Total E&P Norge AS (Total) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 6607/12-2S in the Norwegian Sea with the Songa Delta mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 127, with Total as the operator (50%) and Statoil as partner (50%). The well is located in th
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced that it has won a £15 million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for ship owner Brasil Supply. The vessels, of the Rolls-Royce UT775 E design, will be chartered by Brazil’s state oil company Petrobras and are designed
BG Norge AS (BG) has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 34/3-3S in the northern part of the North Sea with the West Alpha mobile facility. The well is part of production licence 373S with BG (45%) as the operator. The other licensees are Idemitsu Petroleum (25%), Wintershall
GE Oil & Gas is announces that its Wellstream business, acquired in March, has been awarded a long-term, flexible pipe and subsea equipment logistics services contract by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), one of the largest companies in Latin America which also controls significant energy assets
Preliminary production figures for May 2011 indicate an average daily production of about 1 829 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is a decrease of 266 000 barrels compared to April. Gas production was about 6.3 billion Sm3, which is a decrease of 1.1 billion Sm3 compared to the previous m
Recently, Hull No. 3602, which is a drillship ordered by TMT was named ‘Dragonquest’ at quay D1 by Mrs. Rika Su, Spouse of Mr. Nobu Su, CEO of TMT. Around 120 honored guests attended the naming ceremony including Mr. Nobu Su, CEO of TMT and Mr. Doug Halkett, COO of Vantage Drilling and Mr.Tian Khiam
The oil and gas company PA Resources announced a short update on production and sales at the Azurite Field offshore Republic of Congo. The last production well on the Azurite Field was commissioned as communicated on June 8 and is presently being monitored after initial clean-up. Present level of pr
Coastal Energy Company announces that the Bua Ban North B-06 well was drilled to a total depth of 6,800 feet TVD and encountered 69 feet of net pay with 28 percent porosity in the Miocene interval. MDT analysis confirms that the well is in communication with the B-02 and B-04 wells and oil samples r
Statoil today celebrates its 10th anniversary as a listed company. Statoil shares are traded on the New York and Oslo stock exchanges. Statoil has evolved from mainly a Norwegian player into a global company well situated in the most attractive areas worldwide. We have developed a sharper profile an
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a call-off contract under the offshore engineering and construction Frame Agreement with DONG Energy for the Siri Caisson Permanent Support Project. The value of the call-off contract is approximately $220 million. The scope involves the engineering, procur
AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to design and deliver components of MWCC’s expanded containment system. “I am pleased that AMEC’s track record of excellent execution, particularly of complex and chall
On May 14, a PGS vessel completed the acquisition of 1,500 km2 of 3D seismic survey in the Block 2815 of the Orange Sub-basin, which data is now being processed, said HRT yesterday on its website. However, the 3D seismic data acquisition held by the vessel Polarcus Samur, which was being performed i
ST Engineering announced today that its marine arm, ST Marine, has won a shipbuilding contract worth about S$171m from Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Ltd (SPO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited. The contract entails the building and outfitting of four Anchor Handling Tug S
Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Ltd. has been awarded a contract, by BP Exploration Operating Company Limited, worth approximately €15 million for the Lan Do field development in Vietnam. This field is located 320 kilometers south of Ho Chi Minh City, at a water depth of 120-
