Australian energy company WHL Energy Limited has signed a new agreement with Fugro Data Services AG (“Fugro”) and Geomahakarsa Ltd for the acquisition of additional seismic over its highly prospective offshore Seychelles exploration interests. WHL Energy has elected to commission a further 887km of
Wright’s Well Control Services (WWCS) announces the formation of a strategic alliance with IEV Group, a multi-national company headquartered in Malaysia (IEV), to introduce and promote WWCS’ plug and abandonment, decommissioning and removal, wireline and e-line, completion and recompletion, hydrate
At Ocean Business 2011, Ashtead Technology announces investments totalling $2.25 million, in new high technology rental equipment from leading manufacturers including Reson, R2Sonic, Tritech, Ixsea and Sonardyne. Ashtead Technology strive to remain at the forefront of the latest technology, meeting
Rockhopper Exploration plc (, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, notes the announcement by Desire Petroleum plc (the “Operator”) regarding the 14/15-3 exploration well in which Rockhopper has a 7.5% interest: 14/15-3 well to be plugged and abandoned with oil shows T.he Operato
Videsh Limited signed definitive agreements for acquisition of 25% participating interest in Satpayev exploration block with KazMunaiGas, the national oil company of Kazakhstan on16thApril, 2011 at Astana, Kazakhstan in presence of Hon’blethe Prime Minister of India and the President of Kazakhstan.
Transfield Worley Services (TWS) – the 50/50 joint venture between Transfield Services and WorleyParsons – today signed a $65 million contract to provide Hook-Up and Commissioning (HUC) services for Woodside operated, North West Shelf Project’s North Rankin B Platform, located approximately 135 kilo
PT Elnusa Tbk. in a joint venture with CGGVeritas commissioned a seismic vessel on Sunday, 17thApr’11 at Raffles Marina, Singapore. Both companies established a JV (Joint Venture) Company named PT Elnusa-CGGVeritas Seismic to operate the seismic vessel, which has been designed and outfitted to condu
Endeavour International Corporation today announced agreement of commercial terms for the processing and transportation of East Rochelle production on the Scott Platform, in the Central North Sea. Endeavour, operator of the East Rochelle, plans to award contracts and commence construction of the pro
Songa Offshore announces that a firm contract for the use of Songa Mercur has been agreed and signed with Gazflot LLC, a Gazprom subsidiary. The contract covers the use of the Songa Mercur for Gazflot’s upcoming drilling campaign offshore Sakhalin Island during the 2011 summer season. The rig is cur
Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a contract with A/S Norske Shell for subsea pipeline installation services for the Ormen Lange Northern Field Development – Mid North Project in the Norwegian Sea. The work is the first call-off under Subsea 7’s Frame Agreement with Shell for Pipeline Insta
North Energy ASA has been awarded a license in the 21st Licensing Round on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) announced by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on the 15th of April, 2011. The license is located in the Norwegian Sea just south of Lofoten (Nordland 6) and just northeast of two of N
Petrobras CEO, José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo and Exploration & Production Director, Guilherme Estrella signed two important agreements in Beijing this Friday (15th) with Chinese firms Sinopec (China Petrochemical Corporation) and Sinochem (Sinochem Corporation). The agreements were part of the sc
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted a drilling permit for wellbore 6407/3-1 S, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6407/3-1 S will be drilled from the Transocean Leader drilling facility at position 64°46’32.49” N and 7°42’14.23” E after it has completed drilli
The lifting incident on Njord A on 18 December 2010 could, under insignificantly altered circumstances, have resulted in loss of life and significant material damage. The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (PSA’s) investigation of the incident has identified several nonconformities in relation to t
