DryShips Inc. , a global provider of marine transportation services for drybulk cargoes and off-shore contract drilling oil services, announced today that its subsidiary, Drillships Hydra Owners (the owning company of the Ocean Rig Corcovado), has signed a commitment letter with an international len
Noble Corporation announced that a subsidiary has received notice from Marathon Oil Company (Marathon), its customer for the ultra-deepwater semisubmersible Noble Jim Day, of Marathon’s intent to exercise its right of termination if the unit does not commence operations by December 31, 2010. As prev
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a contract with BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of BHP Billiton, Limited , to supply umbilicals and distribution equipment for development of the Macedon gas field off Western Australia. Oceaneering’s scope of supply is for a
AF Gruppen (AFG) has signed a letter of intent with Båtservice Holding to acquire 100% stake in Båtservice Offshore Shipyard. The acquisition is a step in the development of AF services to oil and gas market. Båtservice Offshore currently supplies maintenance and modification services to major oil a
An inspection of Gorgon contractor Boskalis and their cranes and rigging equipment by the Gorgon Project manager Kellogg Joint Venture (KJV) has identified significant areas of concerns, MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin said today. Mr Crumlin said if the issues identified were not addressed then
A detailed review of planned drilling and well operations has been carried out on Gullfaks since Statoil halted such work on the North Sea field on 10 November. This check has aimed to ensure that the group’s management system is being complied with, and that risk assessments of these activities are
Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) announced today that it plans to offer 5,600,000 common units, representing limited partner interests, in a public offering. Teekay Offshore expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase an additional 840,000 common u
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has delivered the KFELS B Class jackup rig, West Juno, to Seadrill Jack-ups Limited (Seadrill) on time, within budget and with a perfect safety record. Mr Wong Kok Seng, Executive Director of Keppel FELS, said, “We are proud to have maintained an outstanding track r
Nido Petroleum Philippines Limited (‘Nido), on behalf of the SC 58 Joint Venture, is pleased to provide an update on the final results of detailed geochemical analysis conducted on the liquid hydrocarbons detected in cores acquired during the multi-beam and deepwater sea-bed coring project in April
AWE Limited reports that the Silvereye-1 well started drilling at 0000 hours on December 3, 2010. As at 0900 hours today, the well was at a depth of 140 metres and was circulating prior to pulling out of hole to run conductor. Silvereye-1 is an exploration well located in the offshore Bass Basin wit
Yesterday, 2 December, production commenced on the Vega gas and condensate field off Norway’s west coast. This will be an important contribution to Statoil’s production on the Norwegian shelf. The Vega field has been developed with three seabed templates, sending gas and condensate to the Gjøa platf
Chevron Corporation today announced the award of major front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for the Gendalo-Gehem natural gas development in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Chevron-operated Gendalo-Gehem project is located in the Makassar Strait offshore East Kalimantan in water depths
The licences include a Significant Discovery Licence (SDL) and three Exploration Licences (ELs) off the coast of Newfoundland, awarded through a land sale issue by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB). “We are very pleased to learn that we have been successful in a
International oil field services company Expro has won two important design awards for its new subsea centre in Cumbria. The Subsea Excellence Centre, in Ulverston, is the manufacturing headquarters for Expro Connectors and boasts solar power and rainwater capture devices. The 114,377 sq ft building
