Wärtsilä will supply two Finnish icebreakers with catalytic converters designed to significantly reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides, which are harmful to the environment and to human health. The ships will also be converted to enable the use of Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel fuel. Wärtsilä, the marine in
TNK-BP shareholders Alfa, Access, Renova (AAR) and BP have agreed a number of decisions regarding senior management roles at TNK-BP. It is expected that these decisions will be formally approved by the Board of Directors and implemented before the close of the current year. The decisions reflect the
Prosafe has been awarded a 150-day contract using the Safe Astoria for accommodation support at the Woodside operated North West Shelf Project’s North Rankin Redevelopment Project, offshore Western Australia. On site operations are planned to commence between April and May 2012. In addition, Prosafe
Energean Oil & Gas, an independent E&P company with operations in Greece and Egypt, announced today the appointment of Andrew Grosse to the position of Group Exploration Director. Andrew will also join the Board of Energean Oil & Gas with immediate effect. Andrew, is a Petroleum Geoscientist with 30
Malaysia-based international company, Bumi Armada Berhad, announced the completion of the installation of two 6″ risers from the Floating Storage Offloading (FSO) Sepat to the Mobile Offshore Production Unit (MOPU) at the Sepat field, offshore Terengganu last weekend using its newly acquired Armada
SILK Holdings Bhd announced on Friday that its subsidiary, Jasa Merin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, had accepted an award of contract extension by PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd for the provision of one (1) Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel. The primary three-year contract has been extended for a further period of
Rocksource ASA, operator of production licence 559, has completed drilling of wildcat well 6608/11-7 S. The well is dry. The well was drilled in the North Sea, about 200 kilometres west of Sandnessjøen and about five kilometres northeast of the 6608/11-4 (”Linerle”) discovery. The primary exploratio
RWE Dea UK announced today that the Breagh Alpha platform has been successfully installed in the North Sea. The 2,000 tonnes jacket with eight piles weighing a total of another 2,000 tonnes was installed by Heerema Marine Contractor’s heavy lift vessel (HLV) Thialf in 62m of water some 100 km off Te
Buccaneer Energy Limited provides the following operational update on acquisition of Adriatic XI Jack-Up Rig. The Company’s 50% owned subsidiary Kenai Offshore Ventures, LLC (“KOV”) previously executed a binding Purchase Agreement with Transocean Offshore Resources Limited (“Transocean”) a subsidiar
Eidesvik Offshore has been awarded a Charter Party Contract by Lundin Norway AS for work on 4 wells with the platform supply vessel Viking Athene. The Contract has options for work on additional 6 wells. The work will commence primo November 2011 with an estimated duration of 200 days work for the f
Chinese yard China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) has recently signed an order for two jack-up rigs with Singapore-listed Falcon Energy Group (FEG) . The order includes options for two repeat rigs. The rigs are of the GustoMSC CJ46-X100-D design, capable of drilling in a water depth of about 375 ft
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration, development and production company, announces that on the basis of a comprehensive review of the current performance and production potential of the Cheleken Contract Area that has been carried out in 2011, the Group expects to reach a produ
Technip was awarded by Valiant Causeway Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €33 million, for the Causeway field development. This field is located about 450 kilometers North-east of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of 150 metres. This contract covers engineering, procurement, install
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Friday approved a supplemental Exploration Plan (EP) submitted by BP for deepwater oil and gas activities. BOEM conducted a site-specific Environmental Assessment (EA) of the activities described in the plan. This is the 44th plan that has been approve
