PTTEP reports the drilling results of an exploration well, Aung Sinkha-2, located in the exploration block – M3 in Myanmar. The block is located in the Gulf of Mataban, south of Yangon. The well was drilled to a total depth of 2,891 meters on April 30, 2011 and encountered natural gas bearing format
Dominion Petroleum announced that it has signed the Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block L9 in the Lamu Basin, offshore Kenya, giving the Company a 60% working interest and operatorship. The Company previously announced the award of L9 on 21st March 2011 and the PSC was signed yesterday by Do
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, confirms that its Training Services business has acquired the trade, assets and people of SkillsXP, from Dutch company Tritanium, for an initial cash consideration of €1 million. A further cash consideration of up to €0.5 million is
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, has completed a six-figure valued pipework maintenance contract on behalf of Dolphin Energy in Qatar. STATS carried out the planned maintenance on a 36” gas pipeline onboard the DOL-2 platform in the North Field, the world’s largest single gas field, loc
At the Norshipping exhibition (24-27 May, Oslo) Imtech Marine will launch its modular and flexible concept “Multiflex”. On the basis of this concept, Imtech Marine works closely with ship owners and builders and offers them a system independent expert advice and selection from a wide range of techno
Statoil is to choose Samsung Heavy Industries for construction of the topsides for the Valemon platform. The contract is worth an estimated NOK 2.3 billion(USD 414 million) . The award has taken place in wide-ranging international competition among pre-qualified suppliers. “We’ve awarded the assignm
Woodside has appointed Dr Christopher Haynes OBE as a non-executive director effective 1 June 2011. Dr Haynes was nominated as a director by Shell Energy Holdings (Australia) Ltd. Dr Haynes is currently Executive Vice President, Upstream Major Projects within Shell’s Projects and Technology business
TGS commences the 2011 summer season with three 2D surveys in cooperation with Fugro; North Sea Renaissance 2011(NSR11), Mid-Norway Regional 2011 (MNR11) and Norwegian Barents Sea 2011 (NBR11). The data to be collected includes approximately 10,000 km for NSR11 which is a regional infill West of She
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding Interior’s work to facilitate the development of oil and gas resources on the nation’s Outer Continental Shelf and public lands. Joined by Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes
Neptune announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore’s Unidive Marine Services Pte Ltd (Unidive) for the marketing and application of the NEPSYS® technology in Singapore and South East Asia. Under the terms of the agreement, Neptune and Unidive will collaborate on
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd today announced it had accepted delivery of the newly constructed Atwood Osprey Semi-submersible drilling rig which would begin development drilling operations offshore northwest Australia. The Atwood Osprey is a 6th Generation Ultra-deepwater Semi-submersible rig able to c
North Atlantic Drilling Ltd., in which Seadrill has a 75 percent ownership, has received a letter of award for the semi-submersible drilling rig West Alpha for operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The letter of award covers a two-well commitment in the Balder field, with an estimated firm
BG Group announced today that it has signed Production Sharing Contracts with the Government of Kenya for two offshore exploration blocks – L10A and L10B. BG Group will be operator on both blocks and will hold a 40% equity interest in block L10A and a 45% interest in block L10B. The initial work pro
Offshore handling equipment specialist, Caley Ocean Systems Ltd has designed and built what is believed to be the most adaptable offshore… Source: SubseaUK [mappress] Source: Subsea UK, May 17, 2011;
