The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Det norske oljeselskap ASA a drilling permit for wellbore 6305/9-2, cf. Section 8 of the Resource Management Regulations. Wellbore 6305/9-2 will be drilled from the Aker Barents drilling facility (photo) at position 63°26’ 51.86”N and 5°54’ 53.37”E fol
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 269, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 35/1-2 S. The well was dry. The well is located about twelve kilometres west of the earlier Peon discovery in the North Sea. The purpose of the well was to prove petroleum in early Jurassic reservoir
Petrobras announces the discovery of light oil in sandstones reservoirs of the post-salt section of Espírito Santo Basin. This new discovery was the result of the drilling of well 1-BRSA-882-ESS, informally referred to as Indra, and is located in the BM-ES-32 (Block ES-M-594) Exploratory Concession.
Chevron Corporation announced it has sanctioned development of its $4 billion Big Foot project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. “Sanctioning Big Foot underscores our commitment to the Gulf of Mexico and will contribute to future U.S. energy supply,” said George Kirkland, vice chairman, Chevron
The amount refers to newly awarded contracts for activities to be carried out between 2011 and 2014, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in Kazakhstan, alongside other works in the North Sea and Azerbaijan. It also includes increases in the scope of work on existing offshore contracts. In the US sector of th
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Norske Shell for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment for the Ormen Lange development project in the North Sea . The award has a value of approximately $95 million in revenue. FMC’s scope of supply inclu
On 15 December Statoil signed an agreement with Marathon to acquire their 20% interest in the Gudrun project, and their 12.5% interest in the Eirin discovery in the Sleipner area. Statoil increases its holding from 55% to 75% in production licences 025 and 187 in the North Sea. The licences cover th
Trico Marine Services, Inc. today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Company’s major constituents concerning the process of selling Trico’s remaining Towing and Supply vessels and any related operating assets, in accordance with previous public statements that the Company is exiting
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won several orders collectively worth $42 million to provide power supply infrastructure and equipment for several floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. The vessels will produce crude oil off the coast of Brazil; they
Hyperdynamics Corporation today announced that it signed a non binding Letter of Intent with a large independent oil and gas company and is in a period of exclusive negotiations until January 27, 2011, unless the parties agree otherwise, for a farmout of a portion of its interest in its concession o
AWE Limited reports that at 1100 hours today, the Silvereye-1 exploration well had reached a total depth of 2,318 metres and was preparing to trip out of the hole. Progress for the week was 1,206 metres. No significant shows were encountered and the well will be plugged and abandoned. Silvereye-1 wa
Eni has successfully drilled the Jangkrik 3 well, located in the Muara Bakau permit area in the offshore Borneo of Indonesia. The three wells drilled to date confirm the Jangkrik field as an important gas discovery hosting a volume of gas in place of more than 1.4 Trilion cubic feet (about 250 milli
Engineering and construction company Clough Limited , today announced that Chevron Australia has entered into a contract valued at approximately A$300 million with the Clough Sea Trucks Joint Venture (CSJV) for the Domestic Gas (DOMGAS) scope of work on the Gorgon Project. CSJV is a joint venture be
Geoforce, Inc., one of the world’s leading providers of asset management solutions for the Oil & Gas industry, announced today the launch of GPS equipment tracking services covering offshore and onshore oil and gas operations in West Africa. Geoforce’s award-winning service combines satellite tracki
