RWE Dea’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom, RWE Dea UK, announced today that the field development plan for the Clipper South gas field has been approved by the Secretary of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). RWE Dea UK is the operator and 50% partner in the Clipper South d
BMT Fleet Technology, of Ottawa, Ontario has announced its collaboration with the University of Victoria to design and deliver North America’s first ever hybrid, electric research ship. The vessel, formerly known as CCG Tsekoa II, will be used by the University as a research facility off the British
Keppel AmFELS LLC, a US wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has won a contract from Mexico’s Perforadora Central SA de CV (Perforadora Central) to build a repeat jackup rig valued at about US$195 million. Slated for delivery in 1Q 2013, this latest high specificatio
DOF Subsea UK secures IRM contract in the Baobab field, West Africa worth approx £1 million. DOF ASA’ subsidiary, the Aberdeen-based specialist subsea service company DOF Subsea UK has secured a contract for Inspection, Repair and Maintenance Services in the Baobab field, West Africa which is worth
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today released the findings of its investigation into allegations that BP Exploration and Oil, Inc. (BP) did not maintain required copies of engineer-approved drawings for its Atlantis oil and gas platform operating in the Gu
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and SonAir Servico Aereo, S.A. (SonAir) announced the signing of a contract for six S-76C++™ helicopters in a ceremony held at Heli-Expo. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. SonAir has been flying Sikorsky products for more than 15 years in support of offsho
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed a contract with Providence Resources PLC for a 3D seismic acquisition project in the Celtic Sea, offshore Ireland. The survey will commence in June 2011 and is expected to run for approximately 15 days. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play mar
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces today that the Sedco 704 semi submersible drilling unit has commenced the drilling of the final production well for the development of the Athena field (“Athena”). Well 14/18b-A2 (“the well”) is being drilled from the Athena drill centre and is the final well to be drill
Petrofac Limited (Petrofac, the group or the Company), a leading international provider of facilities solutions to the oil & gas production and processing industry, today announces its final results for the year ended 31 December 2010. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS • Net profit(1) up 58% to US$557.8 million
On Friday (March 4) at the Gazprom headquarters Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Vagit Alekperov, President of LUKOIL signed an Agreement on Gas Supply from the Bolshekhetskaya Depression and the Northern Caspian Sea. Pursuant to the Agreement, LUKOIL will supply Gaz
Federal officials will study how a “very large oil spill” would affect the ocean off Alaska’s northwest coast as part of a court-ordered … By DAN JOLING (The Washington Post) [mappress] Source: TMK, March 6, 2011;
Specialists from TMK, the global producer of pipes for the oil and gas industry, took part in lowering a tubing string with Premium-class threaded connections into a well of more than 2.5 kilometers deep, situated on LUKOIL’s Yury Korchagin oil deposit in the Caspian Sea. The pipes were produced at
Noble Corporation today announced that a subsidiary has exercised its first option with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (“HHI”) for the construction of an additional ultra-deepwater drillship, the third such drillship to be ordered this year subject to the parties executing a definitive constructi
Sterling Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the successful drilling of appraisal well 42/13a-6 in the Breagh Field located in the United Kingdom Southern North Sea. Sterling holds a 30% interest in the Breagh field, with RWE Dea, the operator holding the remaining 70% interest. The well was drill
