BW Offshore, a provider of floating production services to the oil and gas industry said on its website that a subsidiary of Apache Energy Limited has agreed to purchase the FPSO Ningaloo Vision for USD 185 million on behalf of the Van Gogh field joint venture partners. Ningaloo Vision is operating
Personnel from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the U.S. Coast Guard completed a review of the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) Scarabeo 9 on Jan. 9, 2012, off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. The review followed an invitation from
Wärtsilä, a Finnish corporation which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets, yesterday reported that, at both the Court Meeting and General Meeting of Hamworthy plc held earlier yesterday morning in relation to Wärtsilä’s recommended acquisition
On Jan. 9, 2012, China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. held the delivery ceremony of HUAHAILONG 30,000 dwt Semi-submersible Heavy Lift Vessel which was built for Guangzhou Salvage Bureau of the Ministry of Communications on the Mazhou Island yard. The vessel is a semi-submersible heavy
SapuraAcergy Sdn Bhd, a Kuala Lumpur based engineering and construction contractor for the regional offshore oil & gas industry has been awarded a contract for a subsea construction project, offshore Vietnam. The scope of work requires the installation of: 28km of 12” diameter pipeline, a 28km umbil
The multi-component seismic company Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA (RXT) has received an contract award for an Ocean Bottom Seismic (OBC) survey for the Kvitebjørn Field in Norway for Statoil. The main objective is to improve structural interpretation and achieve better illumination of fault p
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has given Statoil Petroleum AS a drilling permit for well 30/6-28 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 30/6-28 S will be drilled from the COSL Pioneer drilling facility at position 60°33’59.33” north and 2°44’40.69” east after completi
Hurricane Exploration plc, an oil exploration company focused on hydrocarbon resources in fractured basement reservoirs, has been offered a Frontier Licence by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in the second tranche of offers in the 26th Seaward Licensing Round. The Licence covers ten offs
INPEX and TOTAL today finalised the sale of the total volume of LNG from the Ichthys LNG Project with the signing of legally binding Sales and Purchase Agreements (SPA) with CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC), Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc. (Chubu Electric) and Toho Gas Co., Ltd. (Toho Gas). Under th
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that due to technical difficulties the drilling of a side-track well on the Butch South West exploration prospe
ShawCor Ltd. today announced its pipecoating division, Bredero Shaw, has received a contract from Technip USA, to provide Concrete Weight Coatings, anode installation and other related services for a Latin American pipeline project. The project will consist of approximately 100 km of 36″ pipe to be
FMC Technologies, Inc. ,a leading global provider of technology solutions for the energy industry, has signed an agreement with Woodside Energy Ltd. for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems to support the Greater Western Flank (GWF) Phase 1 Project. The contract has a valu
Dolphin Geophysical has appointed Paul Tollefson as Manager, Marketing and Business Development, Multi-Client and Processing. Reporting to Ian T. Edwards, Vice President of Global Multi-Client, Paul will be responsible for the development and marketing of new Multi-Client surveys and promoting Dolph
An ambitious exploratory well project has entered the record books – with AGR’s Riserless Mud Recovery (RMR™) system from their Enhanced Drilling Solutions division helping to make it possible. Woodside called a total section depth of 1,905m (6,250ft) on the Tidepole East-1 exploration well off West
