STX Marine (STXM) congratulated Eastern Shipbuilding Group on the award by Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. for the design and construction of eight STXM designed offshore support vessels. The SV300 and SV310 series vessels are derived from well proven designs recently delivered to the US Gulf Coast
Punj Lloyd Group, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate, today reported obtaining an offshore project in Bombay High, Mumbai from ONGC. The project, worth USD 97.3 million, is scheduled for commissioning in May, 2013. Commenting on this development, Mr PK Gupta – Director,
The Galoc Production Company (GPC), operator of Galoc oil field offshore Palawan in the Philippines, reported that production was shut in on November 23, 2011 in preparation for the FPSO Rubicon Intrepid sail-away to Singapore, expected to depart this weekend for the planned 3-month turret installat
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced the successful Barquentine-3 appraisal well encountered more than 662 net feet (202 meters) of natural gas pay in two high-quality Oligocene-aged fan systems, significantly expanding the estimated recoverable resource range to 15 to 30+ trillion cubic f
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been appointed by Centrica Energy Upstream to provide engineering, construction and project support services for their East Irish Sea onshore and offshore gas production assets. The 5-year contract is valued at £75 million (USD
Brazil’s Agencia Nacional do Petroleo on Thursday , November 24, carried out an overflight with Navy helicopter to inspect the oil slick near the Chevron operated Frade offshore oil field. The agency said on its website that the slick has decreased in size and that it continues to move away from the
Brazil’s Petrobras has confirmed the presence of oil in well 4-VD-18-RJS (4-BRSA-994-RJS), situated in Campos Basin, in the area known as Marlin Comp. The well, known as Tucura, is located between the production fields of Voador and Marlim, at a water depth of 523 meters. Located 98 km from the shor
Trapoil, an oil and gas exploration and appraisal company focused on the UK Continental Shelf (“UKCS”) region of the North Sea, has farmed out 80% of its working interest in its Kew asset (P.1864, Block 9/24d) to Centrica North Sea Oil Limited ( (60%) and JX Nippon Exploration and Production (U.K.)
Statoil, a Norway based oil & gas exploration and production giant, has started with production reductions at some of its Norwegian sea facilities due to extreme weather conditions. Statoil’s spokesperson Ola Anders Skauby told Reuters that the measures taken were precautionary and that the company
AGR has been awarded a Frame Agreement that is to provide personnel services to GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS. As a global provider of recruitment and consultancy solutions to the upstream oil and gas industry – with offices in Aberdeen, Stavanger, Dubai and Perth – AGR will be responsible for seeking indiv
WFS Technologies, a supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, and MCS Kenny, aspecialist in compliant riser design have announced the delivery of a wireless riser monitoring system for use in deep water environments. Donogh Lang, senior ris
Island Offshore has secured contract for its subsea construction vessel Island Intervention. The vessel has begun the charter with Subsea 7 , the international provider of Subsea, Umbilical, Riser and Flowline (SURF) services. The operations are expected to take up to three weeks. The vessels duties
Deep Sea Metro Ltd. has today taken delivery of the drillship Deepsea Metro II from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The naming ceremony for the vessel was held on November 10 in Hyundai Heavy’s shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. President & CEO of Odfjell Drilling, Simen Lieungh states: “This is the se
An anchor handling tug supply vessel, Maersk Detector, last night collided with Transocean’s GSF Grand Banks rig , offshore Newfoundland. Both, the vessel and the rig have been damaged to some extent, but luckily the crew sustained no injuries, said Husky Energy’s spokesperson, Coleen McConnell. Hus
