers offshore in water about 1,000 meters deep and will be dr
Claxton Engineering Services Ltd, an Acteon company, is supplying a Norwegian client with a complete subsea drilling riser package enhanced by services and equipment drawn from around the Acteon Group. The 7000-psi, 24-in. riser will be used to drill one well and two completion wells in 135 m of wat
Norway’s Statoil has singled out four business critical technologies as key to achieving the company’s growth ambitions. Statoil is boosting its R&D investments by 27% and starting to plan Norway’s biggest centre for IOR technology. In the period up to 2020 Statoil will maintain a high level of prod
DOF has agreed a new 2 year contract with OGX for Skandi Møgster in Brazil. The new contract with OGX, a second largest oil & gas company in Brazil, after Petrobras, will commence in March 2012. OGX’s exploratory blocks in Brazil are located in the Campos, Santos, Espírito Santo, Pará-Maranhão and P
Norway’s Det norske oljeselskap ASA has commenced drilling of exploration well 25/6-4 S in PL414. Target for the well is the Kalvklumpen prospect. The well will be drilled in the central part of the North Sea about 20 kilometres southeast of the Frøy field and 37 kilometres northeast of the Heimdal
