Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a contract with Ocean Installer AS (OI.II) for hire of SOFF’s offshore construction vessel (CSV) “Normand Clipper”. The duration of the contract is firm for 5 years with further 5 x 1 year option. Commencement is expected to be during second quarter of 2012. Th
A Cougar helicopter flight that left Monday morning destined for an offshore rig east of Newfoundland turned around and made an emergency… Source: CBC [mappress] Source:Cbc.ca, August 30, 2011;
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has signed a further two year frame work agreement with Applied Drilling Technology International (‘ADTI’), the turnkey drilling division
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces that its Offshore Engineering & Operations (OE&O) business has been awarded two North Sea contracts by GDF SUEZ E&P UK Ltd (“GDF SUEZ E&P UK”). Valued at £30 million over three years with an additional two year option, the
Shares in struggling Neptune Marine Services jumped at the open after the company revealed late yesterday its board had rejected a … By PETER WILLIAMS, The West Australian [mappress] Source:The West Australian, August 30, 2011;
Fluor Corporation announced today that its Fluor Offshore Solutions unit recently participated in the project kickoff and ceremonial contract signing in Batangas City for the Malampaya next phase development. The Malampaya Deepwater Gas-to-Power project for the Philippine Department of Energy (DOE)
Excelerate Energy has executed with Petrobras a 15-year time charter party to provide an advanced floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU). This vessel, designated by Petrobras as VT3, will deliver 20 million cubic meters per day of natural gas to the Southeast Region of Brazil. In addition,
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. (“OGX”) , the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private-sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced that it has concluded the drill-stem test performed in the Santonian section of well 1-OGX-47-RJS, in the BM-S-59 block, in the shall
Fairmount Marine’s powerful tugs Fairmount Sherpa and Fairmount Summit have towed FPSO Skarv Idun to the field in the northern Norwegian Sea after it was completed and prepared in Norway. Both tugs had already performed the tow of FPSO Skarv Idun from Korea to Norway earlier this year. The FPSO was
IHC Merwede will be showcasing its innovative vessels, advanced equipment and life-cycle support services on stand number 863 at the forthcoming inaugural OTC Brasil 2011 Conference and Exhibition on 4-6 October in Rio de Janeiro. As a reliable supplier of custom-built ships and equipment for offsho
Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems has marked its 15th anniversary with news that turnover has again increased. Source: SubseaUK [mappress] Source:SubseaUK , August 29, 2011;
Bounty Oil & Gas NL advises progress on the Nyuni-2 well, currently being drilled from Nyuni Island in the Nyuni Block, off the coast of Tanzania in the Indian Ocean. Nyuni 2 Exploration Well Nyuni 2 is being drilled from the same lease location on Nyuni Island as the Nyuni 1 well drilled by [&helli
Cobalt International Energy, Inc.today provided the following update on its West Africa drilling program. Cobalt has initiated drilling operations on its Cameia No. 1 well in Block 21, Offshore Angola. Well operations are being conducted with the Diamond Ocean Confidence drilling rig. After drilling
Today the Prirazlomnaya offshore ice-resistant stationary platform has been delivered to the Prirazlomnoye field in the Pechora Sea. Experts are to fix the platform on the seafloor at a previously prepared site. Afterwards, they will start to surface the platform perimeter with crushed rock and gran
