SeaBird Exploration PLC (“SeaBird” or “SBX”) has over the last few months worked with a Norwegian shipyard to develop and plan the construction of a second vessel in addition to the Hugin Explorer for deploying, retrieving and servicing Ocean Bottom Nodes (OBN). Through a mutual understanding betwee
Statoil and Sintef have signed a new framework agreement – one which likely to be the most comprehensive individual research agreement ever signed in Norway. With a potential value of NOK 1 billion, the agreement is valid for four years with an option for an additional two plus two years. “Sintef ha
Desire Petroleum plc the company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin provides the following update on its exploration activities. The Company’s 3D seismic acquisition programme is now complete and the full-fold area of coverage is approximately 1416 square kilometres in Tranches C, D, F and
SAL will host a booth at the Offshore Energy 11, Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands, 11 & 12 October 2011. The SAL services and in particular the new buildings of Type 183 equipped with Dynamic Positioning System will be presented at the booth in hall 8. The 4th edition of Offshore Energy Exhibition and
Salamander Energy plc (“Salamander”) announces that it has executed an agreement to farm-out a 20% interest in Block 101-100/04, Offshore Northern Vietnam to JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (“JX-NOEX”). Block 101- 100/04 is operated by Salamander and contains the Cat Ba oil prospect that
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) carried out an audit activity with assistance from the Norwegian Maritime Directorate, where preparedness-related factors were reviewed on board the Rowan Stavanger facility. Background Rowan Drilling UK (Rowan) will operate the facility on the Norwegian c
TTS Energy AS, subsidiary of TTS Group ASA, has signed contracts with DSIC Offshore in Dalian, China, for delivery of four BOP handling packages for the JU2000E Jack-ups currently under construction at the yard for Prospector Offshore Drilling. The new contracts are in addition to the previous contr
Seadrill has been awarded a new contract by PTTEP in Thailand for the jack-up rig West Leda. The assignment is for a firm period of nine months and with an option to extend for a further six months. The contract value for the firm period is approximately US$35 million. Commencement of the operations
Deep Sea Supply has entered into a sales agreement for the AHTS vessel “Sea Lion” to an international buyer. Expected delivery of the vessel to new owner is 2nd quarter 2011. The vessel will leave the North Sea market after delivery to new owner. The parties have agreed to keep the terms and conditi
Premier announced that it has signed the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Chrysaor to acquire equity in Licence P164 in order to participate in the development of the Solan field in the UK for an upfront consideration of US$10 million, with US$10 million to follow upon sanction as well as a pa
Aker Solutions has been selected to supply three subsea production control umbilicals for the Chevron operated Jack & St. Malo field developments in the Gulf of Mexico. Contract value is undisclosed. The production control umbilicals will provide hydraulic, electrical and fiber optic service to the
From 1 June onwards, registration for Offshore Energy 2011 is open. The fourth edition of this two-day, international offshore event is organized in the Amsterdam RAI, at 11 and 12 October 2011. Visiting the exhibition is free of charge; conference delegates pay a conference fee. The 4th edition of
Piping technology company STATS Group is continuing its push in to the Asia Pacific region with senior executives attending the Oil & Gas Asia exhibition in Kuala Lumpur. (June 1-3) With more than 1400 companies taking part, the conference attracts more than 22,000 visitors, and Aberdeen-based STATS
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) reports that production from the Alvheim field (Lundin Petroleum working interest (WI) 15%) and the Volund field (Lundin Petroleum WI 35%), offshore Norway was shut down for 13 days in May due to unscheduled maintenance on the Alvheim FPSO. The shut down was re
