Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has been awarded a US$142 million contract by Seadrill to build a repeat semisubmersible drilling tender (SSDT) based on the KFELS SSDTTM 3600E design. Scheduled for delivery in 2Q2013, this is the eighth drilling tender that Keppel will be building for Seadrill sin
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
STX OSV Holdings Limited , one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that it has secured new contracts for the construction of two Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Island Offshore. The total value of the contracts amounts to approximately NOK
Shell has chosen Jee as its training partner of choice with the award of a 3 year contract extension for subsea engineering training. Jee will deliver courses to Shell employees worldwide. Jee has worked with Shell for the past 4 years, providing high-quality training globally to engineers as part o
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM announces the results of testing activities at the Sapele-1ST appraisal well drilling in the Douala Basin, offshore Cameroon. Drill stem testing was performed within the Deep Omicron interval at Sapele-1ST and a light oil
The double hit of high fuel prices and high unemployment should be addressed through expanded offshore oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico… Source: Walton Sun [mappress] Source:Walton Sun , June 9, 2011;
Buccaneer Energy Limited advised that the board of the Alaskan Industrial Development and Export Authority (“AIDEA”) voted unanimously at its board meeting on 25 May (US time) / 26 May 2011 (Australian time) to invest up to US$30.0 million, as a joint owner, in the acquisition of a jack-up rig. As a
The Directors of Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd (MMA) announced that the company has been awarded two contracts by Woodside in respect of the Mermaid Sound and the Mermaid Strait, for the provision of offshore marine support to Woodside’s FPSO operations in the North West Shelf. The contracts are both
Nido Petroleum Limited , on behalf of the SC 54B Joint Venture, provides the following update on the Gindara-1 well. The 9 5/8” casing has been successfully run to the casing setting depth of 3,337.6 metres MD (3,315.6 metres TVDss). The 9 5/8” casing is currently being cemented in-place. Following
Entek Energy Limited provides an update on the VR 342 well in the Gulf of Mexico where the Company has a 50% working interest. The well is at 8,480 ft Measured Depth (7,635 ft True Vertical Depth) which will be the Total Depth of the well. As stated in the previous announcement (2 June 2011) [&helli
Shell today announced a significant, multi-billion dollar investment to develop its major Cardamom oil and gas field in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Cardamom project is expected to produce 50,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) a day at peak production and more than 140 million b
Exxon Mobil Corporation today announced two major oil discoveries and a gas discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico after drilling the company’s first post-moratorium deepwater exploration well. The KC919-3 wildcat well confirmed the presence of a second oil accumulation in Keathley Canyon block 9
Canadian Overseas Petroleum Limited , through its wholly owned subsidiary, Canadian Overseas Petroleum (UK) Limited, has signed a farm-in agreement with SSE E&P UK Limited (“SSE”) whereby COPL will pay SSE’s 16.67% share of the total drilling costs in the Lower Toad, Newt and West Columbus explorati
Statoil Gulf of Mexico LLC (“Statoil”) has farmed into the “Kakuna” prospect located approximately 180 miles southwest of New Orleans in deepwater Gulf of Mexico. “Our agreement is with a subsidiary of Nexen Inc. , and the partnership plans on drilling an exploration well on this attractive Miocene
