Chariot Oil & Gas Limited announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Enigma Oil & Gas Exploration (Pty) Limited (Enigma), has entered into a farm-out agreement with BP Plc (BP), one of the world’s largest integrated energy companies, whereby BP will acquire a 50% share of Chariot’s equity interest
Promex Braila, the only producer of construction equipment in Romania, has expanded cooperation with Norwegian company Grenland Offshore … Source: Agerpres [mappress] Source: Agerpres, August 10, 2011;
Offshore Design Engineering Ltd. (ODE) has won an Integrated Services Contract, to continue providing operations and engineering support to all of E.ON Ruhrgas UK’s operated fixed and subsea assets in the UK North Sea. The contract, worth up to £35M, will also cover the provision of services to any
Shell Philippines Exploration B.V, operator of the Malampaya natural gas facility, is undertaking a $1 billion improvement in the facility… Reported by: Myla Iglesias (Malaya) [mappress] Source: Malaya, August 10, 2011;
Bourbon announced second quarter 2011 results. “The steady increase in the fleet’s utilization rates, particularly in shallow water offshore, illustrates the recovery of the offshore market and our clients’ recognition of the performance of our vessels. Although significant, the improvement in daily
Tap Oil Limited announces that it has executed an agreement to purchase an additional 5% participating interest in the Offshore Accra Contract Area, Ghana from Challenger Minerals Inc for USD1.5 million. This transaction, which will increase Tap’s participating interest from 40% to 45%, is another e
Dragon Oil plc, an international oil and gas development and production company, today announced its interim financial and operational results for the period ended 30 June 2011. Operational performance Growth of 25% in the average gross production to approximately 58,000 bopd (1H 2010: 46,420 bopd)
Statoil has received consent to use the Deepsea Atlantic mobile facility for production drilling on Gullfaks. The consent relates to drilling and completion of three wells (34/10 F-3 AH, 34/10 F-1 H and 34/10 G-4) in production licence 050. The expected start up is 10 September 2011 (34/10 F-3 AH) a
From 14-17 June 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit of maintenance management on Brage. Background During our audit in 2010, the status of maintenance management in Statoil EPN and associated challenges was presented to us in several meetings. It emerged that Stato
Ensco plc announced today that it has taken delivery of ENSCO 8504, the fifth of the seven ENSCO 8500 Series rigs constructed by Keppel FELS Limited in Singapore. After mobilizing to Brunei to complete deepwater sea trials and final outfitting, ENSCO 8504 will commence a previously announced drillin
Fearing possible attacks by Hezbollah on gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, the Israel Air Force (IAF) has recently begun deploying … Source: Trend [mappress] Source: trend, August 09, 2011;
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar came to Anchorage on Monday and said the Obama administration supports more oil drilling in Alaska … Reported by: Sean Cockerham (The Anchorage Daily News) [mappress] Source: kansascity, August 09, 2011;
RBG, as a result of a bid exercise, has been awarded a three year contract to provide Chevron North Sea Limited with global QA/QC (quality assurance/quality control) inspection services. RBG have provided similar inspection services to Chevron since 2002. The contract involves the provision of both
Iran’s gas production from the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf waters rose by 17 million cubic meters by starting gas draw from six new wells of the giant gas field’s phase 10, managing director of the Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), Mousa Souri said. He went on to say that gas […]
