CGGVeritas announced today that it has completed a 3D BroadSeis seismic survey for Shell over complex salt structures in deep water offshore Gabon. As a complement to a conventional acquisition project (7,900 km2), the 3D BroadSeis survey was acquired by the CGGVeritas Symphony operating with ten Se
Listing of Kværner ASA at Oslo Børs marks the beginning of a new company with a historic brand. With an international organisation and in-house fabrication yards in place from the start, Kvaerner will be a supplier of some of the world’s most demanding projects for new offshore platforms and onshore
Eurogas International Inc. announces that the Tunisian authorities have approved the extension of the term of the Sfax Permit by one year, to December 9, 2012, with no additional obligations imposed on the Corporation. The Sfax permit is flanked on three sides by producing oil and natural gas fields
Paris hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Juergen Grossmann, CEO of RWE. The parties discussed the prospects for current and future cooperation. Background RWE is a leading German company in the field of power and natural gas product
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate started acquisition of seismic data in Norway’s new maritime zone in the Barents Sea. PGS will be conducting the acquisition on behalf of the NPD using the vessel R.V. Harrier Explorer. This is the first time this area will be systematically mapped. The seismic acquis
Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 6th that it has received an order for two units of drill ships worth a total of USD 1.1225 billion (KRW 1.194 trillion) from Maersk, Denmark. The company successfully received orders worth USD 3.1 billion for six units of LNG tankers and five units of shuttl
TGS will commence acquisition of a new 7,700 km 2D survey in the Russian Arctic Sea. Data acquisition will begin in early August with 4,500 km in the Laptev Sea before the vessel moves to the East Siberian Sea to acquire an additional 3,200 km. The survey is in partnership with Dalmornefte Geophysic
From 24-26 May 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) carried out an audit of the design and application of technical barriers on Goliat FPSO. Background The audit activity was based on the PSA’s main priority relating to technical and operational barriers. The audit particularly targeted establ
Prosafe has been awarded a contract by BG International Limited for the provision of the Safe Caledonia accommodation rig for the North Everest project in the North Sea. This project will commence immediately after the completion of the BG Armada project with the rig thereafter being on hire to BG I
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, announces the following update on activities on the Etinde Permit, offshore Cameroon. Etinde PSC Extension In accordance with the provisions of the Etinde PSC, Ministerial approval has been received from the Government of
Otto Energy Ltd. attach an announcement by the Galoc Production Company (GPC) regarding an upgrade of the mooring and riser system for the FPSO Rubicon Intrepid operating at the Galoc field. The new turret mooring system is designed to substantially increase the reliability and uptime of the FPSO an
(AAP) – The Greens have called on the federal government to heavily scrutinise Thai-based oil and gas producer PTTEP over its plans to … Sydney Morning Herald [mappress] Source: Sydney Morning Herald, July 8, 2011;
Neptune Marine Services Limited announces that Mr Peter Wallace has been appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr Wallace has extensive management experience in the banking and financial services industry as well as public and private company directo
Petrobras announces that well 9-RJS-660, located in the Lula field, has posted the Company’s highest volume of production for May, reaching an average of 28,436 barrels of oil per day (bpd). This well is the first to produce on a commercial basis in the Santos Basin pre-salt cluster. This result con
