Dubai-based Drydocks World, a leader in the maritime and offshore industry, has delivered the anchor handling offshore support vessel at … Source: TradeArabia News Service [mappress] Source:TradeArabia , July 12, 2011;
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announced that it has discovered gas in the Tarap-1 well that was drilled in Block SB303, offshore Sabah, East Malaysia. Tarap-1 was drilled with the Offshore Courageous rig in a water depth of approximately 70 meters. The well was directionally drilled to a me
Statoil has received consent to carry out modifications on Njord A for Njord Nordvestflanken (NNVF). NNVF is part of production licence 107, and is located in block 6407/7 about five kilometres northwest of Njord A. NNVF contains a discovery with gas and condensates. The owners are E.ON Ruhrgas Norg
A new oil spill was reported off China’s northern coast on Tuesday, the third such incident on the Bohai Sea in less than two months. Source: Xinhua [mappress] Source: Xinhua, July 12, 2011;
GDF SUEZ E&P Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 7124/4-1S&A in the Barents Sea with the Aker Barents mobile facility. The consent relates to the drilling of an exploration well in production licence 530, with a possible sidetrack. The well is located approx. 53 n
Shell Offshore Inc. (“Shell”) has awarded a contract to BMT Scientific Marine Services Inc (BMT) to provide a Marine Instrumentation System (MIS) to the Olympus TLP in the Mars B Development Project in the Gulf of Mexico. The MIS is a comprehensive computer-based system for acquiring, displaying and
Chevron Corporation today reported in its interim update that earnings for the second quarter 2011 are expected to be higher than in the first quarter 2011. Upstream results are projected to improve between sequential quarters, benefiting from higher crude oil prices. Downstream earnings in the seco
Aker Solutions has won a contract to conduct the topside FEED (front-end engineering and design) study for Statoil on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf in the North Sea. The contract value is approximately NOK125 million. The study will be delivered in the summer of 2012, after which the
Pacific Drilling S.A. announced that a Letter of Award from Total E&P Nigeria Limited has been converted to a definitive contract for the Pacific Scirocco following the necessary approvals from authorities. The minimum duration of the contract is for an initial one-year term, with contract commencem
Premier Oil Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 9/1-1S in the North Sea with the Bredford Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 406, with Premier Norge AS as the operator (40%). The other licensees are Skeie Energy AS (40%) and Sp
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces that its Offshore Engineering & Operations (OE&O) business has been awarded a contract renewal by Marathon Oil (“Marathon”). Petrofac has been working with Marathon on its North Sea Brae assets since 2005. Following the del
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted BP Norge AS (BP) consent for continued use of the mobile living quarters facilities MSV Regalia and Safe Scandinavia on the Valhall field. BP has previously received consent to use the living quarters facilities MSV Regalia and Safe Scandinavia
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the mobile living quarters facility COSLRigmar at Eldfisk 2/7 FTP. The consent relates to the period from 1 June 2011 to 1 July 2015. COSLRigmar (formerly Port Rigmar) will be moored to the southeast of Eldfisk 2/7 FTP, with a gangway connect
Jasa Merin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, a unit of Silk Holdings Bhd, has secured four long-term contracts worth RM39.75 million from Petronas … Source: BTimes [mappress] Source:Btimes , July 11, 2011;
