KCA DEUTAG announced that it has been selected by Woodside Energy as one of two drilling contractors to carry out a major Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract relating to a 3,000HP Modular Platform Drilling Rig (MPDR) for the Browse Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Development, offshore North Wes
Ulstein Power & Control AS has recently signed new contracts for the delivery of three ULSTEIN COM® systems. STX Electro OSV AS in Brevik, Norway, has ordered two ULSTEIN COM® systems for two vessels under construction for Island Offshore. The systems are the latest in a long line of ULSTEIN COM® de
Under the directives of HH Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Member of the UAE Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, the Government of Sharjah, represented by the Sharjah Petroleum Council, has signed a concession agreement with international oil company Rex Oil and Gas Limited for oil and g
IHC Merwede has increased its underwriting capacity by more than 50 per cent to €1.5billion. Of this amount, €900 million is committed. The financial agreement has been forged between IHC Merwede and an international banking consortium made up of five banks, with the aim of facilitating internationa
Malaysia’s oil and gas (O&G) sector continues to see some upside with fabricators consolidating, new contracts being awarded and further … Source: TheBorneoPost [mappress] Source:Borneo Post , June 6, 2011;
Specialist recruitment consultancy, Primat Recruitment, a part of AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, today launches a dedicated website to support the recruitment needs of AMEC’s North Sea projects. AMEC has recently been selected by BP Exploration and Production to
Nautronix has received orders from a major drilling contractor to supply Emergency BOP (EBOP) Digital Acoustic Control Systems for their … Source: SubseaUK [mappress] Source:Subseauk , June 6, 2011;
Statoil ASA has decided to divest a 24.1% direct and indirect stake in Gassled joint venture (jv) for a consideration of NOK 17.35 billion ( 3.24 billion USD). Following this transaction, Statoil will continue to own 5.0% in the jv. The buyer is Solveig Gas Norway AS, a holding company that is appro
Chevron Brazil and DOF Subsea Brazil have agreed to extend the contract for “Skandi Salvadore” with one year from September 2011. Skandi Salvador is a subsea construction vessel equipped with two WROVs, 140 T crane and a 250 T winch. Skandi Salvador Built in 2009 On a contract with Chevron in Brazil
Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary STEP Offshore has won a contract to deliver an integrated cuttings re-injection (CRI) system to Maersk Drilling’s jack-up rig Maersk Reacher. Aker Solutions and STEP Offshore will supply a complete system for slurrification and re-injection of drill cuttings.
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the bureau is putting in place significant improvements in the oil and gas permit application process. These improvements include the publication of a permit application checklist
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces the final production well on the Athena field has been drilled and fully cased. The well encountered a considerable section of oil saturated net reservoir, with good porosities. Development drilling has now been successfully concluded and the project remains on schedule
Seadrill has been awarded a new contract by a subsidiary of Santos Ltd. for the jack-up rig Offshore Resolute. The assignment for operations in Bangladesh will have a minimum duration of 130 days under a three firm well plus two optional wells contract. Commencement of operations under the new contr
Kosmos Energy announces today that the company’s Banda-1 exploration well has discovered oil offshore the Republic of Ghana on the West Cape Three Points Block. The results of drilling, wireline logs and reservoir fluid samples show the Banda-1 well penetrated net oil-bearing pay of 3 meters (10 fee
