The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has assigned Wintershall Norge two new licenses in the 21st Licensing Round. Wintershall is the operator of both licences. A total of 24 production licenses were awarded on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS), 12 in the Barents Sea and 12 in the Norwe
Aker Solutions has received notification that Statoil has exercised options for the engineering, procurement and construction of three subsea work-over systems for use on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Aker Solutions estimates the contract value of these three extensions to be a total of approxima
Schilling Robotics, LLC, experts in subsea systems, announced today the award of new contracts for ROV systems from Subsea 7. A total of three (3) new ROV systems will be supplied for delivery in Q2 2011, including one (1) 150hp, 3,000m rated ACV ROV system and two (2) 150hp, 3,000m rated HD™ ROV sy
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) have taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Theia, a 1,400 dwt anchor handling tug support (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered today, 18 April 2011, in China. The vessel will operate out of Singapore and will be
McMoRan Exploration Co. today reported a net loss applicable to common stock of $27.6 million, $0.17 per share, for the first quarter of 2011 compared with a net loss applicable to common stock of $66.2 million, $0.74 per share, for the first quarter of 2010. James R. Moffett and Richard Adkerson,
Deep Sea Supply extends 23 contracts and signs 4 new SEVSATs from Ship Equip to cover the whole fleet. In a fleet wide deal the 23 vessels with SEVSAT already installed has been signed for another three years along with the four new buildings scheduled to be launched in 2011 and 2012. “We are [&hell
The Board of Mediterranean Oil & Gas Plc , the central Mediterranean focussed producer, developer and explorer of oil and gas assets, provides the following operational update on the Guendalina Gas Field. Italy – Concession AC 35 AG – Guendalina Gas Field (MOG interest 20%, ENI 80% and Operator) The
EnCore announces that the Company is planning for a subsidiary company, which will be assigned the Exploration Assets, to be floated on AIM. The new company will be known as XEO Exploration plc (“XEO”). Subject to regulatory approvals and a successful institutional placing, XEO is expected to be adm
VWS Westgarth, a subsidiary of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS), has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) for the design, supply and delivery of an Ultrafiltration system and a Sulphate Removal Package (SRP) system. The two tr
Providence Resources Plc (“Providence”), the AIM and IEX listed company, has secured a semi-submersible rig for its well programme in the Celtic Sea during the summer of 2011. This forms part of Providence’s previously announced multi-year, multi-basin drilling programme, offshore Ireland. Under the
Maersk Oil announces that it has been awarded a 30% non-operated share in Licence PL597 on the Halten Terrace offshore Norway in the 21st Licencing Round. The operator of the licence is VNG Norge A/S (40%) with Dana Petroleum Plc as partner (30%). Together with Maersk Oil, the partners are committed
Aban Offshore has received orders from ONGC for the deployment of jack-up rigs Aban III and Aban IV(image) for a period of 3 years each. myiris [mappress] Source:My Iris, April 18, 2011;
Halliburton (announced today that net income for the first quarter of 2011 was $557 million, or $0.61 per diluted share, excluding the Libya charge of $46 million, after-tax, or $0.05 per diluted share, related primarily to reserving certain assets as a result of recent political sanctions. This c
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a $27million contract offshore Israel. Noble Energy Inc has awarded Expro a contract for deepwater operations onboard the Transocean Sedco Express for the TAMAR field development and the Pride North America for an exploration p
