In the 2nd Indonesian International Bid Round 2010, Eni has been awarded the 100% participation interest and operatorship of Block Arguni I located on and offshore in the West Papua Province, Eastern Indonesia. The Block Arguni I covers an area of 5,386 square km in the Bintuni Basin, a mainly gas p
CGGVeritas announced today that it has been granted a seismic permit in the Gulf of Mexico. Based on the award of this permit, CGGVeritas is currently in discussions with various E&P companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico to finalize the design of a new multi-client program. The program will util
DNV has recently signed an agreement with the Swedish Transmission Research Institute (STRI) in an effort to meet the increasing market demand for advanced solutions for power transmission in the offshore and wind energy sectors. “There are two fundamental drivers behind the decision to collaborate,
LUKOIL held special tactical maneuvers targeting the liquidation of gas, oil and water shows and possible open oil and gas fountain response at Yu. Korchagin field located in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. As part of the maneuvers, particular tactics were practiced at the offshore ice-resist
Dolphin Geophysical AS has reached agreement with LOTOS Exploration & Production Norge AS, acting as Operator on behalf of the License Group in PL 503, for the acquisition of a 1563 square km of 3D Seismic in the North Sea. The project will be acquired with Dolphin fleet’s recent addition, the M/V A
CGGVeritas announced today that it has completed a BroadSeis seismic survey in Brunei Darussalam for Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. (BSP). BroadSeis, the new CGGVeritas broadband marine solution, combines Sercel Sentinel solid streamers, a unique variable-depth towing configuration and a p
AGR drilling Services and Statoil have joined forces to push the limits of Riserless Mud Recovery technology even further. The international energy company has signed an agreement for AGR’s RMR® for two deep-water rigs it has under contract in the Gulf of Mexico. AGR Drilling Services’ Houston team
Woodside advises that the Xeres-1 well has intersected approximately 51 metres of gross gas within the Triassic target. The well is located about 12 kilometres ESE of the Pluto-1 discovery in licence WA-34-L, Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well reached a total depth of 3285 metres. The disc
The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for Chukchi Sea Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193, held in February 2008. The bureau is accepting additional public comment b
The Dutcham Trade Award 2010-2011 is dedicated to Van Oord Offshore for best business achievement in Brazil. The trophy was assigned to the Dutch dredging company for their successful merits in the Brazilian offshore industry. At the ceremony on May 17 in São Paulo the jury of the Brasilian-Dutch Ch
Nautical Petroleum plc announced on Friday the completion of the acquisition of an additional 15% interest in UKCS Licence P1077 Blocks 9/2b and 9/2c (the “Licence), which includes the Kraken discovery, from Canamens Energy North Sea Limited. The transaction has received approval from the Department
Sevan Marine ASA , a company specialized in owning, operating and licensing FPSOs and drilling units, based on its patented cylindrical floater technology announces fleet commercial uptime. In Q1 2011, the FPSO Sevan Piranema had a commercial uptime of 88% due to continued problems with the gas cool
Ulstein Verft has sold the construction vessel Karianne of SX121 type design to Island Offshore. The vessel was completed on time from ULSTEIN in the fourth quarter of 2010. The vessel was originally contracted by the shipping company Marine Subsea, which could not to take delivery of her after comp
With a traditional ceremony Thursday afternoon, Aibel marked the start up of the fabrication of the Gudrun topside. ‘This is the first time Haugesund’s mayor chain has been worn over an overall,’ said mayor of Haugesund, Petter Steen. ‘It is a gesture to symbolise how important Aibel is to the local
