ADX Energy Ltd announces that on the 11th of July 2010 at 11.40 am GMT the Atwood Southern Cross semisubmersible drilling rig spudded the Lambouka-1 well in the ADX operated Kerkouane license in the Sicily Channel area offshore Tunisia. Current operations are drilling a 36 inch surface hole to casin
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing on exploration, production, appraisal and undeveloped field opportunities in the Atlantic Margin, North Sea and Norway, announced that Hanne Harlem (age 45) has been appointed to the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director, effecti
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Statoil Petroleum AS (Statoil) consent to conduct exploration drilling in production licence 269 with the mobile drilling facility Transocean Leader. The consent applies to drilling wildcat well 35/1-2 S in production licence 296 in the North S
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. today announced that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into a term contract ending June 30, 2011, plus option, with Burullus Gas Company S.A.E. that will immediately mobilize the Ocean Endeavor from the Gulf Of Mexico (GOM) to Egypt. Diamond Offshore President a
The UK’s Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) yesterday gave approval to its Technical Review Group (TRG) to proceed with an engineering study to develop new design concepts for well capping and containment. The project forms part of the UK offshore oil and gas industry’s compre
Subsea operational update: • For the first 12 hours on July 8 (midnight to noon), approximately 8,565 barrels of oil were collected and approximately 3,940 barrels of oil and 28.3 million cubic feet of natural gas were flared. • On July 7, total oil recovered was approx. 24,575 barrels: • approx. 16
Seismic research vessel ‘Oceanic Vega’ from Ulstein has been nominated as ‘Ship of the Year 2010’ by the magazine Skipsrevyen. “Once again, the jury is pleased about several exciting and innovative designs. The decision will be taken in about three weeks”, said juror Asle Strønen. The winner will be
British company Red7Marine has become the owner of Damen’s new Stan Tug 1205, the first in a new ship series, which was only just unveiled to the market. Damen had decided to show its new tug series at the Seawork Show held in Southampton in mid-June. But already on the second day of the internation
Aker Solutions has won a contract to supply a further 2 500 feet riser extension to the Dragonquest (formerly Titanium Explorer) rig, which is owned by Valenica Drilling and managed by Vantage Drilling Company. The contract value is approximately NOK 90 million, including both riser joints and buoya
An ongoing dispute between the government of Ghana and representatives of Kosmos Energy over control of the oil-rich Jubilee field shows… [mappress] Source: Washingtontimes,July 9, 2010;
GSP Jupiter is carrying out drilling operations on the Bulgarian continental shelf for Melrose Resources. GSP’s offshore drilling rig operates in Kavarna East offshore perimeter, located between Kaliakra and Kavarna gas fields. GSP Orion, OSR, renders the offshore supply services for the duration of
Effective immediately, two of Scorpion Offshore Ltd.’s executive officers have tendered their resignations. Jon C. Cole – President and CEO, Mark L. Mey – Sr. Vice President and CFO are no longer with Scorpion. The resignations are in connection with the pending mandatory offer issued by Seadrill to
The average daily production in May 2010 was about 2 197 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. This is 51 000 barrels less than in April 2010. Gas production was about 9.0 billion Sm3 (Sm3), which is 0.5 billion Sm3 more than in April. The liquid production in May was: 1 853 000 barrels […]
McMoRan Exploration Co. today updated its shallow water Gulf of Mexico exploration activities, including indications of potential hydrocarbon bearing zones at the Blueberry Hill deep gas sidetrack location and in-progress drilling at the Davy Jones and Blackbeard East ultra-deep prospects. Shallow W
