Aker Solutions has appointed Bengt Larssen as head of its geo business. Mr Larssen has since February 2010 been with Aker Solutions’ geo business as vice president exploration. Prior to Aker Solutions he has spent 16 years in various management positions at Schlumberger/Western Geco, operating as ge
International oilfield services company Expro, is undertaking a contract to provide its SafeWells integrity management software system globally to Tullow Oil Plc. Expro Well Services has been awarded a contract to provide SafeWells to Tullow in support of centralising Tullow’s management of well int
Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced its readiness to commence manufacture of its variable frequency drilling drives and medium voltage switchboards at its production facility in Betim close to Belo Horizonte in Brazil. Preparations, which have been ongoing over a period of several m
China Oilfield Services Limited today announced that its semi-submersible drilling platform COSLPioneer has commenced operation after fulfilling the technical requirements of Statoil ASA, a Norwegian energy company. Drilling platforms operating in the North Sea have to be equipped with technological
The company, which builds infrastructure of the energy and mining industries, is also poised to re-enter Libya, saying it wanted to play … By Rowena Mason (The Telegraph) [mappress] Source:The Telegraph , August 29, 2011;
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 569, is in the process of completing the drilling of wildcat well 16/7-10. The well proved gas/condensate. The well was drilled 16 kilometres northeast of the Sleipner Øst field in the North Sea. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in P
Technip Malaysia has submitted a bid for a deepwater job worth RM1 billion. “We are bidding for the design and managing the fabrication … Source: Bernama [mappress] Source: Bernama, August 29, 2011;
RAK Petroleum Public Company Limited, the oil and gas exploration and production company, today announced a net profit of AED 48.4 million (unaudited) for the quarter ended 30 June 2011 on turnover of AED 118.9 million, after equity accounting for its share of the profit reported by associate compan
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) is likely to start oil and gas production from Krishna-Godavari basin field GS-15, off the … (indiatimes) [mappress] Source: indiatimes, August 28, 2011;
Total, operator of Block 17, announced that the giant Pazflor field offshore Angola has come on stream ahead of the initial schedule. The Pazflor field lies 150 kilometres off Luanda in water depths ranging from 600 to 1,200 metres and has estimated proved and probable reserves of 590 million barrel
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited announced a result in line with previous guidance with a 25% increase in total revenue to $1bn but a reduction in underlying earnings to $47.2m, due to a loss in the Marine Construction division as a result of soft market conditions. On 8 August th
Nam Cheong Ltd global Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) shipbuilder, has won new contracts for the sale and charter of a 5,220bhp … Source:Bernama [mappress] Source: Bernama, August 26, 2011;
Recently, China Oilfield Services Ltd. announced that HYSY708, a deepwater engineering survey vessel under construction has completed a 15-day trial voyage and returned successfully. This remarks the construction of HYSY708 has entered into a final stage. HYSY708, being an important member of COSL’s
Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Award from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), to supply two drilling equipment packages to the new ‘Cat D’ drilling rigs the yard is building for the rig operator Songa Offshore. Options (if exercised) for two additional units are included. Contr
