Sonde Resources Corp. announced today that it has completed drilling and production testing of its inaugural well on the 7th of November Block, offshore Tunisia / Libya, the Zarat North-1 appraisal (the “Well”), in which Sonde owns a 100% working interest. Jack Schanck, Sonde’s President and CEO, sa
Dragon Oil plc , an international oil and gas exploration and production company, announces the completion and initial testing of the Dzheitune (Lam) B/150 development well. The Dzheitune (Lam) B/150 was drilled to a depth of 3,980 metres and completed as a dual producer by the Iran Khazar rig. The
Polarcus Limited announces that Chief Executive Officer, Rolf Ronningen, will present at the 13th SEB Enskilda Nordic Seminar in Copenhagen on Wednesday, 12 January 2011, at 11:50 a.m. CET (Central European Time). To View Polarcus’ Presentation Click Here. About Polarcus Polarcus is a pure play mari
Subsea service provider DOF Subsea Norway AS has appointed Jan Kristian Haukeland as General Manager of its Bergen office Subsea service provider DOF Subsea Norway AS has appointed Jan Kristian Haukeland as General Manager of its Bergen office. He will start in the position from 1st February this ye
Ithaca Energy Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited , an independent oil & gas company with exploration, development and production assets in the UK sector of the North Sea, announces that the Sedco 704 drilling unit (image above) is now being anchored on location over the
This statement is in response to the findings of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling contained in its investigation report released to the public on Jan. 11, 2011. Halliburton disagrees with the report’s characterization of the February and April foam
Technip announces that a consortium comprising two of its subsidiaries, Angoflex Ltda (owned jointly with Sonangol) and DUCO Ltd., has been awarded by Acergy Angola S.A. and Acergy West Africa S.A.S. major umbilical* contracts for the CLOV field development. This field is located in Block 17 offshor
Nido Petroleum Limited , as Operator of Service Contract 54A (SC 54A), provides this update on activities within the block. Since the last operations update on 6 January 2011, the Tindalo well has been plugged and abandoned without significant incident and the Aquamarine Driller (owned by Vantage Dr
Corporation today reported in its interim update that earnings for the fourth quarter 2010 are expected to be higher than in the third quarter 2010. Upstream results are projected to improve between sequential quarters, benefiting from higher crude oil prices and increased liquids liftings. Downstre
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Prosafe has been awarded a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) by an undisclosed client for the provision of the Safe Scandinavia accommodation support rig at a project in the British sector of the North Sea. The firm period of the contract linked to the LOI is four months with on site operations planned to co
“Moving to new office premises in the port area is for the convenience of our clients,” said ISS General Manager in Ghana, Sachin Agarwal. “Takoradi (image) is an important base for offshore oil exploration activity in Ghana and ISS has been serving the interests of some very big global names there.
ACE Winches has secured a £1.6m contract from Bluestone Offshore for the design and manufacture of two comprehensive winch packages for use on the offshore support vessel, Greatship Maya. Each winch package comprises 18.5t of safe working load (SWL) hydraulic drum winch, 300kW containerised electric
In a move to drive further reductions in the number of accidental hydrocarbon releases in the UK oil and gas industry, companies have committed jointly to cut leaks on their offshore installations by 50 per cent over the next three years. As a result of unremitting efforts by the industry working co
