Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich announced today that the bureau will begin to use multiple-person inspection teams for offshore oil and gas inspections. This internal process improvement will improve oversight and help ensure that o
Wood Group PSN has extended its contract with TAQA Bratani Limited for a further 5 years. Under the services contract Wood Group PSN will provide operations & maintenance support and engineering & construction services to TAQA’s Cormorant Alpha, North Cormorant, Tern and Eider platforms in the North
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary ATP East Med B.V.have acquired the Shimshon, Daniel East and Daniel West licenses in offshore Israel and the Israeli government has approved these licenses. Based on the acquired licenses, ATP through ATP East Med anticipates spending between
Technip has secured a contract worth around £4.4 million to decommission the Shelley field in the North Sea. Premier Oil expects Technip… Source: Business7 [mappress] Source:Business7 , June 13, 2011;
From May 10 to 12, Mr. Renato Duque, the Petrobras director for services, headed a delegation of top management from Petrobras and its key partners, which paid a special visit to Dalian for a 3-day inspection at the COSCO Shipyard. The visitors from Petrobras’s key partners included Mr. Miguelangelo
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced the addition of Bonnie Milne-Andrews as Manager of Geological Operations. She will be reporting to Steve Barrett, Vice President, Exploration. Milne-Andrews comes to the Company from Swift Energy, an independent exploration and production company, where she
Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. today announced that it has encountered oil in the wildcat well Dussafu Ruche Marin-1 (DRM-1) drilled in the Dussafu Marin PSC, in the offshore waters of Gabon, West Africa. Harvest operates the Dussafu PSC, holding a 66.667 percent interest. The well was spudded on A
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Egypt, in the North Sea and in Russia, worth in excess of $1 billion. In Egypt, Burullus Gas Company awarded Saipem the EPIC contract for new subsea developments in the area of the West Delta Deep Marine Concession, located about 90 kilometres of
Bumi Armada Berhad, the country’s largest offshore supply vessel (OSV) operator, plans to be among the top five floating production … By Zurinna Raja Adam (Btimes) [mappress] Source:btimes , June 13, 2011;
Spanish-Argentine company Repsol YPF says it plans to soon drill its first offshore well in Guyana, where it has concessions in an … Source: Businessweek [mappress] Source:Businessweek , June 13, 2011;
Dusting off from his latest skirmish with Republicans in Congress — his decision to reverse course two weeks ago on a divisive wild-lands… Read the full article at Denver Post [mappress] Source: Denver Post, June 13, 2011;
Shell New Zealand Ltd. is putting its latest Maui oil and gas field exploration drilling on hold until summer, after multiple disruptions… Source: NZNEWSUK [mappress] Source: NZENEWSUK, June 13, 2011;
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that drilling has reached target depth on the Lagavulin exploration well (Faroe 10%), operated by Chevron, in t
DOF Subsea and vessel builder, ST Marine, joined together to host the official naming ceremony for the Skandi Singapore on 11th of June 2011. Named after her place of build, the high specification, dive support vessel is the first of the fleet to be designed, built and outfitted for work in the Asia
