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
STEP Offshore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aker Solutions, has won a contract from South Korea’s STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co., LTD (“STX”) to supply equipment for a new, dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater Globetrotter-class drillship(image). The owner of the ship is Noble Corporation. STEP O
Is there a federal moratorium on offshore drilling in the Arctic or not? Patti Epler (Alaska Dispatch) [mappress] Source: Alaska Dispatch, December 29, 2010;
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 stable production from the second workover well (A23) on Beatrice Alpha has increased
Repsol and Sinopec today successfully closed the agreement reached in October to jointly develop the exploration and production of its Brazil offshore assets and to create one of the Latin America’s largest private energy companies. After obtaining the necessary authorizations from the authorities o
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted consent to perform manned underwater operations in 2011 within the framework of a joint operations agreement for underwater services between ExxonMobil, Gassco and Statoil. The planned activities in 2011 include e.g. work on the Statfjord C (ph
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location / Proposed Depth The Zola-1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is b
In November, Petrobras’ average oil production in Brazil was 2,030,924 barrels per day, which corresponds to a 4.7% increase against the daily average in October, and 2% against the same month a year ago. This volume shows sustainable production above 2 million barrels of oil per day, a mark reached
Desire Petroleum plc the oil and gas company wholly focussed on the North Falkland Basin, advises that the 25/5-1 well on the Dawn/Jacinta prospect has reached a depth of 1,313metres. Drilling and wireline logging data shows that no hydrocarbons have been found in the Jacinta Prospect. The well will
