Production had been shut down on Gullfaks C since a well incident occurred on 19 May. Activities on board have been concentrated on plugging the C-06 well systematically from the bottom and up. The incident entailed change in pressure and loss of drill fluid, which resulted in the loss of one barrie
GE will supply gas turbine and compressor equipment to PNBV—Petrobras Netherlands BV, subsidiary of Petrobras the integrated oil and gas company, for deployment in two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO P-58 and P-62) units for exploration and production offshore Brazil. The $160 mill
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is eyeing Argentina and other Latin American countries for oil and gas development. CNOOC will facilitate this through a joint venture set up in March this year with Bridas Energy Holdings (BEH) of Argentina, said Fu Chengyu, president of CNOOC dur
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won orders to design and equip five offshore and special purpose vessels plus options worth in total around £80 million in the last few weeks. Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with Italian shipyard, Rosetti Marino Spa, for delivery of an integrated
DONG Energy has agreed a development plan for the Norwegian gas field Marulk, in which DONG Energy has a 30% stake. The costs of developing the Marulk field are expected to total approximately DKK 3.8 billion, of which DONG Energy’s share will amount to approximately DKK 1.1 billion. “The developmen
Falkland Oil and Gas (FOGL) will press ahead with its drilling program offshore the Falkland Islands despite reporting that its Toroa … [mappress] Source: Mercopress,July 14, 2010;
L&T has won an important Offshore Rig Refurbishment Contract from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) valued at Rs.376 crores (about US$83 million). Floating Systems Business Unit (FSBU), L&T’s newly formed division that promises to offer single point responsibility for execution of Offshore Drilli
Dana Petroleum announces the successful appraisal of the Blackbird oil field in the UK Central North Sea. The 20/2a-9 well, operated by Nexen, was drilled in a water depth of approximately 367 feet to a total measured depth of 12,000 feet, targeting a high quality Upper Jurassic oil discovery. The w
TGS has commenced a new multi-client 3D survey in partnership with PGS. This project, ESB10, covers an 1,100 km2 area in the East Shetland Basin area immediately west of the United Kingdom/Norway border. Ramform Viking, operated by PGS, is acquiring this multi-client high density 3D survey, utilizin
Chevron Corporation today announced a new exploration drilling success in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia, Australia’s premier hydrocarbon basin. The Sappho-1 exploration well is located in the WA-392-P permit area approximately 87 miles (140 kilometers) northwest of Onslow. The well
Following a meeting with Secretary Chu and his team of scientific and industry experts, the National Incident Commander announced that additional analysis of the well testing procedure should be performed before starting the well integrity test. This analysis will be conducted tonight and into tomor
Aker Solutions has received a Letter of Intent for Sleipner Modifications Portfolio Agreement and the first project specific agreements herein; engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) for the Gudrun tie-in to Sleipner. This specific order will be worth approximately NOK 900 mi
Leading international oilfield service company Expro announced it has secured a four-year extension to a major contract with Statoil in Norway. Expro provides well testing and specialist data acquisition services across Statoil’s Norway operations. The contract extension will allow Expro to further
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. announced that a subsidiary of the Company has agreed to suspend a Gulf of Mexico (GOM) contract and has entered into a new multi-well international commitment with a subsidiary of Murphy Exploration and Production Company that will result in the relocation of the dyn
