Halliburton has been awarded a $120 million, three-year contract extension by Chevron Thailand for the provision of directional drilling, measurement-while-drilling (MWD) and logging-while-drilling (LWD) services for its ongoing offshore developments in the Gulf of Thailand. The majority of the well
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces today that drilling of the J03 well on Jacky has been temporarily suspended due to mechanical issues on the Energy Enhancer jack-up drilling unit. Additionally, the Beatrice Alpha workover well, A28, is now anticipated to return to stable production in early April. The d
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed a second contract with Providence Resources PLC, for a 200 square kilometer 3D seismic acquisition project in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland. This new survey will commence in Q3 2011 immediately following completion of the Company’s two p
Technip has been awarded by TAQA Bratani Ltd. an installation contract for the development of the Falcon field, which is located in the North Sea approximately 560 kilometers northeast of Aberdeen, in 160 meters of water. The contract covers: * project management and engineering, * installation of a
EnCore Oil plc announces that the Burgman well 28/9-4 located on UKCS Central North Sea Block 28/9 has reached Total Depth of 5,990 feet Measured Depth and has successfully encountered good quality hydrocarbons in a Tay sandstone interval. Based on the results of the well, the joint venture partners
Octanex N.L. has been advised by Eni Australia Limited, the Operator of the Gawain-1 well located in the outer Exmouth Plateau permit, WA-362-P, that at 06:00 hours WST (Western Standard Time) on Monday. 21 March 2011, the well was at a depth of 3.653m MDRT and running the 9/4″ liner. The well progr
Vroon Offshore Services (VOS) announces that it has taken delivery of a new addition to their offshore fleet. The VOS Aphrodite, an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel built at the Fujian Shipyard in China, was delivered today, 21 March 2011, in China. She is the second in a series of eight “A-
Fincantieri has been awarded a contract to build two PSV vessels by Tidewater, the world’s largest provider of marine support services for offshore industries. The ships, the first scheduled for delivery before the end of 2012 and the second within mid 2013, will be built at Sturgeon Bay shipyard (W
Class society ABS and Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) are concluding a one-year joint development program (JDP) examining critical wave conditions for sloshing model tests and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the cargo tanks of floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vesse
Kaztec Engineering Limited, an Abuja based engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commission (EPCIC) company and owners of Ekulo Cheyenne and Ekulo Tornado said that Ekulo Cheyenne is now at OML 123, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, and had commenced work for Addax Petroleum De
Singapore based Reflect Geophysical has been selected by Uruguay’s state oil company Ancap to carry out a 2D seismic survey in the … Mercopress [mappress] Source: enMercopress, March 21, 2011;
Marlink, the global provider of maritime satellite communications, has recently extended its contract with seismic vessel operator Fugro-Geoteam for a further five years. As part of the latest agreement, Marlink will supply its innovative Sealink™ VSAT service to 8 seismic vessels via Marlink’s Eik
Dominion Petroleum announces the award of Block L9 of the Lamu Basin, offshore Kenya. The company last week concluded negotiations with the Government of the Republic of Kenya by executing heads of agreement (“HoA”) which define the terms for Block L9. The award of L9 is subject only to the signatur
Rockhopper Exploration, the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company,provides the following update on the 14/10-4 appraisal well. • Significant reservoir package and hydrocarbon column encountered • 33m (108 ft) net pay in good quality reservoir with 20% average porosity • Top reservoir
