BP today announced that, by mutual agreement with the BP board, Tony Hayward is to step down as group chief executive with effect from October 1, 2010. He will be succeeded as of that date by fellow executive director Robert Dudley. BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg said: “The BP board is deeply sadd
As the US starts to count the massive conservation costs of the current oil slick disaster off the coast of Louisiana , agreement by the UK government to allow two companies to begin seismic surveys in preparation for potential future oil and gas development in the Moray Firth, Scotland has been con
FMC Technologies Reports Second Quarter 2010 Diluted Earnings per Share of $0.78 Highlights: *Strong subsea orders of $946 million *Total backlog increased six percent sequentially driven by subsea systems orders *Guidance range for 2010 diluted earnings per share maintained at $2.70 to $2.90 FMC Te
At the end of the first half of 2010 (as of 24 June) 2five exploration wells on the Norwegian shelf had been completed. During the same period last year, 33 exploration wells were drilled. 19 of the 2five are wildcat wells (new prospects) and six are appraisal wells (for delineation of earlier disco
Faroe Petroleum plc, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic margin, the North Sea and Norway, announces that drilling operations have commenced on the Anne Marie prospect (Faroe Petroleum 12.5%), located
Gulf of Mexico oil rig
an oil drilling rig on the Prudhoe Bay oil field
An Oil Rig, a Closer Oil Rig, and Huntington Beach Pier
Taken outside of Mobile Bay looking into the Gulf of Mexico in 2000. You can see one oil rig close and one far in the distance on the horizon.
Oil rig Henry Goodrich being towed/escorted to the west end of Conception Bay Newfoundland
Oil rig name on left front leg = Henry Goodrich. Telephoto shot. Bell Island in the background. Shot from St Thomas Line by Conception Bay Newfoundland
Polarcus Limited announced today that subsequent to the successful and on time completion by Polarcus of the first Gassnova 3D survey (“Johansen 3D”) on 04 July 2010, the second 3D project (“Troll Kystnær 3D”) comprising 323 square kilometers offshore Norway has received budgetary approval and will
Subsea 7 Inc. , through its i-Tech division, today announced the award by Petroléo Brasileiro S/A (Petrobras) of a contract for the provision of ROV and under water positioning survey services onboard a ROV support vessel, operating offshore Brazil. The contract is valued in the region of US $50m. T
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is on track towards an on-budget and on time delivery of the KFELS B Class jackup rig, West Callisto, to Seadrill Limited (Seadrill) before the end of July 2010. To date, the project has clocked a good safety record of 2.2 million man-hours without incidents. This r
