The Gazprom headquarters yesterday a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Paolo Scaroni, Chief Executive Officer of Eni. The parties discussed the issues of bilateral cooperation as part of the Strategic Partnership Agreement. In particular, Alexe
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday, October 16, issued conditional approval of Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s revised Exploration Plan under leases in the Chukchi Sea Planning Area. In its Exploration Plan, Shell proposes drilling up to six exploration wells in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea
DNV today announced that a project has been established to identify energy efficiency and fuel saving initiatives for the offshore shipping industry. The partnership involves a collaboration of seven Norwegian offshore shipping companies. The Joint Industry Project is called Energy Efficient Offshor
Siem Offshore, an international supply and subsea shipping company with main offices in Kristiansand, Norway has entered into an agreement for the sale of the mid-size PSV “Siem Danis” at a price of USD 34 million to an undisclosed buyer. The vessel is a Platform Supply Vessel designed to carry out
From 26-28 September and 21-25 October 2011, the PSA carried out an audit of Teekay Petrojarl’s (TKPJ’s) design of FPSO Knarr. The audit included the working environment and material handling disciplines. The Knarr field (previously known as Jordbaer) is located in the northern part of the North Sea
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard marked an important milestone in its growth and expansion strategy with the ground-breaking of Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz, the Group’s first overseas Integrated New Yard Facility in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. The construction and development of Es
Royal Dutch Shell plc a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, has spilled 13.000 gallons of drilling fluid mixed with oil in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Reuters reports. The spill occurred from Shell operated Deepwater Nautilus rig in vicinity of Deepwater Horizon disaster
Saipem has been awarded new offshore and onshore drilling contracts worth approximately $400 million. In offshore drilling, Saipem has been awarded a contract, by Chevron, for the charter of the jack-up Perro Negro 6 for a period of 3 years, starting from the second quarter of 2012, for drilling act
TGS has commenced acquisition of a new 3D multi-client seismic survey, Mary Rose Northeast, which covers 3,100 km2 over the Exmouth Plateau in the Carnarvon Basin, offshore NW Australia. This survey is located over parts of blocks WA-365-P, WA-346-P and W10-21 to the Northeast of the previously anno
Mustang, a Wood Group company, has been awarded the topsides detailed engineering, procurement support and equipment inspection for a truss spar floating production facility in the Lucius field development to be operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation . The facility will be located in the Keathle
By order of the government of the Russian Federation Oil Company Rosneft has been granted five blocks on the Sea of Okhotsk shelf for geological surveying, exploration and development. The five blocks are Magadan-1, 2 and 3, Lisyansky and Kashevarovsky. According to Rosneft estimates, total recovera
Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Sembawang Shipyard has secured a US$140 million contract from Equinox Offshore Accommodation Limited to convert a ropax vessel to a DP2 Accommodation and Repair Vessel (ARV). Sembawang Shipyard has been awarded this milestone specialised contract based on the shipyard’s
China’s oil and gas titan ,CNOOC Limited, announced that its subsidiary Zhuhai Hengqin gas processing terminal today received notification from Zhuhai Maritime Safety Administration (“Zhuhai MSA”) that a leakage was found in the nearby subsea gas pipeline of the Zhuhai Terminal. After the incident o
Tangiers Petroleum Limited has taken the opportunity to accelerate its Moroccan exploration program. The Company has reached agreement with Polarcus Samur Ltd to immediately commence an approximate 677 km2 3D seismic acquisition programme within its Tarfaya Block. This campaign will further delineat
