Island Offshore received the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway’s (the PSA’s) Acknowledgement of Compliance (AoC) for the Island Constructor. The Island Constructor is a well intervention facility operated by Island Offshore Management AS (Island Offshore). The facility is under Norwegian flag and wa
Wintershall Norge ASA has received consent to carry out exploration drilling in the northern North Sea with the mobile facility Songa Delta. The consent applies to drilling of exploration well 35/12-3 S, which is part of production licence 378. The well is located approx. 120 km northwest of Bergen
Desire Petroleum plc , the oil and gas exploration company wholly focused on the North Falkland Basin, announced that the Rachel 14/15-1 exploration well was spudded at 15:45 (BST) on 27 September 2010. The Rachel prospect is located in Tranche D and has an estimated target depth of 2,850 metres. Dr
Nautical Petroleum plc announced that it has entered into a farm-in agreement to acquire up to a 65% interest in the Standard Exploration Licence 2/07 containing the Nemo heavy oil discovery. Nemo is situated approximately 60 kilometres offshore Ireland in the North Celtic Sea Basin in c. 90 metre w
Tidewater Inc. announced today that Dean E. Taylor, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Joseph M. Bennett, Executive Vice President and Chief Investor Relations Officer, will present at the Johnson Rice & Company 2010 Energy Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, October 5
Sembcorp Marine’s Sembawang Shipyard has secured two FPSO contracts worth S$75 million (approximately USD 57 Million), reinforcing its reputation as a world-leading shipyard for highly specialised FPSO and offshore conversion and upgrading work. The two contracts are as follows: Conversion of BW Gen
Rockhopper Exploration plc , the North Falkland Basin oil and gas exploration company, completed operations, on 25 September 2010, to safely plug and abandon the Sea Lion 1 well – the first oil discovery and Contingent Oil Resource in the North Falkland Basin. Rockhopper has released the Ocean Guard
Technip has been awarded a contract, worth approximately €70 million, by Total E&P UK Limited, as operator of the Islay Gas Field, to deliver a full EPCI(1) project in the UK North Sea. The Islay field is located in the North Sea, 440 kilometres north-east of Aberdeen, in 120 metres of water depth.
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações, the Brazilian oil and gas company conducting the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced that it has concluded the Cased Hole Drillstem Test in the 1‐OGX‐18‐RJS well, located in the BM‐C‐40 block, in the shallow waters of the Campos Basin. O
Subsea 7 Inc , one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies, announced today that it has been awarded a 4-year single contractor framework agreement with Shell Upstream International Europe* for subsea pipeline installation services across its European offshore fields and
Deep Sea Supply announces that the company has been awarded long term contracts with Petrobras for 3 PSVs of UT 755L design for operations in Brazil. The contract period is 4 year firm plus 4 year option. The total value of the firm period of the contracts is in excess of USD 100 mill. Commencement
EnCore Oil plc announced that a rig contract has been signed to enable further drilling to take place in UKCS Central North Sea Block 28/9, where the Catcher discovery was made in June this year. The Transocean Galaxy II heavy duty jack-up rig is expected to return to the Catcher area later this wee
In reference to the announcement made on September 17, 2010, the defects in the riser tensioning systems that caused a stop in the drilling operation on the Sevan Driller have been rectified. The repair work was executed according to plan and Sevan Driller is back in operation and on day rate as fro
MacDermid Offshore Solutions (MacDermid) announced the opening of a new laboratory facility in Takoradi, Ghana for production and drilling control fluid monitoring and testing. The new facility will serve production operators, drilling contractors, OEM’s, and service companies in West Africa. This n
