The government is poised to propose new rules that aim to boost the safety of offshore drilling and tighten standards for emergency … By Jennifer Dlouhy (Chron) [mappress] Source:Chron , June 23, 2011;
Airborne has announced the choice for the sea harbour of IJmuiden, the Netherlands, as location for its new design and manufacturing plant for Airborne Composite Tubulars. A brand new facility will be build, directly next to the quay of the harbour to allow for directly offloading to offshore sea ve
On 17 June 2011, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted an Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) to the Rowan Stavanger mobile living quarters and drilling facility, operated by Rowan Drilling Norway AS (Rowan Drilling). This AoC only applies for use as a living quarters facility. The AoC
Elko announced on May 4, 2011, that the Luna well will be drilled by the ‘Maersk Resolve’ jack up drilling unit. The rig had been secured by Noreco, the license operator, under a letter of intent. At that date the rig was expected to be available for Luna in mid August 2011 but this date […]
Havila Shipping has been awarded a Charter Party Contract by Statoil for a large PSV vessel for a fixed period of five years with three optional periods each of one year. Havila Shipping gave no details about the price of the Charter Party. The charter shall commence during December 2012 and in orde
AGR Field Operations has been awarded a major contract to perform a subsea inspection of offshore facilities in the Bass Strait of Australia. This significant scope of work involves an ROV based general visual inspection and a cathodic protection survey as well as installation work. The facilities t
Otto Energy Ltd said on it website that the 3D seismic acquisition program commenced earlier in June has successfully been completed. The marine operations for the acquisition along with the onshore support teams have all run very smoothly resulting in successfully acquiring of over 210 km2 of high
TGS has signed an agreement with Dolphin Geophysical Ltd. to jointly acquire, process and market multi-client 2D seismic data along Northwest Africa. The survey will total 25,000 km of long offset seismic data in the offshore areas of multiple countries. This program was designed based on the partne
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited today announced Kevin Gallagher will be appointed to succeed John Smith as Chief Executive Officer of Clough. Mr Gallagher will take up his appointment with Clough towards the end of August. Mr Gallagher brings 20 years experience in oil and gas op
Otto Marine Limited, a leading offshore marine company which specialises in building complex offshore support vessels, ship chartering and offers specialised services, to announces that its vessel with hull number 7047 named “Deep Sea 1”, has obtained the much coveted maritime class certification fr
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a $24 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation ‘Ramform’ vessels, capable of three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquisition for sea bottom resource exploration. The ships will be cons
Teekay Offshore GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) , announced today that it has entered into a new long-term contract with a subsidiary of BG Group plc (BG) to provide shuttle tanker services in Brazil. The contract with BG will be s
Noble Corporation announced that Jeffrey L. Chastain has been named Vice President, Investor Relations effective July 5, 2011. In this capacity, Chastain will be responsible for managing and fostering relationships with the global investment community. “With his substantial experience and extensive
E. ON Ruhrgas Norge AS has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 31/8-1 in the northern part of the North Sea with the Borgland Dolphin mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 416, approx. 75 kilometres west of Bergen and 16 kilometres southwest of the Tr
