Fugro has finalised the acquisition of Sial Geosciences Consulting and Engineering Şti. in Turkey and the seismic processing business of Kelman Technologies in Canada. Sial is a leading Turkish geotechnical consultant providing expertise to large infrastructure construction companies and government.
SeaBird Exploration PLC (“SeaBird” or “SBX”) is pleased to inform the following new 2D contracts awarded. The Aquila Explorer has been awarded two LOI’s for surveys of combined 4,600 line km in Indonesia for approximately two months work prior to her previously announced contract on 6th May. The ves
RBG, the leading provider of inspect, assess and repair (IAR) services to the global energy industry that was recently acquired by Stork Technical Services, has achieved more than 1,000,000 manhours without a lost time incident (LTI) across its base facility operations. RBG’s base facility team, whi
ULSTEIN’s new company museum, ULSTEIN EXPO, opens today Friday 17 June. The museum will be open for the general public from 5 – 9 pm. ULSTEIN EXPO will also be open on Saturday 18 June from 11 am until 2 pm. Guides will be present wearing red t-shirts on both Friday and Saturday. ULSTEIN EXPO [&hell
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/156 development well. The Dzheitune (Lam) 28/156 well reached a depth of 2,000 metres and was completed as a single producer by the NIS rig. The in
Bounty Oil & Gas NL announces that the Nyuni 2 well in the Nyuni Block, Tanzania was expected to spud around mid day today East Australia Time. Nyuni 2 Apraisal Well Nyuni 2 is being drilled with the Caroil 6 drilling rig from the same lease location on Nyuni Island as the Nyuni 1 well […]
Nido Petroleum Limited , on behalf of the SC 54B Joint Venture, provides the following update on the Gindara-1 well. Since the last update, the Gindara-1 well has been drilled from 3,530 metres MD (3,508 metres TVDss) to the revised Total Depth (TD) of 3,660 metres MD (3,638 metres TVDss) in the pri
Magellan Petroleum Corporation provides an update on the Evans Shoal transaction. The conditions to completion of the Evans Shoal transaction were not satisfied by May 31st. Magellan and Santos have acknowledged that the Evans Shoal transaction will now not close. The Company has commenced discussio
Ophir Energy plc (Ophir) announced that it has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) over Ophir’s interests in Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) covering the Mbeli and Ntsina Blocks offshore Gabon. Subject to securing consent from the relevant Gabonese
Maersk Oil, a fully-owned subsidiary of the A. P. Moller – Maersk Group, has approved its investment of $1 billion in the Field Development Plan for the Golden Eagle Area in the UK North Sea. Maersk Oil has a non-operated interest in the fields of 31.56% and its estimated share of reserves is expect
Havyard Ship Technology Leirvik`s newbuild 101 Havila Subsea, a Havyard 855 IMR design, was named in a ceremony in Stavanger, Norway . After the naming ceremony Havila Subsea will be operating on a long-term contract between Havila Shipping ASA and Subsea 7. The vessel is a subsea vessel performing
In the week beginning 30 May, the PSA audited the working environment on board the drilling facility Maersk Reacher. Objective The purpose of the audit activity was to verify that the company’s management systems and technical conditions on the facility had been established and safeguarded in accord
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), a world leader in deep-water and ultra-deep water oil production, has awarded GE Oil & Gas a four-year service agreement to deliver repairs, maintenance and retrofits on Petrobras’ fleet of subsea equipment installed in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The scop
Aker Solutions won a contract from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment to supply a complete drilling equipment package for a new deepwater drill ship. The contract is worth about NOK 540 million. The drill ship will be owned and operated by Tungsten Explorer Company, a subsidiary of Vantage Drill
