Cal Dive International’s multiservice vessel Uncle John is currently undergoing an upgrade to the vessel’s dynamic positioning and derrick systems, which will enable the vessel to perform light well intervention work in water depths up to 3,500 feet. Uncle John is DNV Classified multipurpose vessel
A working meeting was held yesterday in Gazprom headquarters in Moscow, between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Helge Lund President and Chief Executive Officer of Statoil. The meeting participants discussed the current state and prospects for cooperation deepening
Niko Resources LTD, an offshore exploration company with headquarters in Calgary, Canada, announced today that it has commenced drilling operations on its first well offshore Trinidad. The Rowan Gorilla III rig is on location at the Stalin prospect, which is the first of three wells planned for Bloc
Aker Solutions in Aberdeen that it has received an order to manufacture and deliver a number of subsea control modules and topside power units as part of an 12,6 million contract with Dana Petroleum plc. The company has signed a contract for the project management, engineering, procurement and const
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. announced today the execution of definitive contracts for the construction of sixteen high-specification offshore supply vessels (“OSV”), in connection with its latest newbuild construction program announced on November 7, 2011. This is the Company’s eighth newbuild
Hydrasun has acquired Brazilian company thus creating the potential for additional multi-million pound sales. The seven-figure deal was signed for Macaé-based Remaq Ltda, a key provider of flexible hose assemblies in Brazil, which recently signed a new three-year contract with Brazilian national oil
M/s. Mercator Oil & Gas Limited, subsidiary of Mercator has been awarded a contract by ONGC Ltd. for conversion of their Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (“MODU”) “Sagar Samrat” into Mobile Offshore Production Unit (“MOPU”). According to SNP Infra Research Solutions, the cost of conversion of Sagar Sam
Orca Exploration Group Inc. announces that it has taken delivery of the Sakson PR5 drilling rig at Songo Songo Island enabling the Company to begin work on its US$130 million drilling and development program in Tanzania. Orca, which currently supplies gas primarily for power generation to the Tanzan
Dockwise’s new heavy lift vessel, the Dockwise Vanguard, will be able to lift and transport units of up to 110,000 tonnes. The maximum capacity of an existing vessel is 75,000 tonnes. With its width of nearly 80 metres and length of 275 metres, this is the first semisubmersible heavy lift vessel to
Kongsberg Evotec AS, has been awarded a contract with Kleven Maritime (Myklebust), Sanco Shipping and Dolphin Geophysical, for the complete back-deck handling system on Sanco Shipping’s new (up to) 16 streamers seismic vessel built to be operated by Dolphin Geophysical AS. The ST324 designed by Skip
Nido Petroleum Limited today provided the results of an independent reserves audit of the Galoc oil field up to 30 June 2011 undertaken by Gaffney Cline and Associates (‘GCA’) on behalf of Nido. Nido has a 22.88% Participating Interest in the Galoc oil field in Service Contract 14C1 and has historic
Technip today announced the formation of a new and enhanced worldwide consultancy, subsea and offshore engineering services company. This new company is a combination of Technip wholly owned subsidiary Genesis Oil and Gas Consultants and the deepwater engineering team of Technip in Houston. The newl
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited has signed an Asset Acquisition Agreement with ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Liberia Limited, with respect to the onward sale of certain of the interests in Block LB-13 offshore Liberia which, as previously announced on May 18, 2011, COPL B has agreed to a
Bermuda-based offshore deepwater drilling contractor, Seadrill, has been awarded a two-year extension for its ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig West Aquarius which is currently operating in Asia under a worldwide contract for ExxonMobil. It is anticipated that the extension period will primarily
