Det norske oljeselskap ASA announces an oil discovery in the appraisal well 16/2-10 on Aldous Major South in PL 265. The license is operated by Statoil. In addition to Det norske, the partners in PL 265 are the Norwegian state, through Petoro, and Lundin Petroleum. An oil column of 50 to 55 meters h
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc. (EMEPMI), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has signed a RM236 million contract… Source: Bernama [mappress] Source:Bernama , October 18, 2011;
ATWOOD OCEANICS, INC., announced today that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a drilling services contract by Hess Corporation for work in the Gulf of Mexico for the Atwood Condor, Atwood’s ultra-deepwater, dynamically positioned Friede & Goldman ExD Millennium semisubmersible drilling unit c
Ensco plc announced today that it has entered into a shared drilling contract for ENSCO 8505 with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Apache Deepwater LLC and Noble Energy Inc. The initial contract term is for two years or two rotations per operator, whichever is longer, in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at a
Wintershall, Germany’s largest crude oil and natural gas producer, launched its first gas production as operator in the British North Sea last Sunday with the Wingate platform. The platform in the British offshore concession 44/24b will initially produce 1.5 million cubic meters of natural gas. A se
Amarcon is widely recognized as a state of the art supplier of decision support, motion monitoring and fuel management software for the shipping and offshore construction industry. The Dutch based company is currently in the process of expanding her worldwide presence by appointing agents for produc
Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller met with Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni today at Gazprom headquarters. The two participants examined the ongoing situation and the prospects of cooperation development in the oil & gas sector. In particular, they discussed the realization of the gas pipeline South Stream and the fut
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Mr. Pat Rabbitte T.D. today announced the award of thirteen new Licensing Options in the Irish offshore. Making the announcement this morning at the opening of a major petroleum research conference in Dublin Minister Rabbitte said that he wa
EnerMech has secured a multi-million pound crane maintenance contract from Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (Maersk Oil) for assets operating in the UK. The contract covers the inspection, periodic maintenance and engineering support for all deck cranes on-board the Janice FPU, Gryphon and Global Pro
In Iraq, Saipem has been awarded by South Oil Company the EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project – Phase 2, within the framework of the expansion of the Basra Oil Terminal, off the Al Faw Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 550 kilometres south-east of Baghdad. The co
Vroon Offshore on Friday (October 14) announced the delivery and naming of VOS Valiant. The vessel was christened Friday in a ceremony held at the Astilleros Zamakona Shipyard in Pasaia, Spain. Godmother was Mrs. Eva Maria Móreno, wife of Mr. Jesús Villacañas, General Manager, Astilleros Zamakona Sh
Reference is made to notice to Oslo Stock Exchange dated 15th April 2011 regarding an option for a second newbuild drillship. A wholly owned subsidiary of Fred. Olsen Energy ASA and Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. have agreed on an extension of the time limit for declaring this option till 20th De
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD), the Danish Energy Agency and ten oil companies will cooperate on research and development and share experience to improve recovery from chalk fields on the Norwegian and Danish shelves. The NPD and the Danish Energy Agency have taken the initiative for the
Valiant Petroleum plc announces that drilling operations have commenced on the Zapffe exploration prospect (Valiant, 10%), located in PL518 in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The well is drilled by the Aker Barents semi-submersible rig and is targeting a Lower Cretaceous/Upper Jurassic pinch-out play loc
