Xcite Energy announces that, as expected, the Rowan Norway jack-up rig has been made available to Xcite Energy Resources Limited (“XER”) and is now on hire, subject to a satisfactory audit and inspection prior to acceptance. Following acceptance and in accordance with the originally scheduled work p
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has secured more than $1 million of contracts in the Gulf of Mexico since it opened its office in Houston in February. The company’s recruitment drive continues and it has invested $2 million in a move to new larger premises in Richmond Avenue in the city
The multi-purpose tug and offshore support vessel, Seaways 20, designed by Robert Allan Ltd. of Vancouver BC, and built by Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd. in Singapore has been delivered to Seaways International of Singapore. The vessel is the latest of the Robert Allan Ltd. RAmpage series of Offshore Su
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a drilling permit to Statoil Petroleum AS for wellbore 7220/7-1, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 7220/7-1 will be drilled from the drilling facility Aker Barents. The drilling program for wellbore 7220/7-1 applies to the
Noreco in November 2011 produced 3,810 barrels of oil equivalents (boe) per day which is a drop when compared to 4,569 boepd in October. Net realised oil price was USD 115 per boe after adjustments for oil put options, inventory, NGL and gas prices. Production per field (boe): Nini East – 2.373 Nini
GE Oil & Gas today opened its $100 million technology and learning complex in Jandakot, Western Australia, to support the development of skills for the oil and gas sector and provide its first in-country support and maintenance center for the upstream industry. The biggest complex of its kind in Aus
INPEX CORPORATION (INPEX) announced today that INPEX Ichthys Pty Ltd and other project partners have reached an agreement with Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. to transfer its 1.2% of Ichthys project equity interest(*). Based on the agreement, Ichthys project equity interest will be as follows: • INPEX – 74.8% •
SAL’s heavy lift vessel, the MV “Lone”, is now in the last stages of upgrading her existing DP 1 system to a DP 2 system. In dry-dock at the German shipyard Norderwerft, the vessel received one additional 1,200 kW bowthruster, two retractable azimuths of 1,200 kW each and three 1,600 kW auxiliary en
UAE based company specializing in high-end towed streamer data acquisition, Polarcus Limited, has signed a Letter of Intent with an undisclosed client for a 3D seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The project, to be acquired by ULSTEIN SX124 design vessel, Polarcus Nadia, will start thi
Australia’s Santos today said on its website that natural gas from the offshore Reindeer field in the Carnarvon Basin was delivered to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) for the first time. The delivery of the gas, processed at the new onshore Devil Creek plant near Karratha, marks
Polarcus Limited, a Dubai-based marine geophysical company, has signed a Letter of Intent with TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA (TGS) for the charter of the 12 – 14 streamer 3D seismic vessel POLARCUS AMANI. The charter, of minimum 5 months duration and subject to the execution of a service contrac
TWMA, a provider of complete waste management technologies and services to the global oil and gas industry has today appointed Danny Murray to the newly created position of business development manager for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This move comes as TWMA announces its plans to set up
Crowley Maritime Corp. announces the recent launch the Ocean Wave, the first of four Ocean Class tugboats under construction at Bollinger Shipyards in Amelia, La. The Ocean Wave and Ocean Wind are classed as Dynamic Positioning 1 (DP1) tugboats and are twin-screw, steel-hulled tugs with an overall l
CGX Energy Inc. has awarded a 1,160 square kilometre 3D marine seismic contract to a subsidiary of Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS). PGS’s Ramform Challenger will undertake the five week contract at CGX’s fully owned Corentyne PPL, offshore Guyana, commencing mid-December. PGS is a leading geophysical s
