The Ferguson Group, specialists in the rental of containers and accommodation and engineering modules to the offshore energy industry around the world, has announced plans to expand operations through a new base in Australia. The brand new purpose-built yard and office buildings in Perth, WA, have b
Petrobras’ Director for Exploration and Production, Guilherme Estrella, won the 2011 Dewhurst award at the 20th World Petroleum Congress (WPC) in Doha, Qatar, on Thursday, Dec. 8. The award is named after Thomas Dewhurst, who created the first WPC back in 1933. World Petroleum Congress President Ran
The leading north east England-based engineering company IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB), part of IHC Merwede, has won the NOF Energy Innovation & Technology Award, for its work on the 2,500t J-Lay tower — one of the most versatile pipelay systems in the world, designed and built for Saipem for us
Fairmount Marine’s powerful tug Fairmount Expedition has safely delivered a 18,000 ton topside for process, utilities and living quarters for the Castor project offshore Spain. The topside was loaded onto Heerema’s H-541 barge and towed from Corpus Christi towards Spain. The Castor project is a 1,3
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces progress on the BW Athena Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel. The FPSO conversion scope, which is the responsibility of BW Offshore, has proved to be more extensive than was envisaged at the start of the project. In spite of the increase in the amo
Woodside, as Operator of the North West Shelf Project, announced the North West Shelf Project participants have approved development of the first phase of the Greater Western Flank (GWF) Project off the north-west coast of Australia. The GWF Phase 1 Project will develop the Goodwyn GH and Tidepole f
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that it recently spudded the Bertam-2 appraisal well in the PM307 Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area, offshore Peninsular Malaysia. Bertam-2 is planned to be drilled to a total depth of 1,888 metres by the jack-up rig “Offshore Courageous”. The ob
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announces that its affiliate INPEX Masela, Ltd. and Shell Upstream Overseas Services Limited have completed the necessary procedures for the transfer of a 30% participating interest in the Masela Block, the Arafura Sea, Indonesia (Abadi project), where INPEX Masela is the o
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. , a global supplier of rotating equipment and aftermarket parts and services, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Synchrony, Inc. The transaction is expected to close in January 2012. Synchrony is a technology development company with a portfolio of world-class techn
Halliburton responded to court filings by BP saying: BP recently filed a motion for sanctions against Halliburton alleging that Halliburton destroyed evidence relating to post-incident testing of the foam cement slurry. BP has been aware of post-incident tests for some time, but has chosen this late
Maersk Drilling has received a Letter of Award from Det norske oljeseskap ASA on behalf of the Draupne license for the ultra harsh environment jack-up rig, XL Enhanced 2, presently under construction in Singapore. The rig will be used for development drilling on the Draupne field located in the Norw
Statoil has exercised options in the current framework agreement with AGR Field Operations for surface management services. The extension has an estimated total value of NOK 60 million over a period of 12 months. This contract has an estimated value of 180 million including remaining options. AGR Fi
Last week Holland Offshore, part of the Holland Shipyards Group, saw the launch of its 52,8 x 13,2 m tug Dutch Blue. With an expected delivery in the end of January, Holland Offshore will have a tug at its disposal that has some excellent qualities. The tug is powered by 2 x Wartsilla 8L20 1600kW pr
Foss Maritime Co. tugs Justine Foss and Jeffrey Foss have completed a successful tow of a jackup drilling rig to its winter harbor in Port Graham, Alaska. The Spartan 151 jackup drilling rig was moved from its drill site at Nikiski, in the Cook Inlet, which becomes choked with ice during the winter.
