Siem Offshore has entered into a contract with ENI Ghana for the PSV’s Siem Louisa and Sophie Siem. The term of the contracts are 100 days and 180 days with options, the contract shall commence 16th of January. The vessels are Platform Supply Vessels designed to carry out regular supply functions an
Prosafe has been awarded a 150-day contract by A/S Norske Shell using the Regalia for accommodation support at the Draugen Topside Campaign Project offshore Norway. On site operations are planned to commence late April 2013. In addition, Prosafe has granted A/S Norske Shell a 30-day option. Total va
The President of the Republic of Mozambique, Armando Guebuza, and Eni’s CEO, Paolo Scaroni, met today in Bilene, in south Mozambique, to discuss Eni’s ongoing activities and projects in the country. During the meeting, which took place in an atmosphere of cordiality, Paolo Scaroni together with Clau
FMC Technologies, Inc. has exercised its purchase option for the remaining 55% of outstanding shares of Schilling Robotics LLC (“Schilling”). FMC purchased its existing 45% interest in Schilling and obtained the purchase option in 2008. Schilling is a leading producer of remotely operated vehicles (
Aquaterra has successfully installed a ‘world first’ 10,000psi rated, 20” I.D. full bore drilling riser for Apache North Sea. The unique High Pressure Riser System was designed specifically for Apache North Sea to drill three subsea wells on the Bacchus field from the Rowan Gorilla VII. The installa
Technip Norge AS have declared an option to the existing contract for the 2012-season on the OCV “NORTH SEA GIANT” and will now retain the vessel until end 2013. The vessel will be employed on a number of large subsea construction projects in the North Sea during 2012, including flex-lay duties on G
BlueView Technologies, a company that specializes in compact acoustic imaging and measurement technology, and Deep Ocean Engineering, a well established brand with over 600 sophisticated Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) in the field, signed a Systems Integrator Agreement that enables Deep Ocean Eng
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee reported recently to Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation on the negotiations with Ukraine in the gas sector and, in this regard, on the South Stream project implementation. According to Alexey Miller, Ukrainian partners
GSP Prince, owned by Romania-based Grup Servicii Petroliere provides survey services & support for the South Stream project. The operations performed from GSP Prince covered by now about a half of the 900-kilometer long route with most of the South Stream pipeline route lying at depths of over 2 kil
On September 5, PV Shipyard announced its successful load-out of the first “fabricated in Vietnam” 90 m jack-up rig. Four months after, the project is in final stage of commissioning. The overall progress has reached 98.3% with more than 50% systems tested successfully. All interior furnishing insid
Ophir announces the start of its 2012 drilling programme in Tanzania with the drillship Odfjell Metro-1. The first three wells in the programme will be Jodari-1, Mzia-1 (previously named 1W) and Papa-1 (previously named 3A). The Metro-1 is a state-of-the-art drillship capable of drilling in water de
Afren plc announces exit 2011 Group Production ahead of year end guidance at circa 55,400 boepd. Afren announces that production at the Ebok field, located offshore south east Nigeria, has been increased to a stabilised rate of circa 40,000 bopd, following the commissioning and ramp up of all produc
Petrobras announces the discovery of a new light oil and natural gas accumulation in the Golfinho Concession (4-BRSA-1001-ESS). The discovery was made during drilling of well 4-GLF-31-ESS, known as Tambuatá. The well is located 74 km off the Espírito Santo coast, and 7 km from FPSO Cidade de Vitória
Iran decided to develop the Arash gas field on its own if Kuwait doesn’t answer to an offer to develop the field together. Iran said it would launch full-scale development of the offshore Arash gas field in the Persian Gulf if Kuwait does not respond to its offer of joint development, Fars News Agen
