Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (“Ocean Rig”), a global provider of offshore deepwater drilling services announced it was awarded contracts for the Ocean Rig Corcovado and the Ocean Rig Mykonos by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”) for drilling offshore Brazil. The term of each contract is 1095 days, with a
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted BP Norge AS consent to carry out manned underwater operations (MUO). The consent relates to diving in connection with the projects ”Valhall Re-Development” (VRD) and ”Skarv Diving 2011”. The work has a planned duration of approx. 14 days both o
Incoming Woodside Petroleum Ltd chief executive Peter Coleman says the oil and gas giant won’t revisit an onshore processing option for … From Yahoo! [mappress] Source:Yahoo , May 13, 2011;
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. announced today that it has promoted Cliff Chamblee to Executive Vice President – Contracting Services. Helix’s Contracting Services divisions include the Subsea Construction, Well Operations and Robotics business units. Mr. Chamblee co-founded Canyon Offshore, Inc
Det norske oljeselskap ASA has received consent to carry out exploration drilling of well 25/6-4 in the North Sea with the Songa Delta mobile facility. The well will be drilled in production licence 414, approx. 20 kilometres east of Frøy. Drilling of sidetrack 25/6-4 A could be relevant. Water dept
PaxOcean Engineering Zhoushan Co., Ltd. of Singapore, Singapore and The Levingston Corporation, Boerne, Texas, USA announced today that they have signed a Letter of Intent to build a Levingston designed 415WC (World Class) with an option for one additional similar vessel for an undisclosed contract
Statoil has received consent for extended use of the facilities on the Norne field beyond design life up to and including 31 December 2021. Norne is an oil field belonging to production licence 128. The field is located in the Norwegian Sea in blocks 6608/10 and 6608/11, and came online in November
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a three year Life-of-Field Contract by BP Exploration & Production Inc. The contract will cover the provision of two vessels, including a dedicated vessel on full time basis, and associated project management and engineering support, for ROV based inspection, int
Technip was awarded a contract by Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. (HMDC) for the Hibernia Southern Extension project. This project is part of the continuing Hibernia field development. Hibernia is located on the Grand Banks approximately 315 kilometers offshore Newfoundland and Labr
Olympic Shipping contracts a new ship at Kleven Maritime at a value of 380 million NOK (USD 69 million). With this contract, Kleven Maritime’s order reserve increases to 10 vessels at a combined value of 3.7 billion NOK. The Olympic Shipping contract manifests Kleven Maritime’s position as the count
The “Strike Steel” ceremony was held at Keppel FELS Gul Road yesterday to commemorate the start of the construction of Jasper Offshore’s second high specification Jack – Up rig. (Hull No B336). The delivery for this unit is expected to be around May 2013. Similar to its first jackup rig, Jasper’s la
BG Group has today announced the appointment of Andrew Gould as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 1st June 2011. Commenting on the appointment, BG Group Chairman Sir Robert Wilson said: “Andrew has extensive experience of the international oil and gas industry and a background which is highl
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), the joint venture between AMEC and Cofely Nederland N.V., has announced another significant achievement in the operation of the Offshore Access System (OAS). Installed on the GDF SUEZ E&P Nederland B.V. (GSEPN) chartered vessel, REM Mermaid, the OAS has successfully a
Statoil today, 12 May, submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for Hyme (formerly Gygrid) in the Norwegian Sea to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE). First oil is scheduled for the first quarter of 2013. The Hyme PDO is the fourth fast-track development plan submitted
