Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has signed two contract extensions with Chevron Australia PTY LTD and the Kellogg Joint Venture-Gorgon. The Fairstar semi-submersible heavy transport vessels FJORD and FORTE will provide marine transportation of modules and other related equipment over a series o
Development of new gas or oil fields in European seas should only be allowed if the company has prepared an adequate emergency plan and has sufficient funds to repair possible damage to the environment, says a resolution passed by Parliament on Tuesday. Site-specific plans for all drilling, which wo
Market leading subsea asset rental company, Ashtead Technology announces the appointment of Martyn Conroy as Sales Director of the Offshore… Source: Subsea UK [mappress] Source: Subsea UK,September 13, 2011;
An independent report has increased Nido Petroleum Limited’s prospective resources in the Company’s NW Palawan Basin, Philippines exploration portfolio. The report was completed by DeGolyer and MacNaughton (D & M). Gross prospective original oil in place resources (OOIP) is estimated to be 24 billio
Ascent Resources plc, the AIM-traded European oil and gas exploration and production company, through its subsidiary Ascent Resources (Netherlands) BV (‘ARN’), has received confirmation of the extension of its M10/M11 block licences (‘the Project’) located offshore Netherlands in the southern North
Greece invited companies to apply to conduct non-exclusive seismic surveys in its western and southern offshore areas. By Paul Tugwell (Bloomberg) [mappress] Source:Bloomberg ,September 13, 2011;
The M/V Island Valiant is still working for AGR Subsea AS excavating along piperoutes on the Northern Extension of the Ormen Lange. The contract was awarded in March 2011 with startup in May, and was initially planned to last for 30 days. The vessel and trenching spread has flushed away approximatel
Singapore-listed Malaysian offshore vessel builder Nam Cheong sees charter rates for small vessels picking up over the next twelve months, Reporting by Eveline Danubrata (Reuters) [mappress] Source:Reuters ,September 13, 2011;
Gerard Keser appointed as Leen Noordhoek’s succesor The Supervisory Board and Management of N-Sea announces that as of 12 September 2011 Mr Gerard Keser takes office as the new Managing Director of N-Sea. Leen Noordhoek. Who has been Managing Director, ad interim, since May of this year, wiLL become
Songa Offshore, Cyprus-based offshore drilling company, provides fleet update for August 2011. Songa Venus remained warm stacked in Labuan, Malaysia during the month. The rig continued undergoing maintenance and operational preparedness for the upcoming one year contract with Petronas in Malaysia. C
The following operational update relates to Cairn’s exploration drilling campaign offshore Greenland. Gamma-1 Well: Eqqua Block, West Disko Area The Gamma-1 exploration well, drilled by the Ocean Rig Corcovado drill ship, located in 1,520 metres (m) of water and 294 kilometres (km) from Aasiaat, in
Maersk Drilling has signed a contract under which Petronas Carigali will be provided with the 375 ft HPHT (high pressure high temperature) jack-up rig MAERSK CONVINCER for work offshore Malaysia. The firm contract duration is one year and the contract also includes two one-year options. The maximum
Det norske oljeselskap ASA, operator of production licence 482, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6508/1-2. The well proved oil and gas. The well was drilled about ten kilometres south of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea. The objective of the well was to prove petroleum in Early Jura
The Blacksands Pacific Group, Inc including affiliates and subsidiaries announces that it has entered into an Agreement with Sigmund Oilfields Limited and Grasso Consortium consisting of Grasso Nigeria Limited, Oil and Gas Mission Limited and Eurafric Energy Limited for the development of the leased
