Floatel Jupiter, an offshore oil platform housing 713 workers and containing 2,075 barrels of diesel and 82 barrels of kerosene, began … By Judson Parker (Examiner) [mappress] Source:Examiner , April 14, 2011;
A flotilla protesting against a Brazilian oil company testing for oil and gas off East Cape will be coming back to shore. Radio New Zealand [mappress] Source: Radio New Zealand , April 14, 2011:
N-KOMs (Nakilat-Keppel Offshore Marine) new state-of-the-art dry dock at Ras Laffan Port has received its first ship – the RasGas chartered LNG Vessel, Simaisma. This historic event marks a new phase for the RasGas fleet and RasGas drive to ensure the security and reliability of LNG supply. RasGa
Aminex PLC announces that it has received a formal extension of 6 months to the Nyuni East Songo-Songo Productions Sharing Agreement (‘Nyuni PSA’) from the Tanzanian Ministry of Energy and Minerals. This extension is to cover the likely eventuality that the Nyuni-2 well, due to be spudded in the nex
BP announced today that it has agreed with Rosneft to extend the deadline for completing the share swap agreement (previously announced on 14 January) to 16 May 2011. The agreement between the two companies followed the 8 April decision of the arbitral tribunal to allow them to discuss extension of
OSX Brasil S.A., a Brazilian corporation engaged in the equipment and services sector for the offshore oil and gas industry, by means of integrated operations in shipbuilding, chartering of exploration and production (E&P) units, and operation and maintenance (O&M) services, announces that it has ha
A new oil find has been made by Statoil immediately adjacent the Peregrino field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. An exploration well drilled in the Peregrino South structure a few kilometres south of Peregrino has encountered oil in sandstones of the Carapebus geological formation. A significan
Wood Group Kenny has been awarded a contract to support the Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) development located offshore in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, approximately 425km northwest of Broome. Leading international subsea engineering company, J P Kenny Pty, together with its related Woo
The Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) announced today that Statoil has joined as a member. “We welcome Statoil as a member of the Marine Well Containment Company. As part of MWCC, Statoil joins our effort to improve the containment and response capability in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and be
Petrobras’ CEO, José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo, spoke this Tuesday (04/12) about the Brazilian energy scenario and future prospects at the seminar themed ‘Brazil-China, beyond complementarity,’ which was held in Beijing and brought together leaders and executives from both countries. Gabrielli hig
CAMAC Energy Inc. , a U.S.-based energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, announced today the results of an independent engineering report prepared by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI) estimating the total resource in place in CAMAC Energy’s OM
Sub-Saharan focused Tower Resources still plans its first offshore well in Namibia by the end of 2011, the company revealed today. By Giles Gwinnet (Proactive Investors) [mappress] Source:Proactiveinvestors , April 13, 2011
GL Noble Denton, the global independent technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has partnered with control system software testing specialist Marine Cybernetics, to improve performance, reliability and planning for all types of offshore vessels. The partnership will see GL Noble Denton’s Dyna
The multi-component seismic company Reservoir Exploration Technology ASA (RXT) has been awarded a contract in West Africa with an international oil company. The survey duration is estimated to be up to 5 weeks. The survey will be acquired with RXT1 and RXT4, and is scheduled to commence in April. Ac
