Petrobras’ oil and natural gas output in Brazil was 2,321,880 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed) in August, the same as the previous month. Domestic natural gas output reached 57,087,000 cubic meters per day, 9% more than in August 2010 and equal to last July. In August, oil output from domest
Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Mr. Borten Moe, is participating at the CSLF conference held in Beijing this week. – The world needs more energy in order to lift more people out of poverty. At the same time it is our common responsibility to make sure that the increased energy consumption is susta
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces further expansion to its fleet of offshore support vessels. The Kendal, a multipurpose subsea vessel, with both ROV and Air Diving capability installed departs for her first project with PT Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (P
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 3 million euro turnkey contract to supply lead-in cable systems for the advanced GeoStreamer seismic array technology that Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is deploying on its fleet of offshore survey vessels. The contract pro
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced it has awarded a contract totaling $499,981 to Dartmouth College to conduct a technical study on how Arctic sea ice fractures and breaks as it flows in open waters. The study will be conducted by researchers at Dart
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are listed in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), provides an update on its Dalkey Island exploration prospect in the Kish Bank Basin, offshore eastern Ireland. The Dalkey Island prospect is
On August 20, with the support of its 3,000T sea crane, COSCO Dalian Shipyard successfully lifted and erected the power module of the Dalian Developer drillship 13 days ahead of schedule. The power module is 20 meters in length, 50 meters in max width, 24 meters in height, and about 3,530 tonnes. In
On 17:30 of Sep. 20th, 2011, the second semi-submersible platform COSLINNOVATOR built by Yantai CIMC Raffles Offshore Limited (hereafter refers to CIMC Raffles) for China Oilfield Services Limited (hereafter refers to COSL) returned from sea trial, it successfully completed all the trial missions du
Chevron Corporation today welcomed Australian Commonwealth Government approval by the Federal Environment Minister, the Hon. Tony Burke, MP, for its Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. George Kirkland, vice chairman, Chevron Corporation, said, “We welcome the Australian federal government’s sup
MEO Australia Limited advises that Petrobras International Braspetro BV (Petrobras) has provided notice to the WA-360-P Joint Venture participants today that it intends to withdraw from the Permit effective from the end of the current Permit year. While MEO has identified a significant lead in WA-36
Northern Offshore, Ltd. today announced that its subsidiary, Jet Drilling (S) Pte. Ltd. received a Letter of Award from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (“ONGC”) for its semisubmersible Energy Driller for work offshore India. The term of the contract is for three years with initial operations
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) has announced the delivery of an integral component to its expanded containment system, a new Aframax tanker. Named “Eagle Texas” in a recent ceremony in Takamatsu, Japan, the tanker will be operated by AET Tanker Holdings. The “Eagle Texas” will soon undergo e
Statoil, together with partners Petoro AS, Det norske oljeselskap ASA and Lundin Norway AS, has drilled the Aldous Major North prospect (PL 265) in the North Sea. Samples taken from well 16/2-9S, drilled by the rig Transocean Leader, have proved a column of oil of up to 8 metres in formations dating
Petrobras has confirmed the presence of oil and gas accumulations in the ultra deep waters of the Sergipe-Alagoas basin, after completing a lined well formation test in the BM-SEAL-11 concession in Block SEAL-M-426. This is the first exploratory project in ultradeep waters on the Sergipe state side
