Tap Oil Limited (“Tap”) provides the following information on the Hannah-1 commitment well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The Hannah-1 well is located in permit TP/8, approximately 18km east of Barrow Island. The well will be drilled in water depth of 16m by the jack-up rig Ensco 104.
W&O Supply, North America’s largest supplier of marine valves, pipe, fittings, engineered products, valve automation and data management systems, announced yesterday that it has established operations in Brazil, with the first office located in Rio de Janeiro. Establishing a Brazilian presence is an
Repsol posted net income of 1.901 billion euros in the first nine months of 2011, 6.4% higher than the 1.786 billion euros reported in the year-earlier period. The group’s operating income totalled 4.102 billion euros, 1% higher than that recorded in September 2010. The company’s encouraging results
After a vessel fire near its Southeast Sumatra offshore block two months ago, upstream oil and gas regulator BPMigas says that China-based C… By Rangga Fadhilah (Jakarta Post) [mappress] Source: Jakarta Post, November 10, 2011; Image: COSCO
Farstad Shipping has been awarded the following charter contracts: AHTS Far Scout (2001, UT 722L, 18.700 BHP) has been contracted by Petrobras in Brasil for a 2 year firm contract. In the North Sea Peterson has exercised another 1 year option for PSV Far Splendour (2003, P 106, 3.503 DWT). Total val
Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras said on Wednesday that recent drilling in a major offshore well confirmed prior estimates… Source: Reuters [mappress] Source: Reuters, November 10, 2011
Political instability in Egypt may delay the first crude output from the offshore Northwest October block in the northern Gulf of Suez, a to… Source: Reuters [mappress] Source: Reuters , November 10, 2011
Leighton Offshore yesterday launched the newest edition to the fleet, the Leighton MPV-1 cable lay vessel, at the Al Jazeera Port in Ras Al Khaimah. The MPV -1 will be mobilised to undertake the cable lay scope of the $799m Phase 1 Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP) currently underway.
After 18 months of sustained effort to clean the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico following the Deepwater Horizon accident, the U.S. Coast Guard’s federal on-scene coordinator (FOSC) has approved the shoreline clean-up completion plan, paving the way for restoration work. Under the plan, the FOSC wil
Vantage Drilling Company reports a net loss of $11.9 million or ($0.04) per diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to a net loss of $5.8 million or ($0.02) per share excluding $27.8 million of charges in the prior year period relating to the acquisition of the Platin
AHTS “Sao Mai 03”, the second service vessel of Vietsovpetro J.V., has been repaired in Dungquat Shipyard. Its dimension is 64.4 m long, 13.8 m wide with the load of 1,190 tons and main engine capacity of 2 x 3520 BHP. On 07 November 2011 the AHTS “Sao Mai 03” has been delivered to Vietsovpetro [&he
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited has made an oil discovery at its Esperanza exploration prospect located in Block 22/15 of the UK Central North Sea. Block 22/15 is a Second Round license. The 22/15-4 well, operated by BG Group (“BG”), was drilled by the Ocean Nomad semi-submersible drilling rig t
To tackle the strong currents in Australia’s offshore oil & gas fields, leading contracting company, Cal Dive International (Australia) Pty Limited, selected Saab Seaeye’s powerful new Panther XT Plus ROV (Zone Rated and configured for operations in hazardous areas) when making that choice. A Cal Di
TSC Group Holdings Limited secures the second Super M2 jack-up rig (300 ft) package from CIMC Raffles Shipyard, following closely after the first package that was signed in October this year. Combining with the previous order, the two jack-up rig orders worth a total of approximately US$68 million.
