Noble Corp , owner of the world’s third-largest offshore rig fleet, said on Thursday it was sending a drillship to India for an anticipated… Source: Reuters [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 7, 2011;
Production on the Grane field in the North Sea has been temporarily reduced. In connection with start-up after a scheduled maintenance and modification stop, a problem occurred on the injection compressor which is crucial to maintaining full production. The platform’s oil output is presently limited
The keel for the construction of the 3rd Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessel for Greatship Global Offshore Services Pte Limited of Singapore, was held at Colombo Dockyard, at the auspicious time of 1052 am on 6th October 2011 in the presence of Owner’s Representatives Mr. Jeewaka Gunadheera (Project
The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has asked the licensees in Draupne and Luno for a unitized development of the two fields. The rationale is that both society and licensees can expect substantial savings with a unitized development solution. The distance between the two fields is 8 kilometers. Th
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured a contract to build an enhanced KFELS Super A Class harsh environment jackup rig from Ensco plc for US$245 million. The rig is scheduled for delivery in 3Q 2014. This contract arose from the exercise of an option which was part of Ensco’s order of two KF
Seadrill has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with a major oil company for a five-year contract for operations in North America with the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig West Capricorn. The potential contract value for the firm five-year period is US$919 million, which includes a US$30
Buccaneer Energy Limited announces that Houston based Archer Drilling, LLC (“Archer”) has been selected as the preferred operator of the Adriatic XI. This selection comes after a competitive tender process in which Archer demonstrated significant experience and expertise in operating a large number
FPSO OSX-1, the first floating production, storage and offloading unit in OSX’s fleet, arrived today in Rio de Janeiro, successfully completing its journey from Singapore to Brazil. The journey lasted 45 days, as anticipated by the Company. FPSO OSX-1, the first floating production, storage and offl
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the semi submergible drilling rig Ocean Yorktown safely in Brownsville, US, after a 5,400 miles tow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fairmount Marine was contracted in July by Diamond Offshore, a leading deepwater drilling contractor headquartered in
Dominion announced that it has agreed to farm-out a 20% working interest in Block 7, deepwater Tanzania to a subsidiary of Mubadala Oil & Gas (“Mubadala”). Following the completion of the transaction Dominion will hold an 80% working interest and operatorship in the Block. Under the terms of the agr
Ghana’s total crude oil production from the Jubilee offshore field stood at 16.7 million barrels between January and September, Energy … Reporting by Kwasi Kpodo (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters , October 7, 2011;
Ithaca Energy Inc. reports 2011 third quarter production, as well as changes to production reporting following the acquisition of the Cook field and in anticipation of first production from the Athena field. The Company will present the Athena project in London on October 11 2011; Export Production
A production shutdown at the modest Visund oil field is not expected to last long, Norway’s Statoil said, after it halted output earlier on… Source: Reuters [mappress] Source: Reuters, October 7, 2011;
The number of young people working on Britain’s offshore oil and gas installations is rising, according to statistics released yesterday (7 October) by the industry trade association Oil & Gas UK. The 2011 Workforce Demographics Report shows a rising trend over the past five years in the overall num
