Seadrill has been awarded a six months contract extention for the ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig West Hercules by Husky Oil China Ltd. The estimated value of the contract extention is approximately US$90 million. The extention secures continued employment for the ultra-deepwater unit
CGGVeritas announced today, at the proposal of FSI (Fonds Strategique d’Investissement) and the approval of CGGVeritas Board , that Mr. Denis Ranque will sit on the CGGVeritas Board of Directors on behalf of the FSI. Mr. Denis Ranque became a director of CGGVeritas on May 5th 2010, the date of the l
EXXONMOBIL’S CHAIRMAN REX W. TILLERSON COMMENTED: “ExxonMobil’s focus on operational excellence continues to deliver strong results. Second quarter earnings, excluding special items, of $7.6 billion, were up 85% from second quarter of last year reflecting higher crude oil realizations, improved down
Statoil has received consent to conduct exploration drilling of well 7220/8-1 using the mobile drilling facility Polar Pioneer. The well will be located about 200 km from land NW of Ingøy in Finnmark and about 210 km SSE from Bear Island. The well has the following geographic coordinates: * N 72 ° 2
Noble Energy, Inc. reported today second quarter 2010 net income of $204 million, or $1.10 per share diluted, on revenues of $751 million. Net income for the quarter included an unrealized commodity derivative gain, as well as a rig contract termination expense. Excluding these items, which would ty
Ian Tombs has been appointed Senior Vice President, Corporate Compliance at Inchcape Shipping Services. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, his work was for many years focused on the design, manufacture, installation and recovery of submarine communication cable systems. He brings considera
RWEA-DEA Norge AS has received consent to conduct exploration drilling with Bredford Dolphin of well 35/9-6 S in production license PL 420 The purpose of the exploration well is to verify and evaluate the hydrocarbon potential of a formation in production license PL 420 The well will be located abou
AKPO project is the development of oil and gas field located at 150 km and 1400 meters deep-sea offshore Nigeria, West Africa. The AKPO field block was originally allocated to SAPETRO indigenous Nigeria oil and gas company under OPL226 (Oil Prospecting License). SAPETRO later invited other technical
yet another fpso in the port of rotterdam , this Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel is used in the offshore oil industry , operational from 1995 at the fife field on the UK continental shelf approximately 330km east south east of aberdeen , later the fergus flora and angus fields were
driving around in the harbour area , my attention was triggered by a highly illuminated ship , apperently just arriving from sea because tugboats where still manoeuvring her to some mooring buoys the aoka mizu is a FPSO , floating production storage and offloading vessel , used in the offshore oil i
Noble Corporation announced that it has closed its acquisition of FDR Holdings Limited (“Frontier”). The acquisition of Frontier, formerly an independent drilling company, and previously announced agreements with Shell increase Noble’s drilling fleet size to 69 from 62 units, with the addition of th
MO: 7515365–Flag: Netherlands Anchor Handling Vessel, moored at the quai: Parkkade, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Seen:28st May 2009
This type of tug usualy handle the anchors for the offshore drilling rigs.
Global Marine Systems is launching ‘Predator’ – a new Inspection class ROV, at HydroVision International (27th-30th July 2010), in Charlotte, North Carolina. The US conference is the world’s largest gathering of hydro professionals, highlighting perspectives on the role of hydropower and the issues
