GSP has secured a new contract for subsea survey and divers’ services for the development of Kirinskoye gas condensate field, Russia for JSC Mezhregiontruboprovodstroy (MRTS). GSP will provide ROV and subsea works with divers extension option, beginning in the second half of August. GSP shall provid
KBR announced today the election of Linda Z. Cook as a member of the KBR Board. Cook retired from Royal Dutch Shell, Plc., in 2009, where she served as Executive Director, Shell Gas and Power. Cook held numerous roles of increasing responsibility during her 29-year tenure with the company. She began
Solstad Offshore ASA (SOFF) has signed a contract with Saipem Ltd for use of the Construction Service Vessel (CSV) “Normand Oceanic” The duration of the contract is 150 days with commencement end of June 2011. The commercial terms are confidential between the parties, but are in line with present ma
OMV (Norge) AS (OMV) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6407/5-2S in the Norwegian Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 471, with OMV as the operator (50%). The other licensees are Norwegian Energy Company ASA (30%)
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS has received consent to use the Island Constructor mobile facility for well intervention on Ekofisk 2/4 VA. The consent relates to well intervention on the eight 2/4 Victor Alpha injection wells. The activity has a planned duration of 30 days. Island Constructor (photo)
BG Group today issued a material upgrade for its interests in the pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Mean Total Reserves and Resources* are now estimated to amount to some 6 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) net to BG Group, with an upside potential of 8 billion boe net. Existing discover
The Helix Well Containment Group (HWCG) announced today that it is now capable to respond to a subsea well containment incident in water depths of up to 10,000 feet. The consortium previously announced its intention to achieve this milestone by mid-summer, and has achieved this ahead of schedule. Pr
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for proposed oil and gas Lease Sale 216/222 in the Central Planning Area in the Gulf of Mexico. The draft SEIS updates the findings in several previously pub
EOC Limited (EOC or the Group), one of Asia’s leading providers of offshore construction and production services to the oil and gas (O&G) sector, has added to its contract backlog, with a new award for the Lewek Chancellor. Under the contract with a French oil major, the Group’s accommodation and co
The first barrels of crude oil started flowing from Hibernia South last weekend – meeting ExxonMobil Canada’s forecast of first oil by … By Moira Baird (The Telegram) [mappress] Source:TheTelegram , June 29, 2011;
On June 27, SOCAR President Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev and Company management visited the Oil Rocks offshore field. During the meeting, SOCAR management was accompanied by representatives of “Azneft” Production Unit and of other enterprises. Mr. Abdullayev and SOCAR officials visited the monument to the
Mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, is on a major recruitment drive as it forecasts its workforce will grow by one-third from 750 to 1000 by the end of 2011. The Aberdeen-based oil services company currently has 80 vacancies but is hoping to attract ex-military personnel and plans to open two ne
Schlumberger announced today the acquisition of the remaining equity shares from Frank Mohn AS in Framo Engineering AS—a privately owned Norwegian company specialized in the business of developing, manufacturing and selling products and services relating to multiphase pumps and subsea pump-systems,
McMoRan Exploration Co. today updated its exploration and development activities and also provided an update on its cumulative findings to date from its shallow water, ultra-deep exploration and development activities on the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Shelf. McMoRan has actively pursued large ultra-deep t
