Salamander Energy plc today provides the following update on its current drilling activity in Thailand, including the announcement of a material oil discovery in the East Terrace prospect. B8/38 Licence (Salamander 100%, operator) The current drilling programme, using the Ocean Sovereign jack-up rig
Cecon has entered into a cooperation Agreement with Great Offshore of India, where the parties are jointly pursuing subsea installation projects. In the cooperation, Cecon will be providing the subsea pipelaying and installation activities, while Great Offshore will be responsible for topside engine
Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, provides the following update on the flow test carried out at well 14/10-5. • Well flowed at commercially viable rates • Well flowed at stabilised rates of 5508 stb/d • Well achieved a maximum stabilised flow rate of 9
Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) announces that the first appraisal well, 16/3-4 has confirmed the extension of the Avaldsnes field to the south-east of the 16/2-6 discovery well in PL501 on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Th
West Elara – the first of two ultra-large, high-specification, harsh-environment Gusto MSC CJ70 150A jack-up rigs built by Sembcorp Marine’s subsidiary Jurong Shipyard for North Atlantic Drilling, a subsidiary of Seadrill Limited – is poised to make rigbuilding history in Singapore as the nation’s l
Oceaneering has now installed the 100th High Definition (HD) video system in the company’s Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) fleet. The Oceaneering HD ROV video package, designed and manufactured by company subsidiary Deep Sea Systems International Inc. (DSSI), is a broadcast quality system rated to 4
Endeavour Energy UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Endeavour International Corporation, awarded Technip an EPCI(1) lump sum contract, worth around €70 million, for the East Rochelle development in the United Kingdom North Sea. The field is located approximately 185 kilometers north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track to deliver its third KFELS N-Class jack-up rig to Rowan Companies, Inc. on time and within budget. The KFELS N-Class combines state-of-the-art design with the dual capabilities of performing drilling and production activities efficiently and safely. Equi
DryShips Inc. , a global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk and petroleum cargoes and off-shore contract drilling oil services, announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Ocean Rig UDW Inc., exercised its third newbuilding option to construct a 7th Generation Ultra Deepwater D
Joy Global Inc., a worldwide leader in high-productivity mining solutions, has completed the acquisition of LeTourneau Technologies Inc. (“LeTourneau”) from Rowan Companies, Inc. (“Rowan”) for $1.1 billion in cash, subject to adjustment as provided in the Stock Purchase Agreement dated May 13, 2011.
A buildup of pressure in the annulus was detected in a recently completed, large bore, gas production well offshore Malaysia. Leak detection tools run into the well quickly revealed that tubing connections located at 333 m and 394 m were leaking and required recompletion of the upper completion. A d
Petrobras Downstream Executive Officer, Paulo Roberto Costa, participated this Thursday, June 23, in the World Oil Companies Congress, in London. In the morning, he delivered the “Petrobras: growth, investment and a model NOC?” keynote address, in which he discussed the company’s international strat
Today, the Norwegian Government is publishing a report to the Storting (the Norwegian Parliament) entitled “An industry for the future – Norway’s petroleum activities” (Meld. St. 28 (2010-2011)). The Government wishes to facilitate focused efforts to keep petroleum production levels very high for ge
Bergen Group Offshore awarded EPCI modification project by ConocoPhillips for Eldfisk Bravo. Bergen Group Offshore has, through its subsidiary Bergen Group Rosenberg AS, been awarded a brownfield modification project by ConocoPhillips. The contract value for the project is about 80 MNOK, and will ge
