Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has introduced a more powerful version for marine applications of its popular Wärtsilä 32 engine. First introduced in the 1980s, and with more than 4000 units sold to the marine industry alone, the Wärtsilä 32 engine has proven to be a high
Orca Exploration Group Inc. (“Orca” or “the Company”) has announced that it will perform workovers in 2011 on two Songo Songo offshore natural gas wells (SS-5 and SS-9). Recent routine testing of all five Songo Songo producing gas wells has determined that there is the need for some remedial work on
Dockwise announces that it has signed a contract for USD 25 mln, with an affiliate of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. regarding the transportation of the Jack & St. Malo hull from Korea to the Gulf of Mexico. It is the intention of the parties that this contract – already included in the Q3 backlog as a [&helli
BW Offshore has concluded the syndication process for a USD 2.4 billion seven year senior secured credit facility. The credit facility was substantially oversubscribed by a group of 15 leading international banks. The facility will be used to refinance BW Offshore and Prosafe Production’s main credi
Vantage Drilling Company announces that the ultra-deepwater drillship, Platinum Explorer, commenced operations for Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in India today. The Platinum Explorer is contracted for five years with corresponding estimated revenues of approximately $1.1 billion. Paul
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) 28/151 development well and successful commissioning of the 14-inch in-field pipeline. The Dzheitune (Lam) 28/151 was drilled to a depth of 3,512 metr
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a contract by Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd for the development of the SEPAT offshore early production system on the East coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The contract, which is valued at approximately US$280 million, was a
Bounty Oil & Gas NL (“Bounty”) announces progress report on the New Seaclem 1 well in PEP 11, offshore New South Wales. MEC Resources investee company Advent Energy Ltd (Advent) has reported: Progress since Last Report The well was spudded at 00.00 hours AEST 15 December 2010 and drilled the 9 7/8″
Bergen Oilfield Services AS (BOS) is delighted to announce that we have signed a contract with LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS, acting as Operator on behalf of the License Group in PL 503, of a 1563 sqkm acquisition program of 3D Seismic Data in the area of PL 503 in the southern part of [
Sevan Marine ASA, on behalf of one of its subsidiaries, has secured commitments, subject to documentation and conditions precedent, for a USD 480 million Senior Debt Project Finance Facility for the Sevan Driller with DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Pte Ltd, NIBC Bank N.V. and ING Bank N.V. as Mandat
Lundin Petroleum AB has completed the sale of its non-operated interests in the Salawati Basin and Island assets, located in the eastern part of Indonesia, to RH Petrogas (“RHP”). Lundin Petroleum and RHP, a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange (“SGX”), completed the transaction on 29 Dece
Tidewater Inc. announcedthat Joseph M. Bennett, Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer, will present at the Pritchard Capital Partners Energize 2011 Conference in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, January 5, 2011, at approximately 9:45 a.m. Pacific time. The presentation
Noble Energy, Inc. announced a significant natural gas discovery at the Leviathan exploration prospect offshore Israel. Drilled in the Rachel license, the well encountered a minimum of 220 feet (67 meters) of net natural gas pay in several subsalt Miocene intervals. Apparent reservoir quality is ver
Petrobras, as the operator of Block BMS-11, located in the Santos Basin, announces that it submitted today the Declaration of Commerciality of the oil and gas accumulations in the Tupi and Iracema areas to the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). In the proposal submitted to the ANP, the names suggested
